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loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 11. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Voted. That the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be three-fourths of one per cent.
Art. 12 To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Ap- propriation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint five members of the Appropriation Committee to serve for three years.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To appropriate from miscellaneous appropriation to furnish electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven Street, $50.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred and twenty dollars to meet the interest on School House Bonds, and appropriate the unexpected balance of twenty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1899, to pay one coupon remaining unpaid December 31, 1899.
Voted. To raise and appropriate to meet the interest on the School House Bonds $1,520; and to appropriate the unexpended balance of $20 interest on School House Bond account of 1899, to pay one coupon remaining unpaid December 31, 1899.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Town Building on Pleasant Street, the report of the Selectmen on said addition having been referred to this meeting by the Special Meeting of July 17, 1899.
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Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take to meet payment of School House note for two thousand dollars, due May 1,1900.
Voted. To appropriate from available assets and receipts to meet the payment of School House note for two thousand dollars due May 1, 1900, $2,000.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred and twenty dollars to meet the interest on the School House notes.
Voted. To raise and appropriate to meet the interest on School House notes, $520.
Art. 18. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of fire hose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for the purchase of fire hose, $250.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to make the necessary repairs on their steam fire engine, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To appropriate from available assets to make the necessary repairs on the steam fire engine, $1,700.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will erect and maintain a fire- alarm box and connections at the junction of Main, Mill and Pearl Streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will build an addition to the Town Building on Pleasant Street to be used for Fire Department purposes, as recommended by the Board of Engineers, and give notes
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of the Town for the payment of same, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will change the name of that part of Parker Street, running from the easterly end of Haven Street to John Street, to Haven Street.
Voted. To change the name of that part of Parker Street running from the easterly end of Haven Street to John Street, to "Haven Street."
Art. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the unexpended balance of ($262.36) of the street railway franchise and excise tax for the construction, repair and maintenance of the public ways and removal of snow therefrom.
. Voted. That the subject matter of this article be brought before the Selectmen, they to do what in their judgment they shall deem best.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars, unexpended balance of Howard Place appropria- tion, for the payment of amount due L. G. Howard, account of land damages.
Voted. To appropriate two hundred dollars, unexpended bal- ance of Howard Place appropriation, for the payment of amount due L. G. Howard on account of land damages.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to complete the repairs on Haven Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To appropriate from available assets and receipts to complete repairs on Haven Street, $1000.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to complete the construction of Grand Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted. To appropriate from available assets and receipts to complete the construction of Grand Street, $300.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars for the support of the Police Department for the ensuing year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for the support of the Police Department, $2,600.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to construct a sidewalk on the easterly and southerly sides of Walnut Street, beginning at the junction of Walnut Street and Summer Avenue, and continuing on said Wal- nut Street to the intersection of Hopkins Street, and thence on either side of Hopkins Street to school house on said street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To appropriate from the appropriation for highways $200 to construct a sidewalk on the easterly and southerly sides of Walnut Street, beginning at the junction of Walnut Street and Summer Avenue and continuing on said Walnut Street to the in- tersection of Hopkins Street, and thence on either side of Hopkins Street to the school house on said street.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of As- sessors to print the valuation list of 1900, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the payment of the same.
Voted. To instruct the Board of Assessors to print the valua- tion list of 1900, and that there be raised and appropriated for that purpose $300.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will change the name of that part of Main street extending from Pleasant Street to the North Reading line to Andover Road, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted. To indefinitely postpone. ,
Art. 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to build a band stand on the Common, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate to build a band stand on the Common, $300.
Art. 32. To see what action the Town will take on the prop- osition of the Peoples' Gas and Electric Company, to sell to the Town of Reading for nine thousand dollars that part of their plant and franchise which they claim to have in the Town of Reading.
Voted. That the matter be referred to the Selectmen, no action to be taken by them involving the Town without referring same to the Town.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will instruct the Overseers of the Poor to employ a Town Physician at a stated salary, the expense to be charged to the regular appropriations, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town do instruct the Overseers of the Poor to employ a Town Physician at a stated salary, the expense to be charged to the regular appropriation.
