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NOTE .- This vote was incorporated in the report of the Military Com- mittee, and is on file with the same. B. F. BAKER, T. C.
The business of the meeting being all transacted, it was Voted, That this meeting be dissolved.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Brookline Town Records.
BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE.
We the subscribers, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Boston and the Selectmen of the town of Brookline, pursuant to notice, met this tenth day of July, A. D. 1861, at the place appointed, and run the line and renewed the bound marks between the city of Boston and the town of Brookline, as follows, to wit :
Beginning at a stone post marked Bo. on the easterly side and Br. on the westerly side standing on the Boston and Roxbury Mill Dam-west- erly from the new filling sluices erected in said dam-the old sluices referred to in the Act of February 22d, 1825, entitled "An Act relative to the boundary lines of the city of Boston and the town of Brookline," having been removed, thence running southwesterly from said post at an angle, of one hundred and fifteen degrees from the Mill Dam until it strikes the centre of Charles River, and also running from the said post southerly at an angle of one hundred and three degrees forty minutes until it strikes the centre of the channel of Muddy River at a point where the respective boundaries of Boston, Brookline and Roxbury meet each other, being the same lines mentioned and described in the above recited Act.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands the day and year above written.
JOSEPH M. WIGHTMAN,
Mayor.
JOHN F. PRAY,
SAMUEL HATCH,
THOMAS C. AMORY.
GEO. W. PARMENTER,
JAMES L. HANSON,
SAMUEL R. SPINNEY,
NEHEMIAH GIBSON,
Aldermen of Boston.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
A true copy.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
Militia List, 1861.
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List of Soldiers in the Town of Brookline, taken May 1, 1861.
Thomas M. Coffran John Drew
Ira A. Stubbs
John A. Howard
Rufus H. Blood
Granvill T. Braman
Patrick Donnelly
Joseph G. Batchelder
John Donnelly
Daniel W. Rogers
Robert Murray
John K. Rogers
John Kegan
Richard Briggs
Wm. H. Foster
Charles Fowle
Aug. P. Chamberlain
Andrew Marsh
Albert H. Glover
John N. Chapman
Joseph T. Chandler
Henry L. Richardson
Charles T. Chandler
S. S. Bucklin
John A. Burnham, Jr.
Ira Atkinson
Gorham Grey
Francis G. Faxon
Charles Ingalls
William B. Chaplin
Samuel H. Gregory
Wm. D. Ellis
Thomas B. Hall
Charles U. Cotting
Wm. A. Bangs
Patrick Kerrigan
Maxwell Lowrey
Michael Lemist
Edwin Holbrook
Wm. O. Churchill
Samuel A. Savage
Peder Olsen
Albert F. Sise
Solon H. Whitney
Thomas J. Lee
Isaiah S. Getchell
Augustus B. Whittemore
Stephen B. Sewall
Samuel C. Bugbee
Moses Thompson
Charles L. Bugbee
James R. Burdett
George W. Heard
Austin W. Benton Wm. F. Hall
John C. Withington
John Dale
George B. Withington A. B. Shedd
Nathan Murphy
William C. Richardson
James W. Coolidge Robert Bishop
Warren Simons
Walter Lawton Moses Withington
Howard S. Williams James C. Braman
Edward H. Chamberlin
George B. Chamberlin James Haxley William H. Lincoln
William T. Eustis, 2d James R. Tibbets George M. Dexter
Horace York
Joshua C. Stone John Cusick
David S. Coolidge.
Sanford P. Ware
William Scott Timothy Donovan Z. Franklin Brett R. S. S. Andross Wm. D. Coolidge Albert A. Bird Henry G. Pierce Josiah Gooding Richard L. Saville Robert S. Littell John H. Dane Benjamin F. Dane Nehemiah Washburn
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S. H. Howe
Casper Cowningshield
Alonzo Farrar
Charles F. Whitehouse
Charles Lambord
S. C. Hopkins
Edward I. Thomas
Thomas S. Pettengill
Charles Soule, Jr.
