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Voted, To adopt the fifth resolution.
Voted, To appoint a committee in accordance with the provisions of the fifth resolution, by nomination at large.
Accordingly, the meeting nominated and chose Messrs. Edward A. Dana, Jesse Bird, Bela Stoddard, Daniel Sander- son, James Bartlett, Building Committee on new school- houses.
Voted, To adopt the sixth resolution. (See resolves. )
Voted, To adopt the seventh resolution. (See resolves. )
The Third Article in the warrant was then laid upon the table by a vote of the meeting, and on motion of Mr. Samuel Philbrick, it was-
Voted, To choose a Prudential School Committeeman for the Middle District by nomination, and Mr. Joseph L. White was nominated and chosen.
Voted, To take the Third Article from the table.
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by nomi- nation, to consider the petition of Geo. Baty Blake and others, (See file G, No. 35.)
-- and Messrs. Samuel Philbrick, Jesse Bird, Stephen G. Bass, were nominated and chosen such committee.
The Fourth Article being taken up, it was-(see Art. 4th in warrant )
Voted, That a committee of three be chosen to consider the subject,
-and the meeting chose for the committee Messrs. Samuel Philbrick, Jesse Bird, William Aspinwall. (File G, 36. )
The Fifth Article then coming up, G. F. Homer offered the following vote :
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to sell the land belonging to the town and lying east of the new street lead-
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ing from Mechanics place to School street, to the persons owning the adjoining land fronting on Harvard street, on such terms and in such manner as they may deem best, and that they be authorized, in behalf of the town, to make, execute, and deliver such deeds thereof to the purchaser or purchasers as they may deem best. (Vote and petition on file G, No. 37.)
The Chairman then read the vote to the meeting, and the sense of the meeting being called for, it was decided in the negative.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 14, A. D. 1853.
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 fourteenth day of November, inst., 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 and kept open not less than two hours, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To determine whether the town will send a Representative to the next General Court.
Second. To bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following officers, to wit : For Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of this Common-
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wealth, for three Senators for this County, and a Representative to the next General Court, if the town determine to send one-all to be voted for on one ballot; also, at the same time and place, to bring in their ballots, in sealed envelopes, Yes or No, on the following Constitutional propositions submitted by the Constitutional Convention held on the first Wednesday of May, 1853, to wit :
1st. Shall Proposition Number One, containing the Preamble, Declara- tion of Rights, and Frame of Government, stand as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ?
2d. Shall Proposition Number Two, respecting the Habeas Corpus, stand as part of the Constitution?
3d. Shall Proposition Number Three, respecting the Rights of Juries, stand as a part of the Constitution?
4th. Shall Proposition Number Four, respecting Claims against the Commonwealth, stand as a part of the Constitution?
5th. Shall Proposition Number Five, respecting Imprisonment for Debt, stand as a part of the Constitution?
6th. Shall Proposition Number Six, respecting Sectarian Schools, stand as a part of the Constitution?
7th. Shall Proposition Number Seven, respecting the Creation of Corporations, stand as a part of the Constitution?
8th. Shall Proposition Number Eight, respecting the Formation of Banks and requiring security for bank bills, stand as a part of the Con- stitution?
The ballots for State Officers and those on the Constitutional proposi- tions to be deposited in separate boxes.
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 aforesaid, on this third day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
J. DAVENPORT, D. S. COOLIDGE, JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of Brookline.
NORFOLK. SS. BROOKLINE, November the -, 1853.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of this town to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice of the same at their several places of residence.
(File G, No. 38.)
ELISHA STONE,
Constable of Brookline.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants, voters of the town of Brookline, met at the Town Hall in
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said town on Monday, November the fourteenth, at one o'clock, and at ten minutes past one were called to order by Jerathmael Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, who read the warrant.
Voted, To send a Representative to the next General Court.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of ballots for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, and Representative, all on one ticket, to be placed in the ballot- box labeled, " Votes for State Officers," and the votes on the proposed Constitution, in sealed envelopes, to be deposited in the ballot-box labeled, " Votes for the Constitution," and the votes to be placed in the separate boxes as they were labeled, or they would not be counted.
The polls having been kept open two hours, it was voted to close them at fifteen minutes past five o'clock.
At twenty minutes past five o'clock the polls were declared closed, and the Selectmen sorted and counted the ballots, and the whole number was three hundred and fifty. And the whole number of votes were sorted, counted and recorded and declaration thereof made, as by the Constitution is directed, and said votes were for the following persons, viz. :
The whole number of votes for Governor was three hundred forty-nine (349).
Emory Washburn of Worcester had two hundred fifty-seven (257).
Henry W. Bishop of Lenox had forty-five (45).
