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Eugene N. Thain had one hundred and nineteen votes- 119.
Lawrence J. Kelley was declared elected.
The votes cast and the check-list used by the election officers was then sealed up in different bags, endorsed by the Moderator, Town Clerk and Teller and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided.
Voted at 6.30 P. M. to adjourn.
A true copy. Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
I, Henry E. Ruggles, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., do hereby certify that at the time and in the manner provided by
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law I destroyed the ballots cast at the election held on March 7th and April 2d, 1892.
Attest :
HENRY E RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,
JUNE 25, 1892.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of said town to assemble in their Town Hall on Saturday, the 25th day of June, 1892, at two o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To hear a report of the Building Committee chosen by the town to superintend the building of the new High schoolhouse, and to see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money and authorize the borrowing of the same for the completion of the new High School building and the grading of its grounds.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate and authorize the borrowing of said sum for the purpose of furnishing the new High School building.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will vote to sell to Robert B. Stewart a lot of land known as the "Five Acre Lot," for the sum of one hundred dollars; land is situated on westerly side of Summer street, in said Franklin. and bounded northerly by land of Herman B. Fisher, westerly by land of said Stewart, southerly by land of Aaron H. Morse and easterly by said Summer street, containing five acres, more or less, and authorize the Selectmen to make the sale.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands this tenth day of June. in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
EDGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON, JESSE B. HOPKINS, Selectmen of Franklin.
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NORFOLK, SS.
JUNE 17, A. D. 1892.
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 Saturday, the twenty-fifth day of June, 1892, for the purpose 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 the Town of Franklin.
A true record of the warrant and officer's return thereon.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 25, 1892.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the Town of Franklin met in their Town Hall on the twenty-fifth day of June, A. D. 1892, at two o'clock P. M., and proceeded as follows :
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and officer's return thereon.
MODERATOR.
ARTICLE 1. Alexander F. McLean was chosen Modera- tor of the meeting by ballot, the check-list being used, and duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
ARTICLE 2. The Chairman of Building Committee, Walter M. Fisher, made a verbal report, in substance as fol- lows: That the appropriation has been exceeded by about $3000. That the following amount would be required to com-
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plete the building and grade the grounds: Finishing the Laboratory. $500; mason work, $100; grading of grounds, $400 ; furnishing school-room, $1000.
By a unanimous vote it was voted, that the town appro- priate four thousand dollars ($4000) for the purpose of paying the unpaid bills, finishing the building and grading the grounds, and that the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow said amount.
ARTICLE 3. By a unanimous vote it was voted, that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) be appropriated for the purpose of furnishing the new High School building, and that the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, be author- ized to borrow said amount.
ARTICLE 4. Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to sell the land designated in Article 4 to Robert B. Stewart at the price stipulated, viz : one hundred dollars ($100).
There being no further business to come before the meet- ing, it was voted at 4 o'clock P. M. to adjourn.
A true copy.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1892.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, in said County,
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 in election to assemble in their Town Hall on Tuesday, the eighth day of November 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 Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States ; for a Representative in Con- gress of the United States for the Eleventh Congressional District; for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, Attorney General and Secretary of said Commonwealth; a
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Councillor of the Second Councillor District; a District Attorney for the Southeastern District; a Sheriff for said County of Norfolk; three Commissioners of Insolvency for the County of Norfolk; a County Commissioner ; two Special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk a Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District, and two Repre- senatives to the GeneralCourt for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District.
And also to give in their votes for or against the following amend- ment to the Constitution, viz :
Abolishing the property qualification for the office of Governor.
So much of Article 2 of Section 1 of Chapter 2 of part the second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the follow- ing words :
"And unless he shall at the same time be seized in his own right of a frechold within the Commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds," is 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 hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
EDGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON, JESSE B. HOPKINS, Selectmen of Franklin.
NORFOLK, SS.
OCTOBER 22, A. D. 1892.
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 eighth day of November. A. D. 1892, for the purpose 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 Franklin.
LEWIS R. WHITAKER, Constable of the Town of Franklin.
A true record of the warrant and officer's return thereon.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
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PROCEEDINGS OF NOVEMBER ELECTION.
NOVEMBER 8, 1892.
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 eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- two, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month.
