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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 primaries, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :- In Precincts One, Three, Five and Six in 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 25th day of September, 1917, at four o'clock P. M., for the follow- ing purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the fol- lowing offices :
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth. Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth. Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth. Attorney-General for this Commonwealth.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District ..
Senator for Norfolk-Plymouth Senatorial District.
One Representative in General Court for Fifth Norfolk Representative District.
County Commissioner for Norfolk County.
Register of Deeds (to fill vacancy) for Norfolk County.
And for the election of the following officers :
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District Member of State Committee for each political party, for the Norfolk-Plymouth Senatorial District.
Twenty members of the Democratic Town Committee. Twenty-five members of the Republican Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of political parties.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from four to nine o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by the vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before September twentieth, 1917.
Given under our hands this third day of September, A. D. 1917.
HENRY E. HANLEY, BRADFORD HAWES, JOSEPH KELLEY, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, September 17, 1917.
Pursuant to the within Warrant I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and times for the purposes set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said town as therein directed.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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The result of the ballot was as follows :
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
PRECINCT.
1 2
3
4
5
6 Total
Governor.
Frederick W. Mansfield 5
8
13
9
14
5
54
Blanks
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Lieutenant-Governor.
Matthew Hale
2
2
1
1
4
.
Blanks
5
8
12
8
10
5
48
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Secretary.
Arthur B. Reed .
2
1
4
·
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·
1
Edward W. Lawson.
7
8
12
8
10
5
50
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Treasurer.
Humphrey O'Sullivan
2
1
4
·
·
1
Blanks
7
8
12
8
10
5
50
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Auditor.
Elzear H. Choquette.
2
1
4
·
·
1
Josiah Quincy Blanks
7
8
12
8
10
5
50
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Attorney-General.
Josiah Quincy
7
8
13
8
10
5
51
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
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1
·
·
·
·
1
·
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·
·
2
.
1
4
.
7
Blanks
-
-
-
-
-
7
1
Blanks
-
7
David A. Haley
7
10
64
PRECINCT.
1 2
3
4
5
6 Total
Councillor-First District.
Louis Bates
1
1
Blanks
7
10
12
9
14
5
57
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Senator-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts.
Clarence W. Harding
5
9
9
7
9
3
42
Blanks
2
1
4
2
5
2
16
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Representative in General Court-Fifth Norfolk Distriet.
Dennis J. Slattery ...
1
1
Wallace H. Bicknell .
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.
.
. .
James A. Pray
.
.
1
Blanks
7
9
10
9
14
5
54
Totals
7
10
13
9
14
5
58
County Commissioner-Norfolk.
Albert P. Worthen. . .
Blanks
7 10
1 12
· 9
14
5
57
Totals 7
10
13
9
14
5
58
Register of Deeds-Norfolk.
Blanks
7 10
13
9
14
5 58
Totals 7 10
13
9
14
5
58
State Committee-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts:
Blanks
7 10
13
9
14
5
58
Totals
7 10
13
9
14
5
58
Delegates to State Convention.
Thomas Mccarthy . .
1
1
John Reidy
1
·
·
.
·
1
Cornelius J. Lynch
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.
.
James Knox
.
.
1
1
.
1
1
1
1
.
1
Thomas Mccarthy. . .
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·
1
·
-
-
·
·
1
1
-
-
-
65
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
William Tracy
1
1
Edward Lukeman
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.
.
.
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.
.
1
John F. Dwyer.
1
1
John F. Reardon
1
.
.
1
James A. Pray
1
1
Thomas J. White
.
1
1
Democratic Town Committee (20).
John Reidy
1
1
Cornelius J. Lynch . .
1
1
3
John F. Dwyer.
1
1
John F. Reardon ..
1
1
Thomas J. McCue ..
1
.
.
.
1
Chas. H. Williams ...
1
.
·
·
1
Michael Coffey .
1
1
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Governor.
Grafton D. Cushing.
17
15
17
37
27
12
125
Samuel W. McCall ..
55
61
81
112
139
53
501
Blanks
0
3
6
12
7
1
29
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Lieutenant-Governor.
Calvin Coolidge Blanks
70
68
81
126
152
55
552
2
11
23
35
21
11
103
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Secretary.
