Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838-1857, v. 1, Part 24

Author: Brookline (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Brookline, Mass. : Published by vote of the town
Number of Pages: 680


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Voted, To dissolve the meeting.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


Militia Roll for 1848.


David S. Coolidge


Morril S. Bean


Thomas B. Griggs


Dewey Hascock


Sylvester Kimball


Oliver G. Pray


Charles Whittemore


Geo. N. Butters


Hezekiah Shailer


Charles Coolidge


John Webb Moses Withington


William Webb Francis H. Corey


James Coolidge An'y Harrington John Nugent David Hussey


Hiram A. Greene


Charles Bartlett


Stephen S. Piper


Thomas Healey


William J. Griggs John B. Libbey Benj'n Smith


John McIntosh


Woodbury Kenister Samuel Cowdall


Orange Buck


William Piper


Timothy Corey


Benj'n Owen Geo. Bell James Hobbs


John C. Piper Allen Vinal A. H. Lambert


Calvin Crawford Jeremiah Shoff Freeman Ward


Stephen G. Bass


C. P. Trowbridge


Geo. W. Patten


Charles D. Perry


N. W. Brackett


w. W. Snell


Chandler Berry I. R. Atwood


Abram C. Small


M. C. Warren


A. W. Seamans


Stephen R. Griggs


F. B. Park William A. Morse Geo. D. Austin


Geo. T. Bartlett Amos Whittemore


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B. F. Baker


James M. Seamans James Coggswell


Charles C. Annable


Isaac Farrington, Jun. Henry Mellin


Joseph Little Samuel Little


Charles Lord


James Dyer


Charles Staples


Winslow Chapin


Wm. Carr Joseph Silver


Charles L. Palmer


Thomas Lyford


Geo. F. Homer


William H. Palmer


Thomas Lee


Francis Homes


Ransom N. Weld


John Frazer


David Wilder, Jun.


Ivory Ross


Samuel Cushing


A. W. Jones


Oliver B. Delano


Elkanan Foss


D. H. Rogers


Joshua A. Little


Stephen Foss


Thomas Scaverns


James Edmoin


Woodbury Mosier


Levi H. Barnard


Ellis Austin


James Frize


Ozias M. Page John Gustin


William Aspinwall


Samuel Ellis


Charles Tayler


Moses R. Brown


Geo. Hill


David Morrison


Sumner Brown


Samuel Clark


John E. Trevett


Charles W. Wild


H. Bradbury


Calvin Smith


Josiah Barrett


John A. Bird


Lewis Payne


Geo. W. Atkinson


Daniel A. Oliver


Amos R. Binney Homer Binney


Isaac Allard


Eben Frost


William C. Binney


Hiram Allard


Edward Atkinson


George Atkinson


Thomas Penniman


William P. Sanderson


Stephen Blanchard


Charles Penniman


Edward N. Perkins


Horace Cousens


William W. Field


James Ward


F. A. Stone


Eben Reed


Caleb Kenrick


George Griggs


Lorenzo Willis


Uriah Blaisdell


Andrew H. Newell


Harvey Wait


S. G. Snelling


Geo. Stoddard


John G. Rider


Henry Weeks


Oliver Whyte


Simon.Warren


Samuel Eliot


William Bird


John W. Warren


Janthus J. Rolfe


David Whitney


Albert Sanderson


Henry Post


Aaron Whitney


Charles Smith


A. W. Goddard


Henry Whitney


J. S. Warren


John Cosgrove


William C. Cuningham


Samuel Townsend, Jun. Ivory Whales


Willard A. Humphrey


Thomas C. Quimby


James Greenough


Willard S. Brewer


Almon B. Allard


David Leavett


Russel T. Bean


Daniel S. Sanderson


Hiram Waldron


Thomas Davenport Parker Ellis


Seth B. Hoyt


Josiah Quimby


Franklin T. Bean John Melcher E. D. Sanderson


Joseph Gutterson James E. Cabot


John Bean


Samuel Hills, Jun.


