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Article 7 taken up. (Town expenses, interest, etc.)
Voted: That the sum of $12,000 be appropriated for the Sinking Fund, $6000 to be taken from the income of the Water Works, and $6000 to be raised by general tax the current year; said amounts to be paid to the Sinking Fund Commissioners December 1, 1911.
That the premium on bonds sold during the year 1910, amount- ing to $1,450.95, together with $6000 from the income of the Water
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Department and $19,499.55 taken from the unexpended balances and amounts in the treasury otherwise unappropriated, be ap- propriated for the payment of notes or bonds maturing in 1911.
That the sum of $14,680 from the income of the Water Depart- ment, together with $755.21, taken from the unexpended balances and amounts in the treasury otherwise unappropriated, and $17,064.79, to be raised by general tax, be appropriated for the payment of interest during the year 1911.
That the sum of $6000 be appropriated for the care of outside poor, in addition to such sums as the Town may receive from individuals reimbursing it for such care.
That the sum of $4,158.24 be appropriated to pay the following overdrafts during the year 1910:
Abatements .
$3,672.92
Sewer Construction
485.32
$4,158.24
Article 3 taken up. (Reports of Town officers.)
Voted: That the reports of the various Town officers, as pre- sented in their annual reports, together with the addition of the tables of statistics of the Assessors, be accepted.
Article 6 taken up. (Repairs of highways, bridges, etc.)
Voted: That the Town ways, highways and bridges be repaired during the ensuing year, under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8 taken up. (Selectmen Agents of the Town.)
Voted: That the Selectmen be appointed agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute actions in favor of the Town, and appear and defend suits and legal proceedings against or involving the interests of the Town, with power to employ counsel therein, and when necessary in all other legal matters and business appertaining to Town affairs during the year commencing March 7; 1911.
Article 9 taken up. (Appointment of Committee of Twenty- One.)
Voted: That a committee be appointed consisting of twenty- one citizens, other than Town officers elected by ballot, to serve throughout the ensuing year and until the end of the annual meet- ing of 1912. The members to be selected as follows: Nine from the residents of the Russell and Parmenter School District, four from the Locke District, four from the Cutter District and four from the Crosby District.
That the Moderator of this meeting and the Chairman and Secretary of the present Committee of Twenty-One are hereby appointed a committee to nominate said Committee of Twenty- One, and to report the same to this meeting.
To this Committee, when appointed, are hereby referred all articles calling for an appropriation of money, in any Town War- rant issued during its term of office. Said Committee shall, after
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due consideration of the subject matter of said articles, report thereon in print or otherwise such recommendations as it shall deem best.
Said Committee shall choose its own officers and have power to fill vacancies.
Article 20 taken up. (Civil Service for Police.)
Voted: That the Town accept the provisions of Section 37 of Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws, and that the provisions of said chapter and amendments thereto be restricted to the permanent Police Force of the Town.
The Moderator at this time appointed the following citizens to serve on the Committee of Twenty-One, for the ensuing year:
LOCKE DISTRICT.
Arthur F. Breed. . .7 Ashland St.
William H. McLellao.
173 Appleton St.
Truman L. Quimby 132 Appleton St.
William A. Stevens 184 Westminster Ave.
CUTTER DISTRICT.
John W. Bailey
Robbins Road
Clarence A. Moore.
81 Walnut St.
Ralph L. Page. 21 Walnut St.
George H. Shirley
16 Walnut St.
RUSSELL AND PARMENTER DISTRICT.
Louis B. Carr. . . 56 Gray St.
Augustus F. Crowley 83 Medford St.
Charles A. Hardy . . 34 Gray St.
Frank W. Hodgdon 18 Wellington St.
Roger W. Homer 143 Pleasant St.
Willis P. Howard. 50 Fairview Ave.
Francis L. Maguire .30 Addison St.
M. Ernest Moore. . 278 Broadway
George A. Smith.
47 Academy St.
CROSBY DISTRICT.
Charles E. Clift 54 Lake St.
Isaac T. Marple 89 Massachusetts Ave.
William A. Muller 231 Massachusetts Ave.