Wm. B. Haseltine
Isaiah L. Brackett
David H. Daniels
Frederick A. Brown
C. W. Dyer
Theodore H. Durgan
David H. Rogers
Isaac Taylor
Aug. W. Seamans
Edward R. Secomb
George Stoddard
Horace James
Thomas Baxter
Timothy Corey
Wm. F. Gordon
John Pulsifer
Amos L. Wood
F. Henry Corey
Augustus E. Batcheldor
Charles Rohan
Thomas G. Wells
Willard Onion, Jr.
W. L. Wellman
Benjamin Heutis, Jr.
Wm. I. Bowditch
Thomas B. Griggs
Wm. Fitzgerald
Oscar Bothell
George W. Atkinson
Hiram Leman
George B. Blake, Jr.
Arthur Blake
D. Francis Lincoln Wm. E. Lincoln
Charles W. Scudder
Wm. Nichols, Jr.
Henry Wheelock
Charles W. Tolman
George E. Bogman
Francis C. Richardson
B. F. Baker Stephen Libby Bradford Kingman
Thomas Merriman John E. Cousens
Moses Eastman
Lowell M. Mills D. A. Griggs
Wm. Trowbridge. Ansel H. Waterman
Nathan Hale, Jr.
J. Thomas Waterman
Charles L. Palmer John A. Fairbanks George Tyler John Koch Daniel W. Phelps
Andrew Anderson
George Hannah George Balkam
John D. Mallard J. P. Sanborn Edwin Clark F. C. Sherman Michael Mahan James Mahan C. W. Eaton
W. A. Wyman Edwin Field
Edward C. Wilson George Brooks
Frederick W. Prescott
George F. Homer
Charles W. Wilder
James P. Stearns Albert Lincoln
George L. Richardson
Benjamin Pierce
G. W. A. Williams
Patrick Riely Patrick Lunney James H. Fay N. D. Turner
James W. Edgerly B. K. Neufville Wm. W. Howe Wm. O. Knapp
Benjamin F. Tyler
Thomas D. Ellis Michael Griffin
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Militia List, 1861.
George A. Baily James Rooney Edwin Harris
Charles McIntosh
William G. Wood
Wm. H. White
Henry Collins
John O. Libby
Nelson Goodspeed T. Eustis Francis E. R. Butler
Benjamin Wells, Jr.
Charles E. Maynard
A. W. Boardman
Oliver B. Delano
Frank R. Wenzell
James M. Seamans
James A. Dupee
John Plummer
Charles F. Huntington
Wm. Watson
L. B. Adams
Henry Watson
Cyrus W. Ruggles
Adam Halfenstine
Samuel Herrick
Ferguson Turner
Charles A. Brackett
Webster Hatch
Nicholas Egal
Charles Higgins L. H. Gilman.
Frank Seanans
F. L. Gilman
George W. Bird
George Banister
Edwin Noble
Caswell
Florian Kaiser
Richard Taylor
Dennis Driscoll
John Parkhurst Bannister John D. Kelly
John Doyle
John Sweeney
Thomas Waldron
Patrick Burns
Edward Bogan
David S. Plummer
Edward Leahy
Thomas J. O'Neal
Michael O'Dea
John Dustin
Joseph W. Tracy
Daniel D. Adams
Michael Mahoney
Nelson H. Fuller Friend
Thomas Breman
Michael Campbell
Wm. Butler
Bernard Malone
Henry Orcutt, Jr.