The meeting was called to order by Edgar K. Ray. Chairman of Board of Selectmen, who officiated as presiding officer, who then read the warrant and officer's return thereon.
The Inspectors, Herbert W. Nye and James W. Des- mond, and the Deputy Inspectors, Christopher R. Russell and Bradley M. Rockwook, were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk delivered to the Board of Selectmen one of the packages containing the official ballots and received from them the following receipt, viz :
FRANKLIN, MASS., Nov. 8, 1892.
Received of Henry E. Ruggles, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., a package said to contain eleven hundred (1100) official ballots, together with specimen ballots and cards of instruction.
EDGAR K. RAY, JESSE B. HOPKINS, EDWIN A. MASON. Selectmen of Franklin.
As provided by law, the Selectmen had caused to be set up fifteen booths for the use of the voters in marking their ballots, and erected a guard-rail six feet or more from said booths.
The cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted within the polling booths and outside the guard-rail. accord- ing to law.
The polls were declared open at seven (7) o'clock in the forenoon.
The package of ballots was then opened and the official ballots given to the Inspectors, who had previously received a duplicate check-list.
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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, Herbert M. Stowers.
Voting commenced at 7.05 o'clock in the forenoon.
Voted, that the polls be kept open until 4.45 o'clock P. M. and that they be closed at that time.
The ballot box and check-list were in charge of the 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.
The Selectmen appointed as Tellers to assist in counting the ballots Henry H. Gallison, George R. Winsor, Charles Stewart, P. Henry O'Donnell, William A. Moore. Bradley M. Rockwood. James W. Desmond, Henry R. Jenks and Charles P. Gladding, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful discharge of their duties.
At ten (10) o'clock A. M. and at three (3) o'clock P. M., by unanimous consent of the election officers, the ballot box was opened and the ballots taken therefrom and counted.
Due notice having been given, the polls were at four o'clock and forty-five minutes (4.45) in the afternoon declared to be closed.
At the close of the polls the register stood at 928.
The names of those on the check-list used by the presiding officer, which had been checked, were then audibly counted and found to be 926.
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 926.
The Selectmen, Town Clerk and Tellers then proceeded to canvass the votes given in. The whole number of votes
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was nine hundred and twenty-six (926), which were counted and recorded and declaration made thereof in open town meet- ing, as follows, viz :
For Electors of President and Vice-President, the follow- ing candidates and Electors thereof, viz :
BIDWELL AND CRAWFORD, PROHIBITION.
Electors at Large-John Bascom, of Williamstown ; Richard W. Cone, of Boston ;
District No. 1-Augustus R. Smith, of Lee ;
District No. 2-Charles G. Allen, of Barre.
District No. 3-Charles B. Knight, of Worcester ; District No. 4-Edmund M. Stowe, of Hudson ; District No. 5-Varnum Lincoln, of Andover ;
District No. 6-George H. Hoyt, of Haverhill ;
District No. 7-George M. Buttrick, of Everett ;
District No. 8-John S. Paine, of Cambridge ; District No. 9-James M. Gray, of Boston ; District No. 10-Henry W. Shugg, of Boston ;
District No. 11-Charles C. Bragdon, of Newton ;
District No. 12-William H. Phillip, of Taunton ;
District No. 13-Robert A. Sherman, of New Bedford ; Had severally twenty-six votes-26.
CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON, DEMOCRATIC.
Electors at Large-Patrick A. Collins, of Boston : John E. Russell, of Leicester ;
District No. 1-James M. Clarke, of Holyoke ;
District No. 2-John B. O'Donnell, of Northampton ;
District No. 3-Charles Haggerty, of Southbridge ;
District No. 4-Charles J. Williams, of Acton ;
District No. 5-Peter H. Donohoe, of Lowell ; District No. 6-James F. Dean, of Salem ;
District No. 7-Samuel K. Hamilton, of Wakefield ;
District No. 8-Ferdinand F. French, of Winchester ; District No. 9-Edward J. Flynn, of Boston ; District No. 10-Josiah Quincy, of Quincy ;
District No. 11-Robert Blakie, of Hyde Park ;
District No. 12-Joseph L. Sweet. of Attleborough ;
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District No. 13-John W. Conghlin, of Fall River ; Had severally three hundred and thirty-four votes-334.