Albert P. Langtry
68
67
82
120
147
54
538
Blanks
4
12
22
41
26
12
117
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
·
.
.
.
1
1
Jesse H. Pierce .
1
1
Wallace H. Bicknell.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
1
·
.
.
1
Thomas J. White. ..
.
1
.
·
·
.
·
·
.1
.
·
·
1
.
66
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Treasurer.
Charles L. Burrell
69
67
80
122
147
52.
537
Blanks
3
12
24
39
26
14
118
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Auditor.
Charles Bruce
15
16
30
48
41
14
164
Alonzo B. Cook
53
50
54
82
110
42
391
Blanks .
4
13
20
31
22
10
100
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Attorney-General.
Henry C. Attwill ...
63
56
72
110
129
53
483
Conrad W. Crooker ..
5
9
11
17
20
5
67
Blanks
4
14
21
34
24
8
105
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Councillor-First District.
Andrew J. Jennings.
15
14
23
33
30
13
128
David L. Parker.
46
46
53
82
106
37
370
Blanks
11
19
28
46
37
16
157
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Senator-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts.
Kenneth L. Nash ....
48
62
80
120
135
54
499
William O. Souther, Jr. 23
14
23
37
35
11
143
Blanks
1
3
1
4
3
1
13
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Representative in General Court-Fifth Norfolk District.
Burgess H. Spinney
62
74
87
126
140
58
547
Blanks
10
5
17
35
33
8
108
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
County Commissioner-Norfolk.
John F. Merrill
66
69
74
119
136
51
515
Blanks
6
10
30
42
37
15
140
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
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PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Register of Deeds.
Walter W. Chambers
52
44
51
86
108
41
382
Frank A. Tirrell.
14
21
35
42
31
12
155
Blanks
6
14
18
33
34
13
118
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
State Committee-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts.
James T. Kirby
61
60
71
111
130
51
484
Blanks
11
19
33
50
43
15
171
Total
72
79
104
161
173
66
655
Delegates to State Convention.
George L. Barnes
60
62
79
120
132
51
504
Frederick L. Alden. .
62
64
80
114
136
54
510
Henry A. Day
62
59
80
112
131
54
498
Patrick Casey
55
57
81
115
128
54
490
William J. Holbrook.
63
62
79
121
139
54
518
Prince H. Tirrell. .
60
63
80
119
141
55
518
Kenneth L. Nash . .
61
64
84
117
135
57
518
Burgess H. Spinney
60
68
88
115
136
56
523
Elmer E. Leonard ...
59
60
80
113
135
52
499
Frederick D. Nichols
55
61
83
115
130
52
496
John L. Bean.
·
·
1
1
Total
597
620
814 1161 1344
539
5075
Republican Town Committee.
Frederick D. Nichols
60
55
81
107
127
49
479
John P. Lovell ......
57
56
77
107
129
50
476
Burgess H. Spinney .
56
60
80
107
132
52
487
Kenneth L. Nash
60
56
83
111
135
52 497
Patrick Casey
56
56
79
105
127
51
474
John J. Norton
57
55
78
101
126
49
466
William H. Cowing. .
57
57
79
105
127
49
474
Newland W. Holmes
57
55
78
101
125
47
463
Ward F. Humphrey .
57
58
79
102
130
47
473
58
57
79
108
137
53
492
Winslow M. Tirrell. . James C. Stever
55
55
78
102
122
48
460
Walter J. Sladen.
60
55
79
105
127
50
476
William B. Dasha ...
56
55
77
101
125
49
463
Walter W. Pratt
59
58
78
103
131
50
479
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.
68
Stanley Hersey
58
54
78
106
132
49
477
Ralph W. Thomas
59
55
77
104
136
49
480
Prince H. Tirrell
58
57
79
107
135
51
487
Ralph P. Burrell
58
54
76
106
130
50
474
Marshall R. Abbott ..
57
55
78
101
128
47
466
Edwin A. Stone
58
54
77
101
127
47
464
Henry A. Day
60
54
77
100
125
49
465
Kenneth E. Brennan.
55
55
78
104
130
49
471
Burton B. Wright ...