Charles F. Wyman 121 Lake St.
Article 28 taken up. (Authority of Collector.)
Voted: That the Collector of Taxes be authorized to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1911 which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 36 taken up. (Town Grant.)
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Voted: That the several amounts appropriated at this meeting for the purposes indicated by the various votes and not otherwise provided for, amounting to $219,785.04, together with the sum of $11,255, appropriated at the November meeting of 1910, making a total of $231,040.04 be raised by general tax the present year, and that all notes issued under the authority of any vote passed at this meeting shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910.
Voted: That the following appropriations be made for the pur- poses indicated.
Abatements-Fifteen hundred (1500) dollars.
Board of Health-Sixteen hundred sixty-five (1665) dollars.
Board of Survey-Three hundred (300) dollars.
Cemeteries-Eighteen hundred (1800) dollars.
Fire Department-Eleven thousand eight hundred (11,800) dollars.
Health Department-Seven thousand (7000) dollars.
Incidentals-Selectmen, two thousand' five hundred (2500) dollars.
Assessors, seven hundred twenty-five (725) dollars.
Auditor, one hundred fifty (150) dollars.
Collector, four hundred (400) dollars.
Town Clerk, four hundred (400) dollars.
Treasurer, one hundred seventy-five (175) dollars.
Insurance-Two thousand five hundred (2500) dollars.
Military Aid-One hundred (100) dollars.
Park Commission-Three hundred fifty (350) dollars.
Police Department-Ten thousand seventy-five (10,075) dollars.
Premiums for bonding-One hundred fifty (150) dollars.
Soldiers' Relief-Three hundred forty-eight (348) dollars.
State Aid-Two hundred (200) dollars.
Town House (to include unpaid bills)-Fourteen hundred (1400) dollars.
Town House Site, care of lot-One hundred fifty (150) dollars.
Tree Warden-Five hundred (500) dollars.
Wire Department-One thousand (1000) dollars.
Salaries-Selectmen, six hundred fifty (650) dollars.
Town Clerk, fees and twelve hundred (1200) dollars. Treasurer, five hundred (500) dollars.
Treasurer, for clerk hire, two hundred (200) dollars.
Collector, fourteen hundred (1400) dollars.
Auditor, six hundred (600) dollars.
Board of Public Works, six hundred fifty (650) dollars.
Assessors, fifteen hundred (1500) dollars.
Board of Health, four hundred (400) dollars.
Tree Warden, one hundred (100) dollars.
Clerk of Selectmen, three hundred (300) dollars.
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Inspector of Buildings, four hundred (400) dollars. Stenographer, six hundred twenty-four (624) dollars. Town Physician, one hundred fifty (150) dollars. Registrars of Voters, one hundred fifty (150) dollars. Superintendent of Wires, one thousand (1000) dollars. Inspector of Animals, one hundred fifty (150) dollars. Sealer of Weights and Measures, two hundred (200) dollars.
Town Counsel, two hundred fifty (250) dollars.
Ballot Clerks and Tellers, one hundred seventy-five (175) dollars.
Secretary of Committee of Twenty-One, fifty (50) dollars.
Town Engineer and Consulting Engineer, two thou- sand (2000) dollars.
Inspector of Plumbing, five hundred (500) dollars.
Medical Inspector of Schools, three hundred (300) dollars.
Clerk Board of Health, one hundred fifty (150) dollars. Voted: That there be appropriated from the income of the Water Department $10,916.43 for maintenance and extensions, $14,680 for interest on the water debt, $6000 for the Sinking Fund, $16,500 for the Metropolitan water assessments, and $6000 for payment of Water Notes.
The number of voters attending the meeting, as determined by the Constables in charge of the turnstiles, was one hundred seventy- four (174).
