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329. Sabin, Henry
26.
Clerk.
330. Salisbury, Wm. A.
21.
331. Sanford, E. W.
32.
Physician. Coachman.
333. Schraubstadter, Carl 39.
334. Seamans, F. F.
35.
Grocer.
336. Sears, Isaac H. 30.
Merchant.
337. Seaverns, Henry G. 27.
338. Seeley, Guy B. 19.
339. Sherman, Freeman C. 34.
Superintendent Gas Works.
340. Shepherd, John S. 21.
Clerk.
341. Sherwin, George W., Jr. 36.
342. Shewell, T. R.
343. Shurtleff, Augustine 40.
Agent.
344.
Shute, Charles B. 22.
Teacher.
345. Sinclair, James W. 34.
Carpenter.
346. Skinner, Francis L. 32. Merchant.
347. Slack, George A. 28.
Trader.
348. Smith, George D.
32.
Jeweller.
349. Snow, James P.
26.
Jeweller.
350. Snow, Thacher M.
36.
Teacher.
351. Soule, Charles C.
24.
352. Spalding, Albert A.
40.
Coachman.
353. Stearns, Charles H.
29.
Farmer.
354. Stearns, G. F.
22. 19.
Clerk.
356. Stearns, John G., Jr.
22.
Architect.
357. Stearns, William
36.
Farmer.
358. Stone, Enos J
32. Merchant.
359. Stone, George H.
30.
Carpenter.
360. Storrow, James J.
35.
Laborer.
362. Sturtervant, John D.
49.
Manufacturer.
363. Sullivan, James
37. Laborer.
364. Sweeney, Michael 40. Coachman.
365. Taft, Wm. L. 39. Coachman.
332. Sargent, John A.
Type-founder.
335. Searle, Fred A. 32.
Printer.
Trader.
Trader.
Farmer.
355. Stearns, George M.
361. Stuart, John
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NAME.
AGE. 40.
OCCUPATION. Hostler.
366. Talbert, Asa
367. Talbot, George H.
368. Tebbetts, James R.
40.
Merchant.
369. Thomas, Edward I. 33.
Cashier.
370. Thomas, Enoch 30.
Carpenter.
371. Tileston, Edward G. 41. Banker.
372. Towle, Matthew
21.
Clerk.
373. Towle, James 24.
Expressman.
374. Townsend, George H. 21.
Farmer.
375. Townsend, Thomas 45.
Farmer.
376. Trowbridge, Charles P. 43. Expressman.
377. Tuckerman, Wm. F. 44. Plumber.
378. Turner, Fergus B. 25.
Weaver.
379. Tyler, George
39.
C. E.
380. Turner, J. B.
37.
Merchant.
381. Upham, Henry A.
30.
Marketer.
382. Uran, Henry A.
39.
Com. Merchant.
383. Verney, Osavius
40. Carpenter.
384. Walsh, Thomas
35.
Painter.
385.
Warner, Francis
386. Warren, Eben W. 33.
Currier.
387. Warren, Wm. H. 24.
Clerk.
388. Warren, Willard 42.
Tanner.
389. Waterman, Ansel
44. Carpenter.
390. Waterman, Joseph F.
26.
Carpenter.
391. Waters, Wm. C.
38.
Broker.
392. Watson, Nicholas
29.
Painter.
393. Webber, Charles F.
24.
Farmer.
374. Webster, Edward
32.
Appraiser.
395. Webster, Henrique
23.
Clerk.
396. Weld, George W.
25. Merchant.
397. Weld, Wm. G.
36. Merchant.
398. Wellman, Joseph H.
23.
Clerk.
399. Welton, Aldice
400. Wethern, Henry J. 24. Provision dealer.
401. Wethern, Thomas
22.
Provision dealer.
402. Wetherell, Alexander
20.
Hostler.
403. Wheelock, Henry S.
33. Laborer.
404. White, Francis A. 44.
Currier.
405. White, Frank
18. 24.
406. Whitney, John H.
407. Whittemore, Augustus
37.
Merchant.
Engineer.
409. Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
410. Winsor, Gershom
411. Williams, Arthur
412. Williams, Charles
413. Williams, Howard S. 39. 37.
414. Williams, Langdon
29. 28. 25.
Agent.
Clerk.
30. Merchant.
25. Trader.
Farmer.
408. Winslow, Andrew J.
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General Election, November 6, 1866.
NAME. AGE.
OCCUPATION.
415. Woodbury, Wm. P., Jr.
25. Provision dealer.
416. Wood, Amos L. 40.
Agent.
417. Wood, Charles B. 27.
Book-keeper.
418. Woodward, John C.
26.
419. Wright, George W.
41.
Merchant.
420. Wesselhæft, George P.
29. Physician.
421. Young, Edward H.
28.
422. Young, Edward
28.
