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feet, more or less, and is shown on Sheet 11 of the above mentioned plans.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to publish an analysis of the tax rate, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of Arthur E. Perkins, et al.)
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to seek the removal of the restrictions on the use of its reservoir, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of Arthur E. Perkins, et al.)
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to obtain data on the efficiency with which its appropriations are expended, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of Arthur E. Perkins, et al.)
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 third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
WILLIS P. HOWARD, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN.
ARLINGTON, May 20, 1915.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
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 purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting. an attested copy of said Warrant at the doors of the Town Hall, in said Arlington, seven days at least before said day of meeting. A notice of said meeting was also published in the Arlington Advocate, May 7 and May 14, 1915.
WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
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Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law requires to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, on Thursday the twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, at thirty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1 taken up. (Choice of Moderator.)
John G. Brackett was the unanimous choice of the meeting for Moderator and he was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
On motion of John R. Foster, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee of Twenty-one, the following vote was passed.
Voted: That Article 3 and subsequent articles in the Warrant be now taken up, and that the recommendations of the Finance Committee of Twenty-one under these articles be considered as now before the meeting, to be voted on without further motion separately and in the order in which they appear in the printed report of said Committee.
Article 3 taken up. (Grading grounds of new High School.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That there be appropriated the sum of eleven thousand (11,000) dollars to be expended by the High School Building Committee for grading the new High School lot; that said sum be raised by the issue of eleven (11) serial notes of one thousand (1000) dollars each, the first coming due in 1916, and one each in the ten following consecutive years, and said notes bearing a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent.
Article 4 taken up. (Equipment of new High School.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the sum of eighteen thou- sand five hundred dollars be appropriated to be expended under the direction of the High School Building Committee for furnishing the new High School building, that said sum be raised by the issue of eighteen (18) serial notes, one of $1500 to come due in 1916 and one of $1000 to come due in each of the next seventeen consecutive years, and to bear a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent.
Article 5 taken up. (Authority of Selectmen to demolish buildings.)
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Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to demolish the old buildings now on the new High School site, getting such financial returns for the material as they may be able.
Article 6 taken up. (Swimming pool in new High School.)
Voted: The Committee recommended, and it was so voted, that no action be taken under this article.
Article 7 taken up. (Care and maintenance of trees.)
Voted: That the Tree Warden be authorized to expend from the "appropriation for insects other than the Gypsy and Brown- Tail Moths," passed at the annual March meeting of 1915, a sum not to exceed seven hundred fifty (750) dollars for the general care of trees and the purchase of new ones.
Article 8 taken up. (Permanent sidewalks.)
Voted: The Committee recommended, and it was so voted, that no action be taken under this article.
Article 9 taken up. (Joint Board to deliver deed to Town of Lexington.)
Voted: That the Joint Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Works be authorized to execute and to deliver to the Town of Lexington a deed releasing to said Town of Lexington for use as a street or way a strip of land belonging to the Town of Arling- ton and situated near Bow Street, in that part of Lexington known as East Lexington.
Article 10 taken up. (Ratification of conveyance to Common- wealth.)
Voted: That the Town of Arlington hereby ratify and confirm the conveyance dated April 22, 1915, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Board of Metropolitan Park Com- missioners of a certain parcel of land extending from Mystic Street along lower Mystic Lake (and being shown on Metropolitan Park Commissioners' Plan No. 688, to be recorded with Middle- sex South District Deeds), made by the Board of Park Commis- sioners and the Board of Cemetery Commissioners in behalf of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 188 of the Special Acts of the year 1915 of the Legislature of the said Commonwealth.
Article 11 taken up. (Purchase of a pulmotor.)
The Committee recommended, and it was so voted, that no action be taken under this article.
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Article 12 taken up. (Acceptance of parcels of land on Summer Street.)
Voted: That the Town accept the parcels of land taken by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the date of April 29, 1915, by virtue and under the authority of Chapter 443 of the Acts of 1904, and amendments thereto; said parcels being more particularly described in Article 12 of the Town Warrant.
Article 13 taken up. (Analysis of tax rate.)
Voted: That an analysis of the tax rate be sent out with the tax bills, the said analysis to be printed on a separate sheet of paper.
Article 14 taken up. (Removal of restrictions on Reservoir.) It was voted that no action be taken under this article.
Article 15 taken up. (Data on efficiency.)
