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DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Jerome B. Fitzpatrick, March 19.
FOREST FIRE WARDS, April 16-Charles S. Rand, Charles E. Woodward, Almon Sanborn, James M. Parker, Wil- liam F. King, Albert J. Newell, T. Jefferson Daniels, Elliott Poor ; Norman B. Stone, for the year beginning the first day of May next.
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS, April 16-John G. Cunningham, James B. Mckinnon, Edgar A. Metcalf, George I. Peck ; Wm. F. Buckley, for the year beginning the first day of May next.
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REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, April 30-James E. Kelly, for three years from the first day of May, 1897.
I administered the oath of office to the following-named officers on the date set against their respective names, all in the year 1897 :
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-Charles S. Rand, March 15. SPECIAL POLICE-Silas W. Nickerson, March 3; Anthony Connor, March 2; Amos W. Stone, March 4 ; Joseph T. Hutchinson, March 9 ; William Redpath, March 12 ; Wil- liam G. Cody, March 12; Daniel W. Fisher, March 12 ; George Bourbeau, March 23; Charles R. Gowen, May 22; Willard H. Fish, June 7 ; George W. Hill, Aug. 28. MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK-Thomas B. Allen, March 11 ; T. Jefferson Daniels, March 12; Wilton A. Pond, March 12 ; Kervin R. Jewett, March 15 ; William Rock- wood, March 19; Alexander M. Haggart, March 22; Norman B. Stone, May 28; Clarence H. Woodward, Sept. 24.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER-William Rockwood, Mar. 19 ; Clar- ence H. Woodward, Sept. 24.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN-Nathan B. Arnold, March 11 ; James F. Ray, March 12 ; William Rockwood, March 19 ; Clar- ence H. Woodward, Sept. 24.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY-Nathan B. Arnold, March 11 ; James F. Ray, March 12 ; Kervin R. Jewett, March 15; Anson B. Longworth, March 15; Alexander M. Haggart, March 22; Elmer M. Wadsworth, April 10; Clarence H. Woodward, Sept. 24.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-
INSPECTOR OF KEROSENE OIL-
AGENT FOR BURIAL OF SOLDIERS-Edwin A. Mason, March 12.
TRUANT OFFICER-Silas W. Nickerson, April 10.
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS-William F. King, April 5.
FOREST FIRE WARDS, for the year commencing May 1, 1897 -Charles E. Woodward, April 17 ; T. Jefferson Daniels, April 17; Chas. S. Rand, April 19 ; Norman B. Stone, April 20; William F. King, April 21; Elliott Poor, April 21 ; James M. Parker, April 23 ; Almon Sanborn, April 24 ; Albert J. Newell, April 24.
BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS-John G. Cunningham, Edgar A. Metcalf, James B. McKinnon, George I. Peck, Wm. F. Buckley, all on the 21st day of April.
POLICE OFFICERS-Silas W. Nickerson, March 27; Anthony Connor, March 29 ; William Redpath, October 16.
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN, TOWN OF FRANKLIN.
NORFOLK, SS. Franklin, Mass., March 19, A. D. 1897.
We, the Selectmen of Franklin, hereby appoint Anthony Connor to be Keeper of the Lockup in said Franklin until March 30, 1897, unless sooner revoked.
CHAS. F. NYE, J. G. CUNNINGHAM, Selectmen of Franklin.
I hereby accept the above appointment:
ANTHONY CONNOR.
I hereby certify that I administered the oath of office to the above named Anthony Connor, March 22, 1897.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
A true record. Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN, TOWN OF FRANKLIN.
NORFOLK, SS. Franklin, Mass., March 26th, 1897.
We, the Selectmen of Franklin, hereby appoint Anthony Connor of said Town of Franklin to be Keeper of the Lockup in said Franklin for the current year until March 10, 1898.
CHAS. F. NYE, J. G. CUNNINGHAM, GEO. P. MASON, Selectmen of Franklin.
March 27, 1897, I hereby accept the above appointment. ANTHONY CONNOR.
I administered the oath of office to the above named Anthony Connor, March 29, 1897.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
A true record: Attest : ORESTES T. DOE.
