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Voted, that in case the sum of five thousand ($5000) dollars additional be needed, that the Selectmen be authorized to make a loan of said amount on same conditions as original loan.
Voted, to adjourn.
A true copy of record. Attest :
HENRY E. RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
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I, Henry E. Ruggles, 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 held on March 2, 1891.
Attest, HENRY E. RUGGLES.
FRANKLIN, MAY 1, 1891
We, the Selectmen of Franklin, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby appoint James W. Desmond of said Franklin to be a registrar of voters in and for said town, for the term of three years, from the first day of May, A. D. 1891, and until another is appointed in his place. GEORGE W. WIGGIN, EDGAR K. RAY, JAMES HOOD, Selectmen of Franklin,
I, James W. Desmond, having been appointed a Regis- trar of Voters for the town of Franklin, Mass., for the term ending May 1, 1894, do swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of said office. JAMES W. DESMOND.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
July 10, 1891.
Then, personally appeared, the above-named James W. Desmond, and made oath that he would faithfully discharge the duties incumbent upon him as Registrar of Voters. Before me, HENRY E. RUGGLES, Justice of the Peace.
A true copy of record. Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin. in said Coanty, GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town quali- fied to vote for state officers, to assemble in their town hall on Tues- day, the third day of Novembe; next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday of said November. at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in their votes on one ballot, for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, At- torney General, and Secretary of said Commonwealth, a Councillor for the Second Councillor District. a County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, a Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial Dis- trict, a County Treasurer, Clerk of Courts, and Register of Deeds, for said County of Norfolk, and two Representatives to the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District.
And also to give in their votes for or against one or both of the following amendments to the Constitution, to wit :
"So much of article three of the amendments of the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the following words : 'And who shall have paid, by himself or his parent, master or guardian, any state or county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed upon him in any town or district of this Commonwealth; and also every citizen who shall be by law exempt from taxation, and who shall be in all other respects qualified as above mentioned,' is hereby annulled."
"A majority of the members of each branch of the General Court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. All the provisions of the existing Constitution, inconsistent with the provisions herein contained, are hereby annulled."
The polls may be closed as early as eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
Hereof fail not. and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon. unto the Selectmen, on or before the said day and hour.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
GEORGE W. WIGGIN, EDGAR K. RAY, JAMES HOOD,
Selectmen of Franklin.
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NORFOLK, SS.
October 26, A. D. 1891.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have this day notified the inhabi- tants of the Town of Franklin herein described, to assemble in their Town Hall. on Tuesday. the third day of November A. D. 1891. for the purposes within mentioned, by posting attested copies of the within warrant in each of the post offices 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 Warrant and officers return thereon.
HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF NOVEMBER ELECTION. NOVEMBER 3, 1891.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant. the inhabitants of the town of Franklin, qualified to vote for State officers, met in their town hall, on Tuesday, the third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- one, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order by George W. Wiggin, pre- siding officer, who then read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
The Inspectors, Herbert W. Nye and James W. Desmond, and the Deputy Inspectors, Christopher R. Russell and Brad- ley M. Rockwood, were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk then delivered to the Board of Select- men. one of the packages containing the official ballots. and received from them the following receipt. viz. :
FRANKLIN, Nov. 3, 1891.
Received of Henry E. Ruggles, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., a package said to contain one thousand (1000) official ballots, together with specimen ballots and cards of instruction.
GEORGE W. WIGGIN. EDGAR K. RAY. Selectmen of Franklin.
In accordance with the law the Selectmen had caused to be set up twelve booths for the use of the voters in marking
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their ballots, and erected a guard rail six feet or more from said booths.
The ballot box to be used at the election was then opened in the public meeting, and shown to the public to be empty, and was examined by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and found to be empty.
The register of said ballot box was then set at 000, and said ballot box locked and the keys thereof given to the Police Officer, Silas W. Nickerson.
The package of ballots was then opened, and 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 within the polling booths, and outside the guard rail, according to law.
Voting commenced at 7.20 o'clock in the forenoon.
