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105
180
107
1004
Blanks
88
190
350
74
121
210
1033
Total
498
754 1420
486
716
740
4614
AUDITORS.
Frank H. Blanchard .
140
132
233
118
180
121
924
John P. Hunt . . . . . .
131
170
267
125
180
108
981
Theo. A. Longuemare
13
30
47
19
16
19
144
William H. Pratt ....
131
143
224
124
182
132
936
Blanks;
251
386
807
343
384
565
2736
Total
666
861 1578
729
942
945
5721
116
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
1
2
4
6
Total
Howard B. Burke ...
15
32
51
18
20
29
165
James H. Flint.
. . ..
125
143
241
111
163
105
888
Frederick T. Hunt . .
123
137
242
118
170
104
894
Spurgeon A. Ward ..
12
24
34
11
21
17
119
Clarence P. Whittle .
112
135
239
112
165
99
862
Blanks
279
390
771
359
403
591
2793
Total
666
861
1578
729
942
945
5721
TRUSTEE OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR ONE YEAR.
Joseph E. Gardner ..
126
150
244
131
178
121
950
Blanks
96
137
282
112
136
194
957
Total.
222
287
526
243
314
315
1907
1
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
George E. Emerson .
133
138
216
127
199
109
922
Andrew L. Flint. ...
13
39
43
13
17
30
155
Blanks .
76
110
67
103
98
176
830
Total
. .
: 2
287
526
243
314
315
1907
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR TWO YEARS.
John S. Williams . . .
139
150
270
128 ·197
124
1008
Blanks
83
137
256
115
117
191
899
Total
222
287
526
243
314
315
1907
ROARD OF HEALTH FOR ONE YEAR.
Nelson B. Gladwin. .
164
142
222
122
175
116
941
Blanks
58
145
304
121
139
199
966
Total.
222
287
526
243
314
315
1907
TREE WARDEN.
Fred W. Cochran ...
13
56
54
18
22
68
231
Charles L. Merritt. .
126
132
214
139
201
96
908
E. W. Hunt
..
1
1
Blanks.
82
99
258
86
91
151
767
Total
222
287
526
243
314
315
1907
117
COMMISSIONER OF WARD TWO SCHOOL HOUSE SINKING FUND BONDS FOR THREE YEARS.
PRECINCT.
1
2
2
4
5
G
Total
Willard J. Dunbar. .
131
154
224
118
171
141
939
Blanks .
91
133
302
125
143
174
968
Total
222
287
526
243
314
315
1907
CONSTABLES.
Michael Allen .
118
146
229
137
236
119
985
George B. Bailey ...
124
138
196
134
197
104
893
George W. Conant. .
123
139
201
119
- 198
102
882
Thomas Fitzgerald. .
137
147
329
126
193
119
1051
Peter Fowler. .
11
31
76
11
14
13
156
Howard E. Litchfield
20
42
45
16
22
18
163
John L. Maynard .. .
118
143
208
121
176
115
881
George W. Nash . . ..
154
134
195
112
167
102
864
Irving S. Newcomb. .
21
44
39
10
19
18
151
Nathaniel B. Peare. .
112
141
191
109
173
121
847
Arthur H. Pratt ....
119
162
205
108
168
128
890
Isaac H. Walker ....
147
131
205
109
175
98
865
John D. Walsh. ...
125
131
289
114
182
113
954
James P. Maguire. .. Blanks
1
1
2
890 1341 2852 1204 1220 1979
9486
Total
2220 2870 5260 2430 3140 3150
19070
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SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN.
Yes.
38
88
188
73
84
143
614
No.
138
156
207
112
175
111
899
Blanks
46
43
131
58
55
61
394
Total
222
'287
526
242
314 '315
1907
.
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ANNUAL TOWN
MEETING.
MARCH 14, 1910.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall in said town on Monday, March 14, 1910, at 9.45 o'clock a.m., the meeting being called to order, and the warrant read (except the several articles) by the Town Clerk.
Voted on motion of Hon. Louis A. Cook that the reading of the several articles of the warrant be dispensed with.
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Article 1. In the election of a Moderator the Town Clerk appointed the following persons as tellers to check the names of persons voting on the voting list, and administered the oath to them, viz. : F. H. Torrey, M. P. Garey, P. E. Corridan, F. N. Blanchard, E. M. Carter.
