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INSPECTOR OF KEROSENE OIL. March 27. 1894-Thaddeus M. Turner.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK-William Rockwood. March 27, 1894; Bernard R. Rockwood. March 27, 1894 ; Clarence H. Woodward. April 7, 1894: Wilton A. Pond. March 31, 1894 ; Thomas J. Daniels, April G. 1894 ; George M. Wadsworth, April 21, 1894.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS-Thomas L. Martin. March 27, 1894.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Thaddeus M. Turner, March 27, 1894.
AGENT FOR BURIAL OF SOLDIERS-Walter M. Fisher. March 30. 1894 ; Thaddeus M. Turner. March 27, 1894.
FIRE WARDENS-Wilton A. Pond, March 31, 1894; Eugene F. Fisher. March 31, 1894 : Charles E. Woodward. April 2.1894 : * William A. Canney. April 5, 1894 ; Thomas J. Daniels. April 12, 1894 ; George W. Wadsworth, May 4, 1894.
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS-Lawrence E. Morrissey, April 30, 1894; Charles H. Corbin, April 30, 1894 ; Robert B. Stewart. April 30, 1894 ; William F. Buckley, May 1. 1894 ; Jeremiah J. McCarthy, May 1, 1894.
LOCKUP KEEPER-Herbert A. Bent. April 7. 1894. WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY-Eugene D. Hawes. March 26. 1894 ; Irwin L. Smith. April 2. 1894 ; James W. Miller, April 6, 1894 ; Clarence H. Woodward, April 7, 1894 ; George M. Wadsworth. April 21, 1894 ; Jesse D. Hopkins, May 5, 1894 ; James F. Ray, Nov. 23. 1894 ; Everett S. Messenger, Nov. 23, 1894.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN-Frank D. Metcalf, March 26, 1894 : William Rockwood, March 27, 1894 ; Clarence H. Wood- ward, April 7, 1894 ; George M. Wadsworth. April 21,
*Deceased.
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1894 ; James F. Ray, Nov. 23. 1894 : Everett S. Messen- ger. Nov. 23, 1894.
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN, FRANKLIN, MASS., April 6, 1894. 5
We, the Selectmen of Franklin, in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts. hereby appoint Herbert A. Bent of said Franklin Keeper of the Lockup in said Franklin, pursuant to the law of said Common- wealth.
EDGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON, WALTER M. FISHER, Selectmen of Franklin.
I hereby accept the above appointment this 6th day of April, A. D. 1894. HERBERT A. BENT.
I administered the oath of office to the said Herbert A. Bent on the seventh day of April, A. D. 1894.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk
JUNE 19. 1894.
The Assessors have filed a list of persons liable to enroll- ment in Franklin, in the county of Norfolk. for the year 1894. and it contains the names of seven hundred and fifteen men : and the same has been filed by me and a return thereof made to the Adjutant General.
I hereby certify that I have destroyed the ballots used at the last annual election according to law.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE. Town Clerk.
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We. the Selectmen of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby appoint John B. Collins of said Franklin Registrar of Voters in and for said Franklin for the term of three years from the first day of May, A. D. 1894. and until another is appointed in his place.
Witness our hands this twentieth day of April, A. D. 1894.
EDGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON. WALTER M. FISHER, Selectmen of Franklin.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
I administered the oath of office to the aforesaid John B. Collins to faithfully perform the duties of the said office of Registrar of Voters on the twenty-third day of April, A. D. 1894. and he subscribed to said oath.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. NOVEMBER 6th, 1894.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin. in the County of Norfolk. GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Franklin qualified to vote for State officers to assemble in their Town Hall on Tuesday, the sixth day of November next, it being the Tues- day next after the first Monday of said November, at seven o'clock in
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the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot for : Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of the said Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor, Attorney-General, Coun- cillor for the Second Councillor District, Senator for the Second Nofolk Senatorial District, two Representatives to the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District, County Treasurer for the County of Norfolk, County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk to fill the vacancy which has occurred by the death of John Q. A. Lothrop, Esq., Registrar of Deeds for the County of Norfolk. a Representative in the Congress of the United States for the Eleventh Congressional Dis trict ; and also to give in their votes for or against the following article of amendment to the Constitution of said Commonwealth relative to Commissioners of Insolvency : So much of article nineteen of the articles of amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the following words, "Commissioners of Insolvency," is hereby annulled.
