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ART. 6. To see what action the town will take relative to a pound.
ART. 7. To vote a suitable number of names of persons into the jury box for the year ensuing.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the current year, as may be necessary to meet the current expenses.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in the town for the current year.
ART. 10. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of roads, bridges and sidewalks; for the support of schools, including the salary of a superintendent and the transportation of scholars, for repairing school houses, for school books, supplies and miscellaneous school expenses; for the support of the poor; for the support of the fire department; for water supply ; for payment of town officers ; for payment of town debt and interest ; for abatement and collection of taxes ; for street lights ; for printing and stationery ; for suppression of illegal liquor traffic; for payment of police ; for state and military aid; for support of the library of the Franklin Library Association ; for the decoration of soldiers' graves ; for soldiers' aid; for miscellaneous town expenses.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to require the School Com- mittee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will appropriate any and what sums of money to construct concrete sidewalks, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the town will take any and what action in re- lation to printing its records or any part thereof.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain an electric arc light on Oak street, near Church street, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to put an electric arc liglit or incandescent light on Peck street, at the junction of North Park street, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to complete Dean street extension, from Alpine street to Pleasant street.
ART. 17. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to peti- tion the legislature for leave to widen Central street between Union street and Fisher street, and take a portion of the cemetery therefor.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to put town water into the almshouse for the purpose of supplying the institution, or do anything relating thereto,
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ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the chapel school house and lot, situated on East street, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ART. 20. To see if the town will remove the town lockup from the front of the house of Lydia A. Richardson to some other part of the town lot, or do anything in relation thereto or act thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will maintain two arc lights on McCarthy street, one opposite Jacob Geb's house and the other oppo- site Edward Whittaker's house, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to contract with the Franklin Water Company for the location of a suitable number of hydrants on Washington street, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to putting electric arc or incandescent lights on Cross street.
ART. 24. To see if the town will take any and what action to amend its by-laws.
ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the extension of the water works from Wachusett street to Union street. through Arling- ton street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 26. To see if the town will establish an electric arc light on Arlington street, near the school house on said street.
The polls will be open at eight o'clock A. M. and may be closed at twelve o'clock noon.
Hereof fail not, and make due return ot this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands at said Franklin this twentieth day of February, A. D. 1895.
EDGAR K. RAY, EDWIN A. MASON, WALTER M. FISHER, Selectmen of Franklin.
NORFOLK, SS.
FEBRUARY 23, A. D. 1895.
By virtue of the within warrant I have this day notified the inhab- itants of the Town of Franklin herein described to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1895, 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 pub-
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lic places, seven days before the day of meeting, in compliance with Sec. 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 the return thereon.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE. Town Clerk.
Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting, MARCH 4th, 1895.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the aforesaid Town of Franklin qualified to vote in town affairs met at the Town Hall, in said town, on the first Monday of March, it being the fourth day of said month, A. D. 1895.
The meeting was called to order at the time and place named in said warrant by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and return thereon. and then, at his request, Rev. Wm. M. Thayer offered prayer, after which William F. Ray was chosen Moderator by ballot, in receiving which the check-list was used, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Before the opening of the polls the Selectmen appointed Bradley M. Rockwood and John B. Collins Ballot Clerks, and they were sworn as such by the Town Clerk before the ballots were delivered to the said clerks.
The Town Clerk delivered to the Ballot Clerks before the opening of the polls a bundle containing fourteen hun- dred and fifty (1450) official ballots and one hundred and fifty (150) special official ballots for women, and their receipt was taken for said ballots ; and he caused the cards of instructions and specimen ballots to be posted in each of the fifteen mark- ing shelves or compartments provided by the Selectmen, and a guard-rail was set six feet or more from said marking shelves or compartments, as required by law, and the cards of in- structions and specimen ballots were posted outside the guard-rail, according to law.
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Voted, that the Moderator appoint a committee consist- ing of fifteen legal voters to consider the remaining articles of the warrant.
Voted, that when this meeting adjourns it be to Monday evening next at 7 o'clock, at Morse's Opera House.
Voted, that the polls be kept open until 4 o'clock P. M. and then closed.