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN, TOWN OF FRANKLIN.
Franklin, Mass., 1897.
We, the Selectmen of Franklin, in the Country of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby appoint James E. Kelly 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. 1897, and until another is appointed in his place.
Witness our hands this 30th day of April, A. D. 1897. CHAS. F. NYE, J. G. CUNNINGHAM. GEO. P. MASON, Selectmen of Franklin.
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I, James E. Kelly, having been appointed Registrar of Voters as aforesaid, do swear that I will faithfully perform the duties of said office.
JAMES E. KELLY.
I administered the oath of office to the said James E. Kelly on this twelfth day of May, A. D. 1897.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
A true record. Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
I hereby certify that I have destroyed the ballots used at the last annual election, according to law, on this first day of May, 1897.
A certified copy of the list of persons liable to enrollment in and for the Town of Franklin for the year 1897 has been filed with me on this 14th day of July, 1897, by the Assessors, and I have filed the same, which contains the names of 797 men.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 24. 1897.
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 the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall on Saturday, the twenty-
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fourth day of July, A. D. 1897, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside over said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear a report of the Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to investigate and report to a subsequent meet- ing in regard to the sanitary condition of the Horace Mann School House, and see what action the town will take thereon.
ART. 3. To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate for the purpose of repairing the Horace Mann School House.
ART. 4. To see what sum the Town will appropriate for the pur- pose of printing its town records, or to do anything relating thereto.
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, at said Franklin, this fifteenth day of July, A. D. 1897.
CHAS. F. NYE, GEO. P. MASON, JOHN G. CUNNINGHAM, Selectmen of Franklin.
On this warrant the following return was made:
FRANKLIN, JULY 17TH, A. D. 1897. NORFOLK, S.S.
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-fourth day of July, at eight o'clock P. M., for the purposes therein mentioned, by posting attested copies of the within warrant in each of the post offices of the town, and in ten other 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 the officer's return thereon.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of Special Town Meeting,
JULY 24, 1897.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Franklin, in the County of Norfolk, qualified to vote in town affairs, held in pursuance to the foregoing warrant, in the Town Hall, in said town, on Saturday, the twenty-fourth day of July, A. D. 1897.
The meeting was called to order at the time stated in said warrant by the Town Clerk, who presided at the choice of the Moderator by ballot, in receiving which a check-list was used.
ARTICLE 1. Lester L. Burrington was chosen Moder- ator by ballot as aforesaid.
ARTICLES 2, 3. Voted to act upon Articles numbered second and third at the same time, and thereupon,
The committee mentioned in Article two submitted a report which was accepted, and this report was as follows :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
To the Legal Voters of the Town of Franklin :
GENTLEMEN :- Your Committee to which was referred the present condition of the Horace Mann High School building, in the particulars of closets, heating and ventilation, have attended, according to their best ability and judgment, to the duty assigned to them and respectfully report as follows :
I. CLOSETS.
We find that the closets now in use are objectionable and unserviceable. There is an odor through the building, especially after the cremating process, and more or less at all times ; beside which the present vaults are more or less rusted, worn or burnt out. The odor is due to two things : I. Improper construction. The furnaces for the cremating of the contents of the vaults should have been placed on a line with the vaults. As a matter of fact, they were placed back
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of such a line, and so constructed that the heat from those fur- naces has to be drawn forward and downward into the vault cylinder. II. A second cause is insufficient care and atten- tion. The flue intended to carry off the odors from these closets was originally furnished with valves or dampers, oper- ated by a chain in front of the draught furnace. These have been tampered with and broken, and the chain has been broken off. Whether if the construction had been what it should have been and the management of the apparatus cor- rect, all odor would have been obviated, we are unable to say. We have had no opportunity to make that experiment. That the construction and management have been faulty is, how- ever, apparent. Considering the fact that the success of the cremating closet is problematical, and that these closets are nearly burnt out, owing to the use of sheet iron; instead of copper, as the original plan of the apparatus provides, we recommend that the closets be taken out and that flushing closets be provided instead ; three upon the boys' side, and four upon the girls' side of the building, and that they, with the urinals, be connected with the well now on the premises, and an overflow for liquid waste be made into the cistern or cesspool now in use.
