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Town of Cohasset, account poor 1 65
City of Cambridge, account poor
78 00
N. Y. & B. D. Express Co., permit 1 00
Litchfield's Express, permit 1 00
82
Mrs. Harriet Bowman, account soldiers' relief . $144 00 William P. Richardson, Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees 43 21
Second District Court, account fines 117 87
W. S. Damon, janitor Town Hall 16 00
W. S. Damon, account outbuilding 5 00
North Scituate Beach Improvement Association, account Beach Street 210 00
H. T. Cole, Highway Surveyor, sale of crushed stone, loam, oil, etc. 441 98
Barrett Mfg. Co., barrels returned 11 64
Gulf Refining Co., barrels returned 19 08
Overpayments 15 95
Clam permits 163 50
Allyn & Bacon, account schools, credit. 4 40
J. E. DeMeyer, account telephone tolls, etc. 6 45
Mrs. George B. Hanley, account schools,
tuition
3 00
Licenses :
Pool table, Benj. Nichols, 1908-09 4 00
Pool table, E. L. Josselyn, 1908-09 4 00
Pool table, M. F. Damon, 1908-09 4 00
Pool table, James Ward, 1909 2 00
Bowling alley, James Ward, 1909 2 00
Carriage, H. T. Cole 1 00
Carriage, F. D. Graves 1 00
Carriage, C. H. Eastman . 1 00
Carriage, Mary A. Litchfield
1 00
Carriage, H. F. Bates, 1908-09
2 00
Junk, S. Edelstein . 10 00
Junk, Samuel Berson
10 00
Milk, Thos. H. Farmer, Inspector
10 50
Slaughter house, Q. K. and R. C. Merritt 1 00
Slaughter house, T. O. Jenkins 1 00
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Peddler's, Louis Levine $8 00
Peddler's, James J. Barry
8 00
Peddler's, J. Monahan .
8 00
$135,647 02
EXPENDITURES
CASH PAID:
Selectmen's orders $67,447 64
State Treasurer, State tax, 1909 4,950 00
State Treasurer, State Highway tax, 1909 208 10
State Treasurer, Refund Corporation tax 1 19
County Treasurer, County tax, 1909 5,198 91
Interest on town indebtedness
2,870 00
Interest on notes, anticipation taxes, 1909 . 601 45
Collection charges 50
J. F. Turner, order of 2d District Court 65 58
W. E. Supple, order of 2d District Court . 49 58
C. M. Litchfield, order of 2d District Court . 30 80
C. W. Prouty, order of 2d District Court . 19 40
J. T. Condon, order of 2d District Court . 4 55 F. W. Varney, Collector, overpayment moth tax, 1908. 10 52
Town Note, reduction of debt 4,000 00
Town Note, anticipation taxes, 1908 5,000 00
Town Notes, anticipation taxes, 1909 40,000 00
Cash on hand January 1, 1910
5,188 80
$135,647 02
JOHN D. FERGUSON, Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
After the death of our late Treasurer, Ernest L. Bonney, I examined the accounts and vouchers of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor, Collector and Treasurer, counted the cash and proved the bank balance and find the same to be correct. Turned the cash, amount namely, $946.15, over to Acting Treasurer John D. Ferguson, taking his receipt for the same.
Dr.
Cash on hand Jan. 2, 1909 $4,620 82
Taxes, 1903
7 35
Taxes, 1904
225 42
Taxes, 1905
344 17
Taxes, 1906
761 64
Taxes, 1907
1,617 96
Taxes, 1908
2,794 08
Miscellaneous collections
26,202 79
$36,574 23
Cr.