The ballot box provided by the Secretary of the Com- monwealth, used at the election, was publicly opened and shown to be empty, and was examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk and found to be empty, and the register thereon was set at 000 and then locked, and the key thereof given to Silas W. Nickerson, a constable of Franklin, after which the polls were declared open.
When the ballots were delivered to the voters by the Ballot Clerk the check-list was used, and the name of each voter receiving a ballot was announced and checked on said list by the Ballot Clerks, and the voter so receiving his ballot marked it at the marking shelf or compartment and then deposited his ballot in the box as directed by the Moderator.
The name of each voter so casting a ballot was an- nounced in a loud and distinct tone of voice and checked upon the check-list by the election officers in charge at said box and list.
The following named persons were appointed Tellers by the Moderator : George R. Winsor, Charles F. Nye, John W. Bradley, Charles Stewart, Nathan C. Nye and John B. Collins, all of whom were duly sworn by the Town Clerk ; and Christopher R. Russell and Nathan C. Nye were ap- pointed Ballot Clerks to fill vacancies by the Moderator, and they were duly sworn.
Silas W. Nickerson, William G. Cody and William E. Crowninshield were appointed police officers for the day.
The ballot box was opened by the unanimous consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk between the hours of one and two o'clock in the afternoon on said day, and the ballots taken therefrom for the purpose of counting, at which time
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the register on said box showed that seven hundred and twenty-one (721) ballots had been cast therein ; and upon a complete count of all ballots removed as aforesaid it was found that there were seven hundred and twenty-three (723). and thereupon the canvass and counting of votes was begun.
All of said ballots and the check-list were kept within the unobstructed view of the voters present. according to law.
The polls were closed at 4 o'clock P. M., when the register on the ballot box showed that seven hundred and ninety (790) ballots had been cast therein, and the names checked on each voting list were then counted by the election officers in a distinct and audible voice, and the number checked on each list used for the men voters was seven hun- dred and forty-nine (749), which was announced; and the names checked on each of the check-lists used for the women voters were counted in the same manner, and there were forty-three (43) names checked on each, which was an- nounced ; and all the ballots cast into said ballot box were counted and there were found to be 792.
The number of ballots left at the close of the polls de- ducted from the whole number receipted for by the Ballot Clerks showed 749 ballots delivered to the persons who voted.
All the ballots cast by the voters as aforesaid were sorted, counted and declaration thereof made by the Town Clerk in open town meeting as follows, viz :
For Selectmen :
Frederic E. Aldrich had three hundred and forty-five- 345.
Walter M. Fisher had three hundred and fifty-two-852.
Edwin A. Mason had three hundred and sixty-one-361.
Jeremiah J. McCarthy had three hundred and thirty- nine-339.
Edgar K. Ray had four hundred and seventeen-417.
George W. Wiggin had three hundred and eighty-two- 382.
Blanks, fifty-one-51.
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And Edwin A. Mason, Edgar K. Ray and George W. Wiggin were declared elected.
For Town Clerk :
Orestes T. Doe had six hundred and eighty-680.
Blanks, sixty-eight-68.
And Orestes T. Doe was declared elected.
For Town Treasurer :
Henry R. Jenks had six hundred and seventy-six-676.
Blanks, seventy-three-73.
And Henry R. Jenks was declared elected.
For assessors :
James O. Chilson had five hundred and ninety-seven- 597.
Warren H. Bright had four hundred and thirty-three- 433.
William E. Nason had four hundred and nineteen-419.
Edward H. Sherman had three hundred and seventy- three-373.
Alfred F. Staples had two hundred and thirty-one-231. Blanks, one hundred and ninety-four-194.
And James O. Chilson, Warren H. Bright and William E. Nason were declared elected.
For Overseers of the Poor :
Cyrus M. Allen had two hundred and ninety-three-293. George E. Emerson had five hundred and fifty-six-556. Joseph T. Hutchinson had three hundred and two-302. Samuel Y. Reed had three hundred and sixty-one-361. Thaddeus M. Turner had five hundred-500.
Blanks, two hundred and thirty-five-235.
And George E. Emerson, Samuel Y. Reed and Thad- deus M. Turner were declared elected.
For Auditor:
Nelson E. Newell had six hundred and forty-three-643.
Blanks, one hundred and six-106.
And Nelson E. Newell was declared elected.
For School Committee :
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Edward C. Abbott had three hundred and eighty-three --- 383.