II. VENTILATION.
We find the ventilation unequal and unsatisfactory. Air is blown in from the outside, under certain conditions of wind and weather, with such force that it cannot be warmed as fast as supplied. It is sent through flues in the rear of the furnaces, where it is not warmed, and is poured into school-rooms, cold, and with such force as to make certain places in these rooms unfit for occupancy. We recommend that an air storage chamber be made on the north side of the basement, using a part of the room now used as a wood-room ; that this be con- nected with the space now boarded in as an air passage ; that the wall over which the cold air is now drawn be lowered, and that the force of the current be broken, if found necessary, by drops from the ceiling of the storage room. This will leave all the cold air supply we now have, adding a storage room
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from which air can been drawn. Other arrangements, which will help to prevent forcible currents of cold air, will be men- tioned in connection with what we have to say about the heat- ing of the building.
III. HEATING.
Several complaints, in regard to the heating of the build- ing, have been made to your committee. It is said that too much coal is consumed ; that the heating of one room, at least, is inadequate ; that the halls are in cold weather very uncomfortable, no arrangement for heating them having ever been made. When doors into the school-rooms are opened, the cold air from the halls is blown or drawn into the rooms, exposing certain scholars to cold draughts of air. Your com- mittee felt compelled, therefore, to take all this into consider- ation. We find, 1: That the furnaces now in use were built for soft coal instead of hard. Hard coal has heretofore, how- ever, been used in them. 2. According to the present arrangement, the cold air is drawn chiefly to the rear of the furnaces where the heat is least, and not under the front of them where the fire is hottest. 3. That the furnaces do not appear to have had any recent cleaning out. The relative great consumption of coal and small production of heat is fully explained by these three causes. We have the estimate of an expert, accustomed to the heating of large buildings, that it is possible to reduce the cost of heating to our present capacity twenty-five per cent. There certainly is a great waste of heat- ing material under the present arrangement.
We recommend that soft coal be used in all these furnaces. We recommend that sheet iron underdecking be made so as to bring the air to be heated under the front of the furnaces espe- cially. We recommend that the School Committee require that the furnaces be cleaned of ashes and soot once a week when in use. In order to heat the halls a small extra furnace will be required. We recommend that it be placed in the basement under the northwest corner of the building near the dividing wall of the front basement; that this furnace be used to heat the halls in that side of the building, and the room on the first
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floor now imperfectly heated, and that flues be constructed between the hall and this room for this purpose, leaving the furnace now in the tower basement for the use of the rooms in he tower and halls upon the other side of the building. This would necessitate an enlargement of the chimney on the north- west corner of the building.
These changes would leave sufficient storage room for coal and ashes. Air for this additional furnace could be brought from the storage chamber by means of a tunnel, and the basement accommodation would be as good as at present. We would earnestly recommend that automatic regulation of heat be provided in the two school-rooms on the first floor, in the large room and small recitation rooms on the second floor. We do not believe that uniform and healthful heating of these rooms will be secured without it.
Your committee, considering that as the Smead Com- pany's name is on the apparatus now in use, that Company would have a greater interest than any other in making the heat, ventilation and closets a credit to their name, cor- responded with this Company at its headquarters at Toledo, Ohio. When these furnaces and closets were put in, the Smead Company had given their New England territory, in which they had not previously done business, to an individual, entirely distinct from their Company, the only stipulation being that he should buy his iron of them. The closets are not of their invention. It is only fair to say that the Company claim never to have had any knowledge of the manner in which they were put in, and never to have devised them.
The Company sent us their engineer, and he has made an estimate of the cost of all these changes, employing local mason's and carpenter's work, which is no doubt lower than indifferent persons would give us.
We recommend an appropriation of fifteen hundred dol- lars to cover cost of all changes herein recommended, includ- ing new furnace, new closets, as specified, automatic regula- tion, needed repairs on old furnaces, and all changes of what- ever kind, except the continued cleaning of furnaces, and
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the use of soft coal, recommended in this report. We believe these changes would give us perfect ventilation, adequate heat in all weathers, and perfect sanitary conditions.
