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ARTICLE 16
* To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to provide transportation for Humarock. The Selectmen to be invested with the authority to spend this money for the purpose set forth, or in conjunction with the Town of Marshfield, or act thereon. Selectmen.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $300.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 17
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to be used in conjunction with such sum as the Department of Public Works shall authorize for General Shore protection. Said costs to be borne equally by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Scituate or act thereon. Selectmen.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $3,500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 18
To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of rivers, harbors, tide water and fore- shores, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth. Selectmen. VOTED: Yes. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 19
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the care of soldiers' neglected graves in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 115 (Ter. Ed.), Section 22, or act thereon. Selectmen.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $700.00. Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 20
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $100.00 for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, or act thereon. County Treasurer.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $100.00.
Charles E. Mitchell, Director.
ARTICLE 21
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the proceeds of the Dog Fund received from the County to Libraries and that the amount be equally divided between the Pierce Memorial at North Scituate and the Allen Memorial at Scituate, or act thereon. Selectmen. VOTED : Yes. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 22
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the maintenance and care of the Old Cemetery on Cudworth Road, or act thereon ? Selectmen.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $100.00.
ARTICLE 23
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 to purchase a Sprayer for the Moth Department, or act thereon.
Moth Department.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $750.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 24
To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five members, including one member of the School Committee, to investigate present school housing conditions and future requirements with special reference to the elementary schools, and to report its recommendations for consideration at the next annual Town Meeting or at any Special Town Meeting that may be called prior thereto, and for the expenses of this committee to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00. School Committee.
VOTED: Yes, and to raise and appropriate $200.00. Unani- mous vote. Committee appointed by the Moderator : Thomas W. Macy, Eldon H. Lusk, Eben B. Page, Marion E. Brown, Mary F. Heffernan.
ARTICLE 25
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to pay an interest claim of $18.75 representing a coupon on note 290 which
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apparently was lost, all other coupons and note itself has been paid. This interest to be charged to funds in the bank set aside for that Town Treasurer. purpose.
VOTED : To so authorize the Treasurer. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 26
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the use of, and to be expended under the direction of the Scituate Committee on Public Safety for the continuance of their activities, or act thereon ? Scituate Committee on Public Safety.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 27
Will the Town instruct its Board of Assessors to have printed for the benefit of the taxpayers a book containing valuation lists of all properties in the Town of Scituate and raise a sum of money to defray expenses of same? Said list to be brought up to date and include the year of 1944. Advisory Board.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,500.00, instructing the Assessors to print valuation list.
ARTICLE 28
Will the Town authorize the Town Accountant to transfer the following unused balances of special appropriations of former years to the Excess and Deficiency Account ?
Federal Projects Civilian Defense Fire Department
$1,048.48 3,805.69
$4,854.17 Town Accountant.
VOTED: To authorize the Town Accountant to transfer to the Excess and Deficiency Account. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 29
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 for necessary expenses of operation of the Scituate Ration Board (OPA No. 271) ? Scituate Ration Board.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $3,500.00.
ARTICLES 30 AND 31
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to replace the present Police Automobiles, or act thereon ?
Police Department.
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, in co-operation
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with the Chief of Police, to sell present Police Automobiles, or use same for a trade-in value on the purchase of new Automobiles for the Police Department, or act thereon. Police Department.
VOTED: To take up Articles 30 and 31 at the same time so that one motion will be in keeping with both articles.
VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 for the purchase of an automobile to replace the present so-called cruiser car, and that the Selectmen in co-operation with the Chief of Police be authorized to sell the present Police cruiser or use same for trade-in value for the purchase of a new automobile.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 32
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to trim bushes, etc., along the Town Highways, or act thereon.
Tree Warden.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,000.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 33
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the maintenance and improvement of the Town Forests, or act thereon. Town Forest Committee.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 34
Will the Town vote to establish a committee of five citizens to be appointed by the Moderator to be known as the Memorial Building Committee and raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the expenses of this Committee ?
It shall be the duty of this Committee to study the matter of location, plans, etc., of a building as a Memorial to our Armed Forces of all wars and to furnish, therein, meeting and club rooms for all our Veteran Associations. They shall report their recommendations at the next Annual or Special Town Meeting, or act thereon.