Orders drawn on Treasurer, Nos. 4189 to 4495 inclusive, 307 orders $19,668 13
Amounts otherwise paid 6,138 10
Cash on hand $946 15
Cash in Fourth National Bank, Boston . 9,821 85
10,768 00
$36,574 23
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BANK BALANCE AS PROVED
Balance in bank as per cash book $9,821 85
Amounts of outstanding checks 1,533 17
March interest 5.42
April interest 13 58
$11,374 02
Bank balance as certified by bank, May 1, 1909. $11,374 02
I have examined the accounts and vouchers of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer and Collector for the year 1909 and find the following :
RECEIPTS
Balance, cash on hand and in bank, Jan. 2, 1909 . $4,620 82 Amount received for taxes by years :
1903
55 30
1904
304 48
1905
779 39
1906
1,613 94
1907
4,018 14
1908
15,026 26
1909 56,185 69 Amount of abatement of taxes 1,035 89
Amount received, account gypsy moth from State 1,386 85
Amount received, account State Aid 2,372 00
Amount received, account State Corporation tax
2,778 02
Amount hired in anticipation of taxes 40,000 00
Amount received from all other sources 5,470 24
$135,647 02
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PAYMENTS
943 orders drawn on Treasurer for year ending
Jan. 1, 1910 $67,447 64
Notes paid . 49,000 00
Interest on notes 3,471 45
State tax 4,950 00
County tax 5,198 91
State Highway tax 208 10
Amounts paid by various demands 182 12
Balance, cash on hand and in bank Jan. 1, 1910. 5,188 80
$135,647 02
1909 TAXES
Total tax liquidated $84,809 24
Abatements $348 28
Discounts
2,633 06
Outstanding
25,642 21
$28,623 55
Collected by Collector and deposited with
Treasurer
56,185 69
$84,809 24
Dr:
Total outstanding taxes for years previous to 1909 $31,665 64
Total tax liquidated for 1909 84,809 24
Total amount of moth taxes . 448 44
Overpaid on 1908 moth tax
10 52
Cr. $116,933 84
Total taxes received for years previous to 1909 . $21,797 51 Total outstanding taxes for years previous to 1909 9,180 52 Abatements of taxes for years previous to 1909 . 687 61
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Total taxes received for 1909 . $56,185 69
Total outstanding taxes for 1909 25,642 21 Discounts paid on 1909 taxes 2,633 06
Abatements of taxes for 1909 348 28
Total amount paid Treasurer on moth tax 270 55
Total outstanding moth tax 188 41
$116,933 84
Total amount of notes outstanding Jan. 1, 1910, account indebtedness $78,200 00
CHARLES W. PEARE, Auditor.
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TOWN MEETING
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1909
Ballot Clerks, E. Clayton Hyland and Eugene T. Brown.
Charles F. Clapp and Walter J. Stoddard checked the names of voters before depositing their ballots in the ballot box.
George S. Bailey, John Cummings and Herbert E. Webb took the oath of office as Tellers.
Frank L. Bates was appointed by the Moderator to attend to the ballot box when the official count of votes commenced.
These officers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
The meeting was promptly opened at 7 o'clock A.M. by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and took charge of the meeting.
Article No. 1 was taken up and Henry T. Bailey was chosen Moderator by ballot and then had charge of the meeting, being the Presiding Election Officer of the voting with the Official Ballot.
The ballot box was opened at 10.30 A.M. and fifty ballots taken out and the counting of votes commenced.
The polls were declared closed at 1.05 P.M. The ballot box registered 516, the number of voters checked on each voting list being the same.
Male, 506. Female, 10.