We, therefore, recommend that the proposition of the Smead Company, through its agent, Mr. A. G. Crouse, be accepted, and that the work be done under his supervision and according to the plans and specifications furnished by him to this committee at our request.
DWIGHT M. HODGE, WILLIAM A. WYCKOFF, HORACE W. HOSIE, Committee.
Franklin, Mass., July 12, 1897.
By a unanimous vote, it was voted that the foregoing report be adopted, and the sum of $1,500 be appropriated for the purpose of making the changes and repairs therein recom- mended, and that the same be expended, according to the report of said committee, under the direction of the School Committee and Horace W. Hosie, and that the Selectmen and Treasurer be authorized to borrow the said sum of $1,500, and give the note of the town therefor, payable in one year.
ARTICLE 4. By a unanimous vote, it was voted that the sum of three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars be appropriated for the purpose of printing town records, and that the Select- men and Treasurer be authorized to borrow the same and give the note of the town therefor, payable in one year.
It was voted at 9 o'clock P. M. to adjourn without date. A true record.
Attest :
ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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FRANKLIN, MASS., OCT. 9, 1897.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN :- Wishing to leave town and engage in other business, I respectfully tender my resignation as day police and liquor officer, to take effect Friday, Oct. 15, 1897.
Respectfully,
SILAS W. NICKERSON.
WARRANT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 2D, 1897. 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 the Town ot Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall, in said Town, on Tuesday, the second 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 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and Attorney General for the Commonwealth. Councillor for the Second Councillor District, Sena- tor for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District, two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth Norfolk Representative District, a County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, a Registrar of Deeds for the County of Norfolk, a County Treasurer for the County of Norfolk.
The 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 fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
CHARLES F. NYE, JOHN G. CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE P. MASON, Selectmen of Franklin.
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Upon the foregoing warrant the following return was made : NORFOLK, SS.
OCTOBER 20, A. D. 1897.
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 second day of November, 1897, 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, in compli- ance 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 the return thereon.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 2, 1897.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
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 Hall, in said Town, in accordance with the foregoing warrant, on Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem- ber, being the second day of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and Attorney Gen- eral for the Commonwealth, Councillor for the Second Coun- cillor District, Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial Dis- trict, two Representatives to the General Court for the Tenth Norfolk. Representative District, a County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, a Registrar of Deeds for the County of Norfolk, a County Treasurer for the County of Norfolk.
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The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock A. M. by the Chairman of the Selectmen. who read the warrant and return thereon.
Nathan C. Nye and James W. Desmond were appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen. and both were duly sworn by the Town Clerk before the opening of the polls, and Nelson E. Newell and James O. Chilson were appointed by the Selectmen as additional Ballot Clerks, and they were 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 (6) feet or more from said shelves or compart- ments.
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, in the following form, viz :
NOVEMBER 2, 1897.
Received of Orestes T. Doe, Town Clerk of Franklin, Mass., a sealed package said to contain thirteen hundred ballots for use at the election in said town on this day.
CHAS. F. NYE,
Chairman of the Selectmen of Franklin, Mass.
The ballot box, furnished and certified to by the said Sec- retary, 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, Anthony Connor.
The seals of the package containing the first set of ballots were then broken by the Chairman of the Selectmen, who delivered the same to the Ballot Clerk's, and the cards of instruction of specimen ballots 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
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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 clerk upon the voting list used by them.
The ballot delivered to each voter was by him marked in one of the voting compartments aforesaid and thereafter deposited 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.
On the 27th day of October current, the Selectmen appointed Bradley M. Rockwood and John P. Costello as tellers to assist them in receiving, sorting and counting said ballots, and before entering upon their duties as such tellers, they were all sworn by the Town Clerk to the faithful discharge of their duties as such tellers.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk had charge of the elec- tion, and the ballot box and check-list used with the same were under their care.
At 9.15 o'clock in the forenoon the said ballot box was opened, by the unanimous consent of the election officers, to remove the ballots therefrom for the purpose of counting when the register on said box showed 80 ballots cast, and there- upon a complete count of all the ballots so removed, it was found that there were 81.