Mary W. Murrill, et al.
VOTED: That the Town establish a Memorial Building Com- mittee consisting of five members, to be appointed by the Moderator, and raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the expense of this committee. This committee shall study the matter of a building as a memorial to our citizens who have served in the Armed Forces of all wars, and report its recommendations to the Town not later than the Annual Meeting in 1945. Unanimous vote.
Committee appointed by the Moderator : Edward Raymond Gillis, Malcolm C. Sherman, Mary W. Murrill, Luther W. Turner, Clifford L. Ward.
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ARTICLE 35
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 to repair and put into safe condition the part of First Parish Road running between Mungo's Corner and the Norwell-Scituate line, or act thereon. Kenneth Mansfield, et al.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $2,500.00.
ARTICLE 36
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to tar and smooth an area approximately 30 feet by 60 feet in the rear of the Humarock Fire Station for recreational purposes, or act thereon. Humarock Beach Improvement Association.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $500.00.
ARTICLE 37
To see if the Town will rescind its vote whereby the "Town voted that $1,500.00 be raised and passed as per Article 37, provided it conforms to plans and specifications of County Commissioners." Pertaining to Article 37 Town Meeting Warrant, Annual Town Meeting held March 1, 1943. John F. Dalby.
VOTED: To rescind.
ARTICLE 38
To see if the Town will transfer the appropriation of $1,500.00 made under Article 37, Annual Town Meeting Warrant held March 1, 1943, for the purpose of continuing the construction of a sidewalk on the westerly side of Country Way from a point near the property of Jonathan W. Preston to a point opposite Hatherly School, or act thereon. John F. Dalby.
VOTED: To transfer the 1943 appropriation of $1,500.00.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town appropriate a sum of money up to $500.00 for the purpose of stocking ponds and other inland waters located within the Town limits with fish and of liberating game, as defined in Section 1, Chapter 129A, within said limits and to meet the necessary expenses incidental thereto, including the feeding of game so liberated as pro- vided in Chapter 142 of the Acts of 1938, or act on anything relating thereto. Matthew L. Brown et al. Representing Rod and Gun Club.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $500.00. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 40
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $26.03 for the payment of bills of previous years, said payments to be as follows :
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1943 bill of White Brothers Milk Co.
$19.20
1943 bill of Ray's Garage 5.75
1943 bill of Hobbs & Warren, Inc. 1.08
$26.03
Selectmen.
VOTED : To raise and appropriate $26.03.
Unanimous vote.
The meeting adjourned at 11 o'clock P.M.
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS March 13, 1944
Polls open from 10 o'clock A.M. to 8 o'clock P.M.
Presiding Election Officer : Moderator Nathaniel Tilden.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Norman Reddy, Dorothea E. Gillis, Margaret M. Reynolds, Margery M. Damon, John T. Barry, Vernetta G. Barnes.
In charge of ballot box : Arthur H. Lane.
Tellers: Robert P. O'Hern, Paul F. Young, Leo Murphy, Robert W. Dwyer, Frank W. Dowd, Harry M. Litchfield, W. Otis Andrews, Paul F. Spencer.
Total Vote : 1,826.
Moderator for One Year
Nathaniel Tilden
1,491
Blanks 335
Selectman for Three Years
Williams B. James 1,062
John J. Steverman 682
Blanks 82
Assessor for Three Years
W. Irving Lincoln
1,356
Blanks 470
Public Welfare for Three Years
Wilmot M. Brown 1,167
Blanks 659
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Surveyor of Highways for Three Years
Matthew L. Brown 1,127
Wilson S. Brown 468
Lewis G. Warren 215
Blanks 16
Constables for One Year Vote for Three
William P. Brenchick
807
Lawson C. Vickery 1,070
William H. Connor 25
Ralph L. Conte 5
Joseph A. Dwyer
3
Scattering and Blanks
3,568
Water Commissioner for Three Years
William E. Shuttleworth 732
Russell J. Wilder 929
Blanks 165
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Charles E. Mitchell
1,391
Blanks 435
Board of Health for Three Years
William P. Grovestein 699
George A. Kelley 81
Margaret J. O'Donnell 543
Clifford L. Ward, Jr. 468
Blanks 35
School Committee for Three Years
Thomas W. Macy
1,120
John T. Samuelson
431
Blanks 275
Park Commissioner (term expiring March, 1945)
F. Eugenia Brown
1,275
Blanks 551
Park Commissioner (term expiring March, 1946)
Clifford L. Ward
1,240
Blanks 586
Planning Board for Three Years
Vote for Two
Mark W. Murrill 12
Evan F. Bailey 14
Richard A. Levangie
4
- Scattering and Blanks
3,622
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Scituate, Mass.,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Scituate High School Auditorium,
Tuesday, the 25th Day of April, 1944
at 2:00 o'clock P.M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :
7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.