Polls may be closed as early as eleven o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
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-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
EEGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON, WALTER M. FISHER, Selectmen of Franklin.
NORFOLK, SS.
OCTOBER 29TH, A. D. 1894.
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 sixth day of November. A. D. 1894. 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 record of the warrant and officer's return thereon.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. NOVEMBER 6TH. 1894.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Franklin, in the county of Norfolk. qualified to vote as required by the Constitution for State officers, holden at the Town HIall, in said Franklin. in accordance with the foregoing warrant. on Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem- ber, being the sixth day of said month. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four. for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor, Lieutenant- Governor. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Treasurer and Receiver-General. Auditor. Attorney-General. Councillor for the Second Councillor District. Senator for the Second Nor- folk Senatorial District. one County Commissioner for a full term and one County Commissioner to fill a vacancy. two Representatives in the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District, a County Treasurer for the County of Norfolk. a Register of Deeds for the County of Norfolk and a Representative in the Congress of the United States. and the amendment to the Constitution : So much of Article nineteen of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the following words, "Commissioners of Insolvency," is hereby annulled.
The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock A. M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. M. Thayer and then the warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Bradley M. Rockwood and John B. Collins were ap- pointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen and were sworn by the Town Clerk before the opening of the polls.
Christopher R. Russell and Charles L. Stewart were appointed by the Selectmen as additional Ballot Clerks, and they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk and acted in the absence of the Ballot Clerks.
Fourteen marking shelves or compartments were pro- vided by the town, according to law, and a guard-rail was erected six feet or more from said shelves or compartments.
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The first set of ballots furnished for said election by the Secretary of the Commonwealth was, before the opening of the polls on said day. delivered by the Town Clerk, sealed, to the Chairman of the Selectmen and his receipt taken therefor. The ballot box. furnished and certified to by the said Secre- tary, was, before the opening of the polls, opened in public meeting and examined by the Selectmen and Town Clerk and found to be empty, and the register thereon was set at zero (0) and thereupon locked and the key delivered to the police officer, Silas W. Nickerson.
The seals of the package containing the first set of ballots were then broken and the package delivered to the Ballot Clerks, and the cards of instructions, specimen ballots and copies of the proposed amendment to the Constitution were posted in the marking shelves or compartments and about the room outside the guard-rail, as required by law, after which the polls were declared opened.
And it was then voted that the polls be kept open until four o'clock, and then closed.
The ballots were delivered to each voter by the Ballot Clerks, after the name of such voter had first been publicly announced and checked by said clerks upon the voting lists used by them.
The ballot delivered to each voter was by him marked in one of the voting compartments aforesaid. and thereafter de- posited by such voter in said ballot box, after his name had first been publicly announced at said box and duly checked upon the voting list by the election officers in charge of said box and list.
The Selectmen appointed John W. Bradley, George R. Winsor, Bradley M. Rockwood and John B. Collins as tellers to assist them in receiving. sorting and counting said ballots, and before entering upon their duties as such tellers they were duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Selectmen appointed Jerome B. Fitzpatrick, Albert W. Newell and Silas W. Nickerson police officers for the day.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk had charge of the elec-
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tion. and the ballot box and check-list used with the same were under their care ; and at two minutes after one o'clock in the afternoon the said ballot box was opened. by the unani- mous consent of the election officers, to remove ballots there- from for the purpose of counting, when the register on said box showed 499 ballots cast, and upon a complete count of all the ballots it was found that there were 500 ballots so removed.
The polls were declared closed at four o'clock in the afternoon, due notice having been made. after which it was found that the register of the ballot box showed 638 ballots cast ; but it was known by the officers in charge that said ballot box did not register when some of the ballots were put into it, and upon a complete count of all the ballots cast therein it was found that 640 ballots had been cast into said box and cancelled thereby.