Stephen Wing


James Trainer Alvin Roundy


Charles G. Colbath


Caleb Craft, Jun.


George Craft


George W. Goodnough Geo. W. Goldsmith


Charles Craft


Xanthus Goodnough


Geo. Hancock 203


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Cl'k.


Joseph L. White / William White


William J. Hyde


Amos Wormell


Africa Wormell


G. C. George


Ansel Waterman


John Kenrick


Richard Savage


Thomas T. Allan


Henry W. Carr


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Presidential Election, November 7, 1848.


At a meeting of the Selectmen of Brookline, held on the 2d day of October, 1848, on the petition of sundry inhab- itants of Brookline to have certain suitable locations assigned for the exercise of offensive trades & employments dangerous to the public health, agreeably to the provisions of the 21 chapter of the Revised Statutes, the following described locations were assigned by the said Selectmen :


The lands lying not less than twenty rods west of the residence of Jane Crafford and between that and Newton line on the old road, Heath Street, also the land lying not less than twenty rods westerly of the small house owned by T. N. Woodward, on the northerly side of Newton Street, and between that and Newton line on said Newton Street.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1848. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


BROOKLINE. S To the Constables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Town, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November next, being the seventh day of said month, at one o'clock in the afternoon, (at which time the polls will be opened), then and there to give in their ballots for twelve Electors of President & Vice-Presi- dent of the United States ; each ballot for such electors to contain the name of at least one inhabitant of each congres- sional district of this commonwealth, all to be voted for on one ballot.


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You are also hereby directed to notify and warn the said Inhabitants of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to assemble at said Town Hall, on Thursday, the 9th November next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator.


2. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed at the last Annual Meeting to confer and contract with the Water Commis- sioners of the City of Boston in regard to reducing the level of the road over Bradley's Hill.


You are also hereby directed to notify and warn the said Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to assemble at the Town Hall in said Town, on the second Monday of the month of November next, being the thirteenth day of said month, at one o'clock in the afternoon, (at which time the polls will be opened), then and there to determine by vote whether the Town will send a Representa- tive to the next General Court, and to give in their votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of the Commonwealth, three Senators for Norfolk County, for a Representative to Congress for the Eighth District, and for a Representative to the next General Court if the Town so determine; all the above named officers will be voted for on one ballot.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time & place of said first named meeting.


Given under our hands & seals this Twenty-seventh day of October, A. D. 1848.


JAMES BARTLETT,


BELA STODDARD, Selectmen.


See file E, No. 55, for officer's return. '


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


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Presidential Election, November 7, 1848.


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1848.


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the polls were opened at one o'clock P. M. by the Selectmen, on the Seventh day of Nov., 1848, and were kept open two hours, and the question was submitted to the Town what time the Polls should close, and it was voted that they remain open until five o'clock, when they were closed.


The votes were sorted & counted by the Selectmen & Town Clerk, and the result found to be as follows, to wit :


Whole number of Ballots given in, Three Hundred & Twenty-five.


Electors at Large :


Levi Lincoln of Worcester 212. Two hundred & Twelve.


Edmond Dwight " Boston 212. Two hundred & Twelve.


Charles G. Greene Boston 68. Sixty-Eight.


Henry H. Child Pittsfield 68. Sixty-Eight.


Samuel Hoar " Concord 44. Forty-four.


Effingham L. Capron Worcester 1. One.


William Jackson " Newton 44. Forty-four.


Wendall Philips


" Boston 1. One.


Elector for District Number one :


Albert Fearing of Boston 213. Two hundred & Thirteen.


Francis Jackson of Boston 1. One.


James Cheever of Boston 68. Sixty-eight.


Joseph Willard of Boston 44. Forty-four.


Elector for District No. Two :


David Pingree of Salem 213. Two Hundred & Thirteen.