Art. 34. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed at Special Meeting of July 17th, 1899, to consider the purchase of the Old South Church property.
Voted. The committee appointed at a Special Meeting of July 17, 1899, to consider the purchase of Old South Church property presented their report and it was voted that the report be accepted and placed on file and that the subject matter of the article be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 35. To see what nstructions the Town will give the Selectmen in the sun of Grace Mckay against the Town.
Voted. To refer to the Selectmen with full powers.
Art. 36. To see what instructions the Town will give the
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Selectmen in the suit of Margaret Allen against the Town.
Voted. To refer to Selectmen with full powers.
Art. 37. To see what instructions the Town will give the Selectmen in the claim of Willard Welsh against the Town.
Voted. To refer to Selectmen with full powers.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the- sum of ninety dollars for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Bancroft and Middlesex avenues, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Bancroft and Middlesex Avenues, $90 ..
Art. 39. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Curtis and South Streets, or what they will do in relation thereto ..
Voted. To pass over this article.
Art. 40. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an are light on Mineral Street, east of and near to the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate, to erect an arc light on Mineral Street east of and near to the Boston and Maine Railroad bridge, $75.
Art. 41. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Main Street, equally distant from Summer Avenue and Hopkins Street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To pass over this article.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to extend the sidewalk on the norther- ly side of Lowell Street, commencing at the land of Charles A. Damon and extending in an easterly direction to Highland Street. or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted. To refer to the Selectmen.
Art. 43. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Hartshorn Street, run- ning in a northerly direction from the northerly side of Lowell Street, east of Grove Street, to lands of M. B. Hartshorn, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for that purpose.
Report of the Selectmen on the laying out as a public Town way the private way known as Hartshorn Street was read and it was voted that the report be accepted and its recommendations adopted, and there be appropriated from appropriation for high- ways, for building said way, $150.
Art 44. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Thorndike Street, running in an easterly direction from Pearl Street to its junction with the private way known as Spring Street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars for that purpose.
Report of Selectinen on the laying out as a public Town way the private way known as Thorndike Street, was read, and it was voted that the report be accepted and its recommendations adopted, and that there be appropriated from appropriation for highways, for building said way, $100.
Art. 45. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the private way known as Spring Street, running in a northerly direction from Orange Street to its junction with the private way known as Thorndike Street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for that purpose.
Report of Selectmen on the laying out as a public Town way the private way known as Spring Street was read and it was voted that the report be accepted and its recommendations adopted, and
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that there be appropriated from appropriation for highways, for building said way, $50.
Art. 46. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars for the repair of the same.
Report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts: In com- pliance with the requirements of Chapter 53 of the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth of Mass., the undersigned respectfully submit the following report:
Guide posts, or suitable substitutes therefor, are erected and maintained at the following locations, viz:
Corner Main and Mill Streets.
Franklin Streets.
Pearl Streets.
66 Charles Streets.
66 Salem Streets.
Main Street opposite Woburn Street.
Main Street near Reading Square.
Corner Main and Ash Streets.
Corner Main Street and Summer Avenue.
Walnut " 66
Walnut and South Streets.
Woburn Street and Summer Avenue.
66 and West Streets.
At the junction of West and Willow Streets and Summer Avenue.
Corner Woburn and Lowell Streets.
66 Lowell and Willow
Grove and Franklin
.66 Franklin and Haverhill «
Haverhill and Charles "
66 Haverhill and Pine
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Corner Charles and Pearl
66 Pearl and Salem Salem and Lowell
Harnden and Main
66 Pleasant and Main 66
Parker and Village 66
66 Parker and Pleasant Washington and Main " High and Lowell 66
At the junction of Middlesex Avenue and Lowell Street.
Voted to appropriate from miscellaneous expenses for repair of the same, $30, and that the report be accepted.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
LIST OF JURORS.
Austin, Oliver W.
Kidder, Wm.
Bancroft, Lewis M.
Kinsley, W. S.
Bancroft, Frederick
Krook, Lambertus W.