The ballots were divided into blocks and each block was canvassed as required by law, and the total result of said can- vass was recorded on the blank forms provided for that purpose.
The names of the voters checked upon the two voting lists used as aforesaid were then counted in a distinct and audible voice in the presence of all the election officers and the public, and the number of names checked on each list was 640. The check-lists used were furnished by the Registrars of Voters for the purpose of said election.
After the completion of the canvass of all the votes cast, and the whole number duly sorted, counted and recorded, declaration thereof was made. according to law. in open town meeting. as follows, viz :
For Governor :
George H. Cary of Lynn had eight-8.
Frederic T. Greenhalge of Lowell had four hundred and twenty-three-423.
Alfred W. Richardson of Springfield had thirty-three -33.
John E. Russell of Leicester had one hundred and sixty- nine-169.
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David Taylor of Boston had four-4.
Blank. three-3.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Lieutenant-Governor :
Wilbert O. Dwinell of Danvers had seven-7.
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke had three-3.
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston had sixty-eight-68.
Charles E. Stratton of Boston had one hundred and sixty-five .- 165.
Roger Wolcott of Boston had three hundred and eighty- four-384.
Blanks, thirteen-13.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks. six hundred and forty-640.
For Secretary :
Charles A. DeCourcy of Lawrence had one hundred and fifty-eight-158.
Wilbert D. Farnham, Jr .. of Somerville had thirty-30.
Joseph F. Malloney of Lynn had two-2.
William M. Olin of Boston had four hundred and eighteen -418.
Isaac W. Skinner of Brockton had ten- 10.
Blanks, twenty-two-22.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Treasurer :
Emil Auerbach of Adams had one-1.
John M. Fisher of Attleborough had twenty-eight-28.
James S. Grinnell of Greenfield had one hundred and sixty-one-161.
Martin W. Moran of Boston had eight-8.
Henry M. Phillips of Springfield had four hundred and twenty-four-424.
Blanks, eighteen-18.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
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For Auditor :
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg had four hundred and twenty-two-422.
Maurice W. Landers of Pittsfield had seven-7.
Wilbur M. Purrington of Williamsburg had twenty-six -- 26.
Charles N. Wentworth of Lynn had one-1.
Alfred C. Whitney of Boston had one hundred and fifty- nine-159.
Blanks, twenty-five-25.
Whole number of ballots. including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Attorney General :
Frank M. Forbush of Natick had twenty-five-25.
Henry T. Hurlburt of Lynn had one hundred and fifty- nine-159.
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford had four hundred and twenty-two-422.
Frederick August Nagler of West Springfield had two-2. James Sumner of Milton had four-4.
Blanks, twenty-eight-28.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Councillor, Second District :
Bushrod Morse of Sharon had one hundred and seventy- eight-178.
Cyrus Savage of Taunton had four hundred and twenty- one-421.
Blanks, forty-one-41.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Senator, Second Norfolk District :
Robert S. Gray of Walpole had four hundred and four- teen-414.
Joshua B. Hanners of Walpole had twenty-four-24.
Charles Warren of Dedham had one hundred and seventy- one-171.
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Blanks, thirty-one-31.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
Representatives in General Court, Eighth Norfolk District :
Alfred F. Everett of Franklin had fifty-two-52.
Charles F. Howard of Foxborough had one hundred and forty-nine .- 149.
Proctor C. Lewis of Foxborough had twenty-two-22.
Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham had four hundred and one-401.
William S. White of Foxborough had three hundred and sixty-360.
Blanks, two hundred and ninety-six-296.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, twelve, hun- dred and eighty-1280.
For County Commissioner. Norfolk :
Thomas Blanchard of Stoughton. to fill vacancy. had three hundred and ninety-nine-399.
William W. Burke of Weymouth, to fill vacancy, had thirty-two-32.
Nelson W. Green of Hyde Park. full term, had seven-7.
Melville P. Morrell of Hyde Park, full term, had three hundred and seventy-three-373.