The total vote as announced by the Presiding Election Officer was as follows:
Selectman for two years, unexpired term:
Marcus F. Damon 135
James W. Turner 322 Blanks 49
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Selectman for three years:
Henry E. Damon 164
Clement J. Prouty 94 E. Parker Welch 234
Blanks 14
Assessor for two years, unexpired term:
Marcus F. Damon 131
James W. Turner 310
Blanks . 65
Assessor for three years: 150
Henry E. Damon
Clement J. Prouty 92
E. Parker Welch 232
Blanks
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Overseer of the Poor for two years, unexpired term:
Marcus F. Damon 131
James W. Turner 305
Blanks
70
Overseer of the Poor for three years:
Henry E. Damon 146
Clement J. Prouty 91
E. Parker Welch 227
Blanks
42
Town Clerk for one year:
Jetson Wade 416
Blanks
90
Town Treasurer for one year: Ernest L. Bonney 409
Blanks
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90
Collector of Taxes for one year:
Fenton W. Varney 428
Blanks . 78
Auditor for one year:
Charles W. Peare 382
Blanks 124
Surveyor of Highways for one year:
Henry T. Cole 243
J. Frank Crane 238
Blanks 25
Constables for one year:
Charles M. Litchfield 318
Liba F. Litchfield 131
Eugene Longfellow 93
Francis E. Merritt 81
William E. Supple
259
John F. Turner 370
Blanks
266
Tree Warden for one year:
Percival S. Brown 351
Edward Bush 111
Blanks
44
School Committee for three years:
Joy K. Gannett, Jr. 197
Peter W. Sharp 276
Blanks 43
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Board of Health for three years:
Harry F. Cleverly 277
George G. Currell 134
Blanks 95
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes, 158; No, 307; Blanks, 41.
Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nine- teen hundred and eight, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire, " be accepted by this town?
Yes, 242; No, 66; Blanks, 198.
TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED MARCH 1, 1909 Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor. - James W. Turner, for two years, unexpired term.
Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor. - E. Parker Welch, for three years.
Town Clerk for one year. - Jetson Wade.
Town Treasurer for one year. - Ernest L. Bonney.
Collector of Taxes for one year. - Fenton W. Varney. Auditor for one year. - Charles W. Peare.
Surveyor of Highways for one year. - Henry T. Cole.
Constables for one year. - John F. Turner, Charles M. Litch- field, William E. Supple.
Tree Warden for one year. - Percival S. Brown.
School Committee for three years .- Peter W. Sharp.
Board of Health for three years .- Harry F. Cleverly, M.D.
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ARTICLE 2
Voted, Surveyors of Lumber, Measurers of Wood and Bark for one year. - Ansel F. Servan, George S. Bailey.
Fence Viewers for one year. - Jonathan Hatch, Hosea J. Stockbridge, Clement J. Prouty.
Field Drivers. - Frank Barry, Clement J. Prouty.
Pound Keeper. - James E. Merritt.
Park Commissioner for three years. - Clement J. Prouty.
ARTICLE 3
Voted, To accept the Report of the Selectmen and other Town Officers as printed in the Town Report.
ARTICLE 4
Voted, To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations of the same.
State Aid
$2,500 00
Support of Schools .
15,000 00
Transportation of Pupils
3,200 00
Support of Poor
5,000 00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
500 00
Miscellaneous
1,200 00
Town Officers
2,500 00
Public Buildings .
1,000 00
Insurance on Public Buildings
250 00
Fire Department
800 00
Removing Snow
1,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
Tree Warden 350 00
Lockup, Care of
0 00
Board of Health
400 00
Hydrant Rental
3,200 00
Collection of Taxes 700 00
Memorial Day
150 00
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Libraries $500 00
Cattle Inspection .
100 00
Gypsy Moth 1,700 00
Abatement of Taxes
1,000 00
Discount on Taxes .
2,500 00
Reduction of Debt
4,000 00
Interest
3,700 00
Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks
4,000 00
Town Counsel .
100 00
Police and Constables.
1,000 00
Street Signs .
50 00
Maintenance Fore River Bridge, 2 per cent cost
50 00
Street Watering, Macadam Road, taken up with Article 28 1,000 00
State Tax, estimated
6,500 00
State Highway Tax, estimated 200 00
County Tax, estimated
5,500 00
ARTICLE 5
Voted, That the rate of wages for removing snow be 25 cents per hour.
ARTICLE 6
Voted, That the town do authorize the Overseers of the Poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the town's poor.
ARTICLE 7
Voted, by unanimous vote, 105 in favor, That the town do authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning March 1, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy
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for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ARTICLE 8
To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen. No committee to report.