The Committee recommended, and it was so voted, that no action be taken under this article.
Meeting dissolved at 10.20 P.M.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
The number attending this meeting, as determined by the Constable in charge of the turnstiles, was 189.
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. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in primaries, to meet in Town Hall, Arlington, Tuesday, the twenty-first day of September, 1915, at 2 P.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:
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Governor, for this Commonwealth; Lieutenant-Governor, for this Commonwealth; Secretary of the Commonwealth, for this Commonwealth; Treasurer and Receiver General, for this Com- monwealth; Auditor of the Commonwealth, for this Common- wealth; Attorney-General for this Commonwealth; Councillor, for the Sixth Councillor District; Senator, for the Sixth Middlesex Senatorial District; Representative in General Court, for the Twenty-ninth Representative District; County Commissioner, for Middlesex County; County Treasurer, for Middlesex County; Sheriff, for Middlesex County.
And for the election of the following officers:
District Member of State Committee, for each political party, for the Sixth Senatorial District.
Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Members of the Republican Town Committee.
Members of the Progressive Party Town Committee.
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 2 P.M. to 8 F.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 due 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., 1915.
WILLIS P. HOWARD, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN.
Arlington, September 21, 1915.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the law directs to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and place and for the
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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.
WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, 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, the twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred and fifteen, and were called to order at two (2) o'clock in the afternoon, by Willis P. Howard, Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Under the law governing primaries, Mr. Howard served as Chairman of the meeting.
The law governing the elections prevailed and the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and 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 cards of instructions to and penalties on voters were posted.
The following election officers having been appointed by the Selectmen were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk, and assigned as follows:
Ballot Clerks - Charles P. Ladd, Jr., Chester Hoyt, Frank C. Kenney and William D. Grannan.
Ballot Boxes - Frank Y. Wellington, George C. Tewksbury, George H. Peirce and Frank F. Russell.
Inspectors - George Howland, John F. Buckley, James E. Sweeney and Herbert M. Rowe.
Tellers - Ernest H. Freeman, Oscar A. Schnetzer, David T. Dale, George M. Richardson, Joseph J. Duffy and John E. Robinson.
Sealed packages of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, were then delivered to the election officers by the Town Clerk. These ballots were publicly opened and given to the ballot clerks for distribution to the voters.
Specimen ballots, cards of instruction and penalties on voters
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were conspicuously posted for the information of voters as in the case of a State or Town election.
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.
Lists of registered voters were supplied the election officers by the registrars of voters.
At five (5) minutes after two (2) o'clock, the polls were declared open and remained open until eight (8) o'clock, at which time after due notice they were declared closed.
In accordance with the law, the ballot boxes were not opened until the close of the polls.
At the close of the polls eight (8) o'clock, the registers on the boxes showed that eight hundred nine (809) ballots had been cast, which on being removed were found to be divided as follows: Republican 675, Democratic 125, Progressive 9.
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, eight hundred nine (809).
The ballots were sorted, counted and announcement made of the result at forty-five minutes after nine o'clock, as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY (Total 675.)
GOVERNOR.
Grafton D. Cushing had two hundred twenty-two (222).
Eugene N. Foss had twenty-two (22).
Samuel W. McCall had four hundred twenty (420). Blanks, eleven (11).
Total, 675.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Calvin Coolidge had three hundred eighty-six (386).
Guy Andrews Ham had two hundred fifty-four (254). Blanks, thirty-five (35).
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry had five hundred eighty-five (585). Blanks, ninety (90).
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TREASURER. Charles L. Burrill had five hundred seventy-three (573). Blanks, two hundred two (202).
AUDITOR.
Edward C. R. Bagley had one hundred forty (140). Alonzo B. Cook had three hundred fifty-four (354). Samuel W. George had one hundred twenty-four (124). Blanks, fifty-seven (57).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Henry C. Attwill had five hundred sixty-seven (567). Blanks, one hundred eight (108).
COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT. Henry C. Mulligan had five hundred forty-three (543). Blanks, one hundred thirty-two (132).
SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Wilton B. Fay had three hundred twenty-seven (327). Winfield F. Prime had three hundred eight (308). Blanks, forty (40). .
REPRESENTATIVE, TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Jacob Bitzer had five hundred eighty-six (586). Blanks, eighty-nine (89).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX.