Henry Wilson of Natick had forty (40).
Bradford L. Wales of Randolph had five (5).
Wendell Phillips of Boston had two (2).
The whole number of votes for Lieutenant-Governor was three hundred and fifty (350).
William C. Plunkett of Adams had two hundred and sixty (260).
Levi A. Dowley of Boston had forty-five (45).
Amasa Walker of North Brookfield had forty-one (41).
George Osborn of Danvers had two (2).
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- Osgood of Danvers had one (1).
Edmund Quincy of Boston had one (1).
The whole number of votes for Senators was three hundred forty-seven (347).
William Aspinwall of Brookline had two hundred and seven (207).
Calvin Fisher, Jr., of Wrentham had two hundred fifty-eight (258). John W. Loud of Weymouth had two hundred fifty-eight (258).
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John J. Clark of Roxbury had forty-one (41).
James Bartlett of Brookline had ninety-four (94). Joseph W. Robinson of Quincy had eighty-four (84).
Francis Bird of Walpole had eighty-four (84).
Ezra Wilkinson had one (1).
Harrison Fay had one (1).
Whole number of votes for Representative to the next General Court was three hundred and forty-five (345). Necessary to a choice, one hun- dred seventy-three (173).
W. B. Town had one (1).
A. W. Goddard had thirty-eight (38).
Geo. Babcock had forty-one (41).
Eliakim Littell had fifty-four (54).
Willard A. Humphrey had two hundred and eleven, and was declared elected Representative to the next General Court.
The votes on the Constitutional Propositions were as fol- lows, viz. :
No. 1. Yeas, seventy-five (75).
Nays, two hundred sixty-nine (269).
No. 2. Yeas, seventy-three (73).
Nays, two hundred seventy-two (272).
No. 3. Yeas, fifty-seven (57). Nays, two hundred eighty-seven (287).
No. 4. Yeas, seventy-eight (78).
Nays, two hundred sixty-seven (267).
No. 5. Yeas, seventy-nine (79).
Nays, two hundred sixty-six (266).
Yeas, eighty (80).
No. 6. Nays, two hundred sixty-five (265).
No. 7. Yeas, seventy-three (73).
Nays, two hundred seventy-two (272).
No. 8. Yeas, seventy-four (74).
Nays, two hundred seventy-one (271).
In the voting, a check list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name was first found and checked on the list ; said list is on file G, No. 39.
The business of the meeting having all been transacted, the returns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, sealed up in open town meeting and delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The meeting was then.declared dissolved by J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Special Meeting, December 26, 1853.
SPECIAL MEETING, DECEMBER 26, 1853.
WARRANT.
[SEAL. 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 hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and and fifty-three, at two of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see if the town will make provisions for lighting the streets and Town Hall with gas.
Third. To see if the town will order a survey and plan of the town, as recommended by a committee in a report dated Feb'y 25th, 1853.
Fourth. To see if the town will cause to be printed, for the use of the inhabitants, a list of the taxes heretofore assessed in the town, with the names of the tax-payers and the amounts assessed, respectively.
Fifth. To see what action the town will take in respect to the stop- ping up, by Theophilus P. Chandler, of an ancient culvert on Washing- ton street, in front of his estate.
Sixth. To hear and act upon the request of Henry Lee and others in respect to the condition of Boylston street, opposite the estate of Henry Lee.
Seventh. To hear and act upon the report of any committees.
Eighth. To make all appropriations necessary by the vote of the town on the foregoing articles.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
J. DAVENPORT, D. S. COOLIDGE, JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, Dec. 21, '53.
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 printed notice at the last and usual place of abode of every legal voter in said town of Brookline. (File G, No. 39.)
A. H. CLAPP, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and the return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town on the afternoon of Monday, the twenty-sixth day of December, at two o'clock, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and the return, and pre- sided during the choice of a Moderator, which resulted in the election of Mr. William P. Atkinson for Moderator.
The Second Article in the warrant being taken up, Mr. G. F. Homer presented the following proposition from the Brookline Gas Light Company, viz. :
The Brookline Gas Light Company propose to furnish such iron lamp- posts as may be needed for the streets of Brookline, supply the gas and light, clean and take care of the lamps, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per annum for each lamp. On nights when the moon shines and while the moon is up, the lamps will not be lighted. The posts to remain the property of the company.
(File G, No. 40.) (Signed) G. F. HOMER,
BROOKLINE, December 26th, 1853.
Clerk of the B. G. L. Co.
On motion of Mr. Homer, it was -
Voted, To accept the proposition of the Brookline Gas Light Company to light the streets of the town at twenty-five dollars per annum for each lamp post, and that not more than 20 lamps be provided for the use of the town. (File G, 41.)
