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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, six hundred fifty-five (655).
The ballots were sorted, counted and announcement made of the result at ten (10) minutes after ten (10) o'clock, as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY (550) GOVERNOR.
Samuel W. McCall had four hundred ninety-nine (499).
Blanks, fifty-one (51). Total cast 550.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Calvin Coolidge had five hundred two (502).
Blanks, forty-eight (48).
SECRETARY.
Albert P. Langtry had four hundred ninety-five (495).
Blanks, fifty-five (55).
TREASURER. Charles L. Burrill had four hundred ninety-nine (499). Blanks, fifty-one (51).
AUDITOR. Joseph B. Brown had two hundred seven (207). Alonzo B. Cook had three hundred seven (307).
Blanks, thirty-six (36).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Henry C. Attwill had four hundred eighty-nine (489). Blanks, sixty-one (61).
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SENATOR IN CONGRESS. Henry Cabot Lodge had four hundred ninety-two (492). Blanks, fifty-eight (58).
CONGRESSMAN. Frederick W. Dallinger had four hundred ninety-five (495) .. Blanks, fifty-five (55). COUNCILLOR. James G. Harris had two hundred fifty-four (254).
Henry C. Mulligan had two hundred thirty-four (234). Blanks, sixty-two (62).
SENATOR. Edwin T. McKnight had one hundred and three (103). Arthur N. Newhall had one hundred and one (101).
Winfield F. Prime had three hundred and nine (309). Blanks, thirty-seven (37).
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT. Jacob Bitzer had four hundred twenty-two (422). Chester E. Shorley had one hundred six (106). Blanks, twenty-two (22).
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Smith J. Adams had one hundred eight (108).
Erson B. Barlow had three hundred fourteen (314).
Charles H. McIntire had fifty-nine (59). Blanks, sixty-nine (69).
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.
Frederic P. Barnes had four hundred forty (440). H. Harding Hale had three hundred thirty-seven (337). Blanks, three hundred twenty-three (323). DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Nelson P. Brown had one hundred fifty-two (152).
Philip M. Clark had fifty (50).
John J. Higgins had seventy (70).
Nathan A. Tufts had two hundred sixty-five (265). Blanks, thirteen (13).
CLERK OF COURTS. William C. Dillingham had four hundred eighty-three (483) .. Blanks, sixty-seven (67).
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REGISTER OF DEEDS. Thomas Leighton, Jr. had four hundred eighty-seven (487). Blanks, sixty-three (63).
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
William G. Andrew had seventy (70).
Roland E. Brown had seventy-one (71).
Frederick M. Estey had three hundred twenty-six (326). Blanks, seventy-six (76).
STATE COMMITTEE. Frank V. Noyes had three hundred fifty-five (355). Blanks, one hundred ninety-five (195).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
John Q. A. Brackett had four hundred sixty-seven (467).
Jacob Bitzer had four hundred sixty-one (461).
Bert S. Currier had four hundred sixty-nine (469). Cyrus E. Dallin had four hundred sixty-six (466).
Willis P. Howard had four hundred sixty-two (462). William I. Marsters had four hundred fifty-nine (459).
George D. Moore had four hundred sixty-two (462).
Charles S. Parker had four hundred fifty-nine (459).
Charles C. Warren had four hundred sixty-six (466). Arthur J. Wellington had four hundred sixty-eight (468). Blanks, eight hundred sixty-one (861).
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Oman E. Bennett had four hundred fifty-seven (457). Nelson B. Crosby had four hundred fifty-six (456). Henry E. Cheney had four hundred fifty-two (452). Wilder N. Hodgkins had four hundred fifty-two (452). Alexander S. Jardine had four hundred fifty-three (453). Ernest R. Kimball had four hundred sixty-three (463). John Z. Lawson had four hundred forty-nine (449). Edwin T. Lune had four hundred forty-seven (447). Max H. Meyer had four hundred fifty-four (454). W. Forbes Robertson had four hundred fifty-three (453). George H. Shirley had four hundred fifty-three (453). Charles C. Warren had four hundred fifty-five (455). Paul M. White had four hundred fifty-two (452).
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John E. Woodend had four hundred fifty-five (455). Arthur P. Wyman had four hundred sixty-two (462). Blanks, fourteen hundred thirty-seven (1437).
