Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838-1857, v. 1, Part 35

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


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Calvin Fisher of Wrentham had two hundred and fourteen.


John W. Loud of Weymouth had one hundred and seventy-six.


Francis W. Bird of Walpole had ninety-one.


Joseph W. Robertson of Quincy had ninety.


James Bartlett of Brookline had ninety-five.


Enos Talbot of Stoughton had forty-two.


Ezra S. Conant of Randolph had forty-one.


Ezra Wilkinson of Dedham had two.


The whole number of votes on the question, "Is it expedient that dele- gates should be chosen to meet in Convention for the purpose of altering the Constitution of Government of this Commonwealth?" two hundred and ninety. Yeas, eighty-seven; Noes, two hundred and three.


The whole number of votes for Representative to the General Court was three hundred and nine. Necessary to a choice, one hundred and fifty-five.


William I. Bowditch had one.


George Atkinson one. E. Littell one.


John Dane two.


George Babcock 66 thirty-eight.


James Robinson 66 forty.


Abijah W. Goddard 66 forty-nine.


Willard A. Humphrey one hundred and seventy-seven, and was chosen


1 Representative to the General Court.


In the voting, a check-list of the voters' names was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his ballot until his name had been found upon the list and checked. (File G, No. 20}.)


At this election a box was placed beside the ballot box, inscribed "One dime to the memory of Washington," to collect funds by voluntary contribution towards paying the expenses of the Washington Monument at the city of Wash- ington ; and it was found on examining the contents that the sum of twenty-six -5% dollars had been contributed.


The business of the meeting having all been transacted, the returns of the several votes were then filled up, signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town


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meeting and delivered to J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, to forward to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, then declared the meeting dissolved.


Attest : B. F. BAKER,


Town Clerk.


MEETING FOR CHOICE OF DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN THE STATE HOUSE IN BOSTON ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MAY NEXT.


WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


To the Constables of the 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, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened, and kept open not less than two hours, for the following purposes, to wit :


First. To determine whether the town will send a delegate to the State Convention called to meet in the State House, in Boston, on the first Wednesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three, for the purpose of revising or altering the Constitution of this Commonwealth.


Second. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for one delegate, if the town determine to send one.


You are also hereby directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in


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elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on the second Monday of March next, being the fourteenth day of 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 choose a Moderator.


Second. To choose the necessary town and county officers for the ensuing year, all to be voted for on one ticket.


Third. To hear and act upon the reports of committees and town officers.


Fourth. To see if the town will cause flag-stones to be laid across Washington street at the head of Washington place; also, across Har- vard street, at the foot of School street.


Fifth. To hear the report of a Committee on the subject of widening School street, and make appropriation for the same.


Sixth. To act upon the petition of Charles Wild and others, to see if the town will call up a report of a committee on a new cemetery, which was indefinitely postponed at a former meeting, and act upon the same, and also make suitable appropriation for the same.


Seventh. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to meet the expenditures of the town for the ensuing year.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this twenty-


fourth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.


J. DAVENPORT, WILLIAM DEARBORN, D. S. COOLIDGE, Selectmen of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Mar. 1, 1853.


By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed notice of the same at their place of residence. (File G, No. 21.)


FRANKLIN TUKEY, Constable of Brookline.


. In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, at


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two o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, March the seventh, and were called to order by Jerathmael Davenport, Chair- man of the Selectmen, who read the warrant and return, and at twenty minutes past two o'clock the polls were opened, and they were kept open two hours, when, on motion that they be kept open ten minutes longer, which was accordingly done, they were finally closed at four o'clock and thirty minutes.


The Selectmen then proceeded to count the votes, and the whole number was as follows : One hundred and eighty-one (181) ; necessary to a choice, ninety-one (91) ; and they were for the following named persons, viz. : John Howe, one (1) ; William Dwight, eight (8) ; James Bartlett, fifty- six (56) ; William Aspinwall, one hundred and sixteen (116), and he was accordingly declared elected Delegate to the Convention aforesaid, to be held in the State House in Boston on the first Wednesday of May next.


In voting at this election a check-list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name was found and checked. (File G, No. 21}.)


The business of the meeting having all been transacted, the returns of the vote were then filled up, signed by the Selectmen and sealed up in open town meeting, and declara- tion thereof made by the Chairman, and were delivered to J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, to deposit in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.