57
55
78
106
137
49
482
Herman O. Collyer ..
54
56
81
102
123
49
465
Albert Humphrey
1
1
Carmine Garofalo
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A true copy.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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WES
USSET 1623
LABORARE
INCERE
MASSACHUSETTS
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
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 town affairs, to meet in the Odd Fellows Opera House in East Weymouth, on Friday, the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hun- dred and seventeen, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following ar- ticles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out of a town way over the private way known as Madison Avenue, from Broad Street to Madi- son Street.
Art. 3. On petition : To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to make a confirmatory deed to Charles B. Cushing and others, Trustees of the M. C. Dizer Estate, confirming the transfer of the land formerly occupied by the Ward 2 Engine House, at the junction of Broad Street and the priv- ate way known as Madison Avenue.
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to build a new Alms- house.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to raise by loan and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the building and equipment of a new Almshouse, the same to be located on the land owned by the town of Weymouth on Essex Street, and
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take all necessary action in regard to building and equip- ping such Almshouse.
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the trustees of the Tufts Library to execute and deliver a lease of the room or rooms now occupied by the Weymouth Post Office for a term not exceeding five years, to such parties and for such rental as the trustees may deem expedient.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you in writing, in each of two pub- lic 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 at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventeen.
HENRY E. HANLEY, BRADFORD HAWES, JOSEPH KELLEY, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Majority of Selectmen of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, Mass., September 20, 1917.
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by me in writing, in each of two public plac- es in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth seven days before the time of holding said meeting.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, a meeting of the in- habitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Odd Fel- lows Opera House on Friday, September 28th, 1917, at 7.45 o'clock in the evening, the meeting was called to order and the warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Hon. George L. Barnes was elected as Modera- tor, and the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen up- on the laying out of a town way over the private way known as Madison Avenue, from Broad Street to Madison Street.
Art. 3. Voted, To authorize the Treasurer to make a con- firmatory deed to Charles B. Cushing and others, Trustees of the M. C. Dizer Estate, confirming the transfer of the land formerly occupied by the Ward 2 Engine House, at the junc- tion of Broad Street and the private way known as Madison Avenue.
Art. 4. Voted, To build a new Almshouse.
Art. 5. Voted, To lay this article on the table.
Voted, To take up Article 6.
Art. 6. Voted, To authorize the trustees of the Tufts Lib- rary to execute and deliver a lease of the room or rooms now occupied by the Weymouth Post Office for a term not ex- ceeding five years, to such parties and for such rental as the trustees may deem expedient.
Voted, To take from the table Article 5.
Art. 5. Voted, That the Board of Overseers of the Poor be and hereby are authorized to cause the removal of the ruins of the old Almshouse by contract or otherwise, the cost if any to be paid from the insurance.
Voted, That the town erect a new Almshouse to be located upon the land belonging to the town, known as the "Town Farm" and for this purpose and to equip and furnish the same to appropriate the sum of Forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars and the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to bor-
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row said sum and, with the approval of the Selectmen, to is- sue serial bonds of the town therefor, of the denomination of One thousand (1,000.00) dollars each, payable two in each succeeding year from the date of issue, to bear interest at the rate not exceeding 5 per cent per annum and that the Board of Overseers of the Poor be constituted a committee to build and equip the same. All other particulars as to form, issu- ance, and sale of said bonds may be determined by the Town Treasurer.
Voted, That the money received as insurance on the old Almshouse recently burned be appropriated in addition to the money to be raised by loans for the building, equipment and furnishing the new Almshouse.
Previous to taking the vote, in which the town voted to raise by a loan the sum of $40,000.00 for the building and equipping the new Almshouse, the Moderator appointed J. Leonard Bicknell and L. Winthrop Bates as tellers to count the votes under that motion, and administered the oath to them. They reported that 127 had voted in favor of the motion and 1 against, and the Moderator declared that the motion was carried.
It having been called to the attention of the voters, that the Town was about to lose one of its most valuable citizens, Mr. Frederick C. Rivinius, who is to take up his residence in another State, and who has served the town so faithfully for a number of years as a member of the Appropriation Commit- tee, it was
Voted, That the thanks of the town be extended to him, and that the Town Clerk convey to him the action of the Town.