The polls were closed at four o'clock in the afternoon, 'due notice having been made, when the register on the ballot box showed 444 ballots cast, and upon a complete count of all the ballots cast therein, it was found that 449 ballots had been cast into said box and cancelled thereby.
The whole number of ballots delivered to the voters by the Ballot Clerks was four hundred and forty-nine.
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 pur- pose.
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The names checked upon the voting list used as aforesaid were then counted in a distinct and audible voice in the pres- ence of all the election officers and the public ; and the two check-lists used for the voters each showed four hundred and forty-nine names checked thereon.
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 :
John Bascom of Williamstown had seven-7.
Thomas C. Brophy of Boston had one-1.
William Everett of Quincy had seven-7.
George Fred Williams of Dedham had ninety-six-96.
Roger Wolcott of Boston had three hundred and thirty- three-333.
Blanks, five-5.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Lieutenant Governor :
Edward A. Buckland of South Hadley had six-6.
Christopher T. Callahan of Holyoke had ninety-one-91. James E. Cotter of Hyde Park had twelve-12.
W. Murray Crane of Dalton had three hundred and twenty-one-321.
Willard O. Wylie of Beverly had five-5.
Blanks, fourteen-14.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Secretary :
Addison W. Barr of Worcester had eight -- 8.
Charles D. Nash of Whitman had eighty-nine-89.
William M. Olin of Boston had three hundred and twenty-five-325.
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Edwin Sawtell of Brockton had four-4.
Bernard M. Wolf of Boston had four-4.
Blanks, nineteen-19.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Treasurer :
George A. Brown of Lynn had six-6.
Robert C. Hafferly of Hyde Park had four-4.
Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport had three hundred and twenty-six-326.
Horace P. Tobey of Wareham had twelve-12.
Thomas A. Watson of Braintree had eighty-seven-87. Blanks, fourteen-14.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Auditor :
Joseph Ballam of Boston had five-5.
Harry Douglass of Great Barrington had eight-8.
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg had three hundred and twenty-five-325.
Joseph Henry Sheldon of Haverhill had eighty-nine-89. Herbert M. Small of Templeton had six-6.
Blanks, sixteen-16.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Attorney General :
Wolcott Hamlin of Amherst had seven-7.
William Harrison of Lawrence had seven-7.
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford had three hundred and twenty-four-324.
William W. McClench of Chicopee had twelve-12.
John A. O'Keefe of Lynn had eighty-six-86.
Blanks, thirteen-13.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Councillor-Second District :
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Dana Estes of Brookline had thirteen-13.
Benjamin S. Lovell of Weymouth had three hundred and twenty-five-325.
George O. Wentworth of Stoughton had eighty-five-85. Blanks, twenty-six-26.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Senator-Second Norfolk District :
Henry H. Francis of Stoughton had ninety-one-91.
Fred Homer Williams of Brookline had three hundred and twenty-two-322.
George S. Winslow of Norwood had fourteen-14.
Blanks, twenty-two-22.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Representatives in General Court-Tenth Norfolk Dis- trict :
Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham had three hundred and twenty-four-324.
George Fenelon Williams of Foxboro had two hundred and ninety-seven-297.
Charles F. Nye of Franklin had three-3.
Charles Campbell of Foxboro had one-1.
Blanks, two hundred and seventy-three-273.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, eight hundred and ninety-eight-898.
For County Commissioner :
James Hewins of Medfield had three hundred and sixty- four-364.
Blanks, eighty-five-85.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For Register of Deeds :
John H. Burdakin of Dedham had three hundred and fifty-350.
Lewis A. Cook had one-1.
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Blanks, ninety-eight-98.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
For County Treasurer :
Charles H. Smith of Dedham had three hundred and fifty-six-356.
Blanks, ninety-three-93.
Whole number of ballots, including blanks, four hundred and forty-nine-449.
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.
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The voting lists used at said elections 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 the same.
The presiding officer delivered to the Town Clerk all said ballots cast, all undistributed ballots and voting lists, sealed as aforesaid, together with the ballot box, in accordance with the law in such cases made and provided.
On motion, the meeting was dissolved at 5.35 o'clock P. M.
A true record.
Attest :
ORESTES T. DOE,
Town Clerk.
