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Town Meeting Member, Precinct Four, to Fill Vacancy, One Year Mary E. Holbrook
Town Meeting Members, Precinct Five, Three Years Walter L. Bates, Frank W. Holbrook, A. Spencer Marsh,
Henry L. Stowers, Arthur R. Taylor, Frank C. Torrey, Guy W. C. Hartt, Fletcher W. Howe
Walter V. Reed, James A. Carley
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Town Meeting Members, Precinct Six, Three Years John C. Fraser, William A. Connell, Adeline M. Canterbury, L. Henry Godin, David F. Kearns, Arthur V. Harper,
Alfred C. Sheehy, Charles H. Burkett
A true copy, attest :
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
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WESS
GUSSET 1622
LABORAPE
VINCERE
MASSACHUSETTS
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1635
WARRANT FOR A 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 the Town of Weymouth aforesaid who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the hall of the Weymouth High School on Monday, the tenth day of July, 1922, at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, name- ly :
Article 1. To hear the reports of any committees appointed at any previous meeting and to act thereon.
Article 2. On petition : To see if the Town will vote to raise by a loan or otherwise a sum of money sufficient to build a Town Home, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 3. On petition: To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, the sum of $12,000, or any sum of money for the purchase of the property at 649 Main Street, for a home for the Town's poor or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the unexpended balance ($6,000) of the street railway account for the continuance of passenger transportation on the streets of the Town by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company for the year ending May 31, 1923.
Article 5. By request: To see what further action the Town will take in relation to the publication of the Town History and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for printing same.
Article 6. On petition : To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, by loan or otherwise, and appropriate, for the construction and original equipment of an additional building to be located on the grounds of the Weymouth High School, or for an
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addition to said building and the original equipment therefor, and for alterations and improvements to the existing building of the Weymouth High School, and also determine the manner in which money for the purpose to be determined shall be raised or borrowed and terms and conditions of any loan necessary to provide such funds, and also to take any other action relative to providing for the increased attendance at the High School.
Article 7. On petition: To see what action the Town will take with regard to naming or renaming certain squares in honor of Weymouth boys who died overseas in the service of their country during the World War, or take any other action in relation therto.
Article 8. On petition : To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appripriate to provide suitable signs de- signating squares as named under the above article.
Article 9. On petition : To see if the Town will recind its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, entitled: "An Act Relative to Tenement Houses," or will take any action relative to revoking its acceptance of said act or any other action relative to the construction or alteration of buildings for tenement house purposes within the Town.
Article 10. On petition : To see if the Town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to place a tapper on the Porter Methodist Episcopal Church at Lovell's Corner, for fire and no-school alarm.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $700 for the purpose of acquiring an easement and constructing a drain through land of Mary J. Condrick on Granite Street and across said street.
Article 12. On petition : To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the repair of Kensington Road.
Article 13. On petition : To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for repairs of Walnut Avenue from Front Street to the Braintree Line.
Article 14. On petition : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of keeping a traffic officer at the junction of Wash- ington and Pleasant Streets through the summer months.
Article 15. On petition : In accordance with the provisions of Section 1, Chapter 61, of the Acts of 1921, to see if the Town will direct its Selectmen to partly revise the present precincts of the Town by dividing Precinct Four into two precincts.
Article 16. On petition: To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for working Burton Terrace ex- tension.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the construction of a granolithic sindewalk on the northerly side of Washington Street.
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Article 18. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for acquiring drainage rights and draining a portion of Pleasant Street adjacent to the property of Charles H. Lovell, 784 Pleasant Street.
