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OCCUPATION.
303. Snow, Alfred.
304. Snow, James
305. Snow, Thatcher N.
306. Stearns, Charles II. 28.
Farmer.
307. Stearns, Francis G. 21.
Farmer.
308. Stearns, John G., Jr.
309. Stearns, William
35. Farmer.
310. Stoddard, Edward 19.
311. Stone, George H.
Carpenter.
312. Stuart, James
313. Swallow, Freeman
30.
Painter.
314. Sweeney, James
315. Sweetser, F. C.
316. Thomas, Edward I. . Cashier.
317. Thomas, Wm. R.
318. Thompson, John
319. Townsend, Thaddeus J.
320. Townsend, George H.
20.
Farmer.
321. Townsend, Thomas
44.
Farmer.
322. Towle, James
23.
Expressman.
323. Tourtelotte, John
22. Clerk.
324.
Trowbridge, Charles P. 42. Expressman.
325. Turner, Fergus
326. Turner, John B.
36.
Merchant.
327. Upham, Henry A. 29.
Marketer.
328. Urann, Henry A. 28. Com. Merchant.
329. Verney, Osavius 39. Carpenter.
330. VonArnim, Theo. F. 39. Importer.
331. Walsh, Thomas
Painter.
332. Warren, William B.
23. Clerk.
333. Washburn, Nehemiah
43.
Trader.
334. Waterman, Ansel H. 43. Carpenter.
335. Waterman, Thomas J. 25.
Carpenter.
336. Waters, William
37.
337. Watson, Nicholas
28.
Painter.
338. Webster, George H.
41. Upholsterer.
339. Webster, Hendrick
340. Webster, William E.
31.
Appraiser.
341. Welch, Uriah
342. Weld, George W.
24. Merchant.
343. Weld, William G.
41. Merchant.
28. Merchant.
345. Wellman, Joseph H.
22. Clerk.
346. Wellman, Henry C.
347. Wesselhæft, Geo. P.
Physician.
348. Wharton, Francis
349. White, Francis A.
350. White, John F.
351. Whitney, Henry
45. Clergyman.
43. Currier.
19. Carpenter.
43. Laborer.
32.
Lame.
344. Wellington, Avery
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NAME.
AGE. OCCUPATION.
352. Whitney, Wm. Henry
18.
353. Whitney, Rufus H. 40.
Trader.
354. Whitemore, Augustus 36.
Merchant.
31. Merchant.
356. Williams, C. W. H.
44. Merchant.
357. Williams, Howard S.
38. Farmer.
358. Williams, Langdon
359. Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
27.
Agent.
360. Winship, Edmond
26.
Carpenter.
361. Woodbury, Wm. P., Jr. 24. Provision Dealer.
362. Wood, Charles B.
363. Wood, Amos L. 39.
Agent.
364. Wright, George
365. York, Horace B.
25.
Laborer.
366. Young, Edward
27.
Clerk.
367. Young, Lewis W.
19.
BROOKLINE, July 1st, 1865.
THOMAS B. HALL, WM. B. TOWNE, ALBERT W. SMITH, Assessors of Brookline.
Received into the Town Clerk's office July 6th, 1865, and return made to the Adjutant-General's office.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1865.
SEAL.
WARRANT.
SEAL
SEAL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL.
[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 seventh day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at one of the clock in the afternoon,
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355. Wilson, William W.
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at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock, during which time they will be required to bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following State and County officers, viz. :
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillor for Council- lor District Number Six, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney-General, Senator for the North Norfolk District, Representative to the General Court for the Third Norfolk District, one County Commissioner for the County of Nor- folk, two Special Commissioners, Sheriff, District-Attorney, and three Commissioners of Insolvency,-all to be voted for on one ticket.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Mass., November 2d, 1865.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned all 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.
JOHN H. GRUSH, Constable.