Fred P. Chapman had three hundred and eighty-six- 386.
Blanks, twenty-three-23.
And Fred P. Chapman was declared elected.
For Collector of Taxes :
William Rockwood had four hundred and fifty-seven- 457.
Amos P. Woodward had two hundred and fifty-nine- 259.
Blanks, thirty-three-33.
And William Rockwood was declared elected.
For Board of Health :
Ambrose J. Gallison had six hundred and thirty-five- 635.
Gregory A. Martin had six hundred and thirty-six-636.
Metcalf E. Pond had six hundred and nineteen-619.
Blanks, three hundred and fifty-seven-357.
And Ambrose J. Gallison, Gregory A. Martin and Met- calf E. Pond were declared elected.
For Constables :
Anthony Connor had three hundred and eighty-six-386.
Fred L. Davis had three hundred and thirty-five-335.
William E. Nason had three hundred and seventy-seven -377.
Silas W. Nickerson had three hundred and eighty-nine -389.
Lewis R. Whitaker had four hundred and seventy-seven -477.
Blanks, two hundred and eighty-five-285.
And Anthony Connor, Silas W. Nickerson and Lewis R. Whitaker were declared elected, and said Silas W. Nick- erson and Anthony Connor were sworn in open town meet- ing.
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In answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" the town voted : Yes, two hundred and twenty-220.
No, four hundred and sixteen-416.
Blank, one hundred and thirteen-113.
The Moderator appointed as the committee to consider the remaining articles of the warrant the following persons, viz: George W. Wiggin, Jeremiah J. McCarthy, Davis Thayer, Jr., Edward H. Sherman, Josep !: P. Bassett, Charles F. Nye, Edwin A. Mason, Frederic E. Aldrich, John W. Bradley, William E. Nason, George E. Emerson, Mat- thew F. Conroy, Lucius W. Daniels, John W. Richardson, Jacob F. Geb.
After the declaration of the vote as aforesaid, all the ballots cast at said election were sealed in an envelope and the voting lists used at said election were enclosed in an envelope and sealed, and each of said envelopes was endorsed by the election officers according to law.
The Moderator caused all ballots which were not distrib- uted to voters to be enclosed in an envelope and sealed, and he certified thereon that said envelopes contained such undis- tributed ballots ; and all said envelopes containing said bal- lots and check-lists were placed in the custody of the Town Clerk.
And on motion, at 9.30 o'clock P. M., the meeting was adjourned to March 11th, at 7 o'clock P. M., at Morse's Opera House as aforesaid.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
Proceedings of Adjourned Annual Town Meeting,
MARCH 11, 1895.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Franklin qualified to vote in town affairs, held in Morse's Opera
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House, in said town, on Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1895, pursuant to the aforesaid adjournment, William F. Ray, the Moderator, called the meeting to order at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, and the business proceeded as follows, to wit :
ARTICLE 3. The meeting made choice of the following town officers :
FENCE VIEWERS.
Rodolpho M. Handy, Wilton A. Pond, Everett S. Messenger.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Charles H. Woodbury, Daniel W. Halloran, Fred H. Bartholomew.
POUND-KEEPER.
Rodolpho M. Handy.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN.
The Committee of Fifteen, through George W. Wiggin, Esq., the Chairman thereof, presented its report, and the meeting voted that said report be accepted and placed on file, and it was also voted that each section of the report of said committee be acted upon at the same time as the article in the warrant to which it referred.
COMPENSATION OF COLLECTOR.
ARTICLE 4. Committee report and recommend "That the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be one per cent. on the amount collected, and that the Collector have the same power and authority that the Treasurer has when appointed Collector."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
REPORT OF TOWN OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 5. Committee report and recommend "That the report of the town officers, as printed in the Annual Report, be accepted."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted,
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POUND.
ARTICLE 6. Committee report and recommend "That the barnyard at the almshouse be the pound for the present year."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
JURORS.
ARTICLE 7. Committee report and recommend "That the list of jurors as printed by the Selectmen be placed in the jury box the current year."
