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Charles F. McCarthy
9
30
39
M. Fred O'Connell
11
8
19
Joseph E. Sasseville
11
14
25
Blanks
5
8
13
Total
48
95
143
Councillor Seventh District :
George A. Graveline
14
34
48
Charles J. O'Connor
23
43
66
Blanks
11
18
29
Total
48
95
143
Senator Fourth Worcester District:
John J. Allen
22
53
75
Edwin F. Tuttle
12
22
34
Blanks
14
20
34
Total
48
95
143
Representatives in General Court, Fifth Worcester District :
Claude C. Branniff
18
12
20
Ignatius B. Cleary
19
63
82
Thomas F. Hederman
14
20
34
Joseph N. O'Kane
38
69
107
Blanks
17
26
43
Total
96
190
286
County Commissioners :
Frank W. Barr
4
13
17
James P. Bergin
29
63
92
80
Francis R. Bowler
2
18
20
John F. Curran
11
19
30
William B. Logan
13
22
35
Robert T. Powers
0
1
1
Blanks
37
54
91
Total
96
190
286
Sheriff :
Oscar Rocheleau
33
88
121
Blanks
15
7
22
Total
48
95
143
Associate Commissioner :
Michael F. Mara
0
4
4
Francis Donovan
0
1
1
Joseph Fountain
0
1
1
Blanks
48
89
137
1 1
Total
48
95
143
State Committee Fourth Worcester District:
Francis E. Cassidy
30
68
98
Blanks
18
27
45
Total
48
95
143
Delegates to State Convention :
Michael F. Mara
0
3
3
Clarence McCarthy
0
1
1
Charles J. Fountain
0
1
1
Charles H. Curry
0
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
81
Francis Donovan
0
1
1
Blanks
480
943
1,423
Total
480
950
1,430
Town Committee :
Michael F. Mara
29
73
102
Clarence McCarthy
29
68
97
Francis L. Donovan
31
70
101
John J. Girard
33
62
95
Maurice Healy
29
62
91
Joseph V. Guertin 1 1
30
69
99
Charles H. Curry
30
66
97
Leo E. Deveau
31
66
97
Thomas Martin
29
65
94
Edward P. LeBlanch
1
1
28
66
94
Blanks
181
283
464
Total
480
950
1,430
Total Democratic Vote
48
95
143
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After the vote was announced the meeting adjourned.
M. HAROLD HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Oxford in the County of Worcester, GREETING:
In the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in election and in Town af- fairs, to meet at the Memorial Hall in Precinct One and in Huguenot Hall in Precinct Two, in said Oxford on Tuesday the eighth day of November next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give their votes for the follow- ing :
Presidential Electors; Governor ; Lieutenant Governor ; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Con- gressman; Councillor; Senator; Two Representatives in General Court; Two County Commissioners; Associate County Commissioner ; and Sheriff.
And also on the following questions :
QUESTION NO. 1
LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiropractics; establishes a board of registra- tion of chiropractors and defines the number, mode of ap- pointment, tenure, qualification and compensation of its members, and its powers and duties; provides for the pre- liminary qualifications, examination, certification, original registration and annual license of chiropractors and regu-
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lation of their practice, and defines the mode, subjects of and fees for examination, the mode of practice and penal- ties; and other matters related thereto, which are chiefly as follows :
That chiropractic be "the science or practice of locat- ing and adjusting by hand the malpositions of the articula- tions of the human spine."
That any person, with one preceding year's residence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiropractic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes effect, may, within ninety days after such date, be certified by the board at its discretion without examination.
That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, shall practice chiropractic unless, being over twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and graduated from a reputable chiropractic school after personally attending courses of at least twenty-two hundred sixty-minute daylight hours given to persons qualified to graduate from a public high school, he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be regis- tered and certified; except that any person licensed in an- other State maintaining standards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be registered without examination.