A true copy of the warrant and the 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 seventh day of November, in the year of our
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Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon, by James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and the Town Clerk read the warrant calling said meeting and the Constable's return thereon.
Pursuant with the requirements of the warrant the polls were declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock, when they were declared closed, by the chairman of the Selectmen.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number of votes was two hundred and seventy-two, and the whole number of votes were sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as required by law, and were for the following persons and officers, viz. :
For Governor : Two hundred and seventy-two.
Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester, two hundred and twenty-three. Darius N. Couch, of Taunton, forty-nine.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Two hundred seventy-two.
William Claflin, of Newton, two hundred twenty-three.
Thomas F. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, forty-nine.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Two hundred seventy-two. Oliver Warner, of Northampton, two hundred twenty-three. S. O. Lamb, of Greenfield, forty-nine.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Two hundred seventy-two.
Jacob H. Loud, of Plymouth, two hundred twenty-two.
Thomas C. Amory, of Boston, fifty.
For Auditor : Two hundred seventy-two.
Henry S. Briggs, of Pittsfield, two hundred twenty-three.
Arthur F. Devereaux, of Salem, forty-nine.
For Attorney-General : Two hundred seventy-two.
Chester I. Reed, of Taunton, two hundred twenty-three.
Horatio G. Palmer, of Cambridge, forty-nine.
For Councillor for District Number Six : Two hundred seventy-two. J. F. Hitchcock, of Warren, two hundred twenty-three. W. T. Browning, of Framingham, forty.
For District-Attorney : Two hundred seventy-two.
Benjamin W. Harris, of Bridgwater, two hundred twenty-three.
George A. W. Chamberlain, of Dorchester, forty-nine.
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For Senator, North Norfolk District : Two hundred seventy-two.
Robert M. Morse, of West Roxbury, two hundred eleven. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, sixty-one.
For Sheriff: Two hundred seventy-two.
John W. Thomas, of Dedham, two hundred twenty-three. Bradford S. Farrington, of Roxbury, forty-nine.
For County Commissioner : Two hundred seventy-two.
David H. Bates, of Braintree, two hundred twenty-three. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, forty-nine.
For Special Commissioners : Two hundred seventy-two.
Otis Carey, of Foxborough, two hundred twenty-three.
Amos H. Holbrook, of Bellingham, two hundred twenty-three. William W. Brooks, of Canton, forty-nine.
Walter James, of Medfield, forty-nine.
For Commissioners of Insolvency : Two hundred seventy-two.
John W. May, of Roxbury, two hundred twenty-three.
Charles H. Deans, of Medway, two hundred twenty-three.
Charles L. Swan, of Stoughton, two hundred twenty-three.
George M. Hobbs, of Roxbury, forty-nine.
Elijah F. Hall, of Weymouth, forty-nine.
Charles J. Randall, of Wrentham, forty-nine.
For Representative to next General Court from the Third Norfolk District : Two hundred sixty-two.
Edward A. Dana, of Brookline, fifty.
John W. Candler, of Brookline, two hundred and twelve, and he was declared elected to the next General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being all completed, the returns were filled up and signed by the Selectmen, counter- signed by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to their several places of destination.
The meeting was then declared dissolved, by James Bart- lett, Esq., chairman of the board of Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 19, 1866.
SEAL.
WARRANT.
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 Monday, the nineteenth day of March next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees.
Fourth. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Fifth. To see what action the town will take in relation to making and grading Boylston street.
Sixth. To see what action the town will take in relation to purchasing land and erecting a building for a Public Library thereon, and support and maintain the same.
Seventh. To see what action the town will take in relation to effecting a better drainage for the brook which crosses the Mill Dam road near the gas-works.
Eighth. To see if the town will locate and make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets.
Ninth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, Mass., March 14th, 1866.
Pursuant to the within 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 notice of the same at their last, and usual place of residence, four days at least before the time of said meeting.