Thomas Dillon
M. W. Quinlan
Michael Lynclı
N. W. Brackett
Wm. Summers
James H. Paine John McCab Michael Morrissey
John Connolly Charles Madden Michael Davis John McMahan John Sweeney
Michael Hayden
Charles Hickey
Michael Hickey
John Mealy John Welch
David Dugan
Sylvester Kimball
Daniel Conly Felix Johnson
Joseph H. Spaulding Wm. H. Barnard
Thomas O'Dea
Charles Cheeney Benjamin Davis John Kelly
Patrick McAvoy
John P. Bliss
Wm. Jennings Augustus Bickford
J. D. Long Horatio H. Mecum
Edward Baker
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Osavius Verney Charles Chase
George F. Johnson Eben Morse
James Donovan Henry Gallup John E. Horr
Henry G. Seaverns
Ransom N. Weld
David T. Kenrick
Sullivan Rogers
James H. Clark
John Brown
Wm. Cabot Follen Cabot
Phillip Duffey
John Consadine
Charles Follen
Wm. Rooney
Wm. McKee
Barney Mitchell
Joseph Roy
Francis Cabot
John H. Henshaw
Francis Henshaw
Thomas Burk
Hiram P. Ring
Thomas Doyle
Thomas W. Nickerson
Edward M. Brown
John Buggy
Eben W. Reed
Thomas Walsh
B. W. Whitehouse
Patrick Ryan
Thaddeus Townsend
Thomas Muldowney
J. W. Houlihan
Wm. Hickey
Silas H. Langley
John Lawton
Samuel Townsend, Jr.
John Welch
Alonzo B. Langley
John Nooman
Charles Smith
Oliver Jackson
R. A. Chace
Horace N. Fisher
B. W. Hobart, Jr.
John H. Fisher
Francis K. Fisher
Wm. Mullen
Dennis Mahoney
Wm. Furay
M. P. Kennard
Thomas Crothy
George W. Hancock
James Cusick
Theodore Stearns
Moses Jones, Jr.
Horatio H. Bradbury
Maurice Dee
Robinson Partin Augustine Shurtleff
Amory H. Walker R. A. Walker George Searle
Burton W. Neal
George N. Dana
James Edmond
Wm. K. Melcher
Robert Davis
James A. Laighton
James Sheridan
S. J. Whelpley
Win. H. Jameson
John E. Cross Bartho. Field
C. P. Trowbridge Henry B. Eager
James Maloney Thomas O'Day James Driscoll John O'Hare
Thomas Wilson
John McNamara Patrick McDavit
Michael Maney
James Lunney
Terrance McGrath
Michael Canavan
Cornelius O'Herne
Richard Bergen
Thomas Maloney
Jeremiah Sullivan Timothy Driscoll John Boran
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Militia List, 1861.
Alfred Kenrick, Jr. Richard Hills
Peter W. Pierce
Asael G. Mathews
Nicholas Watson
Philip S. Allen
Alex. C. Studley
Charles Draper
Michael L. Hicks John McNulty
Oliver Cousens
Thomas Curry, Jr.
Joseph Roy
E. C. Dudley Charles H. Gilman John H. Gibson
Aaron Whitney
John S. Page
James K. Stone
Warren Bemis
Henry S. Chase
Edward Martin
Joel Herbert Shedd Albert Cushman Wm. Aspinwall Seth A. Fowle
Moses C. Warren
Theodore Lyman Edward C. Cabot
Horatio S. Burdett
George H. Townsend
Albert A. Cobb
Thomas Townsend
T. O. Gardner
Thomas Quimby
Frederick Sweetser
Timothy Nyhen
John Lee
John Zecher
Frederick J. Williams
Lewis C. Cabot
Thomas H. Bacon
Lewis S. Price
Martin L. Hall
Edward Codman
Patrick Mitchell
Charles Davis
Mortimer C. Ferris
Leonard Locke
Henry Blaney
John W. Warren
Charles B. Wood
Simon Warren
J. N. Washburn
James S. Amory
Amos R. Binney
Robert Amory Arthur Amory
Nathaniel Lyford
Henry H. Blake
George A. Wadley
George R. Phelps
Francis A. White
Edgar Sully George A. Slack
John Rolfe
Lewis Slack
James M. Codman
Charles T. Plimpton
Charles D. Head
Albert S. Haven
Hiram Norcross
C. C. Haven
Henry Whitney
George A. Mudge
Thomas E. Lanman
Andrew J. Harrington
Charles H. Heath
John P. Marquand James Ward
George Bacon Thomas Sweeney J. S. Warren Rufus S. Allen
John Kelly John Miskill
Thomas Parsons
Wilder Dwight
Agus M. Sampson Wm. G. Weld
J. Wingate Thornton Horatio A. Hovey Stillman Saunders
Alonzo Bowman
Sylvester S. Burleigh
Daniel Duffley John Mackin
Charles B. Dana
George E. Hersey
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Elijah Saunders
Charles Kimball
Mason Snell
Joseph W. Goddard
Joseph Beegan
Timothy Flynn
Henry Collins
Thomas Follen