J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, then declared the meeting dissolved.


Dissolved.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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Annual Meeting, March 14, 1853.


ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 14, 1853.


In pursuance of the warrant recorded on page [416] the inhabitants of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, March the fourteenth, A. D. 1853, at one of the clock in the afternoon. ' At pre- cisely five minutes past one o'clock the Town Clerk called the meeting to order, and read the warrant calling the meet- ing, and presided during the choice of Moderator ; that being the first article in the warrant.


The votes for Moderator being called for, the whole num- ber cast was thirty-six (36). Necessary for a choice, nine- teen (19). George F. Homer had thirty-six and was declared Moderator of the meeting.


Mr. Homer declined serving, on account of illness, and was excused by the meeting.


The polls were then opened for ballots for Moderator, and kept open three minutes, when they were declared closed. The result was, - whole number, thirty-eight (38) ; neces- sary for a choice, twenty (20). John Howe had thirty-eight (38), and was declared elected Moderator and took the chair.


At the request of the Moderator, prayer was offered by the Rev. W. H. Shailer.


The Second Article in the warrant coming up in order for action, it was -


Voted, To lay Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 on the table. After some discussion, it was-


Voted, That the vote whereby the town voted to vote for all town and county officers that are chosen by ballot be voted for on one ticket, be repealed.


Voted, To take up so much of the Second Article as is necessary, and proceed to the choice of a Town Clerk.


The polls were opened and closed by vote of the meeting, when the whole number of votes was found to be one hundred and forty-two (142). Necessary to a choice, seventy-three (73). Elijah Hersey had sixty (60) ; Benj. F. Baker had eighty-two and was declared elected Town Clerk for the


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ensuing year, and was sworn to the faithful discharge of his duty by Artemas Newell, Esq., Justice of the Peace.


Voted, That Article Second be laid on the table and the Third Article be taken up.


The reports of town officers and committees being called for, Jerathmael Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, pre- sented the, following :


REPORT.


According to the laws of the Commonwealth, the Selectmen submit the following report of the places where guide-posts and boards are erected and maintained by the town :


There is a guide-post with a board thereon standing at the junction of Boylston street with Washington street, directing to Brigton and New- ton Upper Falls; one at the corner of Boylston and Heath streets, directing to Newton, Worcester, and Dedham; one at the corner of Brighton street, directing to Brighton; one at Boylston and Cross, to Newton Upper Falls, Newton, and Brighton; one at Heath and Warren streets, to Newton, Dedham, and Brighton; one at Clyde street and Warren street, to Dedham and Brighton; one at Clyde and Newton streets, to Brighton, Newton, and Dedham; one at Grove and Newton streets, to West Roxbury and Dedham; one at Grove and South streets, to Brighton; one at South and Newton streets, to Dedham, Newton, and Brighton; one at Warren and Cottage streets, to Dedham and Jamaica Plain; one at Warren and Walnut streets, to Jamaica Plain; one at Washington and Harvard streets, to Brighton and Cambridge; one at Harvard street and Sewall's avenue, to Cambridge and Cambridgeport.


All which is respectfully submitted by the Selectmen,


BROOKLINE, March, 1853.


JER'L DAVENPORT,


(File G, 22.) Chairman.


Voted, To accept the report.


Voted, To accept the Report of the School Committee without reading. ,


Voted, To accept the Auditors' Report in the same manner.


Samuel Philbrick presented the following as the Report of the Cemetery Committee :


To the Inhabitants of the town of Brookline in Town Meeting assembled :


The Cemetery Committee, in the discharge of their duties the past year, have caused all the remaining unlotted ground suitable for family interments in the cemetery to be surveyed and laid out into nineteen new lots, varying in size, according to situation, from 188 to 397 square feet, all which are entered, with the contents of each, on the original plan drawn by E. F. Woodward. They have also sold two lots for twenty-


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five dollars each, and one small triangular lot for ten dollars, making an amount of sixty dollars, which sum has been paid into the town treasury. The expenses incurred in surveying and laying out these new lots, enter- ing them on the plan, and providing stakes for the boundaries of each, together with the ordinary expenses of keeping the grounds and avenues in proper order, have amounted to eighty dollars and nine cents, which amount the Selectmen declined settling, on account of its exceeding the appropriation made for that purpose. Consequently the bills all remain unpaid. Your committee therefore request an appropriation to meet these expenses. For the Committee,


BROOKLINE, March 14, 1853. (File G, 23.)