Ebenezer W. Stacy of Gloucester 68. Sixty-eight.


John B. Alley of Lynn 43. forty-Three.


James N. Buffum of Lynn 1. one.


Elector for District Number Three : Daniel Adams of Newbury 212.


Two hundred & twelve.


Edwin Lawrence of Newburyport 68.


Sixty-eight.


John G. Whittier of Amesbury 44 forty-four.


William Ashley of Newburyport 1.


one.


Elector for District number Four : Isaac Livermore of Cambridge 212.


Two hundred & twelve.


Sixty-eight.


forty-four.


Amos B. Alcott of Concord


1.


one.


Two hundred & thirteen.


Timothy Fletcher of Charlestown 68. Nathan Brooks of Concord 44.


Elector for District number Five : Benjamin F. Thomas of Worcester 213. J. S. C. Knowlton of Worcester 68. Sixty-eight. Alexander DeWitt of Worcester 43. forty-three.


Stephen S. Foster " Worcester 1. one.


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Elector for District Number Six :


Myron Lawrence of Belchertown 213. Two hundred & thirteen.


Joseph Smith of Hatfield 68. Sixty-eight.


James Fowler of Westfield 43. forty-three.


E. D. Hudson of Springfield 1.


one.


Elector for District number Seven :


Asa Howland of Conway 212.


Two hundred & twelve.


Samuel Gates of West Stockbridge 68. Sixty-eight.


Thomas Robinson of Adams 44. forty-four.


Gains Carter of Becket 1.


one.


Elector for District number Eight :


H. A. S. Dearborn of Roxbury 212.


Two hundred & twelve.


William Ellis of Dedham 68. Sixty-eight.


Benjamin V. French of Braintree 43. forty-three.


Edmund Quincy of Dedham 1.


one.


Elector for District Number Nine :


William Baylies of West Bridgewater 213. Two hundred & thirteen.


Foster Hooper " Fall River 68. Sixty-Eight.


Philo Leach of Bridgewater


43. Forty-three.


Bourne Spooner of Plymouth


1.


One.


Elector for District Number Ten :


William R. Easton of Nantucket


213. Two hundred & Thirteen.


James D. Thompson of New Bedford 68. Sixty-eight.


Isaac C. Taber of New Bedford 43. Forty-three.


Joseph Congdon of New Bedford


1. Onc.


Attest :


A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL MEETING, NOV. 9, 1848.


In pursuance of the warrant entered on page [278] the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline met at the Town Hall at 3 o'clock P. M. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and James Bartlett was chosen Moderator.


The following report was made by Benj. Goddard, Esq., in behalf of the committee for lowering Bradley's Hill :


The committee appointed by the Town on the 4th of April, 1848, with authority to contract with the Water Commissioners of the City of Boston, have attended to that duty : the said Commissioners having


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agreed to pay the Town of Brookline One Thousand Dollars towards lowering the road through Bradley's Hill not less than four feet, & to stone the travelling path thereof, the city to be saved harmless against any claim for damages on the part of the Town aforesaid for land taken from the road as indicated on the plan of the reservoir. These condi- tions having been assented to, your committee thereupon contracted with Hugh M. Sanborn & David Whitney to reduce said road, instead of four, to the depth of six feet, and to increase the width on the northerly side of said road by building abutments of stone wall, &c., agreeably to their contract on file, which has been faithfully fulfilled according to their account herewith presented, amounting to $3125 dollars, and has paid to them in full, as follows :


From the Water Commissioners aforesaid $1000


Town of Brookline


1000


66 private subscription


760


66 your committee, for advances 365


$3125


Which leaves the Town indebted to your committee for ad- vances for money borrowed of the Bank 340


And the interest on the same . 6 97


And Twenty-five dollars advanced to pay balance of Sanborn & Whitney's account, by B. Goddard 25


$371 97 BENJAMIN GODDARD, JESSE BIRD, CHARLES HEATH, JAMES BARTLETT, DANIEL SANDERSON.