HARRISON AND REID, REPUBLICAN.
Electors at Large-Nathaniel P. Banks, of Waltham ; John D. Long, of Hingham ;
District No. 1-Joseph Griswold, of Greenfield ;
District No. 2-George W. Johnson, of Brookfield ;
District No. 3-Edward B. Glasgow, of Worcester ;
District No. 4-Henry A. Goodrich, of Fitchburg ;
District No. 5-Peter D. Smith, of Andover ;
District No. 5-Frank Cousins, of Salem ;
District No. 7-George W. Walker, of Malden ;
District No. 8-Edward Glines, of Somerville ;
District No. 9-Jonathan A. Lane, of Boston ;
District No. 10-John Shaw, of Quincy ;
District No. 11-John R. Bullard, of Dedham ;
District No. 12-Benjamin S. Lovell, of Weymouth ;
District No. 13-John Simpkins, of Yarmouth ;
Had severally five hundred and thirty-four votes-534.
WEAVER AND FIELD, PEOPLE'S PARTY.
Electors at Large-Edward Bellamy, of Chicopee ; George F. Washburn, of Boston ;
District No. 1-Irving M. Miller, of Pittsfield ;
District No. 2-William A. Taylor, of Orange ;
District No. 3-Lot Berry, of Spencer .;
District No. 4-Asa F. Hall, of Hudson :
District No. 5-Hiram W. K. Eastman, of Lawrence ;
District No. 6-J. B. Woodfin, of Marblehead ;
District No. 7-J. E. Clements, of Lynn ;
District No: 8-Anthony J. Philpott, of Arlington ;
District No. 9-Henry Lemon, of Boston ; District No. 10-George F. Moulton, of Boston ; District No. 11-Erastus L. Metcalf, of Franklin ; District No. 12-Thomas S. Hodson,. of Middleborough : District No. 13-Frank E. Peck, of Wareham ; Had severally five votes-5.
Blank votes, twenty-seven-27.
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FOR GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
William H. Haile, of Springfield, had five hundred and tive votes-505.
Walcott Hamlin, of Amherst, had twenty-six votes-26.
William E. Russell, of Cambridge, had three hundred and forty-five votes-345.
Henry Winn, of Malden, had two votes-2.
Blank votes, forty-eight-48.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
James B. Carroll, of Spring"eld, had three hundred and twenty votes-320.
Edward Kendall, of Cambridge, had twenty-eight votes -28.
William J. Shield, of Boston, had four votes-4.
Charles N. Wenthworth, of Lynn, had no votes-0.
Roger Wolcott, of Boston, had four hundred and ninety- nine votes-499.
Blank votes, seventy-five-75.
SECRETARY.
Charles S. Hamlin, of Brookline, had three hundred and six votes-306.
George Kempton, of Sharon, had four votes-4.
Frederick A. Naylor, of West Springfield, had four votes -- 4.
William M. Olin, of Boston, had four hundred and ninety- six votes-496.
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, had thirty-two votes- 32.
Blank votes, eighty-four-84.
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
William D. Farnham, Jr., of Somerville, had twenty-six votes-26.
James S. Grinnell, of Greenfield, had three hundred and four votes-304.
George A. Marden, of Lowell, had five hundred and nine votes-509.
James R. Nugent, of Boston, had one vote-1.
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Thomas A. Watson, of Braintree, had three votes-3.
Blank votes, eighty-three-83.
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AUDITOR.
Alfred H. Evans, of Ashburnham, had thirty-three votes -33.
John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, had five hundred and six votes-506.
Maurice W. Landers, of Springfield, had three votes-3.
Michael Lynch, of Boston, had three votes-3.
Irving B. Sayles, of Millbury, had three hundred and one votes-301.
Blank votes, eighty -- 80.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Charles S. Lilley, of Lowell, had two hundred and ninety- nine votes-299.
Herbert McIntosh, of Worcester, had eight votes-8.
Albert E. Pillsbury, of Boston, had five hundred and three votes-503.
Robert F. Raymond, of New Bedford, had twenty-eight votes-28.
James Waldock, of Boston, had one vote-1.
Blank votes, eighty-seven-87.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS-ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
William F. Draper, of Hopedale, had five hundred and forty-two votes-542.
