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Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate sufficient money to install two electric lights on Cordis street, between Pleasant street and Vernon street; one on the corner of Court and Cordis streets and one midway between Court and Vernon streets. Louis G. Hatch and others.
Voted. To instruct Commissioners to install lights.
Art. 20. To see if the town will; authorize the Municipal Light Board to install a light on North avenue near the house owned by the Boston Ice Co. George W. Carey.
Voted. To instruct Commissioners to install light.
Art. 21. To see if the town will instruct the Municipal Light Commissioners to place two additional electric lights on Cedar street, between Chestnut and Prospect streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or what the town will do about it. James W. Burke and others.
Voted to instruct Commissioners to install light.
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Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to locate and install a fire alarm box at the corner of Oak street and Greenwood ave- nue, and to raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. Edward E. Lee and others.
Voted. $65 to install box.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to purchase five hundred feet of hose, raise and appropriate money for the same, or what they will do about it. E. S. Jacob and others.
Voted. $375 for purchase of hose.
Art. 18.
Voted. To take from table.
Selectmen presented their report on laying out Herbert street.
Report laid on table as provided in town By-Laws.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to purchase the fire appa- ratus and other property of the Greenwood Library Associa- tion, raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. Harry P. Alden and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 25. So see if the town will vote to install a new heating and ventilating and plumbing system in the Hamilton school and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. Charles E. Montague and others.
Voted. That the town raise and appropriate $3000 for the pur- poses of article and a Committee of Five be appointed.
Committee, Charles E. Montague, James H. Murphy, Frank J. Henkel, James F. Curley, James W. Burke.
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to clean the water course between Albion street and the Rattan Factory, or what they will do about it. John J Butler and others .
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Finance Committee reported as follows : Upon investiga- tion they are unable to determine what the duties of the town are under this article and therefore recommend that the subject matter of the article be referred to the Selectmen and Town Counsel with instructions to make an investigation of the matter, and if it found that there is any duty upon the town to clean this water course or any part thereof, the Selectmen be instructed to do so.
Voted. That report be accepted and its recommendations adopted.
Art. 27. To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money, to be taken from the water surplus fund, for the purpose of replacing the 6-inch main on Main street between Railroad and Richardson streets, with a 16-inch main, or what it will do about it. Charles A. Dean, Chairman Board of Water Commissioners, and others.
Voted. $2900, from surplus.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to have a new floor laid in the auditorium of the town hall, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. John F. Mahoney and others.
Voted. $500 and referred to a Committee of Three to draw specifications and secure bids.
Committee, F. J. Henkel, Fitz Hodgkins, W. G. Strong. Art. 29. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $375, paid to the town on account of fire insurance in settlement of loss by fire at the Municipal Light Plant, to the use of the Municipal Light Department. Curtis L. Sopher and others. Voted. $375.
Art. 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to take care of the Old Cemetery for the coming year, or what they will do about it. Oliver Walton and others.
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Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars for the purpose of laying out Section A, or a part thereof, in Forest Glade Cemetery, or what they will do about it. Oliver Walton and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to pay the bill dated Feb. 17th, 1910, of Austin L. Mansfield for $160.12, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor. Austin L. Mansfield and others.
Voted. $160.12 and that amount be charged to cemetery account. Art. 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the proper observance of the 134th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. George W. Abbott and others.
Voted. $500, to be expended under the direction of a Commit- tee of Three.
Committee, Michael Low, George W. Abbott, Fred E. Bunker.
Voted. To adjourn until next Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 31, 1910.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to have meters installed on the water service pipes. M. E. S. Clemons.
Voted. To refer to the Board of Water Commissioners. Art. 5. Voted. To take up Article 5.
Committee, consisting of Selectmen and Finance Commit- tee, reported the following recommendations :
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That the town raise and appropriate $11,000 and appro- priate the Street Railway tax.
That the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow $6,400, in anticipation of Street Railway tax.
That $1,200 be set aside for concrete sidewalks and edge- stones.
That $2000 be set aside for sidewalk repairs. These two items to be taken from general appropriation.
That "preference be given to permanent men, horses and carts of the Fire Department.