JOHN DUSTIN, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and were called to order at quarter-past one of the clock in the after- noon, by B. F. Baker, the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who notified the same.
First Article taken up, to choose a Moderator, and the polls were declared open for the reception of ballots for that officer.
The polls were kept open for the reception of votes ten minutes, when they were declared closed, by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to sort the votes given in, and the whole number of votes given in was nineteen, to wit: For Moderator, George F. Homer, Esq., received the whole number, and was declared elected, and took the chair.
The meeting was then called to order by the Moderator, and prayer was offered by Rev. William Lamson, D. D.
The Second Article was then taken up :
To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
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Voted, That the polls be kept open until four o'clock for the reception of votes.
On motion of Alfred Kenrick, Jr., it was- .
Voted, That the meeting now proceed to the choice of the following-named town officers, to serve for the ensuing year, viz. : Town Clerk, five Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways ; three Assessors ; a Town Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes ; three members of the School Committee for three years, four Trustees of the Public Library for three years and one Trustee of the Public Library for one year, two Fence Viewers, and thirteen Constables,-all to be voted for on one ticket.
The polls were then declared opened for the reception of votes, and were kept open until four o'clock, when they were closed, in pursuance of the vote passed at the opening of the meeting.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given, and the number so given in was two hundred and ten, and the following persons having a large majority of all the votes cast, no one less than one hundred and forty-nine, were declared elected, viz. :
Town Clerk : B. F. Baker (sworn).
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Surveyors of Highways : James Bartlett (sworn), Marshal Stearns (sworn), Thomas Parsons (sworn), Wm. J. Griggs (sworn), Edward S. Philbrick (sworn).
Assessors : Thomas B. Hall, William B. Towne (sworn), Albert W. Smith (sworn).
Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington (sworn).
School Committee for three years: Rev. William Lamson, Stephen Salisbury, T. E. Francis.
Trustees of Public Library for three years : T. P. Chandler (accepted), William Aspinwall (accepted), George F. Homer (accepted), Edward A. Dana (accepted).
Trustee of Public Library for one year : Charles D. Head (accepted).
Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes, William K. Melcher.
Constables : John H. Grush (sworn), John Dustin (sworn), Jona. P. Sanborn, Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn), Eben W. Reed (sworn), James Driscoll (sworn), Cyrus W. Ruggles, F. Henry Corey (sworn), William B. Chaplin, Eben Morse, Willard Y. Gross (sworn), Charles Smith, William Rooney.
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In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name was checked.
The meeting then nominated and chose the following offi- cers, viz. :
Field Drivers : Eben W. Reed (sworn), Charles W. Bachelder, Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn).
Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed (sworn).
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark : James M. Sea- mans, J. Anson Guild, Wm. D. Coolidge.
Sealers of Leather : Willard Warren (sworn), Samuel A. Robinson.
Truant Officers : Eben W. Reed, Jona. P. Sanborn, John H. Grush.
Auditors : George E. Hersey, Charles U. Cotting, Edward G. Tile ston.
Fire Wards : Thomas S. Pettengill (accepted), A. H. Waterman, Charles L. Palmer.
Cemetery Committee : Thomas S. Pettengill (accepted).
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to pay the Truant Officers for their services.
Third Article taken up :
To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and committees.
James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Selectmen, present- ed the following reports, which had been printed and dis- tributed among the inhabitants of the town previous to the meeting, viz. : Treasurer's, Selectmen's, Trustees of the Public Library, School Committee's, with a List of Taxes and the names of the tax-payers for the year end- ing February 1st, 1866, which were read by their titles only.
Voted, To accept and allow the above-named reports.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept the list of jurors revised by the Select- men and posted according to law, viz. :
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List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1866.
Banks, William
Howe, Thomas
Benton, Austin W.
James, Horace
Bird, John A.
Libby, Stephen
Bixby, Clark S.
Lincoln, William
Burdett, James R.
