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Making as above 1865 37 which is secured by Mortgage of Real Estate, with the policies of insur- ance upon the buildings made payable in case of loss to the Mortgagees.
The Trustees would state that there is a prospect, that the balance of the School Fund will be paid into the Treasury in the course of the ensu- ing Spring and Summer.
BROOKLINE, February, 1845.
CHARLES STEARNS, JR. A. W. GODDARD, JAMES ROBINSON, DANIEL SANDERSON. j
Trustees of Brookline School Fund.
Voted to adjourn without day.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
Annual Return of the Names of all Persons enrolled in the Militia, in the Town of Brookline for the year 1845 :
The whole number enrolled being two hundred and twenty-seven.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
John Butler Fernald H. Butler David S. Coolidge
Henry Breck Ezra Putney Isaac Edgar
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Charles Coolidge
Isaac Dearborn
Nehemiah Day
Elkanah Foss
Josiah Blaisdale Morril S. Bean
William Hardy
John Smith Charles Berwick
John McIntosh Joseplı Huff
Charles Whittemore
Howard Perkins
Charles Ferrin
William J. Cook
J. E. Fernald
Luther Seaverns
Israel Goodrich
Nathaniel Sawyer
Charles D. Perry
William J. Johnson
George Gibbs
Marshal L. Glazier
Edward Twitchell
Benj'n W. Hobert, Jun.
Henry Thompson
Robert Wise
Thomas Seaverns
Stephen S. Robinson
George Stoddard
Francis B. Smilie
John Gustin
George Melcher
Stephen Stiles
Elisha Hart
Henry Fowler
Abraim H. Lambert
Lewis A. Smith
William Sloane
Calvin Smith
Henry Orcutt, Jr.
Joseph S. Bryant
George Peck
Moses Wentworth
Charles P. Trowbridge
Benj'n Goodwin
Joseph Ferguson
Lucius Lesslie
Charles Stewart
Joseph Mannon Abraham S. Small
A. H. Clapp
Samuel Damon
Woodbury Jennison James Bartlett
Charles Moseley
George T. Bartlett
Stillman Harrington
William Andrews
Nath'l Lyford
Amos Whittemore
George Willson Thomas Horn
John Piper James Parker
Oliver Delano
F. H. Corey
Charles Sprague
Charles Twist
Charles Staples
George Otis . Alvin Perkins
Paul Jones
Erastus Harris
William K. Melcher
George Noble
Joseph Goodwin
Samuel Barker
Horace Cousens
Columbus Marshal
Oliver Cousens
Joseph Cousens George K. Fullock
Albert Parks Amos Colburn George Patten
George Cartwright
Edward Secomb
Timothy C. Leeds
Jolın D. Libby
Ephraim F. Ranney
George Griggs
Charles W. Scudder
Royal Woodward, Jr.
Sylvester Kimball Calvin Carleton George Butters
James Morse
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Militia List, 1845.
Joseph Clare Ivory Ross L. B. Dame Elisha M. Ross Charles W. Tolman John Kenrick Warren Barns Stephen Hymes David Kenrick William G. Cole
Hollis Gerry Jolın E. Turner William I. Bowditcli
Stephen Swett Elijah Hoyt Edwin Loomis
James W. Loomis
Joshua West
Nath'l Fry Benj'n Fry
Ephraim Hyde
Stephen Ross
Greenwood Mosure
William J. Griggs
George W. Washington
N. G. Chapin
James Foster
John Blake
Stephen Blanchard
John W. Webber
Simon Warren
Thomas C. Quimby
Spencer H. White
Chiarles Pulsifer
Samuel Clark
Aaron D. Fairbanks
George S. Cushing
Charles Smith
Edward Burrows
Richard Black
Albert Johnston
Varrey Mosure
Oliver Lyford
Luther Wentworth
Edmund Pray
Elihu Stevens
Peleg Guilliver Ezekiel Page
Joseph L. White William White
Arad Hatch
Thomas Britton
David Whitney
John W. Warren
Simon Darmon
Benj'n N. Jewett
Charles Warren Nath'l Brackett
Thomas Pettingale George W. Stearns Charles Seaver
Obadiah Saunders
William Springer William W. Clement
Albert Woodsum
Joseph Gutterson
William A. Hayden Nath'l Runlett George Chalmers Thomas Abbott
John C. Rodgers Samuel Snelling Henry Weeks
Ivory Wales
Parker Kennister
Daniel Woodman
Enoch Joy
Samuel Philbrick Jacob Litchfield
James Ward James Hudson
Charles D. Head
Willard A. Humphrey
William P. Brewer Willard Brewer Russel Bean
William Hyde Benj'n Blood
Henry Poor Thomas Blanchard A. B. Allard
Oliver G. Pray
Benj'n H. Rhoades Henry W. Carr Azel Lovejoy Jeremialı Veazie
Christopher P. Shattuck Royal McIntosh 2d
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Eli D. Sanderson
George Twombly
Eben'r Reed
James Donald
Nath'l Reed
Benj. S. Gordon
Hiram Patterson
Isaac Woodman
John Harrington
Samuel Townsend, Jr.