That compensation for a pair of horses, cart and driver be no more than $5.00 per day; for single horse, cart and driver be no more than $3.50 per day. .
Voted. That report be accepted.
Voted. That recommendations of Committee be adopted, and amount asked for be raised and appropriated ; that 10% of amount be expended in outlying districts.
Voted. That in addition to salary of Board of Assessors $150 be raised and appropriated for clerk hire.
Art. 3.
Voted. To take up Article 3.
Committee appointed to bring in a list of officers not chosen by ballot, submitted the following list :
Field Drivers - George K. Walton, Alexander Glass, Palmer Corbett, J. E. Hopkins, C. E. Classen, W. F. Shedd ..
Measurers of Wood-G. W. Killorin, A. L. Mansfield, H. N. Oliver, E. S. Oliver, W. C. Crocker, T. E. Toomey, L. P. Curley, H. A. Feindel, Thomas Hickey, Dennis Greaney, P. I annergan, A. A. Mansfield, W. T. Curley, Wm. Hickey, L. E. Bennett.
Measurers of Lumber-A. T. Locke, H. B. Parker, J. B. Foster, W. A. Prescott, H. A. Feindel, A. P. Webber, L. E. Bennett.
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Weighers of Coal and Merchandise-P. Mclaughlin, John Toomey, W. C. Crocker, Wm. Hickey, T. E. Toomey, A. A. Mansfield, N. E. Cutler, . W. T. Curley, A. L. Mansfield, L. E. Bennett, Thomas Hickey, Willard Farwell, A. B. Morton, E. F. Cobb, J. H. McMahan.
Finance Committee, 3 years-E. F. Preston, G. H. Stowell, J. A. Meloney, J. H. Murphy, C. H. Stearns.
Finance Committee, 2 years-W. H. Tav.
Art. 36. To see if the town will permit the Lynn Hebrew Benevolent Society, also known as the Lynn Hebrew Benev- olent Association, to continue to use for burial purposes the lot of land owned by said society, situated on Lakeside ave- nue in Wakefield, said lot containing about 4956 square feet, and being bounded southerly by Lakeside avenue, westerly by land formerly of John Goodwin, northerly by land of Temple Adath Israel, and easterly by land of Congregation Mishkan Israel. George M. Poland.
Voted. Use of land as asked for by article.
Art 37. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed under Article 3 of the warrant for the town meet- ing held Nov. 29, 1909, relating to the acquiring of land around Lake Quannapowitt for park purposes. M. E. S. Clemons.
Committee presented their report.
Voted. That report be accepted.
Art. 38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum for the estimated expense of taking all or any of the land lying along the shores of Lake Quannapowitt which is not now owned by the town of Wakefield, and authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to take for Park purposes all or any part of said land. M. E. S. Clemons and others. Voted. To take up this article in connection with Article 37.
Motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone.
Pending this motion it was voted to adjourn to next Monday at 7.30 o'clock.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 4, 1910.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator.
Articles 37 and 38 being in order.
A small number of voters being present it was voted to lay these articles on the table.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Railroad street (from Broadway to Albion street) to North avenue, or what they will do about it. J. Fred Parker.
Voted. To change the name of Railroad street (from Broadway to Albion street) to North avenue.
Art. 40. To appoint a committee for the purpose of securing greater benefits to the town from the Metropolitan Park system. Frank J. Henkel.
Voted. That a Committee of Nine be appointed to consider subject and report at a future town meeting.
Committee, F. J. Henkel, C. A. Dean, E. S. Hinckley, J. F. Parker, Cornelius Donovan, A. G. Anderson, A. G. Goodwin, Geo. E. Walker, M. E. S. Clemons.
Art. 41. To see what action the town will take upon the recom- mendation of the Board of Selectmen that the town sell the property known as the Flynn estate, on Albion street.
Voted. That Town Treasurer be authorized to sell at public auction to the highest bidder.
Art. 42. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee appointed under Article 7 of the warrant of Nov. 8th, 1909, to provide quarters in the town hall, or elsewhere, for the Municipal Light Board.