On ballot Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected as Moderator, and the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of five, one from each Ward to retire and bring in a list of all per- sons not required to be elected by ballot; Also to nominate a committee on appropriations. The following were appointed :
J. Otis Hollis, C. B. Merchant, John A. Holbrook, Gordon Willis, M. R. Loud.
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Voted, To accept the following Supplementary Report of the Selectmen of Appropriations and Expenditures from January 1 to March 1, 1910.
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures to March 1, 1910.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Expended in
Excess Jan. 1,
Unexpended
January 1, 1910.
Expended
January 1 to
March 1.
Balance
Unexpended
March 1, 1910.
Expended in
March 1, 1910.
Support of Schools.
$17,589 47
$9,370 93
$8,218 51
$68 48
Highway R. pairs.
48. 22
269 24
317 46
Removal of Snow
1,821 77
2,533 47
711 70
Bridges .
695 00
160 00
535 00
Wharf Street.
35 04
30 64
30 64
61 00
Public Parks
71 15
71 15
Preservation of Shade Trees.
419 35
419 35
Town Survey
137 59
137 59
Suppression of Moths.
466 11
326 14
192 85
Street Watering.
484 53
484 53
Street Records-Indexing
75 00
75 00
Fire Department
123 48
168 29
291 77
Police Department
999 99
817 01
182 98
17 34
Health Department
422 64
13 25
409 39
501 15
Town Offices . .
427 25
333 42
93 83
Town Hall-care, etc ..
679 22
73 29
605 93
Election Expenses . .
33 68
33 68
State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Burials
2.317 78
1,616 00
701 78
Soldier's Relief
1,953 74
567 00
1,386 74
1,146 72
Printing and Advertising
779 84
796 25
16 41
Electric Lighting
2,164 29
1,345 63
818 66
Turts Library ..
1.611 76
800 00
811 76
Fogg Library-Reading Room.
123 00
125 00
Assessors' Card System.
98 73
98 73
Interest and Discount.
1,711 11
180 00
1,533 11
Town Offiecrs.
561 59
458 34
103 25
Poor Account ..
1,568 59
1,663 38
3.231 97
State Road ...
1,137 46
1,137 46
Totals . .
$4.672 44 $36,277 98 $22,195 54 $17,238 20
$7,828 20
EDWARD W. HUNT,
BRADFORD HAWES,
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
WILLARD J. DUNBAR,
A. FRANCIS BARNES,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
Voted, To accept the reports of the several boards of town officers as printed.
1
17 34
New Loek-up, Ward One
Miscellaneous Account ..
1,06 86
565 71
35 04
Working Pilgrim Road.
61 00
Setting Curbstones.
1910.
Excess
Union Truant School.
$68 48
Abatement and Remittance
1,146 72
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Art. 4. Voted, That the Treasurer be and he hereby is au- thorized, with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen, to borrow from time to time during the current municipal year, be- ginning January 1, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes of said municipal year, a sum or sums not exceeding at any one time out- standing one hundred seventy thousand dollars for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the town, and to give the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from their dates. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said current municipal year. Said notes shall not be valid unless authenticated by the certificate of the First National Bank of Boston.
Art. 5. Voted, To designate the First National Bank of South Weymouth, the First National Bank of Boston, and the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass., as legal depositories for the funds of the town, and the First National Safe Deposit Company of Boston, Mass., as a legal depository for the securities of the town.
Art. 6. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $62,000, and further appropriate one-half the dog tax and all receipts from non-resident pupils for the support of public schools and for the transportation of pupils.
Voted, To take up Article 39.
The Moderator appointed the following persons as tellers and administered oath to them, viz., Warren Simpson, Edward W. Hunt.
A motion was made under this article in relation to building a new school house in South Weymouth but it was not carried.
Art. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $13,250 and to further appropriate the Street Railway and Excise Taxes for the repair of highways, town ways and bridges, and for the re- moval of snow, and of this amount $2,000 be for the removal of snow, $500 for care and maintenance of bridges, $1,000 for the purposes mentioned in Article 55, $250 for the purposes men- tioned in Article 79.
Art. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 and further appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the relief and sup- port of the poor.
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Art. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen aud the families of disabled soldiers and seamen under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $600 and appropriate the sum of $11,400 for the payment of State and Military aid under the provisions of Chapter 468 of the Acts of 1909.
Art. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,700 ror the support of the Fire Department.
Art. 12. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,100 for Police service.
Art. 13 and 33. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,600 and further appropriate one-half of the Dog Tax, the in- come from the Susan Hunt Stetson and Augustus J. Richards funds and the rentals of the library building for the Tufts Lib- rary, $300 of this amount to be used for the purposes mentioned in Article 33.
