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That the vote passed under Article 41 of the Warrant for the last Annual Town Meeting be amended by striking out the words, "that the subject matter of this article be re- ferred to the Selectmen and that they be instructed to proceed with the selection and purchase of a new High School lot in the manner provided in the vote of November 19, 1912, but at a cost not exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars."
That the money borrowed in pursuance of the vote passed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting of November 19, 1912, be returned to the persons from whom it
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was borrowed; provided their consent thereto can be obtained, .. and that, subject to the consent of such persons, the negotiable notes or bonds issued for the purpose of borrowing said sum be cancelled.
That the vote passed under Article 41 of the Warrant for the last annual Town Meeting be further amended by striking out the words, "and the balance of the purchase price, not exceed- ing three thousand (3000) dollars be borrowed, and for this purpose the Town issue six (6) negotiable notes or bonds, each for the sum of five hundred (500) dollars, one payable. in the year 1914 and one in each of the five succeeding years, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, all to be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910."
Aricle 3 taken up. (Procuring of land for High School purposes.)
Under this article numerous motions were made, one for the purchase of the Cutter farm and one for the purchase of the Mead farm on Highland Avenue. The subject was discussed by a number of citizens, and finally on motion of Howard W. Spurr the following vote was passed:
Voted: That a Committee of five (5) be appointed by the Moderator to select a suitable lot of land for school and municipal purposes, and that said Committee be and hereby are ordered to report in print to the Town their findings and recommendations, and to mail a copy of said report to each voter in the Town at least two weeks before the date of the Town Meeting called to act upon said report, and that in case the said Committee of - five are not able, for any reason, to make a unanimous report to the Town, that the said Committee are hereby ordered to make a majority and a minority report of their findings and recommendations to the Town.
Voted: That the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Committee appointed April 9, 1912, for the considera- tion of alterations and extensions of present High School building. and the advisability of erecting a new High School building, be appropriated to the use of the new special Committee, appointed under Article 3, for similar purposes.
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The Moderator appointed the following citizens to serve under the vote of Article 3:
John W. Bailey, Chairman; Willis P. Howard, Joseph C. ยท Homes, Henry S. Adams, Franklin Wyman.
Article 4 taken up. (New High School Appropriation.) The Committee of Twenty-one recommended and the Town ' so voted that no action be taken under this article.
Article 5 taken up. (Recommendations of Topographical Survey Committee.)
Voted: That the Town adopt the recommendations. of the Committee on Topographical Survey relative to new streets as shown on the plan of the said Committee with report to the Town, and that the sum of not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars be taken from the appropriations heretofore made by the Town for the purposes of carrying out the recom- mendations made by the Committee on Topographical Survey and be expended under the direction of the Board of Survey for the purpose of laying out said streets and placing perma- nent markers upon the ground.
Article 6 taken up. (Securing of land on Turkey Hill.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the Board of Public Works and the Park Commissioners be authorized and em- powered in the name and behalf of the Town to make such takings of land on Turkey Hill, so called, not exceeding twelve (12) acres for water and park purposes, as they deem expe- dient, and a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred (2500) dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying land damages and expenses incidental to such taking, said sum of not exceeding two thousand five hundred (2500) dollars to be borrowed, and for this purpose issue five (5) negotiable notes each for the sum of five hundred (500) dollars, one pay- able in the year 1914 and one in each of the four succeeding years. Said notes to be properly designated and to bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not to exceed four per cent per annum, and to be issued in accordance with Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1910.
Article 7 taken up. (Extension of Millett Street.)
Voted: That the Town adopt the recommendations of the Committee on Topographical Survey, relative to the Exten-
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sion of Millett Street, so called, from the present terminus of said street to the land of the Symmes Arlington Hospital, and recommend to the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works that the same be laid out, and the sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars be taken from the appropriation heretofore made by the Town for the pur- pose of carrying out the recommendations of the Committee on Topographical Survey and be expended by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the purpose of procur- ing land for said extension.
Article 8 taken up. (Petition for separation of grade cross- ings.)
Voted: That no action be taken under this Article.
The number of citizens attending the meeting as determined by the Constables in charge of the turnstiles was three hun- dred seventy-four (374).
All articles in the Warrant calling the meeting having been acted on, it was
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 9.40 P.M.
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County.
GREETINGS :
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 Town Hall, Arlington, Tuesday, the twenty-third day of September, 1913, at 12 M., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of political Parties for the following offices :
Governor, for this Commonwealth; Lieutenant-Governor,
.