That the examination be scientific and practical in character, in subjects including anatomy, physiology, symp- tomatology, hygiene, sanitation, chemistry, histology, path- ology, chiropractic analysis, and the principles and prac- tice of chiropractic.
That the board may, after hearing, revoke a certificate for cause.
That the board shall make an annual report and shall keep public records of its proceedings and of the names of
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persons examined or registered by it and of the names and addresses of all registered chiropractors, who shall pay an annual license fee, promptly notify the board of any change in address and furnish such other information as the board may require.
That the board consist of three members, residents of the Commonwealth for three years, graduates of a charter- ed chiropractic school having power to confer degrees in chiropractic, to be appointed by the governor, with the ad- vice and consent of the council, for a term of three years.
That the board have authority to administer oaths, summon witnesses and take testimony and adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to their duties, and that they pay into the state treasury fees received by them, and that they receive compensation and reimbursement for ex- penses in such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor not exceeding the amount of such fees.
Penalties are provided for practicing chiropractic without holding a certificate or for using the words "Chiro- practic Practitioner", the letters "D.C.", or any title or letters indicating engagement in such practice, or for buy- ing, selling or fraudulently obtaining any diploma or record of registration.
It is further provided that the present law relating to the registration of physicians and surgeons and providing penalties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriminate against registered chiroprac- tors; but no chiropractor, unless registered as a physician or surgeon, may practice obstetrics, or administer drugs, or perform surgical operations by the use of instruments, or hold himself out as and for other than a chiropractor, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 50 in the affirmative and 151 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 21 in; the negative, be approved ?
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QUESTION NO. 2
LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed law which provides for an addition- al method of nominating candidates for nomination, at the state primaries in September, by members of political par- ties, for those offices to be filled by all the voters of the Commonwealth at a state election.
It provides that the state conventions of the political parties, in each state election year, shall be held before and not after the state primaries, as now, namely, not later than - June 15. In order to elect delegates to such party conven- tions, party primaries are established to be held on the last Tuesday in April. Among other things, these state conven- tions may endorse candidates for offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the state primaries. Such endorsement places a candidate in nomination, at such state primaries, without the necessity of filing nomination pa- pers. The name of the endorsed candidate is to be placed first on the ballot and against his name is to be placed the words "Endorsed by (the name of political party) conven- tion" in addition to the eight-word statement now authoriz- ed by law. Candidates endorsed by a party convention may accept said endorsement within ten days, and having so accepted may not withdraw.
It also provides for the election of district members of state committees and members of ward and town commit- tees at the proposed party primaries in April, as well as delegates to the state party conventions, instead of at the state primaries in September, as now.
It also provides for the election of delegates to national conventions (to nominate candidates for President) at the proposed party primaries instead of at the primaries, now specially held for that purpose, and which existing law re-
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quires to be held on the last Tuesday in April (the same day proposed for the proposed party primaries) .
It also provides for certain other new provisions of law and certain changes in existing laws, relating to holding state conventions and party primaries, the number and election of delegates to state conventions, the number of members at large of a state committee, and other matters, which in more detail chiefly are as follows :
State conventions are to be composed solely of delegates elected at the party primaries, and the number is to be one from each ward and town and one additional for every teen hundred votes or major fraction thereof above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the preceding state election in such ward or town for the political party candidate for Governor, instead of a number now fixed by the state com- mittee of each party (not less than one from each ward or town) and certain members designated by existing law.
The time, for notice to the State Secretary by aldermen or selectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards, precincts or groups of precincts, to be March 1, in- stead of August 1, as now.
The names of candidates for election for delegates to a state convention and for district members of a state com- mittee to be arranged individually by alphabet instead of in groups arranged by lot, as now.
Vacancies in the office of delegate to a state or na- tional convention not to be filled except in case of a tie vote, and then by delegates from the same district, within ten days, and if no other delegate or if not so filled, then by a state committee, rather than solely by the remaining mem- bers of the delegation; and statement of filling of such va- cancy to be filed with the State Secretary.