Committee reported that the old court room in town hall be divided between Assessors department and accounting department of the Light Board and that Tax Collector's office be removed to the Treasurer's room and that suitable partitions be installed in both rooms.
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Voted. That report be accepted.
Art. 43. To hear the report of the committee appointed at the annual meeting in March, 1909, in relation to the moving and repairing of building intended for the storing of town uten- sils to town land on Broadway.
Committee appointed March 25, 1909, under Article 35, presented their report stating that the estimated cost of re- moving building was so much in excess of the amount appropriated that nothing further had been done, preferring to report back for further instructions. Amount appro- priated, $300; estimated cost, $645.
Voted. To refer to Finance Committee to report at a future meeting.
Voted. To take Articles 37 and 38 from table.
Voted. That it is the sense of this meeting that the town take for park purposes the several parcels of land referred to in report of committee.
Voted. That the Chair appoint a committee of five to retire and report to this meeting the estimated cost of taking for park purposes the land of George G. Floyd, Junius Beebe, Susan M. Romney, Emma Rosson Heirs, Quannapowitt Agricultu- ral Assn.
Committee, M. E. S. Clemons, J. Fred Parker, Cornelius Donovan, E. E. Lee, Geo E. Walker.
Committee reported estimates as follows : Geo. G. Floyd $250, Junius Beebe $100, Susan M. Romney $100, Emma Rosson Heirs $150, Quannapowitt Agricultural Assn. $150.
Voted. That the following sums of money be raised and appro- priated, being the estimated cost of taking for Park purposes the several described parcels of land. For George G. Floyd Heirs $250, Junius Beebe $1.00, Susan M. Romney $100, Emma Rosson Heirs $150, Quannapowitt Agricultural Assn. $150, and authorize and empower the Park Commissioners to take said lands for Park purposes.
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Motion. That it is the sense of this meeting that the Park Com- missioners acquire the land of Morrill and Atwood for Park purposes.
Voted. To refer to the Selectmen and have an article inserted in the next warrant in reference to this matter.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING APRIL 25, 1910
Article 1. To choose a moderator by ballot to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will ratify the laying out of its sys- tem of sewers as made by its Board of Sewer Commissioners in A. D. 1900 as shown on Map of the Sewerage System pro- posed for Wakefield, Mass., dated Oct. 1900, and signed by William H. Lee, William B. Daniel and George M. Tomp- son, Wakefield Sewerage Commissioners, and by Orlando K. Morgan, Engineer, on file in the office of the Water and Sewer Commissioners, and authorize the construction of a sewer in and through Foundry street and Broadway to the outfall sewer near the junction of Main street and North avenue, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To ratify laying out of sewer system. To authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to build sewer in Foundry street about 220 feet. Appropriate $300 therefor, same to be taken from abuttors assessments.
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer system from the corner of Aborn avenue and Main street, about 250 feet northerly, opposite the estate of Albert J. Wright, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, or what they will do about it. J. Warren Poland and others.
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Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the report of the Finance Commit- tee on Article 43, of the warrant of March 1910, in relation to the moving and repairing of building intended for the storing of town utensils on town land on Broadway.
Finance Committee presented report and recommended that building be moved to corner of Broadway and Foundry streets.
Voted. That report be accepted.
Art. 5. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum to remove, repair and place in proper condition, the building intended for storing town utensils and property, also to purchase a suitable lot of land to place the building upon.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $300 in addition to the $300 previously raised and that the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to remove and repair building.
Art. 6. To see if the town will accept, adopt and allow the lay- ing out by the Board of Selectmen, of Herbert street, (be- tween Bennett and Richardson streets) as a town way, and raise and appropriate money for the construction therefor.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the estimated expense of taking all of the land of the Morrill-Atwood Ice Co. lying easterly of a line drawn from Church street and at right angles thereto to Quannapowitt Lake and distant ten feet from the easterly side of the house known as the Hartshorne House, on land of Morrill-Atwood Ice Co. M. E. S. Clemons and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to acquire by taking or otherwise the land of the Middlesex Traders Association bor- dering on Lake Quannapowitt, or any part thereof for park or other municipal purposes. A. A. Kingman and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
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Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient. sum for the estimated expense of taking or acquiring the land described in the foregoing article. A. A. Kingman and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 10. To hear and act upon the report of the committee upon the question of installing a town scale.