Joseph D. Hunt, of Milford, had sixteen votes-16.
George Fred Williams, of Dedham, had three hundred and twenty-four votes-324.
Blank votes, twenty-four-24.
COUNCILLOR, SECOND DISTRICT.
Charles E. Miles, of Brookline, had twenty-nine votes- 29.
David Hall Rice, of Brookline, had four hundred and ninety-seven votes-497.
William B. Rice, of Quincy, had two hundred and ninety-eight votes-298.
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Blank votes, one hundred and two-102.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT.
Robert A. Harris, of East Bridgewater, four hundred and eighty votes-480.
Harvey H. Pratt, of Abington, had three hundred and fifty-three votes-353.
Blank votes, ninety-three-93.
SHERIFF, NORFOLK COUNTY.
Hubbard M. Bullock, of Franklin, had one hundred and seventy-one votes-171.
Augustus B. Endicott, of Dedham, had four hundred and twenty-eight votes-428.
Blank votes, three hundred and twenty-seven.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NORFOLK COUNTY.
Wilmot Cleverly, of Weymouth, had thirty-three votes -33.
John Q. A. Lothrop, of Cohassett, had five hundred votes -500.
Henry A. Nash, of Weymouth, had three hundred and eight votes-308.
Blank votes, eighty-five-85.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS, NORFOLK COUNTY.
Everett J. Eaton, of Needham, had four hundred and ninety-one votes-491.
Joshua B. Hanners, of Walpole, had thirty-five votes-35.
James G. Scott, of Walpole, had two hundred and eighty- two votes-282.
Silas A. Stone, of Sharon, had four hundred and thirty- five votes-435.
George O. Wentworth, of Stoughton, had two hundred and fifty-seven votes-257.
Blank votes, three hundred and fifty-two-352.
COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY, NORFOLK COUNTY.
Paul R. Blackmur, of Quincy, had two hundred and eighty-six votes-286.
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Robert W. Carpenter, of Foxborough, had four hundred and eighty-six votes-486.
Ezra C. Comey, of Foxborough, had two hundred and seventy votes-270.
Emery Grover, of Needham, had four hundred and thirty-four votes-434.
Gerald A. Healey, of Canton, had two hundred and seventy-three votes-273.
Charles W. Hodges, of Foxborough, had thirty-three votes-33.
Timothy Ide, of Medway, had thirty-three votes -- 33.
Aaron R. Morse, of Walpole, had thirty-nine votes-39.
George W. Wiggin, of Franklin, had four hundred and seventy-five votes-475.
Blank votes, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
SENATOR, SECOND NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Francis I. Jefferson, of Brookline, had twenty-five votes -25.
Bushrod Morse, of Sharon, had two hundred and seventy- nine votes-279.
William F. Ray, of Franklin, had five hundred and sixty votes-560.
Blank votes, sixty-two-62.
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT, EIGHTH NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Alfred F. Everett, of Franklin, had sixty-eight votes-68.
Clark P. Harding, of Medway, had four hundred and ninety-one votes-491.
Louis W. Hodges, of Foxborough, had twenty-four votes -24.
Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, had three hundred and sixty-nine votes-369.
Amos P. Woodward. of Franklin, had five hundred votes -500.
Blank votes, four hundred-400.
On the question, Shall the proposed amendment to the
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Constitution abolishing the property qualification for the office of Governor be approved and ratified ?
"Yes" had two hundred and seventy-four votes-274.
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"No" had one hundred and forty-three votes-143.
Blank votes, five hundred and nine-509.
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 respective place of destination.
The votes cast, the unused ballots and the check-lists used by the several election officers were then sealed up in different bags, endorsed by the Selectmen, Town Clerk and Tellers and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided.
There being no further business, it was, at four (4) o'clock . A. M., November 9, 1892, voted to adjourn sine die.
A true copy.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
RECOUNT OF VOTES
FOR GOVERNOR, AND COUNCILLOR FOR THE SECOND COUNCILLOR DISTRICT.
On the fourteenth day of November, A. D. 1892, the Town Clerk received two petitions, signed respectively by ten or more qualified voters of the Town of Franklin. The peti- tions were as follows, viz :
PETITION FOR RECOUNT.