John Lathrop Dyer had one hundred sixty (160). Harry A. Penniman had eighty-three (83). Chester B. Williams had three hundred forty-nine (349). Blanks, eighty-three (83).
COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX. Joseph O. Hayden had four hundred seventy-three (473). Harold David Wilson had one hundred twenty-one (121). Blanks, eighty-one (81).
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX.
John R. Fairbairn had five hundred twenty-five (525). Adelbert B. Messer had one hundred four (104). Blanks, forty-six (46).
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STATE COMMITTEE. Edwin T. McKnight had five hundred fifty (550). Blanks, one hundred twenty-five (125). DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Willis P. Howard had five hundred forty-eight (548).
Frank V. Noyes had five hundred forty-one (541). Truman L. Quimby had five hundred forty-three (543). Henry S. Adams had five hundred forty-eight (548). Bert S. Currier had five hundred fifty-two (552). George D. Moore had five hundred forty-seven (547). Charles S. Parker had five hundred thirty-nine (539). Charles F. Crosby had five hundred forty-nine (549). Alton F. Tupper had five hundred thirty-six (536). Deane S. Reynolds had five hundred forty-two (542). Charles C. Warren had five hundred forty-four (544). Blanks, fourteen hundred thirty-six (1436).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Deane S. Reynolds had five hundred thirty (530). Ernest R. Kimball had five hundred twenty-nine (529).
Frank A. Ewart had five hundred twenty-nine (529). John E. Woodend had five hundred twenty-seven (527). Charles C. Warren had five hundred twenty-six (526). W. Forbes Robertson had five hundred twenty-six (526). Paul M. White had five hundred twenty-two (522).
Edwin T. Luce had five hundred twenty (520).
Max H. Meyer had five hundred thirty-three (533). George H. Shirley had five hundred twenty-eight (528). Bert S. Currier had five hundred thirty-five (535). Loren W. Marsh had five hundred twenty-one (521).
Henry E. Cheney had five hundred twenty (520).
Arthur P. Wyman had five hundred thirty-two (532). Oman E. Bennett had five hundred twenty-five (525). Blanks, twenty-two hundred twenty-two (2222).
PROGRESSIVE PARTY (Total 9).
GOVERNOR. Nelson B. Clark had nine (9).
Blanks, none (0).
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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Blanks, nine (9).
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry had one (1). Blanks, eight (8).
TREASURER.
Charles L. Burrill had one (1). Blanks, eight (8).
AUDITOR.
Alonzo B. Cook had one (1). Blanks, eight (8).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Henry C. Attwill had one (1). Blanks, eight (8).
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.
Blanks, nine (9).
SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Wilton B. Fay had one (1). Blanks, eight (8).
REPRESENTATIVE, TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Blanks, nine (9).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX.
George A. Goodwin had six (6).
Chester B. Williams had one (1). Blanks, two (2).
COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX.
David A. Keefe had five (5). Joseph O. Hayden had one (1). Blanks, three (3).
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX. Adelbert B. Messer had one (1). John A. Fairbairn had one (1). Blanks, seven (7).
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STATE COMMITTEE.
Blanks, nine (9).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
John C. Waage had two (2).
Edward S. Fessenden had one (1).
Clarence E. Gale had one (1).
J. Carl Reiche had one (1).
Arthur E. Perkins had one (1).
Cyrus E. Dallin had one (1).
Charles M. MacMillan had one (1).
Blanks, fifty-five (55).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Arthur E. Perkins had three (3).
Fred W. Damon had two (2).
Charles M. MacMillan had two (2).
Clarence E. Gale had two (2).
Nathan E. Lombard, Ernest Hesseltine, J. Carl Reiche, Edward S. Fessenden, John C. Waage, J. S. Ritchie had one each. Blanks, thirty (30).
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (TOTAL 125).
GOVERNOR.
Frederick S. Deitrick had nine (9).
David I. Walsh had one hundred fourteen (114). Blanks, two (2).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Edward P. Barry had one hundred fourteen (114). Blanks, eleven (11).
SECRETARY.
Edwin A. Grosvenor had one hundred six (106). Blanks, nineteen (19).
TREASURER. Henry L. Bowles had one hundred six (106). Blanks, nineteen (19).
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AUDITOR. Jacob C. Morse had one hundred two (102). Blanks, twenty-three (23).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Joseph Joyce Donahue had one hundred two (102). Harold Williams, Jr., had sixteen (16). Blanks, seven (7).