Seating of delegates at state conventions to be in
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groups by senatorial districts, and order of business at said conventions defined.
Voting on candidates, by a convention, to be by roll call, if more than one candidate for the office, or by groups of delegates unless any member of such group objects.
The number of members at large of a state committee of a political party to be fixed by the state convention of a party instead of by the state committee, as now.
The existing provisions as to preparation and filing of nomination papers, objections to nominations, preparation, number, substance, arrangement and form of ballots, hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes, canvass and return of votes, return and certification of votes, now applicable to state primaries to be applicable to the proposed party primaries.
The power of a state committee to fix the number of district delegates to a national convention to be continued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation to be March 1 instead of on or before the third Wednesday in March, as now.
The power of city and town committees to fix the num- ber of members of ward and town committees to be con- tinued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixation to be March 1 instead of August 1, as now, which was approved in the Senate by a vote of 21 in the affirmative and 17 in the negative and was disapproved in . the House of Representatives by a vote of 62 in the affirma- tive and 138 in the negative, be approved?
QUESTION NO. 3 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States,-
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"ARTICLE-
"SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
"SEC. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a dif- ferent day.
"SEC. 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a Presi- dent shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
"SEC. 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
"SEC. 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the
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15th day of October following the ratification of this arti- cle.
"SEC. 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitu- tion by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submis- sion,"-be ratified by the General Court?
All of the above shall be voted for upon one ballot.
The Polls shall be open from eight o'clock in the fore- noon until eight o'clock in the evening.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at the Post-Office on the Plains in Oxford and at the Post-Office in North Oxford 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, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 29th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty- two.
IRVING J. JOHNSON, CHARLES N. TURNER, ROBERT T. POWERS, Selectmen of Oxford.
Oct. 31, 1932.
Worcester, ss.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Oxford by posting up attested copies of the same at Post Office on the Plains in Oxford and the Post Office at North Oxford, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
JOSEPH M. GAHAGAN, Constable of Oxford.
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PRESIDENTIAL AND STATE ELECTION
Tuesday, November 8, 1932
The meeting was called to order at eight A. M. by the Wardens in each Precinct, and voting began at once.
The following Election Officers served :
PRECINCT NO. 1
Henry A. Larned
Warden
Karl R. Berggren
John Donovan
Roger Foster
Deputy Warden Ballot Clerk Ballot Clerk
Olga Ray
Checker
Caroline T. Gay
Checker
Joseph N. Fortin
Counter
Harry S. Congdon
Counter
Arthur C. Taft
Counter
Louis E. Wolfer
Counter
Mitchell A. Bercume
. Constable
Joseph M. Gahagan
Constable
PRECINCT NO. 2
Edward T. Corcoran
Warden
Leander Davis
Deputy Warden
Jennie Pendergast
Counter
Dona White Jr.
Counter
Charles E. Moffitt
Counter
Michael Ennis Jr. Katherine Mara
Counter Ballot Clerk
John B. Goyette
Ballot Clerk Checker
Flora J. Corey
Douglas Gonyea
Edward LaPlante
Checker Checker
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Charles H. Curry Mitchell LaPlante
Constable Constable
The polls closed at eight P. M. and checking and counting of the ballots continued.
After the ballots were counted at Precinct No. 2 the ballots and etc., were transported to the Town Hall by Cla- rence McCarthy and Warden, Edward T. Corcoran.