Voted, that the list of jurors, as prepared by the Select- men and posted according to law, be placed in the jury box for the current year, except Edward C. Abbott, Harry E. Bachelor, Charles M. Butman, David H. Campbell, Charles R. Clark, William E. Coman, Walter E. Corbett, Walter A. Daniels, Alfred F. Everett, Charles F. Foote, Horace F. Gage, Horace W. Hosie, William H. Howe, George P. Hutchinson, E. Lovell Metcalf, Waldo S. Morse, Metcalf E. Pond, Elliott Poor, James E. Razee, Alba P. Smith, Jr., who were by vote of the town and at their request stricken from the list.
The names as accepted are as follows, viz :
Adams. James F.
Dean, Charles I.
Albertin, Ernest T.
Dudley, Frank E.
Allen, Cyrus M.
Ellis, Granville H.
Allen, Thomas B.
Fales, Charles E.
Austin, William H.
Field, Edward
Bacon, George E.
Folger, Howard J.
Bacon, George W.
Gaskill, George N. Gatchell, George H.
Baker, J. Herbert
Geb, Jacob F. Gilmore, Elbert J.
Bartlett, Herbert A.
Bates, Frank A.
Gowen, Charles R.
Blake, Charles H.
Handy, Rodolpho M.
Blake, Oramel B.
Harttmann, Edward F.
Blake, William A.
Heath, Albert E.
Bly, Fred P.
Hosie, George S.
Badger, Charles
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Bourassa, Louis
Bourne, Samuel C.
Bradley, John W.
Brock, Albert L.
Bullock, Hubbard M.
Butters, Edward F.
Campbell, Charles E.
McCarthy, Jeremialı J.
Capron, Sanford T.
Messenger, Everett S.
Carter, Osman B.
Metcalf, Edgar A.
Chase, Royal E.
Milliken, Lemuel W.
Chilson, James O.
Moran, Daniel P.
Chute. Rupert J.
Murphy, Frank P.
Clapp, Arthur J.
Nealey, Andrew
Clark, William S.
Newell, Albert W.
Collins, John B.
Nye, Nathan C.
Cook, Herbert A.
O'Donnell, Patrick H.
Cook, James H.
Osborne, Fred E.
Corbin, Charles H.
Peck, George I.
Corbin, Daniel O.
Razee, Arthur W.
Cosseboom, George D.
Reed, Samuel Y.
Craig, Charles B.
Richardson, John W.
Crowninshield, Walter E.
Richardson, William F.
Daboll, Charles M.
Russell, Christopher R.
Daniels. Lucius W.
Sherman, E. Bertram
Davis, Fred L.
Smith, Calvin M.
Dean, Arthur A.
Sommers, Rudolph S.
BORROWING MONEY.
ARTICLE 8. Committee report and recommend "That the Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Select- men, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the current year, and that the same be payable therefrom."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted. LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
ARTICLE 9. Committee report and recommend "That the Selectmen be instructed to suppress the illegal sale of in- toxicating liquor in town the current year."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
Huntoon, William D. Hutchinson, Joseph T. Johnson, Charles E.
King, William F. Kingsbury, George A.
Lesure, John F.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
ARTICLE 10. Voted, that the town raise and appropriate for the current year the following named sums of money for the following named purposes, to wit :
For repair of roads, bridges and sidewalks, to be expended under the direction of the Select- men, $6,000 00
For support of schools, including salary of Super- intendent,
11.500 00
(Of which a sum not exceeding $500 may be ex- pended for transportation of scholars, and the School Committee are authorized to expend from said appropriation for the salary of the Superin- tendent and Principal of the High School a sum not exceeding $1,500.)
For repairs of school houses. 350 00
6. School books and supplies. 550 00
" Miscellaneous school expenses. 600 00
·· Support of the poor,
4,060 00
Support of the Fire Department, 2,800 00
" Water supply, 3,850 00
Payment of town officers,
1.400 00
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.. 66 debt,
2.200 00
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66 interest,
1,900 00
66 Abatement and collection of taxes, 800 00
(And that all abatements and the reasons there- for made by the Assessors shall be published in the Town Report.)
.. Street lights, 3,650 00
·· Printing and stationery,
350 00
"' For suppression of illegal liquor traffic and support of police, 1.500 00
.. Military and State aid. 800 00
Support of Franklin Library, 700 00
·· Decoration of soldiers' graves, 100 00
Soldiers' aid, 700 00
Miscellaneous town expenses, 600 00
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
ARTICLE 11. The committee report and recommend "That the town require the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools under the present arrangement."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
SIDEWALKS.