PROHIBITION PARTY (2). GOVERNOR.
Chester R. Lawrence had two (2).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Alfred H. Evans had two (2). All other offices were blank.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (103).
GOVERNOR.
Charles H. Cole had fifty-nine (59).
Frederick W. Mansfield had thirty-nine (39). Blanks, five (5).
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Thomas P. Riley had eighty-two (82). Blanks, twenty-one (21).
SECRETARY. Leon R. Eyges had seventy-four (74). Blanks, twenty-nine (29).
TREASURER. Henry N. Teague had seventy-six (76). Blanks, twenty-seven (27).
AUDITOR. John B. N. Soulliere had seventy-three (73). Blanks, thirty (30).
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Joseph Joyce Donahue had seventy-eight (78). Blanks, twenty-five (25).
SENATOR IN CONGRESS. John F. Fitzgerald had eighty-three (83). Blanks, twenty (20).
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CONGRESSMAN. John F. Daly had thirty-two (32).
Frederick S. Deitrick had sixty-three (63). Blanks, eight (8).
COUNCILLOR. Blanks, one hundred three (103).
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS. Blanks, one hundred three (103).
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
William R. Scharton had sixty-two (62).
Blanks, forty-one (41).
CLERK OF COURTS. Blanks, one hundred three (103).
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Blanks, one hundred three (103).
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. Timothy E. Quinn had sixty-five (65). Blanks, thirty-eight (38).
STATE COMMITTEE.
John J. Costello had twenty-five (25).
William H. Henchey had fifty-three (53). Blanks, twenty-five (25).
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Thomas D. Kennedy had seventy-two (72).
Arthur J. Hendrick had seventy-three (73). Daniel W. Grannan had seventy-two (72). Timothy F. Collins had seventy-one (71). Daniel F. Ahern had seventy-six (76).
James P. Donnelly had seventy-five (75).
Thomas J. Green had seventy-three (73). James M. Mead had seventy-two (72).
Blanks, two hundred and forty (240).
TOWN COMMITTEE. Daniel F. Ahern had seventy-seven (77). David T. Dale had seventy-six (76). Frank E. Callahan had seventy (70).
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James P. Donnelly had seventy-one (71).
Edward T. Ryan had seventy-four (74).
Dennis J. Driscoll had seventy (70).
Thomas D. Kennedy had seventy-one (71). Arthur J. Hendrick had seventy-four (74).
Thomas E. Duffy had seventy (70). Daniel W. Grannan had seventy-three (73).
Timothy F. Collins had seventy (70).
Thomas J. Green had seventy-two (72).
James M. Mead had seventy-five (75).
William C. Scannell had seventy-four (74).
Clarence H. Campbell had seventy-three (73).
Scattering, eighteen (18). Blanks, four hundred fifty (450).
The election returns were 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.
All business calling the meeting having been disposed of, the presiding officer, at twenty (20) minutes after ten (10) o'clock, declared the meeting dissolved.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any 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, Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of October, 1916, at 7.30 P.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of Committees hereto- fore appointed.
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ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to make an additional appropriation for highway purposes or take any action thereon.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to make an additional appropriation for the extension of the sewerage system or take any action thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction and equipment of suitable buildings on the Town Yard property or take any action thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following By-Laws, relating to hawkers and pedlers, as revised by the Committee appointed for that purpose:
Section 1. No person shall go from place to place in this Town selling or bartering, or carrying or exposing for sale or barter, any fruit, vegetables, or fish without a license therefor from the Board of Selectmen; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person who sells only fruits or vegetables raised or produced by himself or his family, or fish which is obtained by his own labor or the labor of his family.
Section 2. The Board of Selectmen shall have authority to grant such license to any person of good repute for morals and integrity who is, or has declared his intentions to become, a citizen of the United States. Said licenses, unless sooner revoked by the Board of Selectmen, shall expire one year after the granting thereof, and each person so licensed shall pay therefor a fee of ten dollars.
Section 3. No hawker or pedler shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any of the articles enumerated in Section 15 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, or in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto, until he has recorded his name and residence with the Board of Selectmen. Every person licensed under the provisions of the preceding section as a hawker or pedler of fruits, vegetables, or fish shall record his name and residence in like manner with the Board of Selectmen.