Voted, that the polls be kept open until 3 o'clock, and that they be closed at that time.
The Selectmen appointed as tellers to assist in counting the ballots, William A. Wyckoff, Jeremiah J. McCarthy, Henry H. Gallison, George R. Winsor and Charles P. Gladding, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful discharge of their duties.
The ballot box and check-list were in charge of Selectmen and Town Clerk, who had charge of the election.
The Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors performed their several duties in accordance with the law in such case made and provided.
In voting the check-list was used. and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the check-list and checked.
At 10.40 o'clock A. M., by unanimous consent of the elec- tion officers, the ballot box was opened and the ballots taken therefrom and counted.
Due notice having been given. the polls were at three o'clock in the afternoon declared to be closed.
At the close of the polls the register stood at 763.
The names of those on the check-list used by the presiding
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officer, which had been checked, were then audiby counted, and found to be 762.
The names of those on the check-list which had been used by the election officers, which had been checked, were then audibly counted and found to be 761.
The Selectmen, Town Clerk and Tellers then proceeded to canvass the votes given in, and the whole number was seven hundred and sixty-one (761), which were counted and re- corded and declaration made thereof in open town meeting as follows, viz. :
For Governor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and . sixty-one-761.
Charles H. Allen. of Lowell, had three hundred and seventy-three votes-373.
Charles E. Kimball, of Lynn, had forty-four votes-44.
Harry W. Robinson, of Boston, had two votes-2
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, had three hundred and fifteen votes-315.
Henry Winn, of Boston. had three votes-3.
Blank votes, twenty-four-24.
For Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty- one-/61.
John W. Corcoran, of Clinton, had two hundred and ninety-five votes-295.
William H. Haile. of Springfield, had three hundred and eighty-five votes-385
George R. Pease, of Lynn, had two votes-2.
William J. Shield, of Boston, had two votes-2.
Augustus R. Smith, of Lee, had forty-three votes-43. Blank votes, thirty-four-34.
For Secretary of State :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty- one-761.
John D. Cadle, of Westfield. had five votes-5.
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Elbridge Cushman, of Lakeville, had two hundred and eighty-nine votes-289.
William M. Olin, of Boston, had three hundred and sixty- five votes-365.
Alfred W. Richardson, of Springfield, had forty-eigh- votes-48.
Edward W. Theinert, of Holyoke, had no votes-0.
Blank votes, fifty-four-54.
For Treasurer and Receiver General of the Common; wealth :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty- one-761.
Charles Triede, of Boston. had no votes-0.
James S. Grinnell, of Springfield, had two hundred and eighty-nine votes-289.
George A. Marden, of Lowell, had three hundred and seventy votes-370 votes.
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, had forty-eight votes- 48.
Thomas A. Watson, of Braintree, had four votes-4.
Blank votes, fifty-50.
For Auditor of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty- one-761.
William O. Armstrong; of Boston, had forty-seven votes -47.
John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, had three hundred and sixty-eight votes-368.
Squire E. Putney, of Somerville, had two votes-2.
William D. T. Trefry. of Marblehead, two hundred and eighty-one-281.
William O. Wakefield, of Lynn, had four votes-4.
Blank votes. fifty-nine-59.
For Attorney General of the Commonwealth :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty. one-761.
Walcot Hamlin, of Amherst, had forty-eight votes-48.
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Herbert McIntosh, of Worcester, had four votes-4.
Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston, had three hundred and sixty-five votes-365.
George M. Stearns, of Chicopee, had two hundred and seventy-eight votes-278.
James Waldock, of Boston, had two votes-2.
Blank votes, sixty-four-64.
For Councillor for the Second Councillor District :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
Charles T. Dunklee, of Brookline, had two hundred and seventy-seven votes-277.
Edwin V. Mitchell, of Medfield, had three hundred and fifty-nine votes-359.
Robert Porter, of Stoughton, had forty-five votes-45.
Blank votes, eighty-80.
For Clerk of the Courts Norfolk County :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
George Kempton, of Sharon, had fifty-seven votes -- 57.