Art. 14. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a reading room at the Fogg Library.
Art. 15. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
Art. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the payment of a note. becoming due May 8, 1910.
Art. 17. Voted, That for the payment of a note of $7,500 due June 15th the sum of $1,500 be raised by taxation, and that for the payment of the balance the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen, to issue and negotiate three notes of $2,000 each due June 1, 1912-1913-1914, with interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, payable semi- annually, but said notes shall not be valid unless authenticated by the certificate of the First National Bank of Boston.
Art. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for the payment of interest which may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 19. . Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for printing and advertising.
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Art. 20. Voted, To raise the sum of $3,000 for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 21. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for Memorial Day.
Art. 22. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the rent and care of town offices.
Art. 23 and 53. Voted, To appropriate the income of the rental of the Town Hall for the care and repair of the same, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to purchase a piano not to exceed a sum of $400, to be paid for out of the income from rentals.
Art. 24. Voted, To appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works for the current year the sum of $28,875 to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $19,675 for interest on the Weymouth water loan bonds, becoming due the ensuing year; $7,500 for Superintendent's salary, maintenance of works and pumping station, and $1,700 for current expenses, Commis- sioners and office expenses.
Voted, That in future the reports of the Water Commissioners be tabulated, as other reports.
Art. 25. Voted, To appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund out of the income of the water rents for the current year the sum of $9,000 to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Weymouth water loan bonds.
Art. 26. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of making further construction of the Water Works.
Art. 27. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for hydrants and for the water rents and care of drinking foun- tains.
Voted, To adjourn until one o'clock p.m.
At one o'clock, the meeting was again called to order, and the business proceeded.
Art. 28. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of watering the public streets for the year 1910, and the balance of the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the estates abutting on the streets so watered in the manner provided by statute,
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Voted. That the Selectmen be authorized to use any liquid or matter suitable for laying or preventing dust, for street sprink- ling purposes, and it is the sentiment of the Town that the Se- lectmen devise a system for assessing Street Watering Taxes which will apply more equitably to the owners of vacant land.
Art. 29. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for the care and maintenance of town parks.
Art. 30. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200 for the suppression of the Gipsy and Brown tail moths.
Art. 31. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7150 for the payment of Town Officers, viz. :
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor · $2,400
Board of Health
· 300
Assessors
1,500
Assessors' Clerk hire
200
Town Clerk
125
Town Treasurer
450
Auditors
150
Sealer of Weights and Measures ,
200
Tree Warden
100
Town Accountant
800
.
.
Art. 32. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for election expenses.
Art. 34. Voted, That the subject matter of this article be in- definitely postponed.
Art. 35. A motion was made under this article in relation to. purchasing land around Great Pond, but it was not carried.
Art. 36. A motion was made under this article in relation to. the claim of Thos. F. Brady but was passed in the negative.
Art. 37. Voted, That the subject matter of this article, in relation to placing the Police under Civil Service, be indefinitely postponed. .
Art. 38. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the maintenance of the Board of Health.
Art. 40. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $60 for the purpose of placing a fire alarm box on Washington Street, opposite Lake View Park.
Art. 41. Voted, That the matter of placing a fire alarm box
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on Main street, near the house of Emery Staples, be referred to the Engineers of the Fire Departmsn .
Art. 42. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $8,400 for electric lighting, and that out of this appropriation and the accumulation of rebates as may be had, the Electric Light Com- mittee may if necessary provide and install lights to meet the requirements of articles 58 to 71.
Voted, That the following persons serve on the above com- mittee, viz. : Russell B. Worster, Matthew O'Dowd, Walter W. Pratt, William J. Coleman and Winslow M. Tirrell.
Art. 43. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 toward the sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the James Humphrey School-house Bonds.
Art. 44. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the 10th 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 six per cent. per annum, and the salary of the Collector be six mills on the dollar.
Art. 45. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the preservation of shade trees, to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
Art. 46. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the survey and plotting of the town; $500 of this amount to be used for the maintenance of work already finished. This appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 47. Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to commence suit for the collection or recovery of any money or property due the town.
Art. 48. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 and further appropriate the sum of $4,200 for over drafts and deficiences.
Art. 49. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of a section of State Highway on Main Street.
Art. 50. Voted, That this article in relation to the Selectmen selling real estate, be laid on the table.
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Art. 51. No action was taken on this article in relation to forest fires.
Art. 52. This article in relation to purchasing an automobile hose wagon for Ward 2 was voted down.