Phillip Convay
George Weld
Charles P. Gardner
Josiah B. Hastings Wm. J. Hyde
John Kilroy
Timothy Curley
Joseph Gutterson
Thomas Burnes
Burnham Clark
W. J. Humphrey
J. Eliot Cabot
James E. Baker
Waldo Cutler
John English
Abraham L. Cutler
Albert W. Clifford
Wm. E. Baker
Francis P. Denny
Charles A. Whitney
George W. Dean
James Alger
Timothy W. Hixon
Wmn. Banks
Abel W. Morse John Paramore
James Quinn
George Craft
John C. Wyman
Xanthus Goodnough
Charles Sabine
Geo. W. Goodnough
Wm. S. Wilson
Daniel Black
James O'Connell
N. G. Chapin Wm. Sheafe
James Geddes
James M. Howe
Josiah Withington, Jr.
Henry P. Perrin
Samuel Clark
Charles Jacobs
Wm. Bird, 2d
Marshall Russell
John A. Bird
Mears Orcutt
Alfred Winsor, Jr.
Patrick Kerrigan
Gershorn C. Winsor
Burt Wilder
B. F. Kendall
Samuel G. Lamson
Russell Hallett
Charles Stuart
Edward R. Richardson
George Hamon
Moses M. Judkins
James M. Jacobs
F. O. Eldridge
Wm. H. Trowbridge
Edward S. Philbrick
Edwin F. Lewis
Wm. D. Philbrick
Eugene Taylor
George A. Bailey Frank Fitz Samuel Foster
Patrick Dillon
Charles A. Patch
Charles F. Foster
J. M. Batchelder
George H. Cutter Joseph H. Francis J. Anson Guild Willard Y. Gross David S. Plummer
James O. Ward Frederick Barnard James Murphy
Wm. B. Bird James Mack Alfred Dovan
George Atkinson
J. Thomas Waterman
Wm. P. Woodbury
George Lufkins
Henry Mortimer
Wm. Stone
John Wetherbee, Jr.
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Benjamin F. Goddard
John Farrington
Webster Farrer
John H. Whitney
G. Homer Morse
Patrick McNamara
Charles W. James
Wm. Stone
John Huntoon
Hugh Stuart
James Kenyon
Robert Amory
George Upham
Lowell Ham
Wm. H. Bird
Elisha Jacobs
The foregoing is a list of persons in the town of Brookline liable to be enrolled in the Militia, as taken by us on the first day of May, 1861.
JOHN N. TURNER, J. DAVENPORT, THOMAS B. HALL, Assessors of Brookline.
Received into the Town Clerk's office August 6th, 1861, and return thereof made to the Adjutant-General. ‘
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1861.
WARRANT.
SEAL-
علليلا SEAL. 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 Tuesday, the fifth day of November next, it being the next Tuesday after the first Monday in said month, at one of the clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open until forty-eight minutes past four of the clock, during which time they will be required to bring to the Selectmen their votes for the following State and County officers, viz. :
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For a Governor of the Commonwealth, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, a Councillor for Councillor District Number Six, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver- General, Attorney-General, Auditor of Accounts, one Sen- ator for the North Norfolk District, a Representative to the General Court for the Third Representative District of the County of Norfolk, consisting of the town of Brookline, being the number apportioned to said District according to law, a Clerk for the Courts of the County of Norfolk ; also, one County Commissioner, County Treasurer, and Register of Deeds for said County ; all to be voted for on one ticket.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, on or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, N. G. CHAPIN, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, November 1st, 1861.
Pursuant with the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence.
JOHN DUSTIN, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and were called to order at one of the clock, by James Bartlett, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. *
The Town Clerk then read the warrant calling said meet- ing and the return thereon.