Section 4. No person hawking, peddling, or carrying or ex- posing any articles for sale, shall cry his wares to the disturbance of the peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the Town, nor shall carry or convey such articles in any manner that will tend to injure or disturb the public health or comfort nor otherwise than in ve- hicles or receptacles which are neat and clean and do not leak.
Section 5. Every hawker and pedler licensed by the Board of
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Selectmen shall be assigned a number and shall be provided with a badge which shall be conspicuously worn by him; and every other such hawker and pedler as described in Section 3 shall provide himself with a badge of such type and design as may be approved by said Board of Selectmen which he shall wear in like manner. Whoever, neglects to wear, or wears such badge without authority, shall be punished by the penalty provided in Section 11 of this by- law.
Section 6. Every vehicle or other receptacle used by a licensee as a conveyance for articles offered or exposed for sale by him shall have attached thereto on each side a number plate, to be furnished by the Town with his license.
Section 7. No person shall be registered or assigned a badge or number plate under the provisions of sections 3 and 5 of these by-laws, until he presents a certificate from the Sealer of Weights and Measures stating that all weighing and measuring devices intended to be used by such person have been duly inspected and sealed as required by law. The use of, or possession by such per- son with intent to use, any false or unsealed weighing or measuring devices shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of his license, or the cancellation of his registration.
Section 8. Every person licensed to peddle as aforesaid shall indorse his usual signature upon his license. Any licensee who fails, neglects or refuses to exhibit his license when the same is demanded of him by a Selectman, Commissioner or Inspector, or Sealer of Weights and Measures, Town Treasurer or Clerk, Con- stable, Police Officer or Justice of the Peace, shall be subject to the same penalty as if he had no license.
Section 9. Nothing in these By-Laws shall be construed as conflicting with any license issued under the authority of the Commonwealth.
Section 10. Any license granted under these By-Laws or any By-Law amendatory or additional thereto, may be revoked by the Board of Selectmen.
Section 11. Whoever violates any provision of these By-Laws shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
Section 12. All By-Laws or parts of By-Laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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ART. 7. To see if the Town will consider, reconsider, rescind or take any action relative to the vote of the Town passed at a Town Meeting, held September 18, 1914, whereby Summer Street or Summer Street Extension, so-called, was to be constructed under the betterment act.
(Inserted at the request of Daniel B. Tierney, et al.)
ART. 8. 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. 9. To see if the Town will obtain data on the efficiency with which its appropriations are expended or take any action thereon or make any appropriation therefor.
(Inserted at the request of Arthur E. Perkins, et al.)
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to publish an analysis of the tax rate and make any appropriation therefor or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of Arthur E. Perkins, et al.)
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to have the Public Works Department collect the ashes and offal in the Town.
(Inserted at the request of Walter D. Sawyer, et al.)
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to have the Auditor prepare a list of all salaries and fees received by all elective officers in the employ of the Town, and have same printed in the Town Report under the heading, "Total Income Paid Town Officials."
(Inserted at the request of Walter D. Sawyer, 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 ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixteen.
THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
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Arlington, October 25, 1916.
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 specified, 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, seven days at least before said day of meeting.
Notice of the time, place and object of said meeting was pub- lished in the two Arlington papers.
ยท (Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
Pursuant to 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 Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and were called to order at thirty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening 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.)
By unanimous choice Walter A. Robinson was elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
Loren W. Marsh, Chairman of the Finance Committee of Twenty-one presented the report of that Committee in printed form and the same was received and it was
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 acted on without further motion, separately and in the order in which they appear in the printed report of said Committee.
Article 2 was then laid upon the table.
Article 3 taken up. (Additional appropriation for highways.) Voted (by a two-thirds vote) : That the sum of eleven thousand
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two hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents ($11,265.97) be appropriated for highway purposes, $5165.97 to be used for reim- bursement of the highway department for money expended on Summer Street Extension, $6100 to be used for the construction of Thorndike Street, the construction to subgrade of Albemarle Street and a portion of Florence Avenue, and for the construction of temporary sidewalks upon Grafton, Raleigh Newcomb and Randolph Streets, and Wyman Terrace, of which amounts the sum of $6265.97 is to be appropriated from available balances now in the Treasury, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to raise the sum of $5000 by issuing a note of the Town, payable in one year from the date, with interest not exceeding 4% per annum payable semi-annually, to be designated on the face thereof "Supplementary Street Loan of 1916" and to be issued in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1910, and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
Article 4 taken up. (Additional appropriation for Sewerage System.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the sum of $5750 be appro- priated for the extension of the sewerage system on Thorndike, Amsden, Scituate, Newport, Lake and Daniels Streets, Surrey Road and Lakehill Avenue, of which the sum of $1750 be appro- priated from sewer assessments now in the Treasury, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to raise the sum of $4000 by issuing a note of the Town payable in one year from date with interest not exceeding 4% per annum, payable semi-annually, to be designated on the face thereof "Supplementary Sewer Loan of 1916," and to be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1910 and acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
Article 5 taken up. (Town Yard equipment asked for.)