Art. 54. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $30 for a new pump at Lovell's Corner, and Walter W. Pratt was placed on the committee to purchase the same.
The Committee appointed under article 2 made the following report :
PUBLIC WEIGHERS ..
WARD 1.
H. A. Newton, C. Lewis French, John J. Lane, John Byrnes, W. J. Coleman, Michael A. Lane.
WARD 2.
Sumner Thompson, Clara Mitchell, Joseph Cummings, W. H. Cushing, T. H. Emerson, Loretta Looney.
WARD 3.
Henry N. Willoby, John H. Condrick, Orrin B. Bates, Lulie M. Clark, Edward I. Loud.
WARD 4.
W. H. Mace, Marjory J. Mace, Nathaniel R. Ells. WARD 5.
Alvin Hollis, Susie A. Carroll, Walter L. Bates, Frank W. Thomas, J. Leonard Bicknell.
SURVEYORS OF WOO LUMBER AND BARK.
WARD 1.
N. Porter Keene, John J. Lane.
WARD 2.
W. H. Cushing, Waldo Turner, G. M. Pratt.
WARD 3.
W. F. Sanborn, Orrin B. Bates, John H. Condrick, Henry N. Willoby, Edward I. Loud, Lulie M. Clark.
WARD 4.
Gilman B. Loud, George F. Maynard, N. R. Ells.
WARD 5.
Alvin Hollis, Walter L. Bates, J. Leonard Bicknell.
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FENCE VIEWERS.
Gilman B. Loud, Charles Blackwell, F. D. Sherman, Solomon Ford, W. Abbott Howe.
FIELD DRIVERS.
I. H. Walker, Albert M. Newcomb, Frank W. Cowing, John D. Walsh, Thomas Fitzgerald, George B. Bayley, Arthur H. Pratt, Geo. W. Conant, Michael Allen, John L. Maynard.
POUND KEEPER.
Joseph Cummings.
APPROPIATION COMMITTEE. WARD 1.
W. H. Wild, Fred C. Rivinius, Russell H. Whiting.
WARD 2.
G. M. Hoyt, John W. Cronin, William H. Pratt. WARD 3.
R. B. Worster, Ralph W. Loud, Arthur Bryant. WARD 4.
T. L. Tirrell, George F. Maynard, Charles H. Kelley. WARD 5.
W. L. Bates, Louis A. Cook, Jr., Frank E. Loud.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
Voted, To accept the report of the Committee on Flag Staff for the Pratt School.
Art. 56. This article in relation to fire hose for Pond Plain was passed over.
Art. 57. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the working of Loud Street.
Art. 71. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 to build a granolithic or concrete sidewalk with the necessary cross- ings from Independence Square to the Depot, under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets.
Art. 72. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying of a proposed town way over a private way known as Wessagusset Road, from Sea Street to a private way known as Hobomack Road, to be called Wessagusset Road.
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Art. 73. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the working of Wessagusset Road from Sea Street to Hobo- mack Street.
Art. 74. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a proposed town way over a private way known as Leonard Road and through land of Henry A. Nash, from Sea Street to Bay View Street.
Art. 75. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for working Leonard Road.
Art. 76. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a proposed town way over a private way known as Bicknell Road from Bay View Street to Holbrook Road.
Art. 77. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for working of Bicknell Road.
Art. 78. Voted, To pay the sum of $2.25 per day to all able- bodied men for labor on the highway and water works and the sum of $1.75 per day for each horse so employed.
Art. 80. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the working of Phillips Street.
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be extended to Hon. Louis A. Cook for the able and impartial manner in which he has conducted this meeting.
Voted, To adjourn (2.30 P. M).
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
PRECINCT OFFICERS.
EAST WEYMOUTH, MASS., August 9, 1909. JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
Dear Sir - At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth, held at their office August 15, 1910, the fol- lowing were appointed to serve as precinct officers in elections for the ensuing year commencing September 15, 1910 :
PRECINCT ONE.
Warden, Frank A. Richards ; Deputy Warden, David Dunbar ; Clerk, Joseph E. Lane; Deputy Clerk, James P. Scully ; Inspec- tor, George Ruggles; Deputy Inspector, Wilson E. Bean; In-
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spector, Ancil Burrell; Deputy Inspector, Thomas B. Seabury ; Inspector, John A. Holbrook ; Deputy Inspector, Charles H. Williams ; Inspector, John F. Binney ; Deputy Inspector, Joshua H. Shaw; Ballot-Box Officer, Isaac H. Walker; Constable, George W. Nash.
PRECINCT Two.