ARTICLE 9
Voted, That the town do authorize the Selectmen to prose- cute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the town.
ARTICLE 10
Voted, That the taxes be collected in the same way and manner as last year.
A discount of 5 per cent to be allowed on all taxes paid on or before October 1, 1909.
Four per cent discount if paid on or before November 1, 1909.
Three per cent discount on taxes paid on or before Decem- ber 1, 1909.
That the Collector receive one per cent for collecting the taxes.
ARTICLE 11
Voted, That the town do abate the poll tax of each in- dividual fireman.
ARTICLE 12
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sun of $3,500 for the enlargement of the Town Hall, according to plans made or modification of the same, or act thereon.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 13
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the building of macadamized road from . the Scituate railroad station west by the way of Central Street.
ARTICLE 14
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor in resurfacing and putting in good repair Branch Street from junction of land of Henry Merritt and Thomas W. Lawson, on easterly side of said street, to Central Street.
ARTICLE 15
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be expended under the direction of the Highway Sur- veyor in repairs on bridge road (Marshfield Avenue) and building of sidewalk at Humarock Beach.
ARTICLE 16
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for building of new town way from Willow Street to Brook Street as laid out by the County Commissioners.
ARTICLE 17
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor in the improvement of Pond Street from its junction with Main Street to the Cranberry Bog.
ARTICLE 18
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the use of the Park Commissioners.
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ARTICLE 19
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of . $100 to complete the grading of the Common on Union Street.
ARTICLE 20
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to continue the macadam construction of Beach Street and to asphalt it from the creek bridge to the end of the new work.
ARTICLE 21
Will the town authorize the Treasurer to borrow upon the notes of the town a sum not exceeding $20,000 to be expended in altering and rebuilding the High Schoolhouse, as recom- mended by the High School Improvement Committee?
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 22
Will the town appoint a committee to expend any sum authorized under the foregoing article and to take charge of such alteration and rebuilding?
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 23
Voted, That the town increase the salary of the Town Treasurer to $300 per annum.
ARTICLE 24
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $225 for the purchase of fire hose.
ARTICLE 25
To see if the town will vote "That none but taxpayers of the town be employed for work to be done on roads, bridges and sidewalks and public buildings of the town."
Voted, To pass over.
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ARTICLE 26
Voted, That the town rescind its vote of March 4, 1901, whereby it was voted to authorize the Selectmen to deposit in the State archives a volume of the laws of the General Court, made in 1658 and continued until 1691, as requested by Robert T. Swan, Commissioner of Public Records, and in- struct the Town Clerk to consult the Secretary of the Com- monwealth in regard to its return to the town.
ARTICLE 27
Voted, That the town do authorize the Selectmen to transfer, . at their discretion, unexpended balances of the previous year to current appropriations.
ARTICLE 28
Article 28, taken up with estimated expenses, street water- ing, macadam road, $1,000.
Voted, That the town choose a committee to take action toward having its macadam-built roads treated with any form of asphaltum or other preparation.
Voted, That the Selectmen and the Highway Surveyor be a committee to expend $1,000.
ARTICLE 29
Voted, That the town do instruct the Selectmen to prohibit the game of basket-ball in the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 30
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to repair the highway from Barkers Lane by the way of the Sand Hills and Turner Avenue to Hatherly Road.
ARTICLE 31
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to continue the building of macadam road along
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Charles Street, Egypt, beginning at a point near the Egypt railroad station and connecting with macadam construction on said street near residence of Charles M. Ferguson.
ARTICLE 32
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $350 for repairs on Second Cliff bridge.
ARTICLE 33
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to extend the macadam construction on High Street westerly from a point near the residence of Wm. T. Clapp, to be expended under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
ARTICLE 34
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to pave the sides of driveway leading from street to Jenkins School and continue the driveway around to west end of said school.
ARTICLE 35
Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to build and establish a Union School at or near Conihasset Hall? Voted, No.