The undersigned, legal voters of Franklin, having reason to believe that the returns of votes cast in said town of Franklin for candidates for Governor, on the 8th day of November, 1892, are erroneous, in that fewer votes were counted for William H, Haile than were cast for said
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Haile, and that more votes were counted for William E. Russell than were cast for said Russell, respectfully request a recount of the votes cast for said William H. Haile and William E. Russell.
WILLIAM H. RAY, FRANK F. H. BATES, WILLIAM A. WYCKOFF, NATHAN C. NYE, CHARLES L. STEWART,
CHARLES F. NYE, JAMES F. RAY, E. BERTRAM SHERMAN, EDGAR C. DEAN, HENRY R. JENKS.
FRANKLIN, MASS., November 12, 1892.
Respectfully represents the undersigned, qualified voters in the Town of Franklin, in said Commonwealth, that they have reason to believe that the returns of the Selectmen of the election held in said town on Nov. 8th, 1892, are erroneous, in that fewer votes were counted in said Franklin for William B. Rice, the Democratic candidate for Councillor, than were cast for him, and that more votes were counted for David Hall Rice, Republican candidate for Councillor, than were cast for him ;
Wherefore your petitioners request that your Honorable Board re- count the votes cast for Councillor in said Town of Franklin.
CHRISTOPHER R. RUSSELL, JAMES J. COLGAN, FRITZ EKENSTEEN, CHARLES STEWART,
F. M. FURMAN.
S. Y. REED,
G. W. MILLER,
PATRICK H. O'DONNELL,
JOHN W. BRADLEY, HARRY SPENCE,
HENRY W. GRANGER,
JEROME B. FITZPATRICK,
MICHAEL J. MCCARTY, MATTHEW F. CONROY.
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The foregoing petitions were duly presented to the Selectmen, who appointed as the time for the recount of votes asked for, November 16, A. D. 1892, at eight o'clock P. M., at office of Selectmen.
Said William A. Haile, William E. Russell, David Ha!l Rice and William B. Rice were duly notified, in accordance with the law in such case made and provided, and they were severally represented at the recount of votes.
At the appointed hour the Selectmen and Town Clerk met for the purpose of recounting the votes. George R. Winsor and Henry H. Gallison were appointed Tellers and were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
After the votes were recounted it was ascertained and declared that each of the several candidates, viz : William H. Haile, William E. Russell, David Hall Rice and William B. Rice had each the same number of votes announced and re- corded at the time of official count, viz : November 8th, 1892.
Whereupon the ballots were replaced in the bag from which they had been taken, the bag again sealed and endorsed, as provided by law, and redelivered into the custody of the Town Clerk.
A certificate of 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.
Attest : HENRY E RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
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MEETING OF THE TOWN CLERKS
OF THE
EIGHTH NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT,
NOVEMBER 18, 1892.
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 18th day of November, A. D. 1892, the Town Clerks of the above-named towns met at the Town House in Franklin and examined and compared transcript of the records of the votes cast on the 8th day of said November in said towns for two Representatives in the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk District, in said county, and did ascertain that Clark P. Harding, of Medway, and Amos P. Woodward, of Frank- lin, were duly elected, and issued certificates of their election, one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth at Boston, and one was sent to the constable of Medway, and one delivered to the Constable of Franklin, to be served on the said Harding and Woodward respectively.
Witness our hands at Franklin this 18th day of November, A. D. 1892 :
DAVID T. STONE, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
GEORGE E. POND, Medway.
HENRY E. RUGGLES, Franklin.
LEWIS E. GRAY, 6 6
Foxborough.
HENRY A. WHITNEY, " Bellingham.
Norfolk.
SILAS E. FALES, 66 A true record.
Attest : HENRY E. RUGGLES,
Town Clerk.
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The aggregate vote of the district was as follows :
Alfred F. Everett had one hundred and fifty-six votes- 156.
Clark P. Harding, of Medway, had fourteen hundred and eighty-nine votes-1489.
Louis W. Hodges, of Foxborough, had one hundred and thirty votes-130.
Henry E. Ruggles, of Franklin, had eleven hundred and forty-seven votes-1147.
Amos P. Woodward, of Franklin, had fourteen hundred and twenty-nine votes-1429.
A true copy.
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 8th, 1892.
Attest :
HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.
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