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, had five hundred and thirty-three votes-533.
Blank votes. one hundred and seventy-one-171.
For County Commissioner Norfolk County :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one one-761.
. Joshua B. Hanners, of Walpole, had fifty-four votes-54. Ira C. Hersey, of Foxborough, had two hundred and ninety votes-290.
Melville P. Morrill, of Hyde Park, had three hundred and sixty-one votes-361.
Blank votes, thirty-six.
For County Treasurer Norfolk County :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
George W. Dyer, of Weymonth, had 62 votes-62.
Charles H. Smith, of Dedham, had five hundred and forty- six votes-546.
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Blank votes, one hundred and fifty.three-153.
For Register of Deeds Norfolk County :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
John H. Burdakin, of Dedham, had five hundred and twenty-three votes-523.
Salmon Squire, of Franklin, had ninety-two votes-92.
Blank votes, one hundred and forty-six-146.
Senator for the Second Norfolk District :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
Clement K. Fay, of Brookline, had two hundred and nineteen votes-219.
Charles E. Mills, of Brookline, had twenty-nine votes-29.
William F. Ray, of Franklin, had four hundred and eighty-seven votes-487.
Blank votes, twenty-six-26.
Representative in General Court for the Eighth Norfolk District :
The whole number of ballots was seven hundred and sixty-one-761.
Erastus P. Carpenter, of Foxborough, had two hundred and twenty-four votes-224.
Timothy Ide, of Medway, had twenty-nine votes-29.
William Mann, of Franklin, had fifty-eight votes-58.
Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, had three hundred and seventy-six votes-376.
Amos P. Woodward, of Franklin, had four hundred and sixteen votes-416.
Blank votes, four hundred and nineteen-419.
The returns were then filled out, signed by the Selectmen; attested by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meet- . ing, and delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded to their place of destination.
The votes cast and the check-list used by the election offi- cers were then sealed up in different bags, endorsed by the Selectmen, Town Clerk and Tellers, and delivered into the
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custody of the Town Clerk, in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided.
Voted, at 1 o'clock A. M., November 4, to adjourn sine die.
A true copy of record. Attest :
HENRY E. RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
MEETING OF THE TOWN CLERKS
OF THE EIGHTH NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT, NOVEMBER 13, 1891.
A record of the doings of the Town Clerks of the towns of Wrentham, Medway, Franklin, Foxborough, Bellingham and Norfolk, constituting the Eighth Representative District in the County of Norfolk.
On the Thirteenth day of November, A. D. 1891, the Town Clerks of the above-named towns met at the Town Hall in Franklin, and examined a transcript of the records of votes cast on the third day of said month, in said towns, for two Representatives in the General Court, for the Eighth District in said county ; and did ascertain that Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, and Amos P. Woodward, of Franklin, were duly elected ; and issued certificates of their election, one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth at Boston : two were delivered to the Constable of Franklin, to be served on the said Ruggles and Woodward respectively.
Witness our hands, at Franklin, this Thirteenth day of November, 1891 :
DAVID T. STONE, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
HENRY E. MASON, Medway.
HENRY E. RUGGEES, 66 Franklin.
LEWIS E. GRAY, 66 Foxborough.
HENRY A. WHITING, 66 Bellingham. SILAS E. FALES, 60 Norfolk.
A true copy of record. Attest :
HENRY E. RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
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The aggregate vote of the district was as follows :
Erastus P. Carpenter, of Foxborough, had eight hundred and fifty-one votes-851.
Timothy Ide, of Medway, had one hundred and forty-two votes-142.
William Mann, of Franklin, had one hundred and forty- nine votes-149.
Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, had ten hundred and ninety-five votes-1095.
Amos P Woodward, of Franklin, had ten hundred and eightv-five-1085.
A true record. Attest :
HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
I, Henry E. Ruggles, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., hereby certify that at the time and in the manner provided by law. I destroyed the ballots cast at the election on November 3, 1891.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
Erratum .- On page 106 read "town of Franklin" in- stead of "town of Norfolk."
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