Article 19. By Request: To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the reconstruction of the culvert on West Street where said street is crossed by Mill River.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof 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 at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
WILLIAM H. COWING, ALFRED W. HASTINGS, FREDERICK HUMPHREY, THERON L. TIRRELL, WILLIAM B. DASHA,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest : ARTHUR H. PRATT Constable of Weymouth.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk s.s. Wewmouth, Mass., June 30, 1922
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a copy attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth seven days before the time of holding said meeting,
ARTHUR H. PRATT Constable of Weymouth
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a special meeting of the inhabitants of Weymouth, qualified to vote in town affairs, was held at the assembly hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on Monday July 10, 1922. The meeting was called to order by Hon. George L. Barnes, Annual Moderator, who directed the reading of the warrant by the Town Clerk, after reading the call for the meeting, it was voted: That the further reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted. The Town Clerk then
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read the return of the Constable who served the warrant.
Previous to the business of the evening the Town Meeting members were sworn in as such by the moderator.
Article 1. The Overseers of the Poor made the following re- port :
East Weymouth, Mass., July 3, 1922
Report of the Overseers of the Poor upon acquiring as a town home the property of Jos. Taylor, 649 Main St., South Weymouth. The board is of the opinion that the site is unfavorable, and that the type of building is not suitable to the administration of the business of an almshouse.
A majority of the Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth.
ALFRED W. HASTINGS WILLIAM B. DASHA THERON L. TIRRELL WILLIAM H. COWING FREDERICK HUMPHREY
Voted : That the report of the Overseers of the Poor be accepted. Mr. Theron L. Tirrell for the Selectmen made a report upon procuring a flag station on West Street, South Weymouth, as follows :
That he had interviewed the officials of the Ney York, New Haven and Hartford Rail Road who stated that a flag station at this point on West Street would be more detrimental to the Rail Road than a benefit to the people of this vicinity.
Voted: That the report be accepted.
Voted that the report of the Transportation Committee be accepted. (The report is hereby printed in full.)
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Committee appointed at the Special Town Meeting held June 24, 1921, to represent the Town in cooperating with the Trus- tees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, for the purpose of providing and maintaining a transportation system for the Town of Weymouth, reports as follows:
The Committee remained the same as the preceding year with exception of Mr. James D. Bosworth and Mr. Wallace H. Bicknell who were appointed to fill the vacancies caused by resignation of Mr. Elmer E. Leonard and Mr. William A. Hodges.
During the year ten committee meetings have been held, and sub-committees have had conferences with officials of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company.
The service maintained in the Town has been practically the same as that of the previous year with one or two exceptions which your Committee feel have been an improvement.
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The bus line on Pleasant St., has been taken over completely by the Eastern Massachusetts Railway Company, new busses have been installed, and considerable improvement has been noted in the matter of service, cleanliness of busses and additional trips.
The interference of privately owned jitneys is something that seriously affects the financial end of our transportation problem, it being noticeable that inclement weather greatly increases street car patronage, while pleasant weather has the opposite effect.
This question has been taken up with the Town Authorities, but as yet no method for controlling such jitney competition has been found. The Committee feel that this accounts for the differ- ence between service at cost and the deficit shown in our annual report.
The item of carfares is one which your Committee have been working practically all the year, with as yet no satisfactory solu- tion. Transportation cannot be furnished without revenue of sufficient amount to meet expenses. It is the province of the Town to say whether this revenue shall be obtained through car- fares paid directly by patrons, or indirectly from everyone through taxation. With uncontrolled jitney competition reduction in car- fares will be a difficult thing to effect.
The past mild winter with its minimum snowfall has been a great factor in leaving unexpended a part of the transportation appropriation.
As a result of the Town Meeting mentioned, the Town Ac- countant reported as available for street car service for the year the sum of $15,375.42, of which there remains unexpended ap- proximately $6,000.
The Trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company agree to maintain transportation in the Town of Wey- mouth for the year ending May 31, 1923, in a like manner to that of the past year, provided the Town will appropriate for the pur- pose the unexpended balance.
Detailed report of operations and copy of agreement under which we are operating' have been filed with the Secretary of the Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. HEALD, Chairman STANLEY T. TORREY, Secretary W. H. COWING .... JAMES D. BOSWORTH WALLACE H. BICKNELL
GEO. E. CUNNIFF JOHN W. HANLEY JOSEPH KELLEY
PARKER T. PEARSON
WILLIAM L. SWAN
Committee on Transportation.