Voted, To adjourn.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION.
SSET 1623
LABORARE MASSACHUSETTS
VINCERE
.1635.
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, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit: in Precincts One, Three, Five and Six, in 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 sixth day of November, 1917, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the election officers of the several precincts their votes on one ballot for the fol- lowing named public officers, to wit :
Governor for this Commonwealth.
Lieutenant-Governor for this Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver General for this Commonwealth. Auditor of the Commonwealth for this Commonwealth.
Attorney General for this Commonwealth.
Councillor for the First Councillor District.
Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
Representative in General Court for the Fifth Norfolk Rep- resentative District.
County Commissioner for Norfolk County.
Register of Deeds for Norfolk County, to fill a vacancy oc- casioned by the death of Edward L. Burdakin.
And also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon each of the follow-
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ing proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 1.
The General Court shall have power to provide by law for voting by qualified voters of the Commonwealth who, at the time of an election, are absent from the city or town of which they are inhabitants in the choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question submitted at such election.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Article XVIII. Section 1. No law shall be passed prohib- iting the free exercise of religion.
Section 2. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools and all moneys which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, un- der the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is expended; and no grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or authorized by the common- wealth or any political division thereof for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any school or institution of learning, whether under public control or otherwise, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, or any other school, or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution, or edu- cational, charitable or religious undertaking which is not pub- licly owned and under the exclusive control, order and super- intendence of public officers or public agents authorized by the commonwealth or federal authority or both, except that appropriations may be made for the maintenance and support of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and for free public libraries in any city or town, and to carry out legal obliga- tions, if any, already entered into; and no such grant, appro- priation or use of public money or property or loan of pub- lic credit shall be made or authorized for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious denomi- nation or society.
Section 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
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prevent the commonwealth, or any political division thereof, from paying to, privately controlled hospitals, infirmaries, or institutions for the deaf, dumb or blind, not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care or support actually rendered or furnished by such hospitals, infirmaries or institutions to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to support or care for themselves.
Section 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory, pen- al or charitable institution of the opportunity of religious ex- ercises therein of his own faith; but no inmate of such insti- tution shall be compelled to attend religious services or re- ceive religious instruction against his will, or, if a minor, without the consent of his parent or guardian.
Section 5. This amendment shall not take effect until the October first next succeeding its ratification and adoption by the people.
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT No. 3.
The maintenance and distribution at reasonable rates, dur- ing time of war, public exigency, emergency or distress, of a sufficient supply of food and other common necessaries of life and the providing of shelter, are public functions, and the commonwealth and the cities and towns therein may take and may provide the same for their inhabitants in such man- ner as the general court shall determine.
The polls will be opened at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon and 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 pub- lic 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-second day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventeen.
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HENRY E. HANLEY, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, JOSEPH KELLEY, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, Selectmen of Weymouth.
NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, Mass., October 25, 1917.
I have this day posted a copy of this warrant duly attested by me in writing in two or more public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth and made due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk three days before the time of said meeting.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
The result of the ballot was as follows :
PRECINCT.
1 2
3
4
5
6 Total
Governor.
James Hayes of Ply- mouth (S. L.) ....
1
3
2
2
6
2
16
Chester R. Lawrence of Boston (P.) ... Frederick W. Mans- field of Boston (D.)
9
2
1
3
1
2
18
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester (R.) .. 194
178
191
174
246
145
1128
John McCarty of Ab-
ington (S.)
8
10
12
3
11
7
51
Blanks
2
5
2
5
5
2
21
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
.
116
57
75
136
525
58
83
77
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Lieutenant-Governor. Calvin Coolidge of Northampton (R.) 191
170
186
170
233
148
1098
Matthew Hale of Bos-
61
74
111
47
81
105
479
ton (D. P. Pro.) ... Sylvester A. McBride of Watertown (S.)
10
13
12
5
12
10
62
Fred E. Oelcher of
Peabody (S. L.) ..
0
1
1
2
6
2
12
Blanks
10
23
14
20
12
29
108
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Secretary.
Herbert S. Brown of
Greenfield (P.) ...