Voted, To accept the report of the committee."


Voted, That the sum of three hundred & seventy-one dollars & ninety-seven cents be hereby appropriated for the payment of the balance due to the committee appointed by the Town to contract for lowering & improving the road through Bradley's Hill, as appears by their report this day presented, & that the Treasurer be & he is hereby directed to pay the said sum to said committee from the Treasury forthwith, & to borrow on behalf of the Town a sum of money to replace the same whenever necessary to meet the drafts upon the Treasury.


The meeting was then dissolved. See file E, No. 56.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


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NOVEMBER MEETING FOR CHOICE OF GOV- ERNOR, &c. NOV. 13, 1848.


In pursuance of the warrant copied on to page [278] the Inhabitants of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall; the meeting was called to order at one o'clock precisely.


It was Voted, That the Town of Brookline send a Repre- sentative to the next General Court.


Voted, That the Polls will be kept open until five o'clock this afternoon.


At five o'clock precisely the Polls were closed, the votes sorted & counted by the Selectmen & Town Clerk, the result found to be as follows :


The whole number of ballots given in for Governor was Two Hundred & Eighty-Two, to wit :


George N. Briggs of Pittsfield had One hundred and ninety-nine.


Stephen C. Philips of Salem had Forty-Six.


Caleb Cushing of Newburyport Twenty-five.


Charles G. Greene of Boston Ten.


Charles D. Greene " Do.


one.


Francis Jackson


one.


Whole number of ballots given in for Lieutenant-Governor was; Two Hundred & Eighty-four, to wit:


John Reed of Yarmouth Two Hundred.


Henry W. Cushman of Bernardstown Thirty-Six.


John Mills of Springfield Forty-seven.


Andrew Robeson of New Bedford


one.


Whole number of Ballots for Senators for Norfolk County was Two Hundred & Eighty-four :


David A. Simmons of Roxbury has One hundred & Ninety-eight.


James C. Doane " Cohasset One hundred Ninety-nine.


Lewis Harding " Franklin One hundred Ninety-nine.


Joel Hunt of Medway Thirty-Six.


Isaac Tower of Randolph Thirty-Six.


Aaron Hobart of Wrentham


Thirty-six.


Jesse Pierce of Stoughton


Forty-nine.


Milton M. Fisher of Medway Forty-Eight.


Edward L. Keyes " Dedham Forty-Six.


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Special Meeting, February 5, 1848.


Whole number of Ballots for Representative to Congress for District number Eight was Two Hundred & Eighty-two :


Horace Mann of Newton has Two Hundred & Forty-five. Bradford L. Wales of Randolf Thirty-Six.


Augustus Aspinwall one.


Whole number of ballots for Representative to General Court was Two Hundred & Seventy-Seven.


Necessary for a choice one Hundred & Thirty-nine.


James Bartlett had Thirty-Eight.


Augustus Aspinwall " Forty-seven.


John Howe One Hundred & ninety-two, and is Elected.


The result of the balloting was declared by the chairman, the returns were signed by the Selectmen & Town Clerk and sealed up in open Town Meeting, & the meeting dis- solved.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, FEBRUARY 5TH.


WARRANT.


SEAL.] SEAL.


[SEAL.] COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


To the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required 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 Monday, the 5th day of February next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the following pur- poses, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator.


2. To act upon an order of notice from the Legislature upon the peti- tion of Otis Pettee and others for a Railroad from Boston through the Town of Brookline to Woonsocket, R. I.


3. To see whether the Town will take any action in relation to widen- ing some of the Streets in this Town.


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4. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the purpose of defraying the expense of necessary repairs of the Fire Engine, providing new Axletree, a quantity of Hose, Drag rope, new Buckets, painting, &c.


Hereof fail not, & make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time & place of said meeting.


