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In contrasting the two plans which we lay before you we desire to emphasize one advantage that would be in favor of adopting the plan for the new building which we regard of much importance, viz : That the plan could be carried into effect so as to give us room which we so much need for a Grammar School for the next winter term. If the remodelling plan is adopted it would be quite impossible to carry it into effect before next season; and it is doubtful whether it could be could be done during the usual summer vacation of the schools.
GEORGE KING, Chairman. CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, MARY A. WIGGIN, LYDIA P. RAY,
Committee.
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Voted to accept the report.
ART. 4. Voted to strike this article from the warrant.
ART. 5. Voted to strike this article from the warrant.
ARLINGTON STREET SCHOOL HOUSE FENCE.
ARE. 6. Voted to build a fence around the Arlington street school house lot and that the sum of $150 be raised and ap- propriated therefor.
Voted that the money be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
LAYING OUT A SEWER.
ART. 7. The report of the Selectmen laying out a sewer on Main street and Depot street was read by Bradley M. Rock- wood, Clerk of the Board.
Voted not to accept the report.
Voted to dismiss the warrant.
A true record. Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Franklin. in said County,
GREETING :
You are hereby directed in the name of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Frank- lin qualified to vote for State Officers, to assemble in their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, next, it being the first Tuesday after the first Monday of said November, at eight o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to give in their votes for
Governor of the Commonwealth.
Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth.
Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Auditor of the Commonwealth.
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Attorney General of the Commonwealth.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District.
Senator to the General Court for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District.
Treasurer for the County of Norfolk.
County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk.
Two Special County Commissioners for the County of Norfolk.
Three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Norfolk. Sheriff for the County of Norfolk.
District Attorney for the South Eastern District.
Two Representatives to the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District.
And the polls may be closed as early as twelve o'clock noon.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, unto the Selectmen, on or before the said day and time.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine.
HENRY R. JENKS, GEORGE W. WIGGIN, BRADLEY M. ROCKWOOD, JEREMIAH J. MCCARTY, Selectinen of Franklin.
NORFOLK, SS. October 26th, A. D., 1889.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Franklin herein described to assemble in their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, 1889, for the purposes within mentioned, by posting attested copies of the within warrant in each of the postoffices of the town, and in ten other public places, seven days before the day of meeting. in compliance with Section Two of Article One of the By-Laws of the Town of Franklin.
LEWIS R. WHITAKER, Constable of Franklin.
A true copy of the warrant and officer's return thereon. Attest : 1 CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF NOVEMBER ELECTION, Nov 5, 1889.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the town of Franklin qualified to vote for State officers, met in
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their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- nine, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order at eight o'clock in the fore- noon by Henry R. Jenks, Chairman of the Board of Select- men, who then read the warrant and the officer's return there- on.
The Inspectors, Herbert W. Nye and Henry E. Ruggles, and the Deputy Inspectors, Fred P. Chapman and Albert F. Staples, were then sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful discharge of their duties.
The police officer of the day, Aaron R. Morse, was also sworn.
In pursuance of the laws of this Commonwealth, the ballot box to be used at elections was then opened in the public meeting, and shown to the public to be empty, and was ex- amined by the Selectmen, and Town Clerk and found to be empty. The register of the box was then set at 000, and the box locked and the keys thereof given to Officer Aaron R. Morse.
The Town Clerk then delivered to Henry R. Jenks, Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, one of the packages contain- ing the official ballots to be used, and cards of instruction and specimen ballots, and received from him the following re- ceipt, viz :
FRANKLIN, MASS., Nov. 5, 1889.
Received of Clarence E. Griffin, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., a package said to contain sixteen hundred official ballots, together with specimen ballots and cards of instruction.
HENRY R. JENKS, Chairman of Selectmen of Franklin, Mass.
The package was then opened, the official ballots passed to the Inspectors who had previously received a duplicate check list. The cards of instruction and specimen ballots were at once posted outside of the guard-rail, and within the polling booths according to law.
In accordance with law the Selectmen had erected a guard- rail six feet or more from the booths, and also had caused to
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be set up twelve booths for the use of voters in marking their ballots.
Voting commenced at 8.30 o'clock in the forenoon.
Voted that the polls be closed at three o'clock in the after- noon.
Due notice having been given the polls were at three o'clock in the afternoon declared to be closed.