The Committee recommended and it was so voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 6 taken up. (Proposed by-laws for hawkers, etc.)
The Committee made no recommendation under this article and after a discussion of the subject matter of the proposed by- laws by several citizens it was
Voted: That no action be taken at this time.
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Article 7 taken up. (Summer Street Extension Betterment Assessments.)
Voted, on motion of Benjamin Baker: That it is the sense of this meeting that the construction of Summer Street and Summer Street Extension, so-called, is a public benefit to the whole Town in the diverting of traffic and the relieving thereby of Massachu- setts Avenue; that the abutters and persons contiguous to said street have not been benefited beyond the general benefit to the Town; and that the betterments assessed on the abutters and persons contiguous to said Summer Street and said Summer Street Extension, under the vote passed at the Town Meeting held September 18, 1914, should and ought to be abated in their en- tirety, by the Board of officers of this Town, vested by law with? power to abate betterment assessments.
Article 8 taken up. (Restrictions on reservoir.)
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be requested to report at the next Town Meeting what action, if any, is necessary or feasible to remove the restrictions on the use of its reservoir.
Article 9 taken up. (Expenditures of appropriations.)
The Committee recommended and it was so
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 10 taken up. (Analysis of tax rate.)
Voted: That the Town Auditor prepare an analysis of the tax rate in a condensed form, showing the total amount expended. by each Board or Department of the Town, and that it be printed annually upon the tax notices and tax bills sent out by the Collector of Taxes.
Article 11 taken up. (Collection of offal and ashes.)
The Committee recommended and it was so
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 12 taken up. (Income paid Town Officials.)
The Committee recommended and it was so
Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
All articles in the warrant calling the meeting having been acted upon, the meeting dissolved at fifty minutes after ten o'clock (10.50).
The number of citizens attending the meeting, as determined by the Constables in charge of the turnstiles, was 387.
A true record. Attest :
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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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 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 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 Presidential Electors, a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Sec- retary, a Treasurer and Receiver-General, an Auditor of Accounts, an Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, a Senator in the Congress of the United States, a Congressman from the Eighth Congressional District, a Councillor for the Sixth Councillor District, a Senator for the Sixth Middlesex District, a Representa- tive in General Court for the Twenty-seventh Middlesex District, a County Commissioner for three years, two Associate County Commissioners for Middlesex County, District Attorney for Middlesex County (Northern District), Clerk of Courts for Middle- sex County, Register of Deeds for Middlesex County, Register of Probate and Insolvency for Middlesex County (to fill vacancy).
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 98 General Acts of 1916, entitled "An Act to ascertain : and carry out the will of the people relative to the calling and holding of a constitutional convention."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 104 General Acts of 1916, entitled "An Act to make the first day of January, known as New Year's Day, a legal holiday."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the acceptance by the Town of Chapter 179 General Acts of 1916, entitled "An Act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party."
To vote "Yes" or "No" on the question of public policy under Chapter 819 Acts of 1913:
"Shall the Representative from this District be instructed to
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support the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, providing for some form of the initiative and refer- endum which shall give to the voters the power to accept or re- ject statutes and constitutional amendments proposed to the Leg- islature by a petition of a substantial number of citizens, but rejected by it, and also the power, upon such petition, to reject measures passed by the Legislature?"
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 twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, November 6, 1916.
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 therein 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 two local papers.
(Signed) WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.
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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 seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, 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 Thomas J. Donnelly, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. The Town Clerk read the warrant calling the meeting, and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants. Mr. Donnelly continued to act as Chairman during the meeting, being relieved at times by Selectmen Phinney and Howard.
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