Given under our hands & seals this twenty-sixth day of Jan- uary, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.


Selectmen of Brookline.


JAMES BARTLETT. H. M. SANBORN. BELA STODDARD.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Jan. 29, 1849.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified the Inhabitants therein named to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein named, by leaving a notification at the residence of each voter.


FRANKLIN TUKEY, Constable of Brookline.


A true copy. Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk. File E, No. 57.


TOWN MEETING, FEBRUARY 5, 1849.


Agreeably to the foregoing warrant, the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall for the pur- poses expressed.


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, & Dea. Thomas Griggs was chosen Moderator.


The 2d Article in the warrant, to act upon the order of notice from the Legislature upon the petition of Otis Petee & others for a Railroad through Brookline, &c., came up for discussion. The subject was fully and thoroughly dis- cussed, both in favor and against the project, by several gen- tlemen present, and finally disposed of by laying the whole subject on the table, by a very large majority.


The 3d Article in the warrant, in relation to widening some of the Streets in the Town, was taken up for consider- ation, and it was-


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Voted, That a committee of five, to be hereafter chosen, cause a survey to be made of such roads as in their judg- ment need widening or straightening, and report to the Town as soon as possible the names of such roads, and in what manner they should be widened or straightened, with an esti- mate of the probable expense of following out their recom- mendations.


Mess. Samuel Philbrick, Thomas Griggs, Daniel Sander- son, Charles Stearns, Jun., and Abijah W. Goddard were chosen to attend to that duty.


Article 4th, in relation to Engine, repairs, &c., was taken up for consideration, and settled by the following vote :


Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the necessary repairs of the Engine, furnishing New Hose, &c., to be paid from any unappropriated funds in the Treasury, to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry into effect the improvements mentioned in the warrant.


Voted, That this meeting be dissolved.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


ANNUAL MEETING, 1849.


WARRANT.


SEAL. I SEAL.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


[SEAL.]


NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required 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 Monday, the fifth day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, for the following pur- poses, to wit :


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1. To choose a Moderator.


2. To choose the necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.


3. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and Committees.


4. To bring in their votes for County Treasurer.


5. Te see if the Town will take any action "concerning the licensing, regulating and restraining dogs going at large."


6. To see if the town will make a division of Newton Street Highway district.


7. To see if the Town will sell to Charles Pope a small piece of land back of the Town House, to straighten the line between his land & that of the Town.


8. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the expenditures of the Town the ensuing year.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon.


Given under our hands and seals this twenty-third day of February, A. D. 1849.


JAMES BARTLETT,


Selectmen


H. M. SANBORN,


BELA STODDARD, Brookline. of


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 2, 1849.


By virtue of 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 printed notice at the house of every legal voter in said Town of Brookline.


A. H. CLAPP, Constable.


A true copy. Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk. File E, No. 58.


BROOKLINE, March 5, 1849.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Brookline assembled at Town Hall this day at one o'clock & five minutes.


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who presided in the choice of a Moderator, who was chosen by the written ballots of the Voters present; the balloting resulted in the choice of George F. Homer, Esq., Moderator.


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The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, who directed all present to be seated and to remain uncovered while Prayers were offered by the Rev. Wm. H. Shailer.


It was voted to proceed to the choice of Town Clerk to serve for the ensuing year.


Artemas Newell was chosen Town Clerk by written ballots.


The Town Clerk was forthwith sworn by the Moderator to the faithful discharge of the duty.


Voted, To hear the reports of Town Officers and Com- mittees.


William I. Bowditch, Esq., in behalf of the Auditing Committee, made a report, which had been already printed and circulated over the Town, a copy of which will be found on file E, No. 59.


The same was accepted.


Mr. Bowditch, in behalf of the School Committee, made a report.


Voted, That the report be accepted, and that three hun- dred copies be printed and distributed, under the direction of the School Committee.