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.
Joseph H. McNally had one hundred six (106). Blanks, nineteen (19).
SENATOR, SIXTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
James M. Mead had one (1).
Whitfield Tuck had one (1). Blanks, one hundred twenty-three (123).
REPRESENTATIVE, TWENTY-NINTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT. Daniel W. Grannan had one (1). Blanks, one hundred twenty-four (124).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX
Michael M. O'Connor had one hundred five (105). Blanks, twenty (20).
COUNTY TREASURER.
David A. Keefe had one hundred two (102). Blanks, twenty-three (23).
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX.
John J. Donovan had eighty-nine (89). George A. Ferris had nineteen (19). Blanks, seventeen (17).
STATE COMMITTEE.
William H. Henchey had ninety-nine (99). Blanks, twenty-six (26).
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DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Daniel F. Ahern had eight (8).
Timothy F. Collins had five (5).
Augustus F. Crowley had five (5). Blanks, three hundred fifty-seven (357).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Daniel F. Ahern had eight (8).
William C. Scannell had six (6).
Timothy F. Collins had seven (7).
Augustus F. Crowley had four (4). Frank E. Callahan had four (4).
David T. Dale had three (3).
John B. Meaney had three (3).
James M. Mead had three (3).
Frank J. Lowder had two (2).
George C. Tewksbury had two (2).
Daniel W. Grannan had two (2).
Thomas J. Green had two (2).
Arthur J. Hendrick had two (2).
Daniel M. Daley had two (2).
Clarence H. Campbell had two (2).
John G. Flynn had two (2).
Joseph Tole had two (2).
John J. McCarthy had two (2).
P. Henry Casey had two (2).
Daniel J. Driscoll had two (2).
Thomas J. Donnelly had two (2).
Henry J. Welch, William T. Canniff, Jeremiah Coughlin, A. C. LaBreque, P. Edward Kelly, Daniel Murphy, Conrad Gallagher, Thomas J. Kenney, Thomas J. Quinn, Joseph Kenna, Thomas D. Kennedy, Thomas E. Duffy, Martin J. Quinlan, Louis F. McKenna, Thomas F. Kenney, George I. Doe, Edward T. Ryan, William D. Grannan, James E. Sweeney, Roger W. Homer, James R. Mann and Luke M. Monroe had one each.
Blanks, thirty-eight (38).
The election returns were filled in, signed by the election officers
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and the Town Clerk, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded by him to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
All business calling the meeting having been disposed of, the presiding officer, at forty-five (45) minutes after nine (9) o'clock declared the meeting dissolved.
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Cler k
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 second day of November, next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at 6 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 of 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 Dis- trict in the County of Middlesex; a County Commissioner for three years; a County Treasurer for three years; a Sheriff for Middlesex County for three years.
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 129, Resolves of 1915, entitled "Resolves to provide for submitting to the people the article of amendment of the constitu- tion empowering the general court to authorize the taking of land to relieve congestion of population and to provide homes for citizens."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 130, Resolves of 1915, entitled "Resolves to provide for
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submitting to the people the article of amendment of the constitu- tion striking the word 'male' from the qualifications of voters."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 140, Resolves of 1915, entitled "Resolves to provide for submitting to the people the article of amendment of the constitu- tion relative to the authority of the general court to impose taxes."
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 4 o'clock and thirty minutes in the after- noon, and as much longer as the meeting directs, provided that the time shall not be after 8 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 eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
WILLIS P. HOWARD, THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN.
Arlington, November 1, 1915.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
By virtue of the foregoing 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 of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy of said Warrant at the doors of the Town Hall, in said Arlington, seven days at least before said day of meeting.
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
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Tuesday, the second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday in said month and were called to order at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon by Willis P. Howard, 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. Howard continued to act as Chairman of the meeting, being relieved at times by Selectmen Donnelly and Phinney.
In accordance with the law governing elections the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, both sides of the hall being equipped with steel voting booths (twenty on each side), and a space railed off separating the voters from the spectators.
The booths were fitted with all conveniences for the examination and marking of ballots.
Cards of instructions to and penalties on voters were displayed both in the booths and at the approaches thereto.
The following citizens, having been appointed by the Selectmen as election officers, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk and assigned as follows:
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