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General Election, November 5, 1861.
In conformity with the provisions of the foregoing warrant, the polls were opened and kept open for the reception of votes until forty-eight minutes past four of the clock, when they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes, and the whole number of votes given in was three hundred and forty-two, and the whole number of votes were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as is required by law, and were for the following-named persons and offices, to wit :
For Governor : Three hundred and twenty-eight.
John A. Andrew, of Boston, one hundred and ninety-five. Isaac Davis, of Worcester, one hundred and thirty-two. John H. Grush, two.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Three hundred and twelve. John Nesmith, of Lowell, two hundred.
Edwin C. Bailey, of Boston, one hundred and eight. W. K. Melcher, two.
C. W. Wilder, two.
For Secretary of State : Three hundred and thirty-six.
Oliver Warner, of Northampton, two hundred and six.
Frederick O. Prince, of Winchester, one hundred and thirty.
For Councillor, District Number Six : Three hundred and thirty-nine. James Ritchie, of Roxbury, one hundred and ninety-four.
Moses B. Williams, of Brookline, one hundred and forty-five.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Three hundred and thirty. Henry K. Oliver, of Lawrence, two hundred and seven.
Emery Sanford, of Oxford, one hundred and twenty-three.
For Attorney-General : Three hundred and twenty-five.
Dwight Foster, of Worcester, two hundred and seven. Edw. Avery, of Braintree, one hundred and eighteen.
For Auditor of Accounts : Three hundred and twenty-six.
Levi Reed, of Abington, two hundred and nine.
Moses Bates, of Plymouth, one hundred and seventeen.
For Senator from the North Norfolk District : Three hundred and thirty. William D. Swan, of Dorchester, two hundred and twenty-four. Joseph H. Chadwick, of Roxbury, one hundred and six.
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For Clerk of the Courts for Norfolk County : Three hundred and thirty-five. Ezra W. Sampson, of Dedham, three hundred and thirty-five.
For one County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk : Three hundred and thirty-four.
Nathaniel T. Safford, of Milton, one hundred and fifty-six.
John W. May, of Roxbury, one hundred and seventy-eight.
For County Treasurer : Three hundred and thirty-five.
Chauncy C. Churchill, of Dedham, two hundred and three.
Charles Hammond, of Medfield, one hundred and thirty-two.
For Register of Deeds : Three hundred and forty.
James Foord, of Dedham, three hundred and forty.
For Representative to the General Court from the Third Norfolk District : Three hundred and forty-four.
N. G. Chapin, one.
T. P. Chandler, one.
Edward R. Secomb, twenty-two.
Thomas Parsons, three hundred and twenty, and he was declared elected to represent this town in the next General Court.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found upon the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being all transacted, the returns were filled up and signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting. They were then delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to their several places of destination.
James Bartlett, Chairman of the Selectmen, then declared the meeting dissolved.
Dissolved. Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Annual Meeting, March 24, 1862.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 24, 1862.
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SEAL.
WARRANT.
ـالة
SEAL. SEAL. ــالـــــ 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 twenty-fourth day of March, instant, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
· Second. To choose the necessary town officers for the ensuing year. Third. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees.
Fourth. To act upon the acceptance of the jury list as revised by the Selectmen, and posted as required by law.
Fifth. To see if the town will make an appropriation to improve the grade of Boylston street opposite the estates of Francis and Francis K. Fisher, Charles Heath, and Henry Lee, Jr., as agreed upon by the Select- men and abutters.
Sixth. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to widen and make Goddard avenue as widened and laid out by the County Com- missioners.
Seventh. To consider and act upon the subject of purchasing a lot of land belonging to John Gibbs, lying upon Washington street and adjoin- ing the town's land, for a library-building lot.
Eighth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the town for the current year.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the day of said meeting.
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Witness our hands and seals, this fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, EDWARD R. SECOMB, N. G. CHAPIN, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, March 19th, 1862.
Pursuant with the foregoing warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence at least four days before the date of said meeting.