June 1, 1922.
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FINANCIAL REPORT EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY BAY STATE SYSTEM WEYMOUTH DISTRICT
Condensed Income Statement, 12 Months ending May 31, 1922
Railway Operating Revenue
Railway Operating Expenses
$104,656.69 88,627.87
Net Revenue
$16,028.82
Taxes
1,942.67
Operating Income
$14,086.15
Non Operating Income, Interest on Deposits, etc.
135.58
Gross Income
$14,221.73
Miscellaneous Debits
90.93
Net Income
$14,130.80
Required for Investment Income
23,400.00
Deficit
$9,269.20
Deduct for Accident Reserve-not appropriated
1,450.00
Paid a-c Deficit 6 months ending Nov. 30, 1921
8,281.40
Excess payment applied to 1923 Deficit
$462.20
DETAIL OF OPERATING EXPENSES 12 Months Ending May 31, 1922.
Way and Structures
Superintendencey of Roadway
$1,977.39
Ballast
34.80
Ties
1,281.40
Rail
63.90
Special Work
Track and Roadway Labor
5,130.43
Misc. Track and Roadway Expenses
286.64
Bridges, Trestles, etc.
42.75
Crossings, Fences and signs
15.97
Other Miscellaneous Expense
.95
Superintendency of Electric Line
214.70
Signal and Interlocking system
132.49
Telephone and Telegraph lines
63.10
Poles and Fixtures
2,284.22
Overhead Feeders
43.45
Track Bonding
593.77
Overhead Trolley
868.52
Misc. Line Expenses
245.43
Superintendence Buildings
20.92
$7,819.20
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Building, fixtures and grounds
525.13
Shop Buildings
460.58
Depreciation
5,796.00
Rails, Fastenings, and Joints
354.14
Paving
17.04
Total Way and Structures
$20,453.72
Equipment
Superintendence
700.45
Car Bodies
2,439.62
Painting
824.76
Shifting
89.92
Trucks, wheels and axles
1,590.36
Air Brakes, etc.
393.85
Economy Meters
.09
Snow Plows and Service Cars
649.54
Motors
997.99
Controllers
333.18
All other Electrical Equipment
9.55
Elect. Equipment of Service Cars
343.78
Shops and Tools
407.34
Shop Tools
113.05
Shop Expenses
802.83
Lost and Extra Time
17.14
Scrap-Credit
188.51
Autos and Trucks
920.38
Auto Busses
736.20
Depreciation
3,168.00
Depreciation on Motor Busses
900.00
Adjustment connecting divisions
1,677.65
Total Equipment
$13,571.87
DETAIL OF OPERATING EXPENSES
12 Months Ending May 31, 1922
Power
Superintendence
$51.96
Connecting Divisions
9,193.95
Miscellaneous
1.76
Total Power
$9,247.67
Conducting Transporatation
Superintendence
4,081.32
Passenger Conductors and Trainmen
597.90
Connecting Divisions
2,098.80
One -- man car Operators
19,448.45
Buss Operators
1,750.96
Misc. Car Service Employees
9.63
Lamps, waste, etc.
52.38
Miscellaneous expense
122.14
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Secret Inspection
161.11
Car House Employees
1,492.14
Car House Expenses
419.40
Operation of Tel, and Tel. lines
.05
Other Transportation expense
4,594.37
Bus Expenses
949.62
Cleaning and Sanding Tracks
694.90
Removal Snow and Ice
511.04
Total Conducting Transportation
$32,786.61
Traffic
Superintendence
34.18
Advertising
73.02
Total Traffic
$107.20
General and Miscellaneous
Salaries, expenses Gen'l Officers
479.46
Salaries and expenses G. O. Clerks
1,804.10
Gen. Office Expenses
321.97
Law Expenses
53.35
Pensions
144.96
Misc. General Expenses
300.00
Telephone and Tolls
172.39
Miscellaneous General
691.75
Salaries Claim Dep't
234.49
Misc. Expenses Claim Dept.