Warden, Peter F. Hughes ; Deputy Warden, Michael H. Cof- fey ; Clerk, Leavitt W. Bates ; Deputy Clerk, George L. Bates ; Inspector, Charles A. Spear ; Deputy Inspector, George S. Sim- mons ; Inspector, Abbott L. Spinney ; Deputy Inspector, Charles W. Rice ; Inspector, James Knox, Jr. ; Deputy Inspector, James H. Meuse ; Inspector, Frank K. Raymond ; Deputy Inspector, James L. Lincoln ; Ballot-Box Officer, Arthur H. Pratt; Con- stable, George E. Garey.
PRECINCT THREE.
Warden, William S. Wallace; Deputy Warden, George P. Niles ; Clerk, Jacob Dexheimer ; Deputy Clerk, Mark J. Garrity ; Inspector, Timothy F. White; Deputy Inspector, Howard Rich- ards ; Inspector, James A. Pray ; Deputy Inspector, Charles Dwyer; Inspector, Walter J. Geisler; Deputy Inspector, Fred A. Sulis ; inspector, J. Rupert Walch ; Deputy Inspector, Carl- ton Drown; Ballot-Box Officer, John D. Walch; Constable, Thomas Fitzgerald.
PRECINCT FOUR.'
Warden, Thomas H. Melville; Deputy Warden, Charles H. Kelley ; Clerk, J. Ellis Gardner; Deputy Clerk, Elbridge B. Nash : Inspector, Harry D. Tisdale ; Deputy Inspector, Charles H. Lovell; Inspector, John F. Kennedy ; Deputy Inspector, Daniel L. Bresnahan ; Inspector, John W. Seabury ; Deputy In- spector, Howard V. Pratt; Inspector, Edward Howley ; Deputy Inspector, Thomas F. Moore; Ballot-Box Officer, George B. Bailey ; Constable, John L. Maynard.
PRECINCT FIVE.
Warden, Ralph P. Burrell; Deputy Warden, Otis B. Torrey ; Clerk, John F. Welch ; deputy clerk, Fred L. Bayley ; Inspector, George R. Bowker; Deputy Inspector, Frederick W. Belcher; Inspector, George R. Sellers ; Deputy Inspector, George Mar- shall ; Inspector, Matthew O'Dowd ; Deputy Inspector, Patrick
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J. Welch; Inspector, D. Frank Daley ; Deputy Inspector, Michael J. Cullinane ; Ballot-Box Officer, Elbert Ford; Con- stable, Charles C. Tinkham.
PRECINCT SIX.
Warden, Clayton B. Merchant; Deputy Warden, Horace M. Randall : Clerk, Dennis J. Slattery ; Deputy Clerk, Bartholomew J. Smith ; Inspector, Edward F. Cullen; Deputy Inspector, Thomas H. Lynch; Inspector, Arthur M. Hawes; Deputy In- spector, Charles J. Scott; Inspector, James C. Healy ; Deputy Inspector, John H. Tobin; Inspector, Arthur L. Blanchard ; Deputy Inspector, Lester M. Blackwell ; Ballot-Box Officer, Na- thaniel B. Peare ; Constable, Patrick Butler.
BRADFORD HAWES,
Secretary of Selectmen.
WARRANT FOR THE STATE ELECTION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, 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 therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: In precincts One, Three, Five and Six, at the halls of the Fire Engine Houses located in those precincts respectively ; in precinct Two, at the Odd Fellows Opera House, and in precinct Four, at the Hose House at Nash's Corner, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November next, at fifteen minutes before 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-Governor of the Commonwealth.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth.
For Auditor of the Commonwealth.
For Attorney-General of the Commonwealth.
For Representative in Congress for the Twelfth District.
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For Councillor for the Second District.
For District Attorney for the Southeastern District.
For Senator in the General Court for the First Norfolk Dis- trict.
For Representative in the General Court for the Seventh Nor- folk District.
For Sheriff in and for the County of Norfolk.
For one County Commissioner in and for the County of Nor- folk.
For two Associate Commissioners in and for the County of Norfolk.
The polls will be opened at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock in the after- noon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof attested by you in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said 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 of said town three days at least before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ten.
EDWARD W. HUNT, BRADFORD HAWES,
GEORGE L. NEWTON,
WILLARD J. DUNBAR, A. FRANCIS BARNES,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, October 29, 1910.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have posted this day true and attested copies in three and more public places in each precinct in said town of Weymouth, as within directed.
NATH'L B. PEARE, Constable of Weymouth.
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