12 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
12 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 9th Congressional District.
2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, 9th Congressional District.
4 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 9th Congressional District.
4 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, 9th Congressional District.
District Members of State Committee-(One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District.
25 Members of the Republican Town Committee.
10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
The polls will be open from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixth day of April, A.D., 1944.
DENNIS H. SHEA, W. IRVING LINCOLN, WILLIAMS B. JAMES, Selectmen of Scituate.
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PLYMOUTH, SS. April 25, 1944.
By virtue of the within named warrant I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein stated by posting up attested copies thereof, one in each of the Post Offices in said Town and one at the Town Hall, said posting being seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
LAWSON C. VICKERY,
Constable of Scituate.
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
April 25, 1944
Polls open from 2 P.M. to 10 P.M.
Presiding Election Officer : Dennis H. Shea.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Dorothea E. Gillis, Mar- garet M. Reynolds, Don W. Freeman, Barbara Tobin, John T. Barry.
In charge of ballot box: Arthur H. Lane.
Tellers : Joseph R. Dillon, Paul F. Young, Harry M. Litchfield, Robert P. O'Hern.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
Total Vote: 32. Republican 22; Democratic 10.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group
Vote for not more than seven
Leverett Saltonstall 21
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 15
Sinclair Weeks 15
Louise M. Williams 15
George B. Rowell 15
Margaret A. Green 15
George F. Booth 15
Blanks
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Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group Vote for not more than seven
Katherine G. Howard 16
Laurence Curtis 15
Doris M. A. Kundig
Rosa M. Levis 15
15
Horace E. Handford 16
15
Carolyn L. Purcell
J. Edward Lajoie 15
Blanks
47
District Delegates to National Convention 9th District
Group Vote for not more than two
Joseph F. Francis 17
Robert E. French 19
Blanks
8
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention 9th District
Group Vote for not more than two
Josephine E. Clark 15
Aurare B. Surprenant 15
Blanks 14
Delegates not Grouped
George H. Young
8
Blanks 14
State Committee Norfolk and Plymouth District
Vote for one man
Frederick H. Lutz
13
Blanks 9
Vote for one woman
Josephine E. Clark
12
Blanks 10
Town Committee Vote for not more than twenty-five
Nathaniel Tilden 19
Vernetta G. Barnes 19
Harry E. Bates 17
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Prescott A. Damon
18
George V. Yenetchi
16
Walter S. Allen
17
William E. Shuttleworth
18
Gladys L. Merrill
17
Lester D. Hobson
18
Lyman B. Presten
18
Don W. Freeman
18
Fred T. Waterman
20
Paul F. Young
17
Lydia H. Tilden
16
Vernon W. Marr
20
Amy C. Bates .
17
Wilson S. Brown
20
Howard H. Young
17
C. Harry Driscoll
17
Philip S. Bailey
19
W. Cleveland Cogswell
17
Mary L. Bailey
16
Scattering and Blanks
159
DEMOCRATIC PARTY Delegates at Large to National Convention
Group
Vote for not more than twelve
David I. Walsh
9
William J. Foley
9
Joseph E. Casey
7
James M. Curley
6
William H. Burke, Jr.