Hiram R. Bean
Sanford Robie Thaxter Prouty
Simon W. Clifford
George Craft
George W. Goodnough
Charles Craft
Caleb Craft, Jun.
Chauncy Woodward
David Burbee
Joseph P. Jones Noyes Furber
Stephen Esty
Calvin Wilkins
Warren Jones
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ROLL OF THE BROOKLINE ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1, FOR THE YEAR 1845-6.
Augustus Allen, Henry Orcutt, Jr., Benjamin F. Baker, Moses Withing- ton, John Dustin, Thomas Horne, Epraim Church, Charles Trowbridge, Oliver Cousens, Geo. R. Fullock, Aaron Emerson, Elijah C. Hoyt, John Murray, P. B. Lakeman, John C. Piper, Stephen Swett, Franklin Tukey, Ansel Waterman, Joshua A. Little, Edward A. Wild, Hugh M. Sanborn, Fredrick Stone, Joseph Ferguson, C. C. Mosley, Edward Hall, Joseph E. Cousens, L. B. Dame, J. D. Goodwin, Marshal Glazier, William B. Mitchell, W. K. Melcher, George Peck, Ivory Ross, Charles W. Tolman, Joshua West, William H. Libby.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline, do herely approbate and appoint the 36 men above named to be enginemen for the ensu- suing year.
DANIEL SANDERSON, MARSHAL STEARNS, JAMES BARTLETT.
May 5th, 1845. Copy. Attest :
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
OCTOBER 13th, 1845.
The New Town Hall on Washington Street, standing end towards the street, 70 feet by 38 feet, with projecting pilas- ters in front, a basement story containing three rooms, with a Hall and committee room in the 2d story, was opened this evening with appropriate music, and an historical sketch of the town by Rev. John Pierce, D. D., minister of the first parish in this town.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
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Meeting, November 10, 1845.
WARRANT FOR NOVEMBER MEETING.
[L.s.7 |L.S.] COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
[L.s.]
NORFOLK, SS.
To Elisha Stone, one of the Constables of the town of Brook- line, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to give at least seven days' notice to the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, by leaving a printed notification at the residence of each and every voter, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday the 10th day of November next, it being the second Monday in said month, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened for the following purposes, to wit :
First. . To determine by vote whether the town will send a representa- tive to the next General Court.
Second. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following officers, Viz .: For Governor & Lieutenant Governor of this Common- wealth; For three Senators for the county of Norfolk ; and for a Repre- sentative to the next General Court, if the town determine to send one. The officers above named to be all voted for on one ballot.
You are also directed to notify the qualified voters of said town to meet at said Town Hall on the said 10th day of November at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following articles, viz. :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To determine for what purposes, and upon what terms the Town Hall shall be let.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees which may be prepared to report.
Hereof fail not, & make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time & place of the meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals this Twenty-eight day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Five.
DANIEL SANDERSON, Selectmen JAMES BARTLETT, of
MARSHAL STEARNS, Brookline.
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NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Nov. 7th, 1845.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified the within named persons to appear at the time and for the purposes within mentioned.
A true Copy.
ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline. Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, qualified by the Constitution to vote for Gov- ernor and Lieutenant-Governor, holden on the tenth day of November, being the second Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of said Commonwealth, the whole num- ber of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained as is directed in the revised Statutes (Chapt. 4, Sec. 13,) by counting the whole number of seperate ballots given in ; and the whole number of ballots was one hundred and ninety.