Committee presented report.
Voted. To accept report.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to install a town scale and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. George L. Wakefield and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Resolution. By consent of the meeting Charles A. Dean pre- sented the following resolution :- " That it is the sentiment of the Town of Wakefield that the Boston and Northern Street Railway should complete Water street as laid out by the County Commissioners, and double track said street. The Selectmen are requested to take up this subject with the Boston and Northern Street Railway Company."
Voted. That the resolution be adopted.
Art. 12. To see if the town will reconsider the vote authorizing the sale of the Flynn property at public auction, or what they will do about it. George L. Wakefield.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars for the purchase of the fire apparatus and other property of the Greenwood Library Association, or what they will do about it. Herbert G. Leete and others.
Voted. That town purchase and raise and appropriate $600 therefor, that Selectmen be a committee to carry vote into effect.
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Art. 14. To see if the town will turn over to the Park Commis- sioners for their care, the several plots of improved land on intersecting streets of the highway that have been or may hereafter be located by the Board of Selectmen and set out with flowering shrubs and plants by interested residents in the localities where the plots are or may be located, or what they will do about it. N. E. Cutler.
Voted. To indefinely postpone.
Art. 15. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current year beginning March 7th, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes for said municipal year, such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the current expenses of the town, giv ing the note or notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING JUNE 13, 1910
Article 1. To choose a moderator by ballot to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize the extension of the sewer through Chestnut street and Parker road from Cedar street to Capt. George M. Tompson's, or any part thereof, and authorize the Board of Water and Sewer Com- missioners to construct the same, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor. Elizabeth E. Boit and others.
Voted. To authorize the extension.
Voted. That work be done under the supervision of the Water and Sewerage Board.
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Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to issue notes, scrip, or additional bonds for the purpose of paying for the extension of the sewer in Chestnut street and Parker road, as may be authorized under vote on next preceding article of this war- rant and by Chapter 377 of the Acts of 1900; determine the time when such notes, scrip or bond shall be payable, the rate of interest thereon, the amount thereof and all other proper and necessary conditions thereof, and authorize the Treasurer to sign and the Selectmen to countersign the same.
Voted. For the purpose of providing funds for the building of the sewer authorized by vote under Article 2 of this warrant, and the incidental expenses thereof, that the town issue three notes in the sum of $2,500 each, payable in one, two and three years respectively and dated not later than October 1, 1910, and that the Town Treasurer with the approval of a majority of the Selectmen be hereby authorized to execute and issue said notes.
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to provide for the payment of such securities as may be issued by vote passed under the next preceding article of this warrant, in such annual pay- ments as will extinguish the same within the time prescribed in said act.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 5. To see if the town will fix a minimum price below which the so-called Flynn estate on Albion street shall not be sold, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That $400 be fixed as the minimum price, below which the Flynn estate on Albion street shall not be sold.
Art. 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to take care of Forest Glade Cemetery and to lay out a part of section A, or what they will do about it. Hoyt B. Parker and others.
Voted. $150 and amount to be charged to Cemetery account.
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Art. 7. To see if the town will adopt a by-law directing its col- lector of taxes to exercise the power of taking to enforce the lien for taxes and the collection thereof, and not the power of sale.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current year, beginning March 7th, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes for said municipal year, such sums of money as may be nec- essary to meet the current expenses of the town, giving the note or notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1910
PRECINCT ONE
Meeting called to order by Warden George M. Poland in the Town Hall at 6 o'clock A. M.
The following Election Officers were sworn in :
WARDEN-George M. Poland.
CLERK-John T. Phelan.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-J. D. Alden, C. O. Anderson, John M. Cate, Clifford Mortimer, Waldo E. Cowdrey, George Sheehy, William H. Sullivan, C. Orne Bayrd, F. B. Jordan. A. G. Ab- bott, John J. Regan, M. T. Lane, William Logan, Ed. S. Jacob, A. Leon Cutler.
The polls were then declared open.
The ballot box was opened at eleven o'clock and registered 912 votes.
The box was again opened and registered 1415 votes.