333.49
Legal Expenses Claim Dept. Injuries and Damages
5,666.36
Fire, Boiler Insurance, etc.
1,177.25
Stationery and Printing
378.60
Transfers and Tickets
193.77
Wages Storekeepers etc.
323.87
Transportation of Stores
141.45
Garage Expenses
554.13
Miscellaneous
.02
Misc. Stores Expense
44.07
Total General and Miscellaneous
$12,460.80
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY MEMORANDUM OF WEYMOUTH SUBDIVISION OPERA- TIONS FOR YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1922.
Operating Revenue $104,656.69 88,627.87
Operating Expenses
Net Revenue $16,028.82
Taxes, Required for Interest on Investment, etc. $25,298.02
Deficit
$9,269.20
45.32
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Credit, Injuries and Damages not Not charged 1,450.00
$7,819.20
Net Deficit Available for Year Deficit
$15,375.42 7,819.20
Balance
$7,556.22
Voted : That the report of the Transportation Committee be accepted.
Article 2. Voted : That the committee of ten appointed at the annual meeting of March 7, 1921 be continued as a committee to bring in plans, specifications and estimates to the next annual town meeting for the construction of the Town Home, substantially in line with their report of December 23, 1921, appearing in the last annual report and that the sum of $300, be appropriated from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to enable said committee to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 3. Mr. Edward C. Barker, sec'y of the Appropriation committee moved that no action be taken under this article.
Mr. Allen Emery moved as an amendment, that the committee appointed in Article 2 be instructed to consider the merits of the property as designated in article 3 of the warrant and report on the same with their report under article 2 of this warrant at the next annual town meeting.
The amendment was put before the members and was carried. The motion as amended was carried.
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Article 4. Voted: To appropriate the unexpended balance of the street railway account for the continuance of. passenger trans- portation on the streets of the town by the Eastern Massachusetts Railway Company for the year ending May 31, 1923.
Article 5. Voted : That no action be taken under this article
Article 6. Voted : That no action be taken under this article.
Article 7. Voted : That the junction of the following squares be named as designated in memory of Weymouth boys who gave up their lives in the service of their country in the World War.
Hunt and Main Streets James H. Corridan Square
Webb and Broad Streets Thomas F. Donovan Jr., Square
North and Sea Streets Arthur B. Hurley Square
Main and Washington Streets Harold W. Hyland Square Madison and Broad Streets Central and Union Streets Hollis and Pond Streets Main and Pond Streets William E. Johnson Square Parker B. Jones Square Harold B. Klingeman Square William B. Monteith Square Main and Front Streets Ernest B. Mowry Square Pond and Thicket Streets Park and Pleasant Streets George T. Nesbit Square Ralph Talbot Square
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Middle and Commercial Streets Vincent A. Gorman Square
Commercial and Water Streets Albert A. Ross Square
Standish and Bridge Streets Joseph H. Whall Square
Article 9. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Town Counsel and Representative in the General Court, for the purpose of obtaining legislation at the next session of the legislature which will enable the town to vote upon the question of recinding its acceptance of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 entitled: An Act relative to tenement houses: and to cause the question to be brought before the town in the proper manner as soon as possible.
Article 8. Voted : To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $480, for the purpose of providing and erecting suitable signs designating the Squares named under Article 7.
Aritcle 10. Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 11. Voted : To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $700, for the purpose of acquiring an easement and constructing a drain through the land of Mary J. Condrick on Granite Street and across said street.
Article 12. Voted: Tht this article be referred to the Superintendent of Streets, the amount expended to be taken from the street department.
Article 13. Motion offered by Mr. Edward C. Barker, sec'y of the Appropriation committee. To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $250, for the purpose of resurfacing Walnut Avenue from Front Street to the Braintree Line.