Clerk.
423. Fillebrown, Edward
44.
Tailor.
424. Funk, George W.
Weaver.
425. Theobold, Joseph 26.
Painter.
426. Beals, Samuel
Carpenter.
427. Young, Milton
35.
Milkman.
428. Davis, William
Carpenter. Carpenter.
BROOKLINE, August 6th, 1866.
THOMAS B. HALL, WM. B. TOWNE, ALBERT W. SMITH, Assessors of Brookline.
Received into the Town Clerk's office August 6th, 1866, and returned to the Adjutant-General's office.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1866.
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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 sixth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at one of the clock in the afternoon,
429. Staples, Moses
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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 National, State and County officers, viz. :
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillor for Councillor District Number Three, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor, Attorney-General, Representative to Congress for the Third Congressional District, Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative to the General Court for the Fifteenth Norfolk District, District-Attorney for the Southeastern District (to fill the unexpired term of Benjamin W. Harris, Esq., resigned), Clerk of the Courts for Norfolk County, and one County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, -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 fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight 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, November 1st, 1866.
In pursuance of 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 copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
J. P. SANBORN, Constable.
A true copy of the warrant and the Constable's return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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General Election, November 6, 1866.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon, by James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen, when the Town Clerk read the warrant calling said meeting and the Constable's return thereon.
In conformity with the requirements of said warrant, the polls were declared open for the reception of votes for the various offices, 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 so given in was five hundred and seventy-one, and the whole number of votes were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as required by law, and were for the following persons and offices, viz. :
For Governor : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Alexander H. Bullock, of Worcester, four hundred and three.
Theodore H. Sweetser, of Lowell, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Five hundred and seventy-one.
William Claflin, of Newton, four hundred and three.
Horace C. Lee, of Springfield, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Councillor, District Number Three : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Thomas Rice, of Newton, four hundred and three.
Henry Willis, of Roxbury, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Five hundred and sixty-nine.
Oliver Warner, of Northampton, four hundred and one.
Luther Stephenson, Jr., of Hingham, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Jacob H. Loud, of Plymouth, four hundred and two.
Harvy Arnold, of Adams, one hundred and sixty-nine.
For Auditor : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Henry S. Briggs, of Pittsfield, four hundred and three.
Arthur F. Devereaux, of Roxbury, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Attorney General : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Chester I. Reed, of Taunton, four hundred and three.
William C. Endicott, of Salem, one hundred and sixty-eight.
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For Representative to Congress : Five hundred and seventy-one.
Ginery Twichell, of Brookline, four hundred and two.
William Aspinwall, of Brookline, one hundred and sixty-eight. Thomas Parsons, of Brookline, one.
For Senator : Five hundred and sixty-five.
Robert M. Morse, Jr., of West Roxbury, three hundred and ninety-five. George Pratt, of West Roxbury, one hundred and seventy.
For County Commissioner: Five hundred and seventy-one.
Milton M. Fisher, of Medway, four hundred and threc.
Charles Hamant, of Medfield, one hundred and sixty-cight.
For Clerk of Courts : Five hundred and seventy-onc.
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, four hundred and three.
Elijah F. Hall, of Weymouth, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For District-Attorney ; Five hundred and seventy-one.
Edward'L. Pierce, of Milton, four hundred and three.
Perez Simmons, of Hanover, one hundred and sixty-eight.
For Representative to the General Court, Fifteenth District : Five hundred and sixty-two.
John W. Candler, of Brookline, one.
William Dearborn, of Brookline, one.
A. B. Smyth, of Brookline, one.
Richard Hills, of Brookline, one.
W. S. Spencer, of Brookline, one.
Thomas Parsons, of Brookline, one.
William H. Jameson, of Brookline, two.
Willard A. Humphrey, of Brookline, one hundred and seventy.
George F. Homer, of Brookline, three hundred and eighty-four, and he was declared elected to the next General Court 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 and Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, as required by law, 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 Selectmen.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Annual Meeting, March 18, 1867.
PERAMBULATION BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TOWN OF BROOKLINE, SEPT. 26, 1866.
We, the subscribers, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Boston and the Selectmen of Brookline, pursuant to notice, met this twenty-sixth day of September, A.D. 1866, at the place appointed, run the lines and renewed the bound marks between the city of Boston and the town of Brookline as follows, viz. :
Beginning at a stone post marked B.O. on the easterly side, and Br. on westerly side, standing on the Boston and Roxbury Mill Dam, westerly 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 Town of Brookline," having been removed) ; thence running northwesterly from said post, at an angle of one hundred and fifteen degrees from the Mill Dam, until it strikes the channel of Charles River, and also running from the said post southerly, at an angle of one hundred and three degrees and forty minutes from said Mill Dam until it strikes the center of the channel of Muddy River at a point where the respective boundary lines of Boston, Brookline and Rox- bury meet each other, being the same lines mentioned and described in the above-described Act.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this day and year above written.