George Griggs, Esq., in behalf of Mr. Jones, the Town Treasurer, made a report of the receipts and disbursements during the past year, to wit :


REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1849.


RECEIPTS .- From balance of cash received from A. Newell, former Treasurer, 421.43; from sundry persons for use of Town Hall, 35.00; from sales of gravel, 9.30; Thomas Dillon, Pedlar's Licence, 6.00; Mar- ket Bank loan, in anticipation of taxes, 2500-less by interest, 56.25 ; Commonwealth, for support of paupers, 220.80-less by income from school funds, 56.67 ; from Mess. Seamans, proceeds of Hay Scales during the year ending Feb. 1, 1849 ; from taxes levied for the year 1848, 9810.02 -less by the amount of abatements, 190.62; from interest collected on taxes, 22.80. Total receipts into the Treasury, 12927.84. From which deduct payment to Bank of loan, 2500; leaves the available funds, $10427.84.


Expenditures, $10570 06


Whole amount received, 10427 84


Leaving a balance due to the Treasurer of $142 22


S. S. C. JONES, Treasurer.


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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.


The Cemetery Committee of the Town of Brookline respectfully ask leave to report : That the receipts of money since the last report have been 80.00; balance from the last report, 258.46-$338.46. Disburse- ments for the same period, 17.87; leaving balance in the Treasury, $320.59. From returns by the Sexton, it appears that the number of interments has been Thirty-two; of this number five were from other towns.


All of which is submitted, by order of the Committee,


BROOKLINE, March 5, 1849.


JESSE BIRD.


Voted, That the report be accepted. File E, No. 60.


Voted, That the Auditing Committee lay before the Town every year, at the annual meeting in March, an estimate of the probable receipts and expenditures for the year then ensuing, and in order that such estimate may be exact, all the Town Officers and Committees are required to send in to the Auditors an estimate of the probable expenses in their several departments.


Voted, To proceed to the choice of three Selectmen.


The first balloting resulted in the choice of but one-Mr. James Bartlett.


Second balloting :


Mess. Marshall Stearns & } Selectmen .


Samuel Craft were chosen


Voted, To choose three Assessors. Mess. Charles Stearns, Jun., were chosen


Thomas Griggs, & Assessors Abijah W. Goddard by ballot.


Mr. Moses Withington was chosen Treasurer by ballot.


Voted, That the Treasurer be Collector of Taxes.


Voted, To proceed to the choice of a School Committee to consist of five.


The balloting resulted in the choice of Mess. Rev. William H. Shailer, Joseph Haven, Jun., Frederick N. Knapp, Sam- uel Philbrick, George F. Homer-School Committee.


N. B .- In the choice of Selectmen and Town Clerk, as above entered, the check list was used by the Moderator.


Attest : A. NEWELL, Town Clerk.


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Voted, That the polls now be opened for County Treasurer.


After the close of the polls for County Treasurer, the votes were sorted & counted by the Moderator and Town Clerk.


Whole number of votes given, Sixty-nine. 69.


John Bullard, Esquire, of Dedham, received the whole number-Sixty-nine.


Voted, To proceed to the choice of the remaining Town Officers by nomination.


HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.


The following named persons were chosen :


For Harvard Street District,


Moses Jones. Timothy Corey.


Washington “


Walnut 66


Samuel Philbrick.


Warren 66


Charles Warren.


Heath


66


Warren Whyte.


66 Clyde 66


Samuel Hills.


66 Newton 66


66


George Craft.


Boylston Western District, Simon Warren.


Brighton


66 William White.


66 Boylston


Eastern


Hugh M. Sanborn.


Grove


66 Caleb Craft, Jun.


Voted, To choose three Firewards.


Seth T. Thayer, Augustus Allen, Oliver White, were chosen Firewards.


Clark L. Haynes & Samuel Clark were chosen Fence Viewers.


Voted, To choose Four Constables.


A. H. Clapp,


F. Tukey,




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