All articles in the Warrant calling the meeting having been acted upon, it was
Voted: That the meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 10.15 P.M.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Arlington. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the voters of the different political parties of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the twenty-sixth day of September, 1911, it being the sixth Tuesday preceding the State election, at four o'clock in the afternoon, to give in their votes to nominate the following State and County Officers, and to elect the following committees and delegates, to wit:
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To nominate Governor of the Commonwealth, Lieutenant- Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Re- ceiver-General, Auditor of the Commonwealth, Attorney-General, Councillor for the Sixth Councillor District, Senator for the Sixth Middlesex Senatorial District, a Representative in the General Court for the Twenty-ninth Middlesex Representative District, one County Commissioner for the County of Middlesex for three years, one Register of Deeds for the County of Middlesex for three years, one Clerk of Courts for the County of Middlesex for five years.
To elect district members of State Committees, members of Town Committees, delegates to State Conventions.
For these purposes the polls will be opened at fifteen minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon, and will be closed at nine o'clock in the evening.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, to the Selectmen, with your doings thereon, seven days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Arlington, aforesaid, this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
HERBERT W. RAWSON, JACOB BITZER, FRANK V. NOYES, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, September 25, 1911.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY :
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the voters of the different political parties of the Town of Arlington, quali- fied to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed, attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting.
I further certify that a notice of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate on September 22, 1911.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the voters of the different political parties of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, on Tuesday, the twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand nine hundred and eleven, and were called to order at four (4)
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o'clock in the afternoon, by Herbert W. Rawson, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon said voters.
Under the law, Mr. Rawson, as Chairman of the Selectmen, officiated as Chairman of the meeting.
Under the new Primary Act, the laws governing elections pre- vailed, and the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and booths provided for the use of voters to examine and mark their ballots. Each booth was supplied with suitable facili- ties for the purpose and with cards of instructions.
The following citizens had been appointed by the Selectmen as ballot clerks, tellers and inspectors.
Ballot Clerks-Edgar Crosby and Daniel M. Daley.
Inspectors-Frank F. Russell and Henry K. Brown.
Tellers-George H. Peirce and Joseph J. Duffy.
At ballot-box-Frederick G. Wilder.
Sealed packages of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and delivered to the Town Clerk as follows: 2000 Republican ballots, 2000 Democratic ballots and 1000 Democratic Progressive ballots, were then publicly opened by the presiding officer and delivered to the ballot clerks. As in the case of State and Town elections, specimen ballots and cards of instructions, together with cards of penalties to voters for violation of the law, were posted in at least five conspicuous places, in and near the polling place.
The ballot box was examined by the presiding officer and the Town Clerk, and was found to be empty and the register set at zero.
A list of registered voters was supplied to the ballot clerks and tellers by the Registrars of Voters.
At four minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon, the polls were declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open until nine o'clock in the evening, at which time, as per the Warrant calling the meeting, they were declared closed.
Under the new law (Chapter 550, Acts of 1911) the ballot box could not be opened until the close of the polls.
The new law also required that all the ballots cast for any one party should be counted before any ballots of another party should be counted.
Town Counsel Hendrick had offered his services to the Chairman and Joseph Tierney and Clarence Wilbur were then appointed additional tellers, in order to determine the result as soon as possible.
At the close of the polls the ballot box registered four hundred twenty-one (421). The ballot clerks and tellers at the ballot box counted the names checked by them and found the number to
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agree with the number registered by the ballot box, four hundred twenty-one (421). This number was enrolled as follows:
Republicans, three hundred fifty-five (355); Democrats, sixty- five (65); Democratic Progressive, one (1).
Owing to the provision of law prohibiting the counting of bal- lots until the close of the polls, the result was not announced by Chairman Rawson until 12.35 A.M. the following day, and was as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY. (TOTAL 355).
GOVERNOR.
Louis A. Frothingham, one hundred forty-seven (147). Joseph Walker, one hundred seventy-seven (177).
Norman H. White, twenty-six (26).
Blanks (5).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Robert Luce, three hundred thirty-four (334).
Blanks (21).
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry, two hundred forty-eight (248).
Russell A. Wood, eighty-four (84).
Blanks (23).
TREASURER. Elmer A. Stevens, three hundred twenty-five (325). Blanks (30).
AUDITOR.
Herbert W. Burr, ninety-six (96).
John E. White, two hundred twenty-eight (228). Blanks (31).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. James M. Swift, three hundred twenty (320). Blanks (35).