The box was again opened and registered 1658 votes.
The box was again opened when the polls were declared closed at 4.3. p. M. and registered 1785.
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Check list number one showed 1785 names checked.
Check list number two showed 1785 names checked.
The polls were then declared closed by the Warden at 4.30 o'clock P. M.
PRECINCT Two
At 5.55 A. M. ballot box received with 446 ballots.
At 6.00 A. M. polls opened register showing 000.
Warden Eaton swears in the following Precinct Officers.
DEPUTY WARDEN-Harvey S. Parker.
CLERK-Harry P. Alden.
INSPECTORS-Frank Evans, Charles W. Cheever.
TELLERS-George E. Potter, R. L. Pittman, A. M. Baxter, A. G. Baxter.
In absence of Clerk Edw. H. Jordan, Harry P. Alden was sworn in as Clerk and A. G. Baxter as Teller.
10.30 A. M. Warden Eaton by request assisted Ira E. White at booth in marking ballots.
1.30 p. M. Unanimously agreed to open ballot box and com- mence counting ballot.
Box opened and two hundred and eighty-four ballots removed.
4.05 P. M. Twenty-three ballots removed from ballot box.
4.30 p. M. Polls closed. Register showed three hundred and nine votes cast.
Check list number one showed three hundred and eight names checked.
Check list number two showed three hundred and eight names checked.
4 30 P. M. James Maclosky sworn in as Teller in place of George E. Potter.
The complete vote of the town is given herewith by precincts.
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Precincts
Totals
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I II
GOVERNOR
Eben S. Draper
686
162
848
Eugene N. Foss .
89€
102
998
Eugene N. Foss .
72
15
87
John A. Nichols .
11
4
15
Moritz E. Ruther
5
2
7
Daniel A. White
34
10
44
Eugene N. Foss
44
3
47
Blanks
37
10
47
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Thomas F. Cassidy
822
69
891
Louis A. Frothingham .
803
207
1010
Henry C. Hess
9
6
15
Patrick Mahoney .
40
6
46
William G. Merrill
15
8
23
Blanks
96
12
108
SECRETARY
Harriet D'Orsay
59
9
68
Charles J. Martell
727
55
782
Andrew Morteson
10
7
17
William M. Olin .
795
209
1004
William E. Thomas
15
5
20
Blanks
179
23
202
TREASURER
Carl Frederickson
18
7
25
Thomas A. Frissell
.
11
6
17
Sylvester J. McBride
56
9
65
Benjamin F. Peach
729
54
783
Elmer A. Stevens
782
205
987
Blanks
189
27
216
·
·
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AUDITOR
John Holt .
16
5
21
Jeremiah P. McNally
.
13
4
17
Ambrose Miles
55
9
64
Charles C. Paine .
729
52
781
Henry E. Turner
761
202
963
Blanks
211
36
247
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dennis McGoff
13
6
19
Harold Metcalf
61
11
72
John B. Rattigan
733
53
786
James M. Swift
775
203
978
Blanks
203
35
238
CONGRESSMAN SEVENTH DISTRICT
Walter H. Creamer
846
79
925
W. Lathrop Maker
130
10
140
Ernest W. Roberts
.
·
701
200
901
Blanks
108
19
127
COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT
Herbert E. Fletcher
785
200
985
J. Kelso Mairs
738
58
796
Blanks
·
262
50
312
SENATOR SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Charles H. Brown
793
210
1003
Joseph J. Donahue
823
66
889
Blanks
169
32
201
REPRESENTATIVE GENERAL COURT 21ST MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
Charles A. Dean
1024
88
1112
George E. Walker
737
215
952
Blanks
24
5
29
COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIDDLESEX FOR REGULAR TERM
Charles H. Richardson .
770
199
969
Dexter C. Whittemore . .
.
732
65
797
Blanks
.
283
44
327
35
COUNTY COMMISSIONER MIDDLESEX TO FILL VACANCY UNEXPIRED TERM
Winthrop H. Fairbanks
771
69
840
Chester B. Williams
.
.
727
190
917
Blanks
287
49
336
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS MIDDLESEX
Leander V. Colahan
671
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