Lyman, Theodore
Bursley, Ira Cabot, John H.
Matthews, Ashael G.
Candler, John W.
Philbrick, Edward S.
Chase, Henry S.
Pope, Charles
Chase, Henry A.
Putman, Joshua H.
Cobb, Albert A.
Quimby, Thomas C.
Codman, James M.
Rogers, John K.
Coolidge, David S.
Seaverns, Thomas
Coolidge, William D.
Scudder, Charles W.
Comerais, John
Shedd, Abraham B.
Cousens, Oliver
Smith, Albert W.
Craft, George
Stearns, Charles H.
Cutler, Abraham L.
Tileston, Edward G.
Dana, George A.
Warren, J. Sullivan
Dane, Edward S.
Warren, Willard
Denney, Francis P.
Wason, Elbridge
Edgerly, James W.
Weld, William G.
Fay, Harrison
Whittemore, Augustus
Getchell, Isaiah S.
Williams, Howard S.
Goldsmith, George W.
Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
Griggs, William J.
Withington, Moses
Withington, Otis
.Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
BROOKLINE, Mass., February 26th, 1866.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing list of jurors as reported.
On motion of J. W. Candler, the names of Thomas Howe and George N. Dana were stricken from the list-Mr. Howe's at his own request, on account of poor health, and Mr. Dana's on account of his having moved from the town.
Fifth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to making and grad- ing Boylston street.
Voted, That the subject of the Fifth Article be referred to the Selectmen, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Palmer, Charles L.
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Sixth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to purchasing land and erecting a building for the Public Library thereon, and support and maintain the same.
Moses B. Williams, Esq., chairman of a committee appointed March 21st, 1864, to consider the subject of pur- chasing land and erecting a suitable building for the Public Library, offered the following report, viz. :
REPORT.
BROOKLINE, March 19th, 1866.
The committee appointed at a previous meeting to consider and recommend such action to the town as they deemed proper in regard to purchasing a lot of land and erecting a building for a Public Library, respectfully offer their report by the following votes, which were passed at their last meeting :
Voted, That this committee recommend to the town the purchase of the lot on Cypress street recommended by the Trustees for the Public Library.
Voted, That it is expedient to recommend the appointment of three persons by the town, to whom the whole subject of building shall be referred, and that Messrs. Thomas Parsons, Charles U. Cotting, and Edward S. Philbrick, be proposed as such committee.
Voted, To accept the foregoing report.
On motion of J. Murray Howe, Esq., it was-
Voted, That the town purchase the lot of land on the corner of Cypress street and Cypress place, belonging to Mrs. W. G. Appleton, for twenty cents per foot, and the sum of thirty-seven hundred dollars ($3,700) is hereby appropriated for said purpose, which sum shall be raised by taxation.
Voted, To erect upon said lot, when purchased, a suitable building for a Free Public Library, and that the sum of twenty thousand dollars be appropriated therefor.
Voted, That the Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow said sum of twenty thousand dollars, giving the notes of the town therefor for such amounts and on such time as may be for the best interests of the town.
Voted, That the board of Trustees of the Public Library be hereby authorized and directed to procure plans for and cause to be erected a suitable building for a Free Public Library on said lot, agreeable to the foregoing votes, and
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the Town Treasurer is directed hereby to pay all bills for the same approved by said board.
Seventh Article :
To see what action the town will take in relation to the effecting a better drainage of the brook which crosses the Mill Dam road, near the gas-works.
Voted, That the subject of the Seventh Article be referred to the Selectmen, as a Board of Health, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Eighth Article :
To see if the town will locate and make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets.
Voted, That the Eighth Article be referred to the Select- men, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Ninth Article :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Voted, To raise and appropriate-
For the support of schools ·
$24,000 00
the support of poor . ·
900 00
the support of highways
the support of sidewalks
.