S. PHILBRICK,


Chairman.


Voted, To accept the foregoing report.


Voted, To accept the report of the committee of the town of Brookline for building a road from the end of the Mill Dam to Washington street, without reading.


Moses Withington, Treasurer of the town, presented the following :


REPORT.


The whole amount of receipts from all sources


$26,214 14


Deduct payment of loans to Bank of Brighton


3,000 00


Whole am't of available funds received .


$23,214 14


Whole amount of expenditures


21,626 53


Leaving balance in Treasury of


$1,587 59


DEBTS OF THE TOWN.


To whom Payable.


Date of Note.


When Payable.


Am't due.


Rate of Int.


Commonwealth Mass.


66


66


66


66


66


1854.


2,000


66


66


Gideon Vinal.


July 22, 1851.


July 22, 1856.


2,000


66


66


66


C. J. & G. A. Taylor.


Aug. 12, 1851


Aug.12, 1856.


3,000


66


66


.. .. .. .. .. 66


May 22, 1852. May 22, 1857.


3,500 @


51


66


Total am't of town debt is $14,500


The Treasurer holds one note for the town for $1000, given by Syl- vester Kimball, dated May 27th, 1852, payable in three years, with interest semi-annually at the rate of six per cent. Respectfully submitted.


BROOKLINE, March 4th, 1853. (File G, 24.) Accepted.


MOSES WITHINGTON, Treasurer and Coll.


Voted, To take up the Second Article and proceed to vote for County Treasurer, and that the polls be open ten minutes,


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Oct. 17, 1851.


Oct. 17, 1853.


$2,000 @


6 pr. cent.


66


1855.


2,000


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-and at the expiration of that time they were declared closed, and the whole number of votes was one hundred and forty- one (141).


Elbridge G. Robinson had forty-five (45).


Geo. Ellis


" ninety-six (96).


On motion of William Aspinwall, it was-


Voted, That the town choose by ballot, for the ensuing year, three Selectmen, three Assessors, one Treasurer, to be Collector, five School Committee men, five Constables, three Highway Surveyors ; each officer or set of officers to be voted for on separate ballots.


Voted, That the polls be opened and kept open fifteen min- utes, to receive votes for Selectmen,-and at the expiration of that time the polls were declared closed by the Moderator.


The whole number of. votes cast was one hundred and eighty-one (181). Necessary to a choice, ninety-one (91). Jerathmael Davenport had one hundred and twenty-two (122). David S. Coolidge one hundred and twenty-one (121).


James Bartlett


one hundred and thirteen (113).


Willard A. Humphrey " one hundred and ten (110).


William Dearborn


" sixty-seven (67).


And the following-named gentlemen, having the highest number of votes cast, were declared elected Selectmen for the ensuing year, to wit : Jerathmael Davenport, David S. Coolidge, James Bartlett, Selectmen.


Voted, That the polls be opened, and kept open ten min- utes, to receive votes for Assessors.


At the expiration of the time, the polls were declared closed by the Moderator. The whole number of votes was one hundred and fifty (150). Necessary to a choice, seventy- six (76).


Charles Stearns, Jr., had eighty-eight (88).


W. A. Humphrey " eighty-two (82).


Augustus W. Seamans "


seventy-eight (78).


James Robinson


seventy (70).


John N. Turner


seventy (70).


Jesse Bird " fifty-nine (59).


Thomas C. Quimby " one (1).


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And Messrs. Chas. Stearns, Jr., W. A. Humphrey, A. W. Seamans, were declared elected Assessors for the ensuing year.


Voted, To proceed to ballot for Treasurer and Collector, and that the polls be kept open ten minutes,


-which was done, and then declared closed by the Moder- ator.


The whole number of votes was as follows : One hundred and fifty-one (151). Necessary to a choice, seventy-six (76). Jerathmael Davenport had sixty (60).


Moses Withington had ninety-one (91) and was chosen Treasurer and Collector for the town for the ensuing year.


Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it be to the first Monday in April next, at this place, at three of the clock in the afternoon.


The meeting then proceeded to bring in their ballots for five School Committee men, and the whole number of ballots was one hundred and twenty-nine (129). Necessary for a choice, sixty-five (65).


Rev. William H. Shailer had ninety-one (91).


Frederick N. Knapp " ninety-two (92).


" Watson M. Smith ninety-one (91).


John S. Stone eighty-nine (89).


W. P. Atkinson


eighty-eight (88).


Sam'l Philbrick


66 thirty-nine (39).


G. F. Homer


thirty-five (35).


John A. Bird 66 thirty-nine (39).


Tappen Eustis Francis


thirty-nine (39).


Fred'k J. Williams


thirty-eight (38).


E. Littell 66 one (1).


Edw. A. Wild


66 three (3), and the five first named were declared elected.


The meeting then proceeded to the choice of Constables, and the whole number of votes was one hundred and one (101). Necessary to a choice, fifty-one (51).


Elisha Stone had one hundred and one (101).


Franklin Tukey had ninety-nine (99).


Augustus Allen " ninety-seven (97).


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Albert Clarke had sixty-five (65). And they were de- clared elected.


A. H. Clapp had forty-nine (49).


J. M. Russell " forty-eight (48).


Ansel Waterman one(1). R. A. Chase one (1).


And Messrs. Elisha Stone, Franklin Tukey, Albert Clarke and Augustus Allen were declared elected for the ensuing year. Messrs. Stone, Tukey and Allen then came forward and were sworn into office by the Moderator.


Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby the town voted to choose five Constables, and that four be the number for the ensuing year.


The ballots for Highway Surveyors, being called for, resulted as follows : Whole number, sixty-eight (68). Necessary for choice, thirty-five (35).


Samuel Philbrick had fifty-seven (57).


Timothy Corey sixty-one (61). Thomas C. Quimby " sixty-four (64),-and they were chosen Highway Surveyors for the ensuing year. Other votes were as follows : William Dearborn (7), Charles Stearns, Jr., (4), Thomas Griggs (1), W. W. Clement (1), Calvin Smith (2), H. M. Sanborn (1).


Adjourned.


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Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


In conformity with the laws of the Commonwealth, the Town Clerk forthwith issued his warrant and delivered the same to Constable Franklin Tukey, requiring him to sum- mon all officers chosen, to appear before the Town Clerk within seven days and be sworn to their respective offices where an oath is required by law, or to signify their accept- ation or refusal of the office to which they were respectively chosen. (File G, No. 25.)


In the balloting the check-list was used. (File G, No. 25}.)


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE.


Then personally appeared the undermentioned persons and were sworn before me at the time set against their names, or signified their acceptance or refusal of the offices to which they had severally been chosen.


B. F. BAKER,


Town Clerk.


16 Mar. Wm. P. Atkinson accepted School Committee.


66 Rev. John S. Stone 66 66 66


Rev. Matson M. Smith declined “ 66


21


66 J. Davenport sworn Selectman. 66


6. 66 D. S. Coolidge 66


66 James Bartlett


66 22 66 Moses Withington Treasurer and Collector.


24 Timothy Corey Surveyor of Highways.


25 W. A. Humphrey 60 Assessor.


31 66 Mr. Matson M. Smith withdrew his refusal and accepted as one of the School Committe.


4 Apr. Thomas C. Quimby sworn Surveyor of Highways.


A. W. Seamans 66 Assessor.


Chas. Stearns, Jr. Assessor.


6


66


A. H. Knight 66 Field Driver.


8 Oliver Cousens


66 Calvin Smith


Surveyor of Highways.


66


66 G. W. Stearns declined Prudential School Committee.


9


66 Ebenezer Reed sworn Field Driver. 66


66 David P. Kenrick


66 C. L. Haynes


Field Driver and Fence Viewer.


66 66


C. L. Haynes accepted Prudential School Committee.


66 Horace James sworn Field Driver.


11 Alfred Kenrick 66


66


66 Timothy Corey


12


Elisha Stone


Surveyor of Lumber.


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SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 4, 1853,


TO BRING IN VOTES FOR THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TWO SPECIAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


WARRANT.