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for this Commonwealth; Secretary, for this Commonwealth; Treasurer and Receiver General, for this Commonwealth; Auditor, for this Commonwealth; Attorney-General, for this Commonwealth; Councillor, Sixth Councillor District; Senator, Sixth Senatorial District; Representative in General Court, Twenty-ninth Representative District; County Commissioner, Middlesex County; Two Associate Commissioners, Middlesex County; District Attorney, Northern Middlesex District; Register of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex County.
And for the election of the following officers:
Member of State Committee for the Sixth Senatorial District.
Members of Town Committees for this Town.
Delegates to State conventions of political Parties.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 M. to 8 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, as directed by vote of the Town.
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 eighth day of September, A.D., 1913.
FRANK V. NOYES, JACOB BITZER, HERBERT W. RAWSON, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, September 23, 1913.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the voters of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law directs, to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and place and for the 'purpose 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. A notice
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of the time, place and object of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate on September 19, 1913.
(Signed) GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the voters of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in Primaries, met in the Town Hall in said Arlington, on Tuesday the twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and were called to order at twelve o'clock noon, by Frank V. Noyes, 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, and under the law, Mr. Noyes, as Chairman of the Selectmen, officiated as Chairman of the meeting.
Under the law governing primaries the law governing elec- tions prevailed, and the new Town Hall was fitted up for the first time as a polling place, a space railed off and new steel booths provided for the use of voters to examine and mark their ballots. Each booth was supplied with suitable facilities for the purpose and with cards of instructions to and penalties on voters.
The following citizens having been appointed by the Select- men to serve as election officers, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties and assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks - Fred G. Wilder, Daniel M. Daley, George H. Peirce, Daniel W. O'Brien.
Inspectors - Frank F. Russell, Charles P. Ladd, Jr., Oscar Schnetzer and Josiah W. Hovey.
Ballot Box - Frank Y. Wellington, Joseph J. Duffy, George C. Tewksbury and Ernest H. Freeman.
Tellers - George McK. Richardson, George A. Clark, Michael F. Horrigan, William A. Stevens, Frank B. Records, Jr., Edward W. Schwamb, Clarence G. Parsons.
Sealed packages of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of State, were then delivered to the election officers by the Town Clerk. These ballots were opened publicly and given to the ballot clerks for distribution to the voters.
Specimen ballots, cards of instructions and penalties on
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voters were posted in conspicuous places for the guidance of voters, as in State and 'Town elections.
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 election officers by the Registrars of Voters.
At five minutes after twelve o'clock the polls were declared open and remained open until eight o'clock in the evening, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.
Under the law governing primaries the ballot boxes could not be opened, for the purpose of counting, until the close of the polls. The law also requires that all ballots cast for one party should be counted before the ballots of another party.
At the close of the polls the boxes registered three hundred fifty (350), and these upon being removed from the box were found to be as follows:
Republican, Two hundred and nine (209); Progressive, seventy-eight (78); Democratic, sixty-three (63).
The ballot clerks and tellers counted the names checked by them and found the number to agree with the number registered by the ballot boxes, three hundred fifty (350).
The ballots were sorted, counted and announcement made at 10.45 o'clock as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY (TOTAL 209). GOVERNOR.
Everett C. Benton, sixty-seven (67).
Augustus P. Gardner, one hundred thirty-nine (139). Blanks, three (3).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
August H. Goetting, one hundred ninety-three (193). Blanks, sixteen (16).
SECRETARY OF STATE.
William S. Kinney, one hundred eighty-two (182).
Blanks, twenty-seven (27).
TREASURER. Charles L. Burrill, one hundred seventy-one (171). Maurice Kane, twenty-four (24).
Blanks, fourteen (14).
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AUDITOR. John E. White, one hundred ninety-three (193). Blanks, sixteen (16).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. James M. Swift, one hundred ninety-three (193). Blanks, sixteen (16).
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.
G. Frederick Simpson, one hundred eighty-three (183). Blanks, twenty-six (26).
SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Wilton B. Fay, one hundred eighty-four (184). Blanks, twenty-five (25).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Frank D. Peirce, one hundred eighty-three (183). Blanks, twenty-six (26).
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX.
Erson B. Barlow, fifty-four (54).
Frederic P. Barnes, thirty (30).
Joseph Walter Bowers, two (2).
George H. Jennings, thirty (30).
Frank A. Patch, thirty-one (31).
Joshua Wilson, twenty-one (21). Blanks, forty-one (41). 1 ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX.
Edward S. Fessenden, one (1). Thomas Gray, one (1).
Waldo R. Cutter, one (1). Blanks, four hundred fifteen (415).
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NORTHERN MIDDLESEX. John J. Higgins, one hundred eighty (180). Blanks, twenty-nine (29)
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. William E. Rogers, one hundred and seventy-eight (178). Blanks, thirty-one (31).