Bartley, Francis
Krook, Matthys H.
Batchelder, Edw. W.
Kimball, Chas. D.
Bacheller, Warren A.
LaClair, Henry S.
Beasley, Geo.
Moulton, Wilder C.
Beasley, Geo. W.
McCrum, David
Black, Frank K.
Merrill, Clarence E.
Bosson, Harry P.
Milbury, Ora L.
Broad, Nathaniel W.
Oakes, Geo. F.
Brown, Joseph H.
Ordway, Orville O.
Bessom, Chas. F.
Oliver, Alfred L.
Canty, Daniel T.
Pratt, Harland P.
Canty, John D.
Parker, Horace A.
Chase, John E.
Parker, Fred A.
Davis, Arthur E.
Parker, Harrison H.
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Davis, Wm. Wallace
Prentiss, W. S.
DeRonde, John D.
Richardson, Henry M.
Eames, Leonard T.
Stinchfield, Chas. II.
Eaton, John H.
Sargent, Geo. A.
Eaton, Waldo F.
Smith, Benj. Y.
Emerson, Arthur G.
Swain, Chas. H.
Flint, Geo. L.
Temple, Jos. S.
Gould, Theodore F.
Temple, David C.
Goodwin, Edwin H.
Warren, Chas. E.
Gordon, Arthur D.
Weston, Granville S.
Horrocks, George E.
Wyman, Fernando D.
Howard, Luther G.
Whelton, John H.
Jackson, Chas. S.
Wight, Ephraim
Voted. That the names of Ora L. Milbury, Orville O. Ord- way and Jos. S. Temple be stricken from the list at their request and the names of Eugene L. Lovejoy, Fred. H. Parker and Henry A. Wright be added and that the list as amended be accepted.
Voted. To adjourn without date.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD MAY 16, 1900.
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
George L. Flint was chosen.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to pay Luther G. How- ard the sum of three hundred dollars, as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations for the year 1899, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That $300 be appropriated to pay Luther G. Howard additional land damages on account of the laying out of Howard Place so called, as a public Town way.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum
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of money sufficient to lay drain pipe from the Cemetery near the house of Galen A. Parker through lands of Galen A. Parker and Milton D. Parker, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town appropriate for the purpose named in Art. 3, the sum of $200, provided the owners of the land through which the drain shall pass secure to the Town the right to enter thereon when necessary for the purpose of repairing the pipe.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will purchase a street sprinkler or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town appropriate a sum not exceeding $300 for the purchase of a street sprinkler.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street sprinkling, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the sum of $400 be appropriated from available assets for street sprinkling.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will pay the members of Hose Companies No. 3 and No. 4 the same as paid members of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, and Hose Companies No. 1 and 2, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the pay of Hose Companies No. 3 and 4 be the same as paid members of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Hose Companies No. 1 and 2, namely : $10 per year and poll tax if assessed, and 50 cents per hour of actual service.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will increase the appropriation for building a band stand, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the sum of $200 be appropriated to increase the appropriation for building a band stand.
Voted to adjourn "sine die,"
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PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD AUG. 6, 1900_
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
George L. Flint was chosen.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission to construct the proposed state highway in Town, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Selectmen are authorized to execute a waiver of the right of the Town granted by Chapter 404 of the acts of 1900 to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of state highway within its limits.
Voted to adjourn.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN MEETING HELD NOV. 6, 1900.
Meeting called to order by Wm. I. Ruggles, chairman of Selectmen. The following persons, who had been previously appointed by the Selectmen in accordance with the law, were announced by the chairman to serve as ballot clerks and tellers, all of whom were sworn by the chairman.
Ballot Clerks .- Geo. L. Pratt, Horace A. Parker, Charles H. Stinchfield, Wm. H. Perkins.
Tellers .- W. S. Prentiss, Geo. L. Flint, A. W. Danforth, F. K. Black, J. C. Nichols, John Connolly, W. F. Eaton, D. T. Bickford, J. C. Phinney, John E. Denehy.
Voted. That the polls be closed at 4.30 p. m.