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 bring in their votes to the Selectmen, at the Town Hall in said town, for three County Commissioners and two Special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk, being all inhabitants of different towns within said County, to serve for the term of three years and until others are chosen in their stead, on the fourth day of April next, it being the first Monday in said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, at one of the clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened.


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


Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this twenty-


first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.


JER'TH. DAVENPORT, D. S. COOLIDGE, JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 30th, 1853.


By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed notice of the same at their places of residence. (File G, No. 26.)


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


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In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order at eight minutes past one o'clock, and the warrant and return was read by Jerathmael Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, and the polls were declared open for the reception of ballots for three Commissioners and two Special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk.


At fifteen minutes to three o'clock, on motion of W. Aspin- wall, it was voted that the polls be now closed, and the polls were declared closed, by the Chairman.


After closing the polls, the Selectmen and Town Clerk counted and sorted the votes, and the whole number was seventy-two, and were as follows, to wit, for Commissioners :


Nathaniel F. Safford of Dorchester had forty-five (45). James C. Doane of Cohasset " forty-four (44).


Nathan Jones of Medway forty-four (44).


Asaph Churchill of Dorchester 66 twenty-seven (27).


Ebenezer Beal of Randolph


twenty-seven (27).


Samuel Warren, Jr., of Wrentham " twenty-nine (29).


The whole number of votes for Special Commissioners was seventy-two, to wit :


Abraham F. Howe of Roxbury had forty-five (45).


John A. Gould of Walpole forty-three (43).


James Humphrey of Weymouth twenty-seven (27).


James Bartlett of Brookline twenty-nine (29).


This result was declared to the meeting. The return was then made up, signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, and the meeting was declared dissolved.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 4, 1853.


Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants of the town met in the Town Hall, on the afternoon of Monday, April the fourth, A. D. 1853.


The Moderator called the meeting to order at eight min- utes past three o'clock, who made a statement of the list of vacant offices to be filled at this meeting; the Rev. Matson M. Smith having first declined and then desired to withdraw his refusal to serve as a member of the School Committee and accept of the office, the Moderator stated the facts in the case to the meeting, when it was, by Samuel Philbrick, Esq., moved that the meeting proceed to fill two vacancies in the board of School Committee. The subject was debated by Messrs. Edward A. Dana, W. I. Bowditch, E. Littell, Mar- shall Stearns and James Robinson, Esq., against the motion, and George Griggs, William Aspinwall, Geo. F. Homer and Sam'l Philbrick, Esq., in favor. The motion was then sub- mitted to the meeting, and was decided in the negative.


Voted, That the meeting proceed to the choice of one School Committeman.


The whole number of ballots was eighty-seven (87) ; nec- essary to a choice, forty-four (44).


Matson M. Smith had one (1).


Geo. F. Homer nineteen (19).


Samuel Philbrick ' sixty-seven (67), and was declared elected, and accepted the trust.


The balloting to choose one Constable was as follows, to wit: Whole number of votes, eighty-one (81) ; necessary for a choice, forty-one (41).


Calvin Smith had two (2).


Charles Smith " thirty-five (35).


A. H. Clapp ". forty-four (44), and was chosen Con- stable for the ensuing year.


Calvin Smith was chosen Surveyor in place of Samuel Philbrick, who declined serving.


Voted, Not to choose Tythingman.


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Adjourned Annual Meeting, April 4, 1853.


Clark L. Haynes and Abijah W. Goddard were chosen Fence Viewers for the ensuing year.


Voted, To choose nine Field Drivers for the ensuing year, -and the following named gentlemen were chosen : Horace James, Thomas B. Griggs, Timothy Corey, Ebenezer Reed, Alfred Kenrick, Jr., A. W. Seamans, David T. Kenrick, Abner H. Knight, Oliver Cousens, Field Drivers.


Voted, To choose four Prudential School Committeemen for the ensuing year,


-and the following-named gentlemen were chosen : Charles Stearns, Jr., for the North District.


Geo. W. Stearns 66 " Middle District.


Charles G. Colbath 66


Clark L. Haynes " High and Intermediate Schools. Elisha Stone and Clark L. Haynes were chosen Surveyors of Lumber.


Charles Smith was chosen Pound Keeper.


Jesse Bird, Sam'l Philbrick and Harrison Fay were chosen Cemetery Committee, and accepted the office.




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