The results ascertained according to law are shown in the following Summary :
Total Vote 1,633. Precinct No. 1, 1,152. Precinct No. 2, 481 Electors of President and Vice President :
Precinct 1 Precinct 2
Total
Foster and Ford
0
0 105
0
Hoover and Curtis
684
789
Reynolds and Aiken
2
0
2
Roosevelt and Garner
422
349
771
Thomas and Maurer
13
5
18
Upshaw and Regan
4
2
6
Blanks
27
20
47
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Governor:
John J. Ballam
4
0 360
4
Joseph B. Ely
437
797
Alfred Baker Lewis
8
4
12
Charles S. Oram
2
2
4
William S. Youngman
656
101
757
Blanks
45
14
59
Total
1,152
481
1,633
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Lieutenant Governor :
Gasper G. Bacon
693
105
798
Morris I. Becker
7
1
8
James W. Dawson
4
4
8
Walter S. Hutchins
10
3
13
John E. Swift
368
336
704
Blanks
70
32
102
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Secretary :
John F. Buckley
360
333
693
Frederic W. Cook
688
105
793
Albert S. Coolidge
18
5
23
Max Lerner
8
1
9
Albert L. Waterman
1
4
5
Blanks
77
33
110
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Treasurer :
Domenico A. Digirolamo
7
1
8
Eva Hoffman
5
2
7
Charles F. Hurley 1
392
340
732
Francis Prescott
1
670
98
768
Glen Trimble
6
4
10
Blanks
72
36
108
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Auditor :
Jule Babbitt
5
4
9
Daniel T. Blessington
2
0
2
Alonso B. Cook
637
99
736
David A. Eisenberg
9
6
15
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Francis X. Hurley
412
330
742
Blanks
87
42
129
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Attorney General :
John P. Buckley
373
325
698
Maria C. Correia
4
2
6
Fred E. Oelcher
4
0
4
George E. Roewer
6
4
10
William R. Scharton
5
3
8
Joseph E. Warner
679
106
785
Blanks
81
41
122
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Congressman :
Frank H. Foss
701
133
834
M. Fred O'Connell
355
314
669
Blanks
96
34
130
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Councillor :
Charles J. O'Connor
261
259
520
Winfield A. Schuster
825
200
1,025
Blanks
66
22
88
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Senator :
John J. Allen
371
324
695
George W. Knowlton Jr
664
106
770
Louis Webster
1
0
1
Blanks
116
51
167
Total
1,152
481
1,633
1
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Representative :
Wilfred P. Bazinet
530
109
639
Ignatius B. Cleary
342
293
635
Louis W. Milner
537
110
647
Joseph O'Kane
476
303
779
Blanks
419
147
566
Total
2,304
962
3,266
County Commissioner :
James P. Bergin
491
326
817
Elbert M. Crockett
552
92
644
John F. Curran
280
248
528
Henry H. Wheelock
518
84
602
Blanks
463
212
675
Total
2,304
962
3,266
Sheriff :
Roland S. G. Frodigh
615
84
699
H. Oscar Rocheleau
492
384
876
Blanks
45
13
58
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Associate Commissioner :
Myron E. Richardson
823
306
1,029
M. F. Mara
0
1
1
R. T. Powers
0
1
1
Blanks
329
273
602
Total
1,152
481
1,633
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Question No. 1.
Yes
207
71
278
No
394
139
533
Blanks
551
271
822
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Question No. 2.
Yes
371
136
507
No
139
48
187
Blanks
642
297
939
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Question No. 3.
Yes
475
196
671
No
86
26
112
Blanks
591
259
850
Total
1,152
481
1,633
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M. HAROLD HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss :
The Town Clerks of the Towns comprising the Fifth Representative District of the County of Worcester as- sembled in the Town Clerk's Office in Oxford, Massachu- setts, on Friday the eighteenth day of November, 1932 at noon, as the law requires to ascertain the result of the Elec- tion of Two Representatives, to represent the said District in the next General Court. The transcripts of the voters duly returned by said Town were examined and the result of the ballots cast was found to be as follows :
Wilfred P. Bazinet
of Webster (R)
Ignatius B. Cleary
of Auburn (D)
Louis W. Milner
of Leicester (R)
Joseph N. O'Kane
of Dudley (D)
Scattering
Blanks
Total
Blanks
Leicester
670
798
939
715
588
1,855
Auburn
1,065
1,216
1,174
800
837
2,546
Oxford
639
635
647
779
566
1,633
Dudley
604
509
214
987
436
1,375
Webster
2,853
1,637
894
3,205
1
1,484
5,037
Totals
5,831 4,795 3,868 6,486
1 3,911 12,446
Joseph N. O'Kane of Dudley (D) and Wilfred P. Bazi- net of Webster (R) having the largest number of ballots were declared elected.