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Voted, That a committee of five be chosen by nomination at large to cause lamp posts to be placed at such points on Washington, Harvard, and any other streets as they think best.
Messrs. John C. Abbott, William Jameson, Augustus Allen, Abraham H. Lambert and John Dane were then nominated and chosen to be a committee of five to carry into effect the foregoing vote.
Voted, To lay the Third Article on the table.
The Fourth Article was then taken up, and it was-
Voted, That the town cause to be printed for the use of the inhabitants a list of the taxes assessed within the town for the last three years, with the names of the tax-payers and the amounts assessed, respectively.
Voted, That the Town Clerk carry out the provisions of the foregoing vote.
The Fifth Article in the warrant then coming up, on motion of George B. Blake it was-
Voted, That Messrs. William Dearborn, David R. Griggs and Bela Stoddard be a committee with full powers to confer with T. P. Chandler and to agree upon such terms of settle- ment as may seem most just for the inhabitants of the town, and to construct a drain or water-course as may seem fit, and generally to have every power to a final and full settlement of the same.
Article Six being taken up, it was-
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to exam- ine that part of Boylston street lying in front of the estate of Henry Lee, and report thereon at the March meeting to be held in March, 1854.
The following gentlemen were then nominated and chosen to constitute said committee : Messrs. Sam'l Philbrick, J. Davenport, James Bartlett.
Voted, That the Town Hall be lighted outside and inside with gas, and that the subject be left to the committee on lighting the streets to carry the same into effect.
The Seventh Article coming up, the committee on procur- ing a lot of land for the Middle District school-house made the following report :
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REPORT.
The committee appointed by the town on the 22nd of September last (consisting of the Selectmen and School Committee,) to select and lay out land from the estate of Mr. Warren White to enlarge the present school-house lot of the Middle District, ask leave to report that by a vote of the town, passed at the same meeting, they were instructed to change the location of said lot if Mr. White should, within thirty days from the date of said vote, procure and cause to be conveyed to the town a lot that should be satisfactory to the committee. Mr. White, within the time specified, offered your committee a lot of land on Brighton street, but owing to the locality and unsuitableness of the land, they deemed it inexpedient to purchase it. Since then a proposition has been received from Mr. Stephen G. Bass, offering to sell the town a lot of land in the immediate vicinity of the present school-house on conditions and terms, as follows, viz. :
That he will sell the town a lot of land on the opposite side of the road containing one acre, the price to be two thousand dollars, and take the lot the present school-house now stands upon at the same price; the school-house to be built on the back part of the lot, which will be about 20 rods from the road, and a tight fence 8 ft. high made and maintained.
The committee, after having the subject under consideration, did not deem it expedient to purchase of Mr. Bass under those restrictions, but they would recommend to the town to purchase the lot offered by Mr. Bass, and sell the land the present school-house now stands on, provided he will allow the new school-house to be built within 10 rods of the road and enclosed with a suitable fence.
(File G, No. 42.)
Signed by J. DAVENPORT, W. H. SHAILER,
D. S. COOLIDGE, SAMUEL PHILBRICK,
JAMES BARTLETT,
W. P. ATKINSON,
Selectmen of Brookline. School Committee of Brookline.
Voted, That the report be recommitted to the same com- mittee, and that they be instructed to purchase the lot on the best terms they can.
The Selectmen, to whom was committed the business of selecting, laying out and purchasing lots for two new school- houses, one to be situated on or near Pleasant street, and the other in the vicinity of Pearl place, reported progress, as follows, viz. :
REPORT. .
The Selectmen would report that, agreeably to the vote of the town passed Sept. the 22d, that they have selected, laid out and purchased two lots whereon to erect new school-houses, one in the vicinity of Pleas- ant street, and the other in the vicinity of Pearl place; that they have attended to the duty assigned them, and have selected and bargained for a lot for the North District, situated between Harvard, Pleasant and Beacon streets, lying in a triangular form and containing about 22,000 square feet, at 12 cts. per foot. They have also bargained for a lot of
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land for the school-house in the vicinity of Pearl place, situated on Davis street, in Pearl place, and containing about 14,000 square feet, at 9 cts. per foot. As no writings have been given, they would now lay the matter before the citizens so that if they are not satisfied with the pro- ceedings taken, there would now be an opportunity to take further action thereon. (File G, No. 43.)
Signed by J. DAVENPORT, D. S. COOLIDGE, JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of Brookline.
Voted, That the report be accepted, and that the Select- men be authorized to close the bargains for the lots named and procure the necessary papers.
Voted, That the Third Article be taken from the table.