At 4.30 p. m. polls declared closed, register showing 926 names checked by ballot clerks, names checked on voting list as having voted, 1,011.
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All ballots cast having been counted by the tellers appointed for that purpose, declaration of same was made by the Town Clerk as follows :
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge 174
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston . 172
Chas. S. Grieves of Amesbury
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Herbert L. Wood of Brockton .
Peter O'Keefe of Salem
1
John A. H. Henley of Lynn
Roger Wolcott of Boston
744
Wm. Whiting of Holyoke
. 744
Edward Kendall of Cambridge
John Bascom of Williamstown
.
Edward Waldo Emerson .
.
3
Blanks
. 123
BY DISTRICTS. District No. 1.
Wm. Nugent of Pittsfield . 173
Leon S. Oliver of Westfield
·
8
Henry Noffke of Holyoke
1
James W. Toole of Holyoke
744
Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale
·
Blanks
63
District No. 2. .
Chas. J. Bellamy of Springfield . 174
Wm. H. Lawler of Springfield .
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8
James Norman of Springfield
1
Chas. E. Stevens of Ware
744
Oliver W. Cobb of East Hampton
222
Blanks
. 62
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District No. 3.
Eben F. Stevens of Dudley . 174
Chas. E. Fenner of Worcester
8
Walter J. Howe of Gardner
1
Josiah Perry of Dudley
744
Wm. W. Nash of Worcester
Blanks
62
District No. 4.
Robert E. Bisbee of Pepperell .
. 174
John P. McDonald of Clifton
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8
Francis H. Taylor of Fitchburg
1
J. P. Thacher of Littleton
. 744
Alfred L. Cutting of Westford
22
Blanks
62
District No. 5.
Nathan D. Pratt of Lowell . 174
James A. Wilkinson of Methuen
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8
John F. Bradley of Woburn
1
Wm. Beggs of Woburn
. 744
Wm. W. Sherman of Lowell
22
Blanks
62
District No. 6.
Arthur Withington of Newburyport . 174
Geo. L. Evans of Haverhill
8
Burton C. Woodbury of Haverhill
.
1
Arthur D. Story of Essex
. 744
Frank N. Rand of Haverhill
22
Blanks
. 62
District No. 7.
Thomas E. Dwyer of Wakefield
. 174
Ernest W. Timson of Lynn
. 8
·
.
240
John Welton of Chelsea
I
Geo. L. Morse of Melrose . 744
Geo. H. Harwood of Lynn
. 22
Blanks
. 62
District No. 8.
Henry T. Schafer of Winchester . 174
John A. Aitkin of Cambridge
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8
Herman W. A. Raasch of Boston
1
Wm. H. Dyer of Boston
744
Geo. E. Crosby of Medford
22
Blanks
62
District No. 9.
Thomas F. Keenan of Boston
. 173
Morris Kaplan of Boston
8
Wm. HI. Young of Boston
1
Henry C. Richardson of Boston
. 744
Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop
. 22
Blanks
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63
District No. 10.
Richardson Sullivan of Boston
. 173
Wm. M. Packard of Quincy
S
Wm. II. Carroll of Boston
1
John Shaw of Quincy
. 744
Samuel F. Smith of Quincy
. 22
Blanks
. 63
District No. 11.
John H. Lee of Boston . 173
David M. Chase of Boston
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8
C. Arvide Olson of Hyde Park
1
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale
. 744
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston
22
Blanks
63
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.
241
District No. 12.
Albert P. Worthen of Weymouth . 174
Samuel L. Smith of Brockton
8
Thomas L. Leonard of Taunton
1
Wilinon W. Blackmar of Hingham
. 744
Edward G. Knight of Hull
22
Blanks
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622
District No. 13.
Chas. R. Codman of Barnstable . 174
Lawrence Roetinger of New Bedford
8
Wright Wilde of Fall River
1
Edmund Anthony, Jr., of Fairhaven .
. 744
Elijah Humphries of New Bedford
22 ·
Blanks
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62
GOVERNOR.