F. W. LINCOLN, JR., SAMUEL D. CRAIN,
DANIEL DAVIS,
GILBERT WAIT,
NOAH MAYO, JR.,
CHARLES W. SLACK,
THOMAS GAFFIELD,
BENJAMIN JAMES.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 18, 1867.
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SEAL.
WARRANT.
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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
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at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the eighteenth 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 whether the town will grant and vote any and what money, under Chapter 222 of the Statutes of 1866, for the purpose of erecting a suitable building for the Public Library.
Sixth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a piece of the town's land on Prospect street, also the land and buildings on Newton street.
Seventh. To see if the town will locate and make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets.
Eighth. 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 to the Selectmen, with your doings thereon, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Mass., March 13th, 1867.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and for the pur- poses within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days at least before the time of said meeting.
EBEN MORSE, Constable.
At quarter-past one of the clock in the afternoon, in pur- suance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of
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Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant and return thereon of the Constable who warned said meeting.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The polls were declared open for the reception of votes for that officer, and were kept open twelve minutes, when they were declared closed, after giving everyone who wished the opportunity of voting if they desired to do so.
The Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes so given in, and the whole number so given in was nineteen, as follows, to wit: For Moderator, William I. Bowditch had seventeen, and took the chair.
On motion of Wm. S. Spencer, it was-
Voted, That there be six Constables elected instead of thirteen, as nominated by the citizens' caucus.
Voted, That the meeting proceed to elect, by ballot, the following town officers for the ensuing year, viz. :
A 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 and one member of the Committee for two years ; four Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee for two years and one Trustee for one year ; two Fence Viewers, and six Constables,-all to be voted for on one ticket.
Voted, That the polls be kept open until four o'clock for the reception of votes.
The polls were then opened and kept open until four of the clock, when they were declared closed.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was one hundred and fifty-one, and the following persons having a large majority of all the votes so cast, no one hav- ing less than ninety-one, they were declared elected to the several offices designated, viz. :
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Town Clerk: B. F. Baker (sworn by the Moderator).
Selectmen, Orerseers of Poor, and Surreyors of Highways : James Bart- lett (sworn), Thomas Parsons (sworn), William J. Griggs (sworn), Edward S. Philbrick (sworn), Horace James (sworn).
Assessors : Thomas B. Hall, Austin W: Benton (sworn), Timothy Corey (declined, and excused).
Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington (sworn).
School Committee for three years: Thomas Parsons (accepted), Frederick W. Prescott, E. W. Sanford.
School Committee for two years : Rev. C. C. Carpenter.
Trustees of the Public Library for three years : Elijah C. Emerson, John W. Candler, Rev. Wm. Lamson, Charles D. Hcad.
Trustee of the Public Library for two years : William I. Bowditch (accepted).
Trustee of the Public Library for one year : John C. Abbott (accepted). Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes, William K. Melcher.
Constables : John H. Grush (sworn), Jona. P. Sanborn (sworn), Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn), Eben W. Reed (sworn), F. Henry Corey (sworn), Willard Y. Gross (sworn).
The meeting then nominated and chose the following officers, viz. :
Voted, To choose thirteen Field Drivers.
Field Drivers : Eben W. Reed, William B. Bird, Thomas Quinlan, Charles B. Macausland, Joseph T. Waterman, Ansel H. Waterman, Chas. L. Palmer, Alfred A. Cheney, John G. Stearns, Jr., Henry O. Andrews, James Beegan, John Pulsifer, Furgus B. Turner.
Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: James M. Sea- mans, J. Anson Guild, William D. Coolidge.
Sealer of Leather : Willard Warren (sworn), Samuel A. Robinson.
Truant Officers : Eben W. Reed, Jona. P. Sanborn, John H. Grush.
Auditors : George E. Hersey, Edward G. Tileston, Robert S. Littell.
Fire Wards : Thomas S. Pettengill, Ansel H. Waterman, Charles L. Palmer.
Cemetery Committee ; Thomas S. Pettengill.
Sealerj of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his ballot until his name was found on the list and checked.
Voted, That the thanks of the town are hereby tendered to Mr. Marshal Stearns for his services as Selectman for so many years.
Mr. Timothy Corey was excused from serving as Assessor, at his own request, and the election of an Assessor postponed to the adjourned meeting.
Third Article taken up :
To hear the reports of town officers and committees.
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The following reports, which had been printed and dis- tributed through the town, were then presented, and were read by their titles and accepted, to wit : Treasurer, Select- men, Trustees of the Public Library, School Committee, and the List of Taxes and names of the tax-pavers.
On motion of Edward S. Philbrick, Esq., it was-
Voted, That a committee of three be chosen to consider and report upon the expediency of procuring a lot and building a school-house in the South Primary District.