COUNCILLOR. Herbert E. Fletcher, three hundred seventeen (317). Blanks (38).
SENATOR.
Charles H. Brown, three hundred seventeen (317). Blanks (38).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT. John G. Brackett, three hundred and thirty (330). Blanks (25).
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles W. Atkins, eighty-nine (89).
Levi S. Gould, two hundred twenty-four (224). Blanks (42).
REGISTER OF DEEDS. Edwin O. Childs, three hundred fifteen (315). Blanks (40).
CLERK OF COURTS. William C. Dillingham, three hundred eighteen (318). Blanks (37).
STATE COMMITTEE.
Wilton B. Fay, one hundred ninety-seven (197). Edwin T. McKnight, one hundred thirteen (113). Blanks (45).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. John Q. A. Brackett, three hundred thirty-one (331). James A. Bailey, Jr., three hundred twenty (320). Jospeh C. Holmes, three hundred twenty-five (325). George A. Kimball, three hundred twenty-two (322). Max H. Meyer, three hundred seventeen (317). Louis B. Carr, three hundred twenty-one (321). Blanks (194).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
John C. Waage, three hundred eight (308). Ernest R. Kimball, three hundred twelve (312). Arthur J. Wellington, three hundred fifteen (315). Herbert W. Rawson, three hundred fourteen (314). Walter H. Peirce, three hundred twelve (312). Bert S. Currier, three hundred fourteen (314). William A. Stevens, three hundred fourteen (314). Frederick W. Damon, three hundred eighteen (318). Henry C. Hoyt, three hundred eleven (311). George A. Bunton, three hundred twelve (312). Edward N. Lacey, three hundred eleven (311). Deane S. Reynolds, three hundred ten (310). William C. Drouet, three hundred twelve (312). Edward Dana, three hundred nine (309). John G. Brackett, three hundred twenty-two (322). Blanks (631).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (TOTAL 65). GOVERNOR.
Eugene N. Foss, fifty-nine (59). Thomas L. Hisgen, two (2). Blanks (4).
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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. David I. Walsh, sixty-four (64).
Blanks (1).
SECRETARY.
Frank J. Donahue, fifty-eight (58).
Edward O. Skelton, two (2). Blanks (5).
TREASURER.
Augustus L. Thorndike, sixty-three (63). Blanks, (2).
AUDITOR.
Charles B. Strecker, sixty-two (62). Blanks (3).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
George W. Anderson, thirty-four (34).
Joseph J. Leonard, twenty-four (24). Blanks (7).
COUNCILLOR.
Roger W. Homer, one (1). Leander Coulihan, one (1). Blanks (63).
SENATOR.
John Joyce Donahue, sixty-two (62). Blanks (3).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, Roger W. Homer, sixty-two (62).
Blanks (3).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles J. Barton, sixty (60). Blanks (5).
REGISTER OF DEEDS. Charles Leo Shea, fifty-eight (58).
Blanks (7).
CLERK OF COURTS.
Thomas F. Kearns, fifty-seven (57). Blanks (8).
STATE COMMITTEE.
Thomas E. Dwyer, sixty (60). Blanks (5).
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DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Daniel F. Ahern, fifty-eight (58).
Roger W. Homer, fifty-nine (59). Timothy F. Collins, fifty-nine (59). Blanks (19).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Daniel F. Ahern, fifty-four (54).
Timothy F. Collins, fifty-three (53).
William A. Fitzpatrick, fifty (50).
P. Henry Casey, fifty-three (53). Luke M. Monroe, fifty-four (54).
William D. Grannan, fifty-two (52).
George C. Tewksbury, fifty-three (53).
Thomas J. Green, fifty-two (52).
James P. Daley, fifty-one (51). Charles A. Dunn, fifty-two (52).
Frank J. Lowder, fifty-three (53).
Frederick H. Viets, fifty-two (52).
Roger W. Homer, fifty-three (53).
Edward H. Taylor, fifty-two (52). John P. S. Ahern, fifty-one (51). John R. Hendrick, fifty-one (51). Augustus F. Crowley, fifty-three (53). Frank A. O'Brien, fifty-one (51).