ARTICLE 12. Committee report and recommend "That the town raise and appropriate one thousand (1,000) dollars for the construction of concrete sidewalks, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen."
Voted, to amend the recommendation of the committee by adding the words, "provided that abutters pay one-half of the expense," so that said recommendation as amended shall read as follows, viz : "That the town raise and appropriate one thousand dollars for the construction of concrete side- walks, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen ; provided that the abutters pay one-half of the expenses."
Voted, that the report of the committee as amended be adopted.
PRINTING OF RECORDS.
ARTICLE 13. The committee report and recommend "That the Town Clerk be appointed a committee to investi- gate and report at the next annual meeting the probable ex- pense of printing the records."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
LIGHT ON OAK STREET.
ARTICLE 14. The committee make no recommendation.
Voted, that the subject matter of this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
LIGHT ON PECK STREET.
ARTICLE 15. The committee make no recommendation.
Voted, that the subject of this article be indefinitely postponed.
COMPLETION OF DEAN STREET.
ARTICLE 16. The committee make no recommendation.
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Voted, that the subject matter of this article be indefi- nitely postponed.
WIDENING OF CENTRAL STREET.
ARTICLE 17. The committee report and recommend "That the Selectmen be authorized to so petition the Legis- lature."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
WATER SUPPLY AT ALMSHOUSE.
ARTICLE 18. The committee report and recommend "That a committee of three be appointed to investigate the sub- ject matter of this article and report at a future town meet- ing."
Voted, that the report and recommendation of the com- mittee be adopted, and that the Overseers of the Poor act as such committee.
SALE OF CHAPEL SCHOOL HOUSE.
ARTICLE 19. The committee report and recommend "That the subject matter of this article be left in the hands of the Selectmen, with full power to act in the matter."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
LOCKUP.
ARTICLE 20. The committee report and recommend "That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Selectmen, with full power to act thereon."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
LIGHT ON M'CARTHY STREET.
ARTICLE 21. The committee report and recommend "That the town maintain one arc light on McCarthy street, the same to be placed at the top of the hill."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
HYDRANTS ON WASHINGTON STREET.
ARTICLE 22. The committee report and recommend "That the town contract with the Franklin Water Company to place a suitable number of hydrants on Washington street."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
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LIGHT ON CROSS STREET.
ARTICLE 23. The committee report and recommend "That one arc light be placed upon Cross street."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
BY-LAWS-AMENDMENT THEREOF.
ARTICLE 24. The committee make no recommenda- tion.
Voted, that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator for the purpose of changing and revising the town By-Laws and report at a future town meeting ; and the Mod- erator appointed as such committee Henry E. Ruggles, Orestes T. Doe and Alfred W. Dana.
EXTENSION OF WATER PIPES ON ARLINGTON STREET.
ARTICLE 25. The committee report and recommend the extension of the water works from Wachusett street to Union street, through Arlington street.
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
ARTICLE 26. Voted, that this article be indefinitely postponed.
It was voted, at 10.55 o'clock P. M., to adjourn without date.
A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
I administered the oath of office according to law to the following named persons on the following named dates, all' in the year 1895 :
SELECTMEN-George W. Wiggin, March 5; Edwin A. Mason, March 8 ; Edgar K. Ray, March 15.
TREASURER-Henry R. Jenks, March 5.
ASSESSORS-William E. Nason, March 5; James O. Chil- son, March 6; Warren H. Bright, March 6.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Samuel Y. Reed, March 5; Thaddeus M. Turner, March 5; George E. Emerson, March 5.
AUDITOR-Nelson E. Newell, March 5.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-William Rockwood. March 11.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Fred P. Chapman, March 7.
BOARD OF HEALTH-Gregory A. Martin, March 7: Am- brose J. Gallison, March 7; Metcalf E. Pond, March 9. CONSTABLE-Lewis R. Whitaker, March 5.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. FRANKLIN, March 5, 1895.
I hereby certify that Orestes T. Doe this day appeared before me and I administered the oath of office to him as Town Clerk of Franklin.
GEORGE W. WIGGIN, Justice of the Peace.
A true record. Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
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