The Moderator appointed the following-named gentlemen to constitute said committee, viz. : Edward S. Philbrick, Thomas Parsons, and Edward C. Cabot, committee to report upon a lot and build a school-house in the South Primary District.
Fourth Article taken up,-" List of jurors for the year 1867," which was accepted and allowed, as follows, to wit :
List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1867.
Adams, Daniel D.
Goldsmith, George W.
Bacon, Josiah
Guild, J. Anson
Benton, Austin W.
Hooper, Edward W.
Bird, John A.
James, Horace
Bixby, Clark S.
Kenrick, Alfred, Jr.
Bursley, Ira
Lincoln, William
Cabot, Edward C.
Lyman, Theodore
Cabot, John H.
Palmer, Charles L.
Candler, John W.
Philbrick, Edward S.
Chase, Henry S.
Pope, Charles
Chace, Reuben A.
Putman, Joshua
Cobb, Albert A.
Quimby, Thomas C.
Codman, James M.
Richardson, George P.
Coolidge, David S.
Rogers, John K.
Coolidge, William D.
Seaverns, Thomas
Corey, Timothy
Scudder, Charles W.
Cousens, Oliver
Shedd, Abraham B.
Craft, George
Stearns, Charles H.
Cutler, Abraham L.
Stearns, William
Dane, Edward S.
Tileston, Edward G.
Denney, Francis P.
Warren, Willard
Edgerly, James W.
Wason, Elbridge
Fay, Harrison
Weld, William G.
Ferris, Mortimer C.
Williams, Howard S.
Fisher, Horace N.
Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
Getchell, Isaiah S.
Withington, Moses
Withington, Otis
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
BROOKLINE, Mass., February 25th, 1867.
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Fifth Article taken up :
To see whether the town will grant any and what money, under Chap- ter 222 of the Statutes of 1866, for the purpose of erecting a suitable building for the Public Library.
On motion of Edward Atkinson, Esq., it was-
Voted, To lay the Fifth Article on the table until the adjourned meeting.
On motion of Edward Atkinson, Esq., it was-
Voted, That a committee of seven be appointed to consider the expediency of adding accommodations to the present Town Hall for the purpose of a reading-room and accommo- dating the present wants of the Library.
The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to con- stitute said committee, viz. : Edward Atkinson, Charles D. Head, Charles U. Cotting, Alfred Kenrick, Jr., William S. Spencer, Amos A. Lawrence, and Abijah W. Goddard, committee on addition to Town Hall for reading-room and accommodations for Library.
Sixth Article taken up :
To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a piece of the town's land on Prospect street, also the land and buildings on Newton street.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to sell the land on Prospect street.
Voted, That the land and buildings on Newton street be retained for the present.
Seventh Article taken up :
To see if the town will locate and make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets.
Voted, To refer the subject of the Seventh Article to a committee of three, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
The meeting nominated and chose James Bartlett, Wm. J. Griggs, and Horace James, committee on the Seventh Article.
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Eighth Article taken up :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
The meeting then voted to raise and appropriate the following sums :
For schools .
$25,000 00
support of poor
900 00
highways .
7,000 00
widen and grade Beacon street
500 00
make and grade Pond avenue
2,000 00
fire department
900 00
county tax
8,200 00
state tax
54,250 00
collecting taxes
1,000 00
abatement of taxes
1,000 00
discount on taxes
5,000 00
extinction of town debt
12,450 00
interest on town debt
4,650 00
repairs on town buildings
1,500 00
ringing bell
150 00
town officers
2,200 00
lighting town buildings and streets
3,500 00
police
2,000 00
state aid and other military purposes
2,500 00
improvements on Washington and Walnut streets
1,700 00
sewer
8,000 00
contingencies
3,000 00
culvert on Tappan street .
500 00
use of the Board of Health
200 00
Voted, That of the one thousand seven hundred dollars appropriated for the improvements on Washington and Walnut streets, the sum of two hundred dollars be appro- priated for the widening of Walnut street at its junction with Washington street, as asked for in the petition now pending before the County Commissioners.
Voted, That the sum of two thousand dollars appropriated for police be employed by the Selectmen in the enforcement of the laws, more especially for the prohibitory liquor law.
Voted, That the Treasurer procure and publish with the annual report of taxes, the corporation taxes now assessed by the state.
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cemetery
100 00
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Voted, That the place of residence and the articles of prop- erty taxed be published in the report of taxes.
Voted, That a discount of five per cent be allowed on all taxes paid on or before the first day of October, provided that no discount be allowed on fractional parts of a dollar.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it be to meet at this place two weeks from Wednesday, April third, at half- past seven of the clock in the evening.
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 H. Grush, requesting him to summon within 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 offices 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 26th, 1867.
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. :
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