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Fifth Article taken up :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the foregoing purposes.
Voted, That the sum of forty thousand dollars be appro- priated for the purpose of purchasing land of the Babcock estate aforesaid, and that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow said sum on note or notes of the town to meet said purchase.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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List of Persons liable to do Military Duty, found by the Assessors in Brookline May 1st, 1868.
James Leaden
Daniel W. Ford
John Leaden
Daniel C. Stevens
William J. Ballersen
Richard H. Grogan
Charles E. Davis Samuel D. Fox
John E. Blaisdell
Lebann Goodwin
Robert Amory Copley Amory
Elliot D. Tompkins
Isaac H. Sears
Robert Murray Henry A. Green John H. Dane
Daniel W. Rogers
Joseph Azanan
Edward S. Dane
John D. Bryant
Henry E. Potter
William Chadbourn Cyrus P. Green Edward W. Green
Thomas B. Hall Fred Almy, Jr.
Frank W. Lawrence
Andrew F. Marsh George T. Angell Enos J. Stone
Charles K. Kirby
Samuel S. Allen
Charles U. Cotting
Edward S. Grew
Francis G. Faxon Albert Webster Albert Webster, Jr.
Michael Drury John Sullivan Michael Lemist
George L. Richardson Wm. S. Dexter William A. Bangs Henry P. Fox John Keegan Albert H. Bird
Zenas F. Brett Henry Mason
John S. Shepherd Wm. D. Coolidge John English Henry E. Pierce Edward Doane Edward J. Brown George Brooks George Wesselhæft John Aspinwall Arthur Kemp Gniessud Solgs John Barnes
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John N. Chapman Charles E. Bruce Henry L. Strout Albert N. Rogers Thomas Salmon J. S. C. Green, Jr. Henry Young - Bridgham Alonzo Farrar James J. Storrow Samuel D. Bush Jeffres Bush
Warren H. Gilson George L. Dyer I. Lewis Brackett Henry R. Daniels Richard Soule, Jr. John G. Stearns, Jr. Joseph Reed
Willard E. Halladay
John K. Rogers
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Militia List, 1868.
Henry M. Whitney Charles H. Stearns William Stearns Arthur T. Thayer
Charles Johnson
Daniel Murray
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Henry Abby Edward Abby Sylvester Burleigh
Frank T. Low Charles A. Howard
John McNutty
Geo. F. Dearborn Alanson W. Beard
James E. Houlihan
James Pike Henry S. Coolidge
Thos. S. Pettengill John Koch David H. Daniels
Osborn Fisher
John H. Moore Alfred Taylor George A. Slack
Jesse Hastings Charles E. Beard
Charles A. Heyer
George A. Slack
Frank F. Seamans
Samuel R. Crocker
Frank W. Hackell Lemuel Kingsbury
John D. Runkle
Benjamin Manning James W. Edgerly
Warren G. Currier
Henry O. Andrews Edward N. Sweet
Charles E. Mecum
John F. Phillips Charles Head
Charles H. Hammond
Charles Baker
William Stearns
James Sinclair
Edward L. Floyd
Joseph Theobold Wm. Davis
Samuel K. Crowell
Charles Berry
Horace S. Crowell
Peter Johnson
Arthur K. Fay
George Batken
Clement K. Fay
Levi L. Whitney
Edward F. Howe
N. F. Marcyes
Joseph H. Wellman
George Mason
A. E. Bachelder Amos L. Wood
Chas. Baker
Robert S. Littell
Chas. Jacobs
Albert Cushman
David Phillips
Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
Oliver H. Hay
Stephen Leigh David Philips
Edward G. Tileston
James Rooney John Thompson Patrick Dillon John McAndrews
George W. Carnes Henry S. Chase Thomas G. Hunt
James Driscoll, Jr.
Michael Driscoll
Chas. B. Macausland Lee Dale Ginery T. Davis Albert H. Moore
J. Thomas Waterman Asa B. Pulsifer F. Henry Corey
James Bartlett, Jr. Willard Warren
Albert G. Baxter, Jr. Sidney R. Baxter
Frederick Fisher
John B. Klenck
George P. Bones
Frank H. Bacon
Thomas Murphy
P. H. Tyler
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Oliver Cousens
Alonzo Bowman Charles H. Draper
Thomas B. Griggs Arthur W. Blake William E. Lincoln
Charles H. James Philip S. Allen
Augustus Kreissman Roswell S. Winsor
Bradford Kingman
John Murphy Rupert Weinstein
Willard A. Goodwin
Horace James
Addison Richards
Charles T. Plimpton
Peter W. Pierce
George E. Bogman
Ashael G. Mathews
Asa W. Armington
George 1). Smith
William Heath
Henry B. Eager
George F. Palmer
Charles P. Trowbridge
Martin Kingman Michael Griffin
David Damon
Moses Eastman
Samuel D. Edwards
Carl Schraubstadter
Alfred A. Cheney
Charles W. Bachelder
Elias Gallup
Edwin Wadsworth
Fergus B. Turner
Henry G. Seaverns
Edwin Clark
David T. Kenrick
Freeman C. Sherman
Benjamin W. Hobart
Michael Mahan
Reuben A. Chace
James Mahan
Timothy Corey
James Darragh
John C. Pulsifer
Alexander McCracken
Nathaniel Conant
Frank E. Parker
Charles W. Sabin
James Kenyon
Francis L. Skinner
Alpheus Snow
Wm. P. Woodbury, Jr.