And the whole number of votes given in for Governor was sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made as by the constitution is directed ; and said votes were for the following persons, viz. :
For Governor.
George N. Briggs of Pittsfield, Eighty-Six.
Isaac Davis of Worcester, Forty-eight.
Henry Shaw Fifty-Four.
Samuel E. Sewall of Roxbury, Two.
Whole number of ballots One hundred and Ninety.
For Lieutenant
John Reed of Yarmouth, Eighty-Six.
George Savary of Bradford, Forty-Eight.
Governor.
Charles W. Moore, Fifty-four.
John M. Brewster of Pittsfield, Two.
Whole number of ballots one hundred and ninety.
Oliver Felt of Wrentham, Eighty-six.
James Maguire of Randolph,
Eighty-six.
Samuel Guild of Roxbury,
Eighty-Six.
Minot Thayer, Fifty-four.
John C. Scammel, Fifty-four.
Ira Gill, Fifty-four.
Artemas Brown of Medway, Forty-eight.
Jesse Pierce of Stoughton, Forty-eight.
Edgar K. Whitaker of Needham, Forty-eight.
Willis Fisher of Franklin, Two.
Martin Torry of Foxboro, Two.
John Gulliver of Roxbury, Two.
Senators.
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Voted, That we send a Representative to the next General Court.
. Voted, That the poll be closed at 4 o'clock precicely.
The whole number of ballots given in for Representative was One hundred and Eighty-Six, necessary to a choice 94, and were for the following persons, viz. :
79 Charles Stearns, Jr .. Seventy-Nine.
55 Otis Withington, Fifty-five.
47 James Bartlett, Forty-Seven.
3 George Griggs, Three.
1 Abijah W. Goddard, One.
1 Daniel Sanderson, One.
No choice.
Voted, That this meeting be adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock P. M.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Brookline, legally warned and assembled at the Town Hall, November 10th, 1845, for the following purposes, viz. :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To determine for what purposes, and upon what terms the Town Hall shall be let.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees which may be prepared to report.
Capt. Daniel Sanderson was chosen Moderator.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to open the Town Hall for all purposes of public good, on application of three legal voters of the Town, provided all expenses of opening the same be paid by those who apply-except when such expenses can be legally paid by the Town.
The following report of the Building Committee was read, and accepted by Vote :
BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline in Town Meeting assembled :
Your committee appointed in Jan., 1844, and invested with power to purchase land of James Bartlett, situated on Washington Street, and to erect thereon a building for the accommodation of the Town, &c., are now prepared to present an abstract of their proceedings in the accomplishment of those arduous and responsible duties.
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Since the report made by your committee at our annual meeting in March last, they have by an assiduous perseverance in the duties assigned them, procured the completion of the building in all its apartments, together with the grounds and stone wall in front of the building.
They have also, with the advice and assistance of the Selectmen, pro- vided the requisite seats & other furniture for all the different apart- ments excepting two in the basement story which do not appear to be needed for immediate use.
The building, including the projection of the Pilasters in front, is 723 feet in length and 383 ft. in width. The front apartment in the base- ment story is 16 by 14 feet, affording ample accommodations for the board of Selectmen.
The other two apartments, having an entry way across the building between them, are 363 by 23} feet each, & ten feet in height; both are furnished with air pipes from the furnace in the cellar, with suitable registers and dampers.
The Hall in the second story is 53 feet in lengthi by 362 feet in width & 17 feet in heigth, having a Gallery extending across the building 16 feet in depth, over the entry, and another apartment of the same dimen- sions of the room beneath for the Selectnien. This apartment will afford convenient accommodations on all occasions of public lectures, and for the use of Town Committees.
By the accounts of our chairman, which have been examined by the Town Auditors, & are herewith submitted, the entire cost of the build- ing, including the cellar and furnace with all its appurtenances, amounts to the sum of $5376 74 The furniture, including 42 Settees, Tables, Lamps, Stoves, Chairs, carpeting, &c., cost 373 88
The stone work and grounds in front of the building, to- gether with the expense of filling up with gravel around and in front, providing and sifting sand for all the mason work, levelling and turfing the bank, furnishing trees, &c., &c., cost 606 70
Making the total cost, exclusive of the land $6357 32 Which contains no charge for the personal services and supervision of your committee.