7
Frank W. Tomasello
6
John W. McCormack
7
Maurice J. Tobin
7
Joseph B. Ely
6
Margaret M. O'Riordan
6
Charles F. Hurley 6
6
Blanks
38
Alternate Delegates at Large to National Convention
Vote for not more than twelve
Group
Elizabeth L. McNamara 6
John Zielinski
5
Joseph K. Zemaitis
5
Joseph M. McDonough
6
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Mathias LaPierre
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Samuel Michelman 5
Charles Kaplan 5
Mary Maliotis 6
Paul V. McDonough 6
Clementina Langone
5
Silas F. Taylor
5
Bernard J. Killion
6
Catherine E. Hanifin
6
Blanks 54
District Delegates to National Convention 9th District
Group Vote for not more than four
Helen L. Buckley
8
Louis A. Cordeiro 7
Antonio England 7
Edward C. Peirce 7
Blanks
11
Alternate District Delegates to National Convention 9th District
Group Vote for not more than four
Albert M. Heath
5
Noemi C. Hinkley 5
Henry Landreville 5
Vincent O'Neil 6
Blanks 19
State Committee Norfolk and Plymouth District
Vote for one man
Edward A. Sheehan
4
Blanks 6
Vote for one woman
Helen L. Buckley
5
Blanks 5
Town Committee
Vote for not more than ten
William H. McDonald 10
Mary Elizabeth Madore 10
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James W. Welch 8
Ann E. Larkin
8
John B. Fabello 9
Elizabeth T. Harrigan 9
Edward R. Gillis
8
Jeremiah J. Sexton
8
Kevin B. Dwyer
8
Daniel J. Queeney
8
Blanks
14
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
ADVISORY BOARD RESIGNATION
April 27, 1944
Town of Scituate
c/o Town Clerk Scituate, Mass.
Gentlemen :
As of this date, and taking into consideration a lack of support extended to the Board at the last Town Meeting, we deem it advisable to tender our resignation as a body.
Respectfully submitted,
ADVISORY BOARD
WM. A. HENDRICKSON
K. W. MOFFATT
LUTHER W. TURNER JOE SEVERANCE WILSON S. BROWN
ERNEST B. NORD
ELDON H. LUSK RICHARD CLAPP
May 18, 1944
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ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS BY MODERATOR NATHANIEL TILDEN
Term Expires
VERNETTA G. BARNES. March 1947
VINCENT F. DUNPHY
JOHN D. O'REILLY, JR. March 1947
DR. RUTH BAILEY .. March 1947
March 1946
GEORGE J. MITCHELL March 1946
*WALTER S. ALLEN March 1946
MARY L. BAILEY. March 1945
WILLIAM F. SLATTERY March 1945
WILLIAM E. SHUTTLEWORTH March 1945
*Resigned July 29, 1944 and Moderator Nathaniel Tilden ap- pointed Allen W. Bates to fill the vacancy.
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Scituate, Mass., GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in the Scituate High School Auditorium,
Tuesday, the Eleventh Day of July, 1944
at one o'clock P.M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion 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 (To fill vacancy for this Commonwealth
Representative in Congress. 9th Congressional District
Councillor
2nd Councillor District
Senator
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District
One Representative in General Court
2nd Plymouth Representative District
Two County Commissioners Plymouth County
Sheriff
Plymouth County
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The polls will be open from One P.M. to Seven P.M.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of June, A.D. 1944.
DENNIS H. SHEA, W. IRVING LINCOLN, WILLIAMS B. JAMES, Selectmen of Scituate, Mass.
PLYMOUTH, SS. Scituate, Mass., July 11, 1944.
By virtue of the within named warrant I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein stated by posting up attested copies, thereof, one in each of the Post Offices in said Town and one at the Town Hall, said posting being seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
LAWSON C. VICKERY,
Constable of Scituate.
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
STATE PRIMARY July 11, 1944
Polls open from 1 o'clock P.M. to 7 o'clock P.M.
Presiding Election Officer : Dennis H. Shea.
Ballot Clerks: Charlotte L. Chessia, Dorothea E. Gillis, Mar- garet M. Reynolds, Barbara Tobin, Norman Reddy, John T. Barry.
In charge of ballot box : Arthur H. Lane.
Tellers : Paul F. Young, Joseph R. Dillon, Harry M. Litchfield, Robert P. O'Hern, Dorothy W. Sharp, Elizabeth B. Sampson, Catheryn G. Studley, Catherine E. Levangie.