S. C. HOPKINS, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and were called to order by B. F. Baker, the Town Clerk, who read the war- rant calling said meeting and the constable's return thereon notifying the same.
In conformity with the First Article in the warrant, the clerk declared the polls opened for the reception of votes for Moderator.
The polls were kept open fifteen minutes for the reception of votes, when they were declared closed.
The Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was twenty- four, and were all for James Murray Howe, and he was declared elected, and took the chair.
The Moderator then called the meeting to order, and prayer was offered by the Rev. William Lamson, D. D.
The Second Article in the warrant was then taken up :
To choose the necessary town officers for the ensuing year. .
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Annual Meeting, March 24, 1862.
On motion of William Aspinwall, it was-
Voted, To proceed to the choice of the following officers, viz. : A Town Clerk, five Selectmen, to be Overseers of Poor and Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, a Treasurer and Collector, ten Constables, three School Committee for three years, and four Trustees of the Public Library for three years ; all to be voted for on one ballot.
Voted, That the polls be kept open until three of the clock for the reception of votes for the above-named officers.
In pursuance of the foregoing vote, the polls were declared open, and were kept open until three of the clock, when they were declared closed by the Moderator.
The Moderator and the Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number of votes cast was one hundred and thirty-three, and the follow- ing-named persons having a large majority of all the votes cast, no one having less than one hundred and twenty-six, were declared elected to the several offices, viz. :
Town Clerk : B. F. Baker (sworn by the Moderator).
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Surveyors of Highways : James Bart- lett (sworn by the Moderator), Marshal Stearns (sworn by the Moder- ator), Thomas Parsons (sworn by the Moderator), Edward R. Secomb (sworn by the Moderator), N. G. Chapin (sworn by the Moderator).
Assessors . John N. Turner, J. Davenport, Thomas B. Hall.
Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington (sworn by the Moderator).
Constables : James M. Alger (sworn), Reuben A. Chace (sworn), John Dustin (sworn), Eli D. Sanderson, B. W. Neal, John H. Grush (sworn), F. Henry Corey (sworn), T. S. Pettengill (sworn), Eben W. Reed (sworn), J. C. Burt (sworn).
School Committee for three years ; George Brooks, S. S. Bucklin, John C. Ayer.
Trustees Public Library for three years : Thomas Parsons, B. F. Baker (accepted), Amos A. Lawrence, W. I. Bowditch.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name was found and checked.
The meeting then nominated and elected the following officers, viz. :
Field Drivers: Charles H. Stearns (sworn), Eben W. Reed (sworn), Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn).
Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed (sworn).
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Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes, John O. Libby.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark : Oliver Cousens, William D. Coolidge (sworn), J. Anson Guild.
Sealers and Measurers of Leather : Willard Onion, Jr. (sworn), Charles W. Toleman.
Truant Officers : R. A Chace, F. C. Sherman, J. P. Sanborn.
Auditors : Charles D. Head, Charles W. Scudder, Edward Atkinson.
Fire Wards : A. H. Waterman, Henry Orcutt, Oliver B. Delano.
Cemetery Committee : John Dustin.
Truant Justice : Charles E. Abbott.
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
The Third Article was then taken up :
To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and committees.
James Bartlett, Chairman of the Selectmen, presented the Treasurer's report, also the reports of the Selectmen, the Trustees of the Public Library, and the Board of School Committee, with a list of taxes and the names of the tax payers for the year ending February 1st, 1862. Said reports having been printed and distributed among the inhabitants of the town previous to the meeting, were read by their titles.
Voted, To accept and allow said reports and place them on file.
The Fourth Article was taken up ;
To act upon the acceptance of the jury list as revised, and posted as required by law.
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The following list was then read and accepted, as fol- lows, to wit :
List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1862.
Allen, Rufus S.
Heath, Charles
Bancroft, Charles P.
Humphrey, W. J.
Bird, John C.
Hyde, Wm. J.
Chapin, N. G.
Maynard, Waldo
Churchill, Wm. O.
Palmer, C. L.
Codman, James M.
Parsons, Thomas
Coolidge, David S.
Pettengill, Thomas S.
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