During the voting the official ballots and duplicate check list were in the hands of the Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors and no voter received a ballot until his name had been found on the duplicate check list and checked, when he passed with- in the guard-rail and marked his ballot. The ballot box and check list were in charge of the Selectmen and Town Clerk. The Selectmen and Town Clerk had charge of the election and during the time of voting the ballot box was, with their unanimous consent, opened once for the purpose of taking out the ballots, and sorting and counting them, and again. at the close of the polls when the register stood at 485. The names of those on the check list which had been checked were then audibly counted and found to be 486.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to canvass the votes given in, and the whole number was (486) four hun- dred and eighty-six, which were sorted, counted, and recorded and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, and were for the following State and County Officers, viz :
For Governor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and sixty-six. John Blackmere, of Springfield, had seventy votes.
John Q. A. Brackett, of Arlington, had two hundred and six votes.
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, had one hundred and eighty-eight votes.
John D. Long, of Hingham, had one vote.
William E. Nason, of Franklin, had one vote.
For Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and sixty- seven.
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William H. Haile, of Springfield, had two hundred and thirty votes.
John W. Corcoran of Clinton had one hundred and eighty votes.
Benjamin F. Sturtevant, of Boston, had fifty-seven votes.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and sixty- four.
George D. Crittenden, of Buckland, had fifty-five votes.
William N. Osgood, of Boston, had one hundred and sev- enty-eight votes.
Henry B. Pierce, of Abington, had two hundred and thirty - one votes.
For Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and forty- seven.
George A. Marden, of Lowell, had two hundred and twen- ty-seven votes.
Edwin L. Munn, of Holyoke, had one hundred and seventy- one votes.
Frederic L. Wing, of Ashburnham, had forty-nine votes.
For Auditor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and fifty-one.
William H. Gleason, of Boston, had fifty-seven votes.
Charles R. Ladd, of Sprinfield, two hundred and twenty- three votes.
William D. T. Trefry, of Marblehead, had one hundred and seventy-one votes.
For Attorney General of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and fifty-eight. Allen Coffin, of Nantucket, had sixty-eight votes.
Elisha B. Maynard, of Springfield, had one hundred and seventy-four votes.
Andrew J. Waterman, of Pittsfield, had two hundred and sixteen votes.
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For Councillor for Second Councillor District :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and forty-six. William H. Phillips, of Taunton, had sixty-one votes.
Arthur W. Tufts, of Boston, had two hundred and ten votes.
George O. Wentworth, of Stoughton, had one hundred and seventy-five votes.
For Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District :
The whole number of votes was three hundred and ninety- six
Charles T. Duncklee, of Brookline, had one hundred and seventy-six votes.
George Kempton, of Sharon, had eighteen votes.
George Makepeace Towle, of Brookline, had two hundred and two votes.
For Treasurer for the County of Norfolk :
The whole number of votes was three hundred and twenty- nine.
Charles H. Smith, of Dedham, had three hundred and twenty-nine votes.
For County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and forty-five.
Edgar H. Bowers, of Needham, had one hundred and sev- enty-seven votes.
Joshua B. Hanners, of Walpole, had fifty-five votes.
John Q. A. Lathrop, of Cohasset, had two hundred and thirteen votes.
For two Special County Commissioners for the County of Norfolk :
The whole number of votes was eight hundred and seven- teen.
Albert E. Avery, of Braintree, had one hundred and sixty- seven votes.
James Warren Clark, of Millis, had sixty votes.
Bartholomew Doody, of Canton, had one hundred and fifty- four votes.
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Everett L. Eaton, of Needham, had one hundred and eighty- eight votes.
Wilbur F. Martin, of Randolph, had fifty-three votes.
George L. Wentworth, of Weymouth, had one hundred and ninety-five votes.
For three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Norfolk :
The whole number of votes was eleven hundred and twen- ty-eight.
Robert W. Carpenter, of Foxboro, had two hundred and five votes.
Emery Grover, of Needham, had one hundred and ninety- seven votes.
John W. McAnarney, of Quincy, had one hundred and sixty -three votes.
George R. R. Rivers, of Milton, had one hundred and fifty- two votes.
Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, had one hundred and nine- ty-two votes.
George W. Wiggin, of Franklin, had two hundred and nineteen votes.
For Sheriff for Norfolk County :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and fifty- three.
J. Walter Bradlee, of Milton, had one hundred and thirty- nine votes.
Hubbard M. Bullock, of Franklin, had twenty-four votes.
Augustus B. Endicott, of Dedham, had two hundred and ninety votes.
For District Attorney for the South Eastern District :
The whole number of votes was four hundred and twenty- three.
Harvey H. Pratt, of Abington, had two hundred and two votes.
Charles W. Sumner, of Brockton, had two hundred and twenty-one votes.
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For two Representatives to the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District :
The whole number of votes was eight hundred and sixty- nine.