Town Clerk: William M. Wade.
Total vote 291 : Republican 251 ; Democratic 40.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
Horace T. Cahill 211
Blanks 40
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Lieutenant Governor
Robert F. Bradford 93
Jarvis Hunt 45
Rudolph F. King 93
Daniel E. McLean
0
William H. McMasters 3
Blanks 17
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook
222
Blanks 29
Treasurer
Fred J. Burrell 94
Laurence Curtis 122
Blanks 35
Auditor
Frank A. Goodwin 130
Wallace E. Stearns 20
Russell A. Wood 82
Blanks
19
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes 164
Charles Fairhurst 16
James E. Farley 45
Blanks 26
Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy)
Leverett Saltonstall
232
Blanks 19
Congressman - Ninth District
Charles L. Gifford
216
Blanks 35
Councillor - Second District
Clayton L. Havey
203
Blanks 48
Senator - Norfolk and Plymouth District
Newland H. Holmes 220
Blanks 31
Representative in General Court - Second Plymouth District
Nathaniel Tilden
223
Blanks
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County Commissioners - Plymouth County Vote for two
Frederic T. Bailey 194
Elva M. Bent 134
Norman G. MacDonald 95
Blanks 79
Sheriff - Plymouth County
Charles H. Robbins
211
Blanks
40
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Francis X. Hurley 16
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Blanks
1
Lieutenant Governor
John B. Carr
13
Alfred P. Farese
2
Alexander F. Sullivan
8
John S. Sullivan .
9
Blanks
8
Secretary
John M. Bresnahan
18
Margaret M. O'Riordan 16
Blanks 6
Treasurer
John E. Hurley 25
Francis C. McKenna
4
Michael A. O'Leary
3
John F. Welch 2
Blanks 6
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
34
Blanks
6
Attorney General
John H. Backus
4
Francis D. Harrigan 4
Francis E. Kelly 16
Joseph M. McDonough 14
Blanks
2
Maurice J. Tobin
t
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Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy)
John H. Corcoran 14
Joseph A. Langone, Jr. 3
Joseph Lee 8
Richard M. Russell 13
Blanks 2
Congressman - Ninth District
William McAuliffe
28
Blanks 12
Councillor - Second District
Samuel George Thorner
25
Blanks 15
Senator - Norfolk and Plymouth District
25
Blanks 15
Representative in General Court - Second Plymouth District
Blanks
40
County Commissioners - Plymouth County Vote for two
Thomas A. McCann 27
Henry J. Pomeroy 17
Blanks 36
Sheriff - Plymouth County
George F. Adams
27
Blanks
13
Attest: WILLIAM M. WADE,
Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
PLYMOUTH, SS.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Scituate.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections to meet at the High School Auditorium, Tuesday, the seventh day of November, 1944, at 6:00 o'clock A.M. for the fol- lowing purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices :
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Theodore S. Luddington
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Presidential Electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Senator in Congress (to fill vacancy), Representative in Congress Ninth District, Councillor Second District, Senator Norfolk and Plymouth District, Represen- tative in General Court Second Plymouth District, two County Com- missioners Plymouth County, Sheriff Plymouth County.
And to bring in their votes on the following questions :
QUESTION No. I PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Shall an amendment to the constitution to provide for a Fair, Concise Summary, instead of a Description, of Each Proposed Amendment to the Constitution and Each Law submitted to the People, under the Initiative and the Referendum, and Certain Changes relative to the Filing of Initiative Petitions which is further described as follows :-
This amendment amends Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution by striking out section three under the heading "The Initiative. II. Initiative Petitions" and inserting in place thereof a new section which provides, --
That an initiative petition for a constitutional amendment or a law shall first be signed by ten qualified voters of the Commonwealth and shall be submitted to the Attorney General not later than the first Wednesday of the August before 'the assembling of the General Court into which it is to be introduced. It may be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth if the Attorney General shall certify that the measure and its title are in proper form and that it is not, affirmatively or negatively, substantially the same as any measure which has been qualified for submission or submitted to the people at either of the two preceding biennial state elections, and that it contains only subjects not excluded from the popular initiative and which are related or which are mutually dependent.
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