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REGISTER OF DEEDS. Thomas Leighton, Jr., one hundred seventy-nine (179). Blanks, thirty (30).
STATE COMMITTEE. Edwin T. McKnight, one hundred sixty-eight (168). Blanks, forty-one (41).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
John Q. A. Brackett, one hundred eighty-nine (189). George D. Moore, one hundred eighty-eight (188). James A. Bailey, Jr., one hundred eighty-six (186). J. Howell Crosby, one hundred eighty-six (186). Warren A. Peirce, one hundred eighty-nine (189). Blanks, one hundred seven (107).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Bert S. Currier, one hundred eighty-five (185). Deane S. Reynolds, one hundred eighty-three (183).
Thomas A. Smith, one hundred eighty-one (181). Jean E. Dennett, one hundred eighty-two (182). Edward N. Lacey, one hundred eighty-five (185). Max H. Meyer, one hundred eighty (180). Earl A. Ryder, one hundred eighty-five (185).
Edwin T. Luce, one hundred eighty-three (183).
Ernest R. Kimball, one hundred eighty-five (185).
Frank A. Ewart, one hundred eighty-two (182). George A. Bunton, one hundred eighty-one (181). Cyrus S. Ching, one hundred eighty-two (182). John E. Woodend, one hundred eighty-three (183). Charles F. Wyman, one hundred eighty-eight (188). Loren W. Marsh, one hundred eighty-two (182). Blanks, three hundred eighty-eight (388). DEMOCRATIC PARTY (TOTAL 63). GOVERNOR.
David I. Walsh, sixty (60). Blanks, three (3).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Edward P. Barry, twenty-five (25). Richard H. Long, thirty-four (34). Blanks, four (4).
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SECRETARY. Frank J. Donahue, fifty-six (56). Blanks, seven (7).
TREASURER.
Frederick W. Mansfield, twenty-four (24). Joseph L. P. St. Coeur, thirty-five (35). Blanks, four (4).
AUDITOR. Frank H. Pope, fifty-three (53). Blanks, ten (10).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Thomas J. Boynton, fifty-two (52). Blanks, eleven (11).
COUNCILLOR. John J. Hogan, forty-seven (47). Blanks, sixteen (16).
SENATOR.
Charles A. Dean, twenty-four (24).
Whitfield L. Tuck, twenty-nine (29). Blanks, ten (10).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Daniel J. O'Connell, fifty-two (52). Blanks, eleven (11).
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX.
John B. McClosky, twenty-eight (28).
Fred H. Rourke, five (5).
Henry J. Thompson, four (4).
William H. Walsh, seventeen (17). Blanks, nine (9).
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX. All ballots for this office were blank (0).
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NORTHERN DISTRICT. William J. Corcoran, forty-seven (47). William R. Scharton, ten (10). Blanks, six (6).
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REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. James T. Barrett, forty-nine (49).
Blanks, fourteen (14).
REGISTER OF DEEDS, MIDDLESEX SOUTH DISTRICT.
J. Frank Facey, fifty (50). Blanks, thirteen (13).
STATE COMMITTEE.
Thomas E. Dwyer, forty-six (46).
Blanks, seventeen (17).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Daniel F. Ahern, two (2).
Timothy F. Collins, two (2).
Roger W. Homer, two (2).
Blanks, one hundred eighty-three (183).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Daniel F. Ahern, forty-five (45).
Daniel M. Daley, forth-one (41).
Jeremiah J. Sexton, forty-two (42).
Martin Quinlan, forty (40).
John B. Meany, forty-two (42).
Frank McGovern, forty-one (41).
John J. Mahoney, thirty-eight (38).
John W. Harrington, thirty-nine (39).
Henry J. Welch, forty-three (43).
William C. Scannell, forty-two (42).
Charles H. Burns, thirty-nine (39).
Thomas J. Green, forty-four (44).
David T. Dale, forty-three (43).
William D. Grannan, one (1).
Daniel W. Grannan, one (1).
Joseph J. Duffy, one (1).
Timothy F. Collins, one (1).
Blanks, nine hundred sixty-nine (969).
PROGRESSIVE (TOTAL 78).
GOVERNOR. Charles Sumner Bird, seventy-eight (78). Blanks, none (0).
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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Daniel Cosgrove, seventy-seven (77). Blanks, one (1).
SECRETARY.
Russell A. Wood, seventy-six (76). Blanks, two (2).
TREASURER.
Warren R. Keith, seventy-seven (77). Blanks, one (1).
AUDITOR.
Octave A. LaRiviere, seventy-seven (77). Blanks, one (1).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
H. Heustis Newton, seventy-six (76). Blanks, two (2).
COUNCILLOR.