Mr. E. W. Hunt moved as an amendment, that the sum be $500, instead of $250.
The amendment was lost.
This vote being doubted by 7 legal voters, the Moderator appointed Bryan Leonard and William L. Swarn as tellers who were sworn as such by the Moderator.
On a recount of the vote 44 voted in favor and 72 against. The amendment ws declared lost.
The motion offered by Mr. Barker was carried.
Article 14. Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $500, for the purpose of maintaining a traffic officer at Washington and Pleasant Streets during the Summer months, said amount to be expended under the direction of the Police Department.
Article 15. Motion offered by Mr. Edward C. Barker, sec'y of the Appropriation committee: That the Selectmen be directed to review and revise the boundaries of precinct 4, making said precinct into two voting precincts, said revision to be of January next.
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Mr. Thomas P. Vaile moved as an amendment, that 1000 copies of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1921 be printed and a copy be sent to every officer of the town, also to every Town Meeting Member.
The amendment was declared lost.
The motion offered by Mr. Barker was declared carried.
Article 16. Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $600, for working of Burton Terrace.
Article 17. Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $2,250, for grano- lithic sidewalk on the northerly sidewalk of Washington Square.
Article 18. Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $600, for the constructing a drain to obtain proper drainage of Pleasant street adjacent to the property of Charles H. Lovell.
Article 19. Voted: To appropriate from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $700, for reconstructing a culvert on West street where said street is crossed by Mill River.
Voted to adjourn
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT Town Clerk.
A true copy, attest :
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1635.
WARRANT FOR THE STATE PRIMARY
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, s.s.
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 Wey- mouth 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 on Front St., near Nash's Corner, on Tuesday, the Twelfth Day of September, 1922, at three o'clock P. M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomination of candidates of political parties for the following 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.
Senator in Congress for this Commonwealth.
Congressman for the Fourteenth Congressional District.
Councillor for the First Councillor District.
Senator for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
Representative in General Court for the Fifth Norfolk District County Commissioner for Norfolk County.
County Commissioner (to fill a vacancy) for Norfolk County. Two Associate Commissioners for Norfolk County.
District Attorney for the Southeastern District.
Clerk of Courts for Norfolk County.
Register of Deeds for Norfolk County.
and for the Election of the Following Officers:
District member of the State Committee for each political party, for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
Twenty-five members of the Republican Town Committee.
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Twenty-Seven members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Thirteen Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party.
Eleven Delegates to the State Convention of the Democratic Party.
All of the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from three to nine o'clock p. m.
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 on or before the ninth day of September 1922.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this fourteenth day of August, 1922.
WILLIAM H. COWING ALFRED W. HASTINGS WILLIAM B. DASHA FREDERICK HUMPHREY THERON L. TIRRELL
Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
ARTHUR H. PRATT
Constable of Weymouth.
August 14, 1922.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, s.s.
Weymouth, August 23, 1922
Pursuant to the within earrant I have this day notified the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid to meet at the respective places and time for the purpose set forth in said warrant by posting true and attested copies of the same in each precinct in said town as therein directed.
A true copy, attest :
ARTHUR H. PRATT Constable of Weymouth.
RESULT OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Precinct
1
2
3
4
5 83 285
6 47
Total 452
Allen, J. Weston
92
67
110
Cox, Channing H.
208
155
249 46
53 221 32
24
30
172
Total
312
250
405
306
392
208
1873
131
1249
Blanks
12
28
80
Lieut. Governor
Fuller, Alvan T.
223
151
240
193
229
105
1141
Warner, Joseph E. Blanks
74
61
93
75
126
67
496
15
38
72
38
37
36
236
Total
312
250
405
306
392
208
1873
Secretary
Cook, Frederick W.
264
187
283
219
312
141
1406
Blanks
48
63
122
87
80
67
467
Total
312
250
405
306
392
208
1873
Treasurer
Burrell, Fred J.
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