6,000 00
paving gutters, relaying drains, and under-draining
fire department
800 00
county tax
8,000 00
state tax
32,500 00
collecting taxes
500 00
abatement of taxes
1,000 00
discount on taxes
5,000 00
extinction of town debt
26,750 00
interest on town debt
6,240 00
repairs of town buildings
1,000 00
ringing bell
150 00
cemetery
2,200 00
lighting town buildings and streets
3,000 00
police
1,000 00
library
550 00
state aid and military purposes
1,000 00
use of the board of health
200 00
improvements on Washington street
1,000 00
Aspinwall avenue culvert
1,200 00
making a common sewer
5,000 00
purchasing land corner Washington street and place 500 00
purchasing land for a library building lot
3,700 00
contingencies ·
3,000 00
100 00
town officers
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On motion of J. W. Candler, Esq .-
Voted, That the Trustees of the Public Library be request- ed to procure the passage of a legislative act to enable this town to increase its annual appropriations for the library.
Charles U. Cotting, Esq., submitted the following motion :
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to repair the highways as the surveyors may elect.
By general consent, the subject was postponed.
Voted, That a discount of five per cent be made on all taxes paid on or before the first day of October next, provided that no discount be made on fractional parts of a dollar.
Voted, That the various appropriations made by the town, including those for the purpose of making and repairing highways and townways, be assessed, after deducting the amount now in the treasury and the probable receipts for the ensuing year, amounting to the sum of dollars, upon the polls and estates, real and personal, of the inhab- itants, resident and non-resident, of the town, and collected as the town charges are usually charged and collected.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, in anticipation of taxes, and give the note or notes of the town therefor, countersigned by the Selectmen, in such sums and at such times as may be called for by them.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourn it be to meet in this place two weeks from Wednesday evening next, April the fourth, at half-past seven of the clock.
Voted, That notice of the adjourned meeting be given by the Town Clerk, by causing notices of the same to be posted in various places about the town.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In pursuance of the laws of this Commonwealth, the Town Clerk forthwith made out his warrant and delivered it to Constable John Dustin, requiring him to summon within
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three days from the date of said warrant all officers chosen and not qualified, to appear before the Town Clerk within three or seven days from the date of said warrant to be qualified for their several offices, to be sworn where an oath is required by law, or to signify their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they had been elected, where an oath is not required.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, March 28th, 1866.
Personally appeared the following-named persons and were sworn at the time set against their names, or signified their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they had been chosen, viz. :
Assessor. Thomas B. Hall, sworn March 22d, 1866.
Fence Viewers. § Clark L. Haynes, sworn March 21st, 1866.
William K. Melcher, sworn March 21st, 1866.
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J. P. Sanborn, sworn March 22d, 1866.
Constables. - William B. Chaplin, sworn March 28th, 1866. Eben Morse, sworn March 22d,1866. Cyrus W. Ruggles, sworn March 26th, 1866. William Rooney, sworn March 21st, 1866.
Surveyors of Lumber and { J. Anson Guild, sworn March 23d, 1866. Measurers of Wood and Bark. \ Wm. D. Coolidge, sworn Mch. 22d, 1866.
Eben W. Reed, sworn March 24th, 1866.
Truant Officers. { J. P. Sanborn, sworn March 22d, 1866. John H. Grush, sworn March 24th, 1866.
Sealer of Leather. Samuel A. Robinson, sworn March 28th, 1866.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Alfred Kenrick, Jr.,
sworn March 24th, 1866.
Rev. William Lamson, accepted March 21st, 1866.
School Committee. { Stephen Salisbury, M. D., accepted Mch. 24th, 1866 .. T. E. Francis, M. D., accepted March 29th, 1866.
- George E. Hersey, accepted March 30th, 1866.
Auditors. - Charles U. Cotting, accepted March 21st, 1866. E. G. Tileston, accepted March 23d, 1866.
Fire Ward. Charles L. Palmer, accepted March 21st, 1866.
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