Harris C. Hunter, seventy-one (71). Blanks, seven (7). SENATOR.
Edward E. Elder, seventy-six (76). Blanks, two (2).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
George E. Briggs, seventy-six (76). Blanks, two (2).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX.
Charles H. McIntire, seventy-six (76). Blanks, two (2).
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.
Abbott Parker, one (1). Charles W. Atkins, one (1). Blanks, one hundred fifty-four (154).
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NORTHERN DISTRICT. Philip M. Clark, sixty-nine (69). Blanks, nine (9).
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REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. W. E. Rogers, forty-one (41).
Blanks, thirty-seven (37).
REGISTER OF DEEDS, MIDDLESEX SOUTH DISTRICT. Albin M. Richards, sixty-seven (67). Blanks, eleven (11).
STATE COMMITTEE.
Joseph F. Ryan, seventy-five (75).
Blanks, three (3).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Edward S. Fessenden, seventy-five (75).
Clifford L. Mahoney, seventy-three (73).
Theodore F. Allen, seventy-five (75). William E. Lloyd, seventy-six (76).
Arthur J. Wellington, seventy-five (75).
Cyrus E. Dallin, seventy-four (74).
Roy D. Young, seventy-four (74). Blanks, twenty-four (24).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
William A. Stevens, seventy-seven (77). Frederick W. Damon, seventy-seven (77). Curtis H. Waterman, seventy-seven (77). J. Carl Reiche, seventy-six (76). Nathan C. Lombard, seventy-seven (77) Edward W. Schwamb, seventy-eight (78).
Charles M. MacMillan, seventy-six (76). Niels T. Nielson, seventy-six (76). George H. Lloyd, seventy-eight (78).
Robert S. Dinsmore, seventy-seven (77).
Herbert S. Teele, seventy-eight (78).
Francis B. Records, Jr., one (1). Fred J. Alford, one (1).
Blanks, three hundred twenty-one (321).
The election returns were then filled in, signed by the Election Officers and the Town Clerk, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded by him to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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All business calling the meeting having been disposed of, the presiding officer, at eleven (11) P.M., declared the meeting disolved.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
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 elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, Tuesday, the fourth day of November, next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at 6.00 A.M., then and there to act on the follow- ing article, 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 District; 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; Associate Commissioners; District Attorney for Northern Middlesex District; Register of Probate and Insolvency, Middlesex County; Register of Deeds, Middle- sex Southern District.
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 28 of the Resolves of 1913, being an amendment to the Constitution, making women eligible to appointment as Notaries Public.
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 116 of the Resolves of 1913, being an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the Referendum.
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town
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of Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide for compensating certain public employees for injuries sustained in the course of their employment."
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 that the time shall not be after eight o'clock in the evening.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
FRANK V. NOYES, HERBERT W. RAWSON, JACOB BITZER, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, November 3, 1913.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, 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. (Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law directs to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, on Tuesday the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and were called to order at six o'clock in the forenoon by
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Frank V. Noyes, 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. Mr. Noyes, under the law, continued to act as Chairman of the meeting.
In accordance with the law governing elections, the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, both sides of the hall being used for the new steel booths (twenty on each side) and a space railed off separating the voters from the spectators.
The booths being of the latest construction were fitted with all conveniences for the voters to examine and mark their ballots. Cards of instructions to and penalties on voters were conspicuously displayed both in the booths and at the ap- proaches thereto.
The following citizens had been appointed by the Select- men to serve as Election Officers, and after being sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk were assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks - George H. Peirce, Daniel M. Daley, Charles P. Ladd, Jr., and John J. Mahoney.
Inspectors - Frank F. Russell, A. D. W. Prescott, Josiah Hovey and Chester E. Hoyt.
Checkers at Ballot Box - Frank Y. Wellington, George C. Tewksbury, Joseph J. Duffy and Ernest H. Freeman.
Tellers - Roger Conant, Frank B. Records, Jr., Harold N. Willis, Frederick G. Wilder, Clarence G. Parsons, Michael F. Horrigan, Daniel W. O'Brien, Frank A. O'Brien, Oscar A. Schnetzer, George A. Clark, Herbert L. Converse, Roger Dunbar, and George McK. Richardson.
A sealed package of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, was then delivered by the Town Clerk to the presiding officer, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the ballot clerks.
The ballot boxes were examined by the presiding officer and the Town Clerk, and were found to be empty and the register set at zero.
A list of registered voters was supplied to the ballot clerks by the Registrars of Voters.
At four (4) minutes after six (6) o'clock in the morning the
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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 ballots to be counted.
At seven o'clock the boxes registered as follows:
Total
A to L
182
M to Z
122
304
8
o'clock A to L .
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