Voted, That the Selectmen be discharged from the further consideration of the topographical survey of the town, as by a vote passed at the adjourned annual meeting, held April the 4th, A. D. 1853, and recorded on the [431] page.
On motion of George Griggs, it was-
Voted, That a committee be appointed to report a plan and the probable expense of an accurate topographical survey of the town by a skillful engineer, and a plan to be drawn and submitted to the town by him, showing where and at what grades streets and sidewalks can most advantageously be made and public squares or parks reserved. (File G, No. 44.)
Voted, That the following gentlemen, viz., Messrs. George Griggs, William I. Bowditch and W. P. Atkinson, be such committee.
The Eighth Article then coming up for consideration, it was
Voted, That the sum of $700 be appropropriated for the lighting of the streets and Town Hall with gas.
Voted, That a sum not exceeding $1000 be appropriated for the use of the committee who were chosen to consider and act upon the subject matter of the Fifth Article.
Voted, That the Treasurer of the town be authorized to borrow the necessary sums for the foregoing appropriations, and give the note of the town therefor, the sum borrowed not to exceed $2000.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 20, 1854.
WARRANT.
SEAL.]
SEAL. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of 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 twentieth day of March, current, 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 officers for the ensuing year.
Third. To bring in their votes for County Treasurer.
Fourth. To hear and act upon the report of town officers and com- mittees.
Fifth. To revise the Jury List prepared by the Selectmen.
Sixth. To see if the town will cause a well to be dug for the use of the High School.
Seventh. To see if the town will cause a flag-staff to be erected in front of the engine-house.
Eighth. To act upon the request of Thomas B. Hall in regard to stop- ping out the tide-waters from the new county road.
Ninth. To see if the town will sell Isaac Taylor a piece of the town's land in rear of his estate on Harvard street.
Tenth. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to prosecute all violations of the law respecting the sale of intoxicating drinks, and make special appropriation to cover the expenses of the same.
Eleventh. To hear and act upon the remonstrance of John McCormack and others to the Selectmen and School Committee, that the Selectmen proceed no further in purchasing a lot for a school-house on Pearl place, which the Selectmen were instructed and authorized to purchase by a vote of the town passed Dec. 26, 1853, and that the subject be brought before the town again.
Twelfth. To see if the town will accept and allow the town way as laid out, altered and widened by the Selectmen, running from Walnut street across to Boylston street, by taking land of Samuel A. Walker.
Thirteenth. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to meet the expenditures of the town for the ensuing year.
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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 eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
J. DAVENPORT, D. S. COOLIDGE, JAMES BARTLETT, Selectmen of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, March 16, 1854.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice at the last and usual place of abode of every legal voter in said town of Brookline.
(File G, No. 45.)
ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk of Brookline.
Benj'n F. Baker, Town Clerk, called the meeting to order on the afternoon of Monday, March the twentieth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, at precisely ten minutes past one o'clock, and presided dur- ing the choice of a Moderator by ballot, having previously read the warrant and return thereon to the meeting.
At the first ballot the meeting elected John Howe by a unanimous vote. After waiting some time for Mr. Howe and he not appearing, it was moved to reconsider the vote whereby Mr. Howe was elected chairman, which was unani- mously carried.
The meeting then proceeded in the choice of Moderator, and Messrs. William P. Atkinson, George F. Homer, Marshall Stearns and Ginery Twichell were elected in succession, but each declined serving, and were excused by the meeting.
At the sixth ballot the meeting made choice of William I. Bowditch for Moderator, who took the chair, and calling the meeting to order, prayers were offered by the Rev. Frederick N. Knapp.
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The ballots for Town Clerk being called for by the Mod- erator, the whole number cast was one hundred and seven- teen. William P. Atkinson had forty-seven; B. F. Baker had seventy, and was declared elected Town Clerk for the ensuing year, and was sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, by the Moderator.
Voted, That the remainder of the Second Article be laid on the table and the Third Article be taken up, viz. :
To hear the report of town officers and committees.
J. Davenport, Chairman of the Selectmen, presented the following report :
REPORT ON GUIDE-POSTS AND GUIDE-BOARDS.
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 :
There is a guide post and board thereon standing at the junction of Boylston with Washington streets, directing to Brighton and Newton Upper Falls.
One at the corner of Boylston and Heath streets, directing to Newton, Worcester, and Dedham.
One at the corner of Boylston and Brighton streets, directing to Brighton.
One at the corner of Boylston and Cross streets, directing to Newton Upper Falls, Newton, and Brighton.
One at the corner of Heath and Warren streets, directing to Newton, Dedham, and Brighton.
One at the corner of Clyde and Warren streets, directing to Dedham and Brighton.
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