Michael T. Berry of Haverhill
10
Chas. H. Bradley of Haverhill
12
W. Muray Crane of Dalton
707
John M. Fisher of Attleboro
16
Robert Treat Paine, Jr., of Boston
152
Blanks
114
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates of Boston 734
John B. O'Donnell of Northampton . 133
Wilbur M. Purington of Williamsburg
18
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke
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4
Geo. H. Wrenn of Springfield
13
Blanks
. 109
SECRETARY.
Addison W. Barr of Worcester
16
Alfred E. Jones of Everett
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7
.
242
Wm. M. Olin of Boston . . 693
Wm. H. Partridge of Newton 16
Luther Stevenson of Hingham
. 140
Blanks
139
TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
Edward S. Bradford of Springfield . 703
Jos. L. Chalifoux of Lowell 135
Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford
17
Frank A. Nagler of Springfield
2
Steven O'Shaughnessy of Boston
14
Blanks
140
AUDITORS.
Elbredge Gerry Brown of Brockton
. 158
Frank Albin Forsetrom of Worcester 3
Wm. G. Merrill of Malden 38
Henry E. Turner of Malden
.655
Frank S. Walsh of Brockton
10
Blanks
. 147
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
John A. Billings of Rockland 13
Allen Coffin of Nantucket 18
John C. Crosby of Pittsfield
. 145
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford
. 699
Frank MacDonald of Stoneham
4
Blanks
. 132
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 5TH DISTRICT.
Joseph J. Flynn of Lawrence . 181
Charles Franklin Jackman of Methuen ·2
Wm. S. Knox of Lawrence . 703
Wm. S. Searle of Methuen
16
Orion L. Woodbury of Lowell
. 10
243
Blanks
. 99
COUNCILLOR, 6TH DISTRICT.
S. Herbert Howe of Marlboro . 635
John J. Mahoney of Lowell . 143
Edwin S. Mayo of Everett
. 15
Blanks
. 168
SENATOR 6TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Frank L. Blood of Groton . 168
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford . 667
Blanks
. 176
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, 28TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
John M. Berry of Reading 18
Bennie F. Flanders of Reading 250
John A. Johnson of Woburn 9
Joseph H. Parker of Woburn . 135
Arthur E. Roberts of Reading
. 658
Frank E. Wetherell of Woburn
. 526
Blanks
. 426
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX.
Truman W. Hagar of Framingham . 155
John O'Donnell of Woburn 12
Samuel O. Upham of Waltham 692
Blanks 152
REGISTER OF DEEDS, MIDDLESEX SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
Edwin O. Childs of Newton 715
Chas. A. Johnson of Somerville
. 47
Blanks
. 249
COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX.
Albert M. Grant of Everett 51
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville . 720
Blanks
. 240
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The returns of the votes as declared were signed by the proper officers in open meeting and on motion it was voted that this meeting be adjourned without date.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
In accordance with the provisions of the statutes of 1898, chapter 548, section 254, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerk of Reading, being the City and Town Clerks of every city and town in representative district No. 28 within said county, met at noon, Friday, Nov. 16, 1900, being the tenth day succeeding the day of election held Nov. 6, 1900, and then and there opened, examined and compared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of Representative, and determined there- from that Arthur E. Roberts of Reading and Frank E. Wetherell of Woburn were elected to the office of Representative. The fol- lowing is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said District and the number of votes given each person, viz :
John M. Berry of Reading
101
Bennie F. Flanders of Reading
1002
John A. Johnson of Woburn
119
Joseph H. Parker of Woburn
1342
Arthur E. Roberts of Reading 1516
Frank E. Wetherell of Woburn
1527
Blanks 1680
Defective
17
Whole number of ballots
7304
In witness whereof we, the City Clerk of Woburn and Town Clerk of Reading hereunto set our hands this 16 day of November, A. D. 1900.
(Signed) JOHN H. FINN, City Clerk, Woburn. JAMES REID, Town Clerk, Reading.
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Taken from the Town Clerk's record.
WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE A. SHACKFORD,
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