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MEETING OF THE TOWN CLERKS
OF THE
TENTH NORFOLK REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
" The Clerks of the Towns of Wrentham, Medway, Frank- lin, Foxborough, Bellingham and Norfolk, comprising tlie Norfolk Representative District, number ten, at their meeting at the Town Hall, in said Franklin, on Friday, the twelfth day of November, A. D. 1897, at 12 o'clock noon on said day, being the tenth day following the day of the election, made out under their hands the following complete returns of all votes cast for Representatives to the General Court in said district, as follows, viz :
Whole number of votes cast. including blanks and scatter- ing, twenty-eight hundred and eighty-two-2,882.
Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham had ten hundred and sixteen-1,016.
George Fenelon Williams of Foxborough had nine hun- dred and ninety-one-991.
Scattering, sixteen-16.
Blanks, eight hundred and fifty-nine-859.
And did ascertain from the foregoing canvass that Elbridge J. Whitaker of Wrentham and George Fenelon Wil- liams of Foxborough were duly elected, and made certificates of their election, one of which was sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and one was sent to the Constable of Wrentham, and one was sent to the Constable of Foxborough, to be served on said Elbridge J. Whitaker and George Fene- lon Williams, as the law requires.
Witness our hands at Franklin, Mass., this twelfth day of November, A. D. 1897.
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DAVID T. STONE, Clerk of Wrentham.
GEORGE E. POND, 66 Medway.
ORESTES T. DOE, 66 Franklin.
LOUIS W. HODGES, 66 Foxborough.
HENRY A. WHITNEY, " Bellingham.
SILAS E. FALES, 66 Norfolk.
A true record.
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Abatements
41
Almshouse in Account with the Town 83
Expenditures
57
Abatement and Collection of Taxes 78
Books and Supplies. 60
Concrete Sidewalks .
80
Fire Alarm System
79
Fire Department
69
Hydrants
71
Interest
73
Janitors of School Buildings
58
Memorial Day . 77 .
Military Aid
. 77
Miscellaneous School Expenses
61
Miscellaneous Town Expenses
81
M. J. Lee
80
Payments for Outside Poor
67
Payments to Police . 74
Printing and Stationery
73
Printing Town Records
80
Public Library . 77 .
59
Roads, Bridges and Walks
64
School Fuel
59
Soldiers' Relief
77
State Aid
75
State, County and Bank Taxes .
79
Repairs of School Buildings
.
330.
Expenditures
PAGE
Street Lights 74
Summary of School Expenses 62
Suppression of Illegal Liquor Traffic
75
Support of Almshouse
66
Teachers and Superintendent
57
Temporary Notes
.
73
Town Debt .
72
Town Officers .
71
Transportation of Pupils .
58
Ventilation and Heating of Horace Mann School Building 63
Comparison of Franklin with neighboring towns
35
Financial Condition of Town
88
Programme Commencement Exercises Class '97 36
Report of Board of Health
54
Assessors
40
Auditor
87
Fire Department
51
Franklin Library Association .
90
Liquor Officer
56
Lockup Keeper
56
Overseers of Poor
53
School Committee
11
School Street School
29
School Superintendent
18
Selectmen
37
Supervisor of Drawing
32
Supervisor of Music
30
Town Officers
37
Treasurer .
83
Receipts of Town, year ending Jan. 31, '98
83
School Statistics for year ending Jan, 31, '98
34
Town Expenditures (summary),
86
Town Officers Elected .
3
Appointed
5
Treasurer's Report
83
Vital Statistics : Births .
92
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PAGE
Vital Statistics : Deaths
97
Marriages . 95
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, March 7, '98 99
FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS.
Appointments Made by Selectmen for 1897 304
Franklin Town Records for the Year 1897 289
Proceedings of Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, Mar. 8, 1897 297
Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting, Mar. 1, 1897 292
Proceedings of General Election, Nov. 2, 1897 . 317
Proceedings of Special Town Meeting, July 24, 1897 . 311
Report of Committee on Horace Mann School Building 311
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Mar. 1, 1897 289 Warrant for General Election, Nov. 2, 1897 . 316
Town Clerks, Meeting of 10th Norfolk District 324
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