ARTICLE 36
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200 for the purpose of transporting its school children, in connection with estimated expenses.
ARTICLE 37 -
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for School Committee services.
ARTICLE 38
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the purpose of rebuilding, repairing and resurfacing
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Central Street easterly from Mongoe's Corner, the same to be expended under the supervision of the Highway Surveyor.
ARTICLE 39
To see if the town will instruct a committee, to be appointed at this meeting, to appear before the Legislative Committee on Towns at a hearing to be held March 4 next, on petition to relocate the boundary line between Scituate and Cohasset.
RESOLUTIONS BY HARVEY H. PRATT, ESQ.
At the annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, qualified to act in municipal affairs, it is
Resolved, That the division line between Scituate and Co- hasset, once the boundary of the ancient Colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, standing as it now does with slight deviation from its establishment two hundred and fifty-three years ago, ought not now to be changed without grave, ade- quate and sufficient reason.
That the location of this line having been for nearly a quarter of a century in the early days of the Colonies a matter of se- rious controversy, which called to its settlement Bradford, Winslow, Hatherly and Tilden, Endicott, Stoughton, Clapp and Fisher, ought to remain - a fitting and enduring evidence of the pride which the Commonwealth takes in the works of these early Puritans.
That this town which gave to Harvard University its second president; to the Supreme Court of the United States a member whom Washington would have made Chief Justice; to the statecraft, Hoar and Tilden; to the judiciary, Cushing, Gray, Lowell, Barker and Lathrop; and to the muses, Bryant, now earnestly protests this sacrilege.
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Voted, That a copy of these resolutions be conveyed to the Moderator of the annual meeting of Cohasset now as- sembled, with the request that it be read to the town.
Voted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to appear before the Legislative Committee on Towns, at a hearing to be held on March 4 next, and oppose the relocation of the boundary line between Scituate and Cohasset, and that $500 be raised for that purpose.
Voted, That the thanks of the meeting be extended to Henry T. Bailey for the able manner in which he had con- ducted the meeting, and that he receive $5.00 for his services.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
Attest:
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION, 1909
Atalegal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, qualified to vote in elections, held in the Town Hall in said Scituate on Tuesday, the second day of November, 1909, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday of said month, at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant, after which the meeting was taken in charge by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Charles H. Waterman, he being the Presiding Election Officer.
The polls were then formally opened. Fenton W. Varney and Frank L. Bates took the oath of office as Ballot Clerks, and had charge of giving out the ballots to voters who passed through into the polling place.
Hamilton W. Welch and Joseph A. Ward took the oath of office as Tellers and checked the names of voters who passed the desk and deposited their ballots in the ballot box.
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Selectman E. Parker Welch had charge of the ballot box.
One box of 800 ballots was delivered to the Ballot Clerks before the opening of the polls.
The first block of fifty ballots was taken from the ballot box at 10.30 A.M. and counted.
The polls were declared closed at 2.25 o'clock P.M.
The ballot box registered 235 votes; the names of the voters checked upon the voting list kept by the Tellers registered 234; the voters checked by the Ballot Clerks registered 234; the ballots taken from the ballot box and counted registered 234; two hundred and thirty-four ballots having been cast.
The ballots were counted upon the counting board by Hamilton W. Welch and Fenton W. Varney under the super- vision of Charles H. Waterman, Presiding Election Officer.
The Town Clerk had charge of the tally sheets; the result of said count is hereby given as shown on the total tally sheet.