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D. H. McKENNA, Town Clerk of Leicester, JOHN E. RILEY, Town Clerk of Auburn, M. HAROLD HARRINGTON, Town Clerk of Oxford, LILLIAN F. GADOURY, Town Clerk of Dudley, JOHN E. HICKEY, Town Clerk of Webster.
STATE ELECTION RECOUNT
December 5, 1932
As ordered by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a recount was held on the above date for the Offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary. Gasper G. Bacon, Republican, and John E. Swift, Democrat, were the candidates for the office of Lieutenant Governor, and John F. Buckley, Democrat, and Frederic W. Cook were the can- didates for the office of Secretary.
Henry J. White and Robert J. Vivian represented Gas- per G. Bacon. Irving J. Johnson and Walter L. Dimock re- presented Frederic W. Cook. Ignatius B. Cleary represent- ed John E. Swift.
The following summary shows the result of the re- count :
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Total
Lieutenant Governor:
Gasper G. Bacon
693
104
797
Morris Becker
6
1
7
James W. Dawson
4
4
8
1 1
Walter S. Hutchins
10
3
13
1 1 1
98
John W. Swift
368
336
704
Blanks
71
33
104
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Becker lost one and Bacon lost one. These both were called blanks.
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Total
Secretary :
John F. Buckley
359
333
692
Frederic W. Cook
689
104
793
Albert S. Coolidge
18
5
23
Max Lerner
4
1
5
Albert L. Waterman
5
3
8
Blanks
77
35
112
Total
1,152
481
1,633
Lerner lost 4, Buckley gained 1, Waterman gained 3. The board of registrars conducted the recount.
GUY W. OLNEY, CLARENCE MCCARTHY, HALL A. SIDDALL, M. HAROLD HARRINGTON,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Oxford in the County of Worcester, GREETING:
In the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town af- fairs, to meet at the Memorial Hall in said Oxford on Mon- day, the twelfth day of December next, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of three hundred dollars from the Elections and Regis- trations Department and two hundred dollars from the Forest Fire Department to the Soldiers' Relief Department.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of one hundred dollars from the Huguenot Hall ac- count, one hundred dollars from the Hydrants account, two hundred dollars from the Health Department, two hundred dollars from the Bridge Department, five hundred dollars from the Rochdale Macadam account, three hundred dollars from the Old Age Assistance Department and twenty-five hundred dollars from the Interest account to the Public Welfare Department.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to abolish its present method of electing the Selectmen and adopt the fol- lowing plan, namely ; at the annual Town Meeting of 1933,
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elect one selectman for the term of one year, at the annual Town Meeting in 1934, elect two selectmen for the term of one year and at the annual Town Meeting in 1935 elect three selectmen for the term of one year, and thereafter annually elect three selectmen for the term of one year or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by James J. Kin- niery and others.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to abolish its present method of electing the Board of Public Welfare and adopt the following plan, namely; at the annual Town Meeting of 1933 elect one member of the Board of Public Welfare for the term of one year, at the annual Town Meet- ing in 1934, elect two members for the term of one year and at the annual Town Meeting in 1935, elect three members of the Board of Public Welfare for the term of one year, and thereafter annually elect three members for the term of one year or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by William A. Doyle and others.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to vote by pre- cincts at the annual Town Meetings for the election of Town Officers and accept the provisions of Section 20 of Chapter 39 of the General Laws relating thereto, or act thereon, as petitioned for by Michael F. Mara, Chairman, Democratic Town Committee.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to change the date of the annual Town Meeting from the first Monday in March to the first Monday in February, or act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at the Post-Office on the Plains in Oxford and at the Post-Office in North Oxford in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
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