However large the amount thus expended may appear, it comes within the appropriations made for these purposes, and embraces an expendi- ture of $373.88 for furniture, whichi was not contemplated when the appropriations were made.
The completion of the whole work in a faithful, economical and proper manner, required and lias received the almost daily and unremitted atten- tion and personal supervision of one or more of your committee during a period, with only short intermissions, of about 18 monthis.
Thoughout the performance of the whole mechanical work, a uniform, uninterrupted harmony and good understanding has subsisted between your committee and the contractors for the work; and we consider it an act of justice due to the contractors, Mr. Granville Fuller and Mr. Nath'l Wentworth of Brighton, for us to make this public acknowl- edgement of our satisfaction with their faithfulness and fidelity.
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Meeting, November 24, 1845.
Your committee have a further satisfaction in having obtained a com- modious and substantial building, constructed of good materials and workmanship, and which they have reason to hope will prove satisfac- tory to the inhabitants.
In thus submitting this abstract of their proceedings, your committee have only to request a discharge from their responsible appointment.
BROOKLINE, 10 Nov., 1845.
SAM'L PHILBRICK, BELA STODDARD, CHARLES STEARNS, JR.
Voted, unanimously, That the thanks of the Town be presented to Samuel Philbrick, Bela Stoddard and Charles Stearns, Jr., Esquires, the building Committee, for their faithful and very laborious services in superintending the erection and completion of the New Town House.
Adjourned without day.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
An adjourned meeting for the choice of a Representative to the next General Court was held at the Town Hall, Nov. 11th, 1845.
Voted, That the Polls be now opened.
Voted, unanimously, That the Polls be closed at 5 o'clock.
The whole number of ballots given in were 165, neces- sary to a choice 83, & were for the following persons, viz .
Charles Stearns, Jr., 73.
Otis Withington, 50.
James Bartlett, 37.
George Griggs, 3. A. W. Goddard, 2.
Adjourned Sine die.
Attest : O. WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
[L.S.] L.S.]
[L.S.
To Alexander H. Clapp, one of the Constables of the town of Brookline, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to give at least Seven days' notice to the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote
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in elections, by leaving a printed notice at the residence of each and every voter, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of November current, it being the fourth Monday of said month, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened for the purpose of electing a Representative to the next General Court.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time & place of the meeting above notified.
Given under our hands & seals this Fifteenth day of No- vember, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & forty-five.
DANIEL SANDERSON, Selectmen
MARSHAL STEARNS, JAMES BARTLETT, Brookline. of
NORFOLK, SS. TOWN OF BROOKLINE, Nov. 24th, 1844.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline to meet at the said time and place and for the purpose within mentioned. A. H. CLAPP, Constable of Brookline. A true Copy. Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Brookline for the choice of a Representative to the next General Court, held at the Town Hall, November 24th, 1845.
Poll opened at 2 o'clock P. M.
4 o'clock P. M.
Voted, To close the poll immediately.
The whole number of ballots given in were One hundred and Eighty-One, necessary to a choice Ninety-one, and were for the following persons, viz. :
Charles Stearns, Jr., Eighty-One.
Otis Withington, Fifty-One.
James Bartlett, Forty-five.
George Griggs, Two.
Abijah W. Goddard, One.
There being no choice, on Motion of Deacon Joshua C. Clark-
Voted, unanimously, To adjourn without day.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
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Meeting, January 30, 1846.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL MEETING.
[L.s.] L.S. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
[L.s.]
NORFOLK, SS. To Elisha Stone, one of the Constables of the
BROOKLINE. town of Brookline, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, by leaving a printed notification at the residence of each and every voter, to meet at the Town Hall in said town on Fri- day next, the thirtieth day of Jan. inst., at Two O'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following articles, Viz. :
1st, To choose a Moderator.
2d. To act upon an order of Notice from the General Court upon the petition of George B. Russell and others, citizens of Brookline, Boston, Roxbury, Needham, Dedham, Walpole, Medfield, Medway, Franklin, Bell- ingham, and Blackstone, praying to be incorporated for the purpose of making and maintaining a Rail Road from some convenient point in Boston, through Brookline, and all the above-named towns to Woon- socket Falls in Rhode Island.