Henry E. Ruggles of Franklin, full term. had one hun- dred and eighty-180.
Blanks, two hundred and eighty-nine-289.
Whole number of ballots. including blanks, twelve hun- dred and eighty-1280.
For County Treasurer, Norfolk :
Robert C. Habberley of Hyde Park had forty-one-41.
Charles H. Smith of Dedham had four hundred and ninety-three-493.
Blanks, one hundred and six-106.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
Register of Deeds, Norfolk District :
John H. Burdakin of Dedham had four hundred and
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ninety-six-496.
Louis W. Hodges of Foxborough had fifty-eight-58.
Blanks, eighty-six-86.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
For Representative in Congress, Eleventh District :
John F. Dowd of Hyde Park had fifteen-15.
William F. Draper of Hopedale had four hundred and thirty-three-433.
Bentley Wirt Warren of Boston had one hundred and sixty-one-161.
Blanks, thirty-one-31.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
Amendment to Constitution : Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution relative to Commissioners of Insolv- ency be approved and ratified?
Yes, two hundred and eight-208.
No, seventy-70.
Blanks, three hundred and sixty-two-362.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, six hundred and forty-640.
Certificates of said balloting, signed by the Selectmen and attested by the Town Clerk, were sealed up in open town meeting.
The ballots cast into said ballot box by the voters were duly sealed and certified to thereon by a majority of the elec- tion officers for said town and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk.
The voting lists used at said election were enclosed in an envelope and sealed, and a majority of the election officers certified thereon to the identity of the voting lists so sealed.
The presiding officer caused all ballots which were not distributed to voters to be enclosed in an envelope and sealed. and placed thereon his certificate as to the identity of such undistributed ballots.
The presiding officer delivered to the Town Clerk all
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said ballots cast, all undistributed ballots and the voting lists, sealed as aforesaid, together with the ballot box, in accord- ance with the law in that case made and provided.
And on motion the meeting was dissolved at 9 o'clock and ten minutes P. M.
A true record.
Attest :
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
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MEETING OF THE TOWN CLERKS
OF THE
EIGHTH NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
The Clerks of the towns of Wrentham. Medway, Frank- lin, Foxborough, Bellingham and Norfolk, comprising the Norfolk Representative District. Number Eight. at their meeting at the Town Hall, in said Franklin. on Friday, the sixteenth day of November. A. D. 1894, at 12 o'clock, noon. said day being the tenth day following the day of the election, and made out under their hands the following complete re- turns of all votes cast for Representative to the General Court in said district, as follows, viz :
Whole number of votes cast. not including blanks, forty- two hundred and sixty-four-4264.
Alfred F. Everett of Franklin had one hundred and twenty-120.
Charles F. Howard of Foxborough had five hundred and eighty-two-582.
Proctor C. Lewis of Foxborough had eighty-one-81.
Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham had twelve hundred and ninety-four-1294.
William S. White of Foxborough had eleven hundred and thirty-four-1134.
John F. Reardon of Medway had six-6.
Charles Tarbell of Foxborough had three-3.
Daniel Brown of Wrentham had one-1.
And did ascertain from the foregoing canvass that Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham and William S. White of Foxborough were duly elected and made certificates of their
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election, one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Com- monwealth, and one was sent to the Constable at Wrentham, and one was sent to the Constable of Foxborough, to be served on the said Whitaker and White, as the law requires.
Witness our hands at Franklin this sixteenth day of November. A. D. 1894.
DAVID T. STONE, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
GEORGE E. POND, Medway.
ORESTES T. DOE, Franklin. LEWIS E. GRAY, 66
Foxborough.
HENRY A. WHITNEY. Bellingham. SILAS E. FALES, .. Norfolk.
A true record.
Attest :
ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
JANUARY 24, 1894.
I hereby certify that I have destroyed the ballots cast at the last November election, according to law.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
On the 21st day of November, 1894, the line between Wrentham and Franklin was perambulated and the bounds examined by the Selectmen of the two said towns, and a record thereof made in Franklin, according to law.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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