12
5
2
7
6
7
39
Albert P Langtry of Springfield (R.) .. 191
162
187
157
219
130
1046
Ingvar Paulsen o
Boston (S. L.) ....
4
2
3
1
5
3
18
Arthur B. Reed of Ab- ington (D.) .
45
74
104
53
81
119
476
Marion E. Sproule of
Lowell (S.)
8
12
14
4
14
11
63
Blanks
12
26
14
22
19
24
117
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Treasurer.
Charles L. Burrell of Boston (R.)
198
174
181
166
237
133
1089
Solon Lovett of Bev- erly (P.)
5
3
2
4
2
2
18
Joseph A. Murphy of Lowell (S.)
8
12
14
3
11
13
61
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell (D.) ....
49
73
108
49
59
125
463
78
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Mary E. Peterson of
Somerville (S. L.) .
2
0
3
2
6
1
14
Blanks
10
19
16
20
29
20
114
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Auditor.
Elzear H. Choquette of
New Bedford (D.).
44
61
93
54
61
114
427
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston (R.) . 191
171
180
155
229
129
1055
David Craig of Mil- ford (S. L.) .
2
1
1
0
4
4
12
Walter S. Peck of
Stockbridge (S.) ..
7
12
14
4
13
9
59
Henry G. Smith, Jr. of Somerville (P.) .
8
2
3
5
7
2
27
Blanks
20
34
33
26
30
36
179
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Attorney-General. Henry C. Attwill of Lynn (R.) .
189
158
178
159
222
131
1037
Frank Auchter of
Belmont (P.)
6
3
2
6
2
2
21
William R. Henry of Lynn (S.)
· 6
11
15
3
14
13
62
Thomas J. Maher of Medford (S. L.) ...
3
1
0
1
4
1
10
Josiah Quincy of Bos- ton (D.)
57
74
108
51
76
122
488
Blanks
11
34
21
24
26
25
141
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
79
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Councillor-First District.
Norman D. Gillespie of Whitman (S.) ..
19
28
46
14
27
35
169
David L. Parker of
New Bedford (R.). 207
178
203
160
243
151
1142
Blanks
46
75
75
70
74
108
448
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Senator-Norfolk and Plymouth Districts.
Clarence W. Harding of Whitman (D.) ..
50
64
92
47
73
92
418
Kenneth L. Nash of
Weymouth (R.) .. 193
176
200
175
241
160
1145
Elmer A. Wright of
Whitman (S.)
14
14
19
8
17
15
87
Blanks
15
27
13
14
13
27
109
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Representative in General Court-Fifth Norfolk District. Frank E. Briggs of
Weymouth (I.) ... 91
111
110
63
89
124
588
Burgess H. Spinney
of Weymouth (R.) 158
146
176
149
227
142
998
Blanks
23
24
38
32
28
28
173
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
County Commissioner-Norfolk County. John F. Merrill of Quincy (R.) 217 189 216
167
247
158
1194
Blanks
55
92
108
77
97
136
565
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
80
PRECINCT.
1
2
3
4
5
6 Total
Register of Deeds-Norfolk County to fill vacancy.
Walter W. Chambers
of Dedham (R.) ... 208
181
211
156
232
150
1138
Blanks
64
100
113
88
112
144
621
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Amendment No. 1, in relation to absentee voting.
Yes
176
158
200
145
225
159
1063
No
40
38
32
34
45
49
238
Blanks
56
85
92
65
74
86
458
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Amendment No. 2, relative to appropriations for private ₹ institutions.
Yes
176
154
198
156
250
145
1079
No
56
75
70
52
53
97
403
Blanks
40
52
56
36
41
52
277
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
Amendment No. 3, relating to dealing by the Common- wealth in the necessaries of life.
Yes
190
179
231
164
255
186
1205
No
24
26
16
18
19
28
131
Blanks
58
76
77
62
70
80
423
Total
272
281
324
244
344
294
1759
A true copy.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
SSET 1623
E
LABORARE
VINCERE
MASSACHUSETTS
.1635.
0061
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
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 town affairs, to meet in the Odd Fellows' Opera House in East Weymouth, on Friday evening, December 14, 1917, at eight o'clock and fif- teen minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
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