3d. To act upon an order of notice from the General Court upon the petition of David R. Griggs & others, proprietors of lands in the town of Roxbury, praying that certain lands lying between "Muddy Creek" and the westerly side of the Brookline branch of the Western Avenue may be set off from Roxbury and annexed to Brookline.
4th. To act upon an order of notice from the General Court upon the petition of the Mayor of the City of Boston relative to the supplying the city with water from Long Pond.
5th. To act upon an order of notice from the General Court upon the petition of Charles Crocker and others, in relation to supplying the City of Boston with pure soft water from Charles River by exclusion of tide waters by means of a dam across its mouth.
6th. To see if the town will make an appropriation to defray the expense of printing the address delivered by the Rev. Dr. Pierce at the opening of the New Town Hall, that each family in the town may have a copy.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place as above named.
Given under our hands and seals this twenty-seventh day of January, Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred & forty-six.
DANIEL SANDERSON, 2 Selectmen of MARSHAL STEARNS, S Brookline.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. ? BROOKLINE. S JANUARY 28th, 1846. Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have this day notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, (by serving a printed copy thereof as within directed), to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein expressed.
ELISHA STONE, Constable.
A true Copy.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
Agreeably to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held January 30th, 1846. Capt. Marshal Stearns was unani- mously chosen Moderator.
Voted, That a committee of Nine Persons be chosen to present to the Legislature a Remonstrance against the grant- ing of the petition of George B. Russell and others for a Rail Road through Brookline, and that said Committee be authorized to employ council, at the expense of the town, to assist them at every stage of the business, in & out of the Legislature, to show the ruinous consequence the granting of said petition would be to this Town.
The following were chosen by nomination from the chair :
William I. Bowditch, Augustus Aspinwall, Samuel Philbrick, Moses Jones, Isaac Cook, George Griggs, Benjamin Goddard, Jesse Bird, Otis Withington, L
Committee.
Voted, on the order of notice from the Legislature on the petitition of David R. Griggs and others,-
That we approve of said petition, and have no objection to its being granted.
On motion of Deacon Griggs-
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by this Town to meet the Committee of the Legislature to whom has been referred the petition of the Mayor of the City of
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Boston relative to supplying the city with water from Long Pond, and act in the case as their wisdom may direct as the circumstances may appear.
The following were chosen as that committe :
Thomas Griggs, Marshal Stearns, James Bartlett.
Voted, On the Order of Notice from the Legislature on the petition of Charles Crocker and others,-
That the subject be refered to the above committee.
On motion of Deacon Robinson-
Voted, unanimously, That one hundred dollars be appro- priated to defray the expense of printing the address delivered by the Rev. Dr. Pierce, at the opening of the New Town Hall, that each family in the town may have a copy.
Voted, To adjourn without day.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL MEETING.
L.S.] L.S. J COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
[L.S.]
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE. To Alexander H. Clapp, one of the Con-
stables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Wednesday, the eleventh of February inst., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for the follow- ing purposes, viz. :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To act upon an Order of Notice served upon the Town Clerk by Ebenezer D. Ammidown and others (by order of the Legislature), upon their petition to be incorporated for the purpose of making & maintaing a Rail Road from Boston through Brookline to Southbridge or Sturbridge.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place as above named. Given under our hands and seals this Sixth day of February,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
DANIEL SANDERSON, Selectmen MARSHAL STEARNS, JAMES BARTLETT,
of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. TOWN OF BROOKLINE, Feb. 9, 1846.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline herein described, to meet at said time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a notification at each and every house in said town.
ALEX. H. CLAPP, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy.
Attest : O. WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
The meeting was opened by reading the foregoing warrant, when-
Capt. Marshal Stearns was unanimously chosen Moderator.
Voted, That the petition of Ebenezer D. Ammidown and others, for a Rail Road through this Town, be refered to the Committee having in charge the petition of George R. Russell and others ; and that said Committee is hereby direct- ed to resist in behalf of the Town the passage of this or any other Rail Road through the Town, which now is, or may hereafter be petitioned for during the present session of the Legislature.
Adjourned without day.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR MARCH MEETING.
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L.S.]
L.S.] COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
[L.S.]
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE. To Elisha Stone, one of the Constables of the town of Brookline,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the
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Meeting, March 2, 1846.
Town Hall in said town on Monday the Second day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened for the following purposes, viz. :
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