Daniel W. Grannan, John J. Powers, Frank A. Duff, George I. Doe, Thomas F. Kenney, Walter E. Lombard and Frank A. Mann, received one vote each (7). Blanks (523).
DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY (TOTAL 1).
The one ballot cast for the Democratic Progressive ticket was marked for
Eugene N. Foss, Governor.
David I. Walsh, Lieutenant-Governor.
Edward O. Skelton, Secretary.
Augustus L. Thorndike, Treasurer.
Charles B. Strecker, Auditor.
Roger W. Homer, Representative to the General Court. The balance of the ticket was blank.
The election returns were then filled in, to be signed by the election officers and countersigned by the Town Clerk, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded by him to the Secre- tary of the Commonwealth.
All business calling the meeting having been transacted, the
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presiding officer, at one (1) o'clock A.M., declared the meeting dissolved. A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX COUNTY. To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the constitution requires, to vote in elec- tions and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Town, Tuesday, the seventh day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at 6.00 o'clock, A.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary, a Treasurer and Receiver-General, an Auditor of Accounts, an Attorney-General for the Commonwealth, a Councillor for the Sixth Councillor Dis- trict, a Senator for the Sixth Middlesex District, a Representative in the General Court for the Twenty-ninth Representative District in the County of Middlesex, a County Commissioner for three years, a Register of Deeds for the Southern Middlesex District for five years, a Clerk of Courts for the County of Middlesex for five years. To see if the Town will vote "yes" or "no" upon the question, "Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year 1911, entitled "An Act authorizing the Counties of the Common- wealth to establish retirement systems for their employees' be accepted." To see if the Town will vote "yes" or "no" upon the question, "Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution authorizing the use of voting machines at all elections be approved and ratified?" To see if the Town will vote "yes" or "no" upon the question "Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution increasing the power of the legislature to authorize the taking of land and property for highways or streets, be approved and ratified?"
All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be opened immediately after the organization of the meeting and will be kept open until four o'clock and thirty minutes in the afternoon, and as much longer as the meeting directs, provided the time shall not be after the hour of sunset.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your
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doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said'day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
HERBERT W. RAWSON, JACOB BITZER, FRANK V. NOYES, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Arlington, November 6, 1911.
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place and for the pur- pose herein named, by causing a printed attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting. I further certify that a notice of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate, October 28, 1911.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, on Tuesday the seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun- dred and eleven, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order at six o'clock in the fore- noon by Herbert W. Rawson, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the warrant calling the meeting, and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Selectman Herbert W. Rawson took charge of the meeting and performed the duties of presiding officer.
In compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth, governing elections, the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and booths provided for the use of voters to examine and mark their ballots. Each booth was supplied with suitable facili- ties for the purpose and cards of instructions.
The following citizens had been appointed by the Selectmen as election officers and were assigned as follows; after being sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
Ballot Clerks - George H. Peirce and Daniel M. Daley.
Inspectors - Frank F. Russell and Charles P. Ladd, Jr. Tellers - Edgar Crosby and Joseph J. Duffy.
At Ballot Box - George C. Tewksbury.
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Counters - Arthur L. Bridgham, Frank Y. Wellington, William D. Grannan, William E. Bunton, Frank Dunn, Fred G. Wilder, Daniel F. Ahern, Chester Hoyt, John I. O'Brien, Edward A. Cum- mins, Frank Duff and Roland Crosby.
A sealed package of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, was then delivered by the Town Clerk to the pre- siding officer, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the ballot clerks. Specimen ballots and cards of instructions to voters were posted in accordance with law, as were also cards of penalties to voters for violation of the law.
The ballot box was examined by the presiding officer and the Town Clerk and was found to be empty and the register set at zero. A list of registered voters was supplied to the ballot clerks and tellers by the Registrars of Voters.
At two (2) minutes after six (6) o'clock the polls were declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty (30) minutes after four (4) o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
By unanimous consent the ballot box was opened at various times during the day for the purpose of removing the ballots to be counted.
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