Votes cast for Governor:
Eben S. Draper (Republican) 159
John A. Nicholls (Prohibition) 6
Moritz E. Ruther (Socialist Labor) 1
James H. Vahey (Democratic) 62
Daniel A. White (Socialist) 2
Blanks 4
Lieutenant Governor:
Eugene N. Foss (Democratic) 67
Louis A. Frothingham (Republican) 154
George G. Hall (Socialist) 0
Ernest R. Knipe (Prohibition) 6
Lawrence Yates (Socialist Labor) 0
Blanks 7
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Secretary of the Commonwealth: David T. Clark (Democratic) 49
Harriot D'Orsay (Socialist) 0
Henry C. Hess (Socialist Lab( ) 1
William G. Merrill (Prohibiti : ) 9
William M. Olin (Republica:) . 166
Blanks 9
Treasurer:
James H. Bryan (Democratic) 46
James B. Carr (Socialist) 0
David Craig (Socialist Labor) 0
Daniel Parlin (Prohibition) 9
Elmer A. Stevens (Republican) 167
Blanks
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Auditor:
Alexis Boyer, Jr. (Democratic) . 49
Charles A. Chase (Prohibition) 7
Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 1 Jeremiah P. McNally (Socialist Labor) 0
Henry E. Turner (Republican). 168 Blanks 9
Attorney-General:
Henry M. Dean (Prohibition) 11
John A. Fredrikson (Socialist Labor) 1
Dana Malone (Republican) 160
Harvey N. Shepard (Democratic) 50
John Weaver Sherman (Socialist) 3
Blanks
9
Councillor, First District: Charles O. Brightman (Republican) 174
John McCarty (Socialist) 2
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Thomas F. O'Brien (Democratic) 10
Blanks 18
Senator, First Plymouth District:
Orion L. Griswold (Prohibition) 7
John M. Hayes (Democratic) 42
Melvin S. Nash (Republican) 172
Elmer A. Wright (Socialist) 1
Blanks 12
Representative in General Court, Second Plymouth District: Edgar L. Hitchcock (Democratic) 59
William S. Moore (Republican) 163
Blanks 12
County Commissioners, Plymouth:
Edward P. Boynton (Democratic) 54
George B. Cushman (Socialist) 2
Lyman P. Thomas (Republican) 161
Blanks 17
- County Treasurer, Plymouth County:
Thomas H. Dunn (Socialist) 16
Horace T. Fogg 187
Blanks
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A true copy. Attest :
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns comprising the Second Plymouth Representative District, held at the Town Clerk's office in Marshfield on Friday the twelfth day of November, 1909, at 12-o'clock noon, it was
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ascertained by the returns from each town that the number of ballots cast for each candidate for Representative to the General Court on Tuesday, the second day of November, 1909, was as follows:
HITCHCOCK MOORE
BLANKS
TOTAL VOTE
Marshfield .
33
122
6
161
Pembroke
15
69
7
91
Scituate
59
163
12
234
Duxbury
21
113
5
139
Norwell
50
127
21
198
-
178
594
51
823
William S. Moore of Duxbury, having a majority of the votes returned; was declared elected and his certificate was made out in accordance therewith.
GEORGE H. WEATHERBEE, Town Clerk of Marshfield. WILBERT E. HALLADAY, Town Clerk of Pembroke.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell. JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate.
A true copy. Attest :
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate.
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RELOCATION OF HAZEL AVENUE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
PLYMOUTH, SS.
On the petition of Selectmen of Scituate and others pre- sented to the County Commissioners of Plymouth County at their meeting holden at Plymouth on the twenty-fourth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine, representing that the lines of Hazel Avenue in Scituate in said county as recently laid out under petition of W: P. Richardson and others are unsatisfactory, and that a change in said lines be made which will reduce land damage and better satisfy landowners without detriment to public interests, and requesting a view thereof and such alterations as public safety and convenience may require, reference being had to the petition filed of record in the case.
The County Commissioners, pursuant to an order of notice duly published, posted and served, by which all persons and corporations interested had due notice thereof, met to view the premises at the store of George F. Welch in said Scituate on the eighth day of October, A.D. 1909, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, and after viewing the premises and hearing all persons and corporations who desired to be heard, they adjudicate and determine that common convenience and necessity require that the prayer of said petition be granted as hereafter set forth, no person or corporation then or at any other time objecting thereto.
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