William E. Creasy, of Medway, had one hundred and sev- enty-two votes.
Severns W. Crook, of Wrentham, had fifty-six votes.
Ira C. Hersey, of Foxborough, had one hundred and sixty- two votes.
Charles W. Hodges, of Foxborough, had fifty-three votes.
James D. Lincoln, of Wrentham, had two hundred and six- teen votes.
Daniel S. Woodman, of Medway, had two hundred and ten votes.
In voting the check list was used and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being accomplished, the re- turns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen, countersigned by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, and delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded to their places of destination.
The votes cast, and the check list used by the Town Clerk and the duplicate check list used by the Inspectors, also the cancelled and unused ballots were then sealed up in different bags, endorsed in proper manner by the Selectmen and deliv- ered into the custody of the Town Clerk in conformity with the law in such cases made and provided.
Voted to dismiss the warrant.
A true copy. Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,
Town Clerk.
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RECOUNT OF VOTES CAST FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTH EASTERN DISTRICT
ON Nov. 5, 1889.
On the eighth day of November, A. D. 1889, the Town Clerk received a petition signed by ten qualified voters of the town of Franklin. The petition is as follows, to wit :
To the Town Clerk of the Town of Franklin :
We, the undersigned, legal voters of the town of Franklin, respect- fully represent that we have reason to believe that the return of the Selectmen of said Town are erroneous, in the returns of the vote cast for District Attorney for the South Eastern District, in said Town, at the election held on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1889.
Wherefore, we pray that this statement may be transmitted to the Selectmen and a recount of the votes cast for the candidates for said office be had, according to the provisions of Chapter 262 of the Acts of 1889.
H. E. RUGGLES,
SAML. Y. REED,
H. S. WILKES, C. R. RUSSELL,
L. W. MILLIKEN, T. A. BYRNES,
A. F. STAPLES, CHARLES STEWART,
M. F. CONROY, G. W. MILLER.
The foregoing petition was presented to the Selectmen, who appointed as the time for the recount of votes asked for, No- vember thirteen, A. D. 1889, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of the Selectmen.
At the appointed hour the Selectmen and Town Clerk met for the purpose of recounting the votes, and after the recount was complete it was declared that the whole number of votes cast for District Attorney was four hundred and twenty-seven, and that Harvey H. Pratt, of Abington, had two hundred and seven votes. Charles W. Sumner, of Brockton, had two hundred and twenty votes.
Whereupon the ballots were replaced in the bag from which they had been taken, the bag again sealed and properly en- dorsed according to the law in such cases made and provided.
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A certificate embodying the result of the recount was made and signed by the Selectmen and attested by the Town Clerk, and forwarded to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A true record. Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,
Town Clerk.
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MEETING OF THE TOWN CLERKS
OF THE EIGHTH NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
A record of the doings of the Town Clerks of the towns of Wrentham, Medway, Franklin, Foxboro, Bellingham and Norfolk, constituting the Eighth Representative District in the County of Norfolk.
On the fifteenth day of November, A. D. 1889, the Town Clerks of the above named towns met at the Town Hall in Franklin, and examined and compared transcripts of the re- cords of votes cast in said towns on the fifth day of said No- vember for two Representatives to the General Court for said District ; and did ascertain that James D. Lincoln of Wren- tham and Daniel S. Woodman of Medway were duly elected ; and we issued certificates of their election, one of which we transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, one was delivered to the Constable of Wrentham, and one to the Con- stable of Medway.
David T. Stone, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
Henry E. Mason, Town Clerk of Medway.
Clarence E. Griffin, Town Clerk of Franklin.
Lewis E. Gray, Town Clerk of Foxboro.
Henry A. Whitney, Town Clerk of Bellingham.
Silas E. Fales, Town Clerk of Norfolk.
A true copy of record. Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,
Town Clerk.
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The aggregate vote of the District was as follows :
William E. Creasy, of Medway, had five hundred and sev- enty-two votes.
Severns W. Crook, of Wrentham, had one hundred and sixty-seven votes.
Ira C. Hersey, of Foxboro, had five hundred and forty- seven votes.
Charles W. Hodges, of Foxboro, had one hundred and seventy-one votes.
James D. Lincoln, of Wrentham, had seven hundred and fifty-three votes.
Daniel S. Woodman, of Medway, had seven hundred and sixty-two votes.
The total number of votes was twenty-nine hundred and seventy-two.
A true record. Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,
Town Clerk.
I, Clarence E. Griffin, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., do hereby certify that at the time and in the manner provided by law I destroyed the ballots cast at the election on November 5, 1889.
Attest :
CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,
Town Clerk.
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