Joseph Crawshaw
John H. Lang
Frank Fitz
Patrick Lalley
T. Eustis Francis
Patrick H. Cusick
George Winchester
Joshua H. Putman
Murray Tilton
Willard H. Robinson
William H. Bellows
Wm. Henry Barnard Frederick Barnard Charles Chase
Osavius Verney
George W. Bird
George F. Johnson
Leonard Mecum
John J. Reed
Henry M. Hall Nicholas Watson James H. Harris Alphonso Cess
James B. Dana John McNamara Peter Keiser
Wm. Cowan James Wiart
Dennis O'Connor
John Cook Martin Mansfield Thomas Turner
Charles Whitney
John H. Whitney Edward Bogan
Jesse F. Houghton
Benj. F. Baxter
George P. Davis
James M. Seamans
Henry G. Fay Charles Hasson Henry Collins John P. Bliss
A. Jewell Goodwin
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Michael Scotch Edward S. Perry Dwight H. Leonard Charles L. Perry Thomas McDonald Jeremiah Sullivan Michael Doyle John Borland
Dennis McNamara William Finney James Rotch
Edgar B. Crosby
Benj. F. Wetherbee
Patrick W. Bowen
George Stitt Adam Halfenstine
Charles B. Brockway
Mellen C. Hight
Hollis Gerry
Henry C. Gilbert
James H. Beals
Bartho. Conners
John J. P. McCarty
John B .. Turner
Michael Lynch
Joseph Langley
Thomas Muldowney
Arthur Sweetser
Edward W. Woodward
Daniel D. Adams
George W. Bangs
Henry Wethern
Daniel W. Phelps
William H. Warren
Ira D. Stubbs
Horatio S. Burdett
Francis H. Mackintosh
Royal Mackintosh, Jr.
Charles C. Milley
H. Lincoln Chase
George Harvey
George E. Lyford
Richard H. Gilson
Charles B. Wood
Charles H. Murdough
George E. Hersey
John H. Libby
Henry Sampson Augustus de Peyster Charles D. Brooks
Thomas Longley
Joshua Little
Thomas G. Bryant, Jr.
Peleg Aborn
James H. Bowditch Michael L. Lynch
Henry Blaney Samuel Stuart
Howard S. Williams Daniel W. Wise
Hugh Stuart
Daniel I. Thorne
Lewis Clark
Thomas C. Clark
Charles Clark
Joseph J. Perkins Alfred Elsey John Wiggins Frank Haven John A. Willard
Francis Wetherbee
Francis R. Sawins
George A. Mudge
Stephen A. Lovejoy
James G. Porter Jacob Bushwell George Morrisson
Thos. J. Trull Orrin Danforth
Jabez Libby Whitcomb
James Douglas Thomas E. Lanmann John Taylor John Egan Arthur Williams
Malachi Spillman Michael O'Herne Michael Flannigan
John Murray Patrick McMarrara John Coughlan James Hayes Cornelius O'Herne
Michael Curtin
Jacob P. Palmer
William F. Hall
Francis J. Nash
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George Pope
Edward W. Pope Andrew J. Harrington William (). Churchill John E. Horr
Joseph Oliver Stanton D. Loring Joseph Carlysle Levi Doran
Patrick Burns
Michael Miskell Benjamin Hill
Frank T. Dwinnell
Augustine Shurtleff
Charles O. Foster
Richard S. Fay
William F. Hall
Charles F. Webber Jeremiah Means
Morris Hickey
Michael Whealan
Andrew J. Cusick
Thomas Morrisson
Patrick Fitzgibbons
Thomas McMahan
Owen Geary Richard Hills
Lewis Young
Edward Fillebrown
Horace N. Fisher
James G. Mungovan
John H. Fisher
Thomas Stafford
James Geddes
Thomas Kratty
Edward P. Kennard
Michael Barrett
Thomas Jordan
George P. Richardson
George Hancock
Joseph Madore
F. Gilbert Stearns
Patrick Reiley
Florance Sullivan
John Meany James Kelly
Samuel Beal Caleb Beal
Michael Condry
Thomas Bowen
Phillip P. Connelly
Thomas Quinlan, Jr.
Phillip Duffey
Patrick Dwyer
Timothy Allen
Lawrence Kelly
George T. Defries
Freeland Dunn
Wm. W. Stevenson
Thomas Bond
Patrick Fahey
Thomas Edward Bond
Francis Mealy
James Breman
Willard Y. Gross
Patrick Mead
Edward Stees
Moses Jones
George E. Nelson
Leonard Locke Frederick Amory William Butler
Charles M. Atkinson
Henry Collins
Francis A. White Maurice Goddard
· George M. Mellen Isaiah S. Getchell Moses Tompson
George G. Dawes
Henry H. Withington Patrick Murphey John Foord John Hussey
Joseph Fernald
John Ruggles
Addison Farnum
James Hayes William Devine
Burton W. Neal
Edward I. Thomas James A. Laighton
Thomas R. Shewell George M. Edmond Adan Waldo Thomas S. Ritchie John Ritchie Andrew Ritchie
Samuel Haskell
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Charles H. Heath Edward Atkinson David Ring Francis Cabot Augustus Lowell Theodore Lyman
James M. Codman
George H. Cowan
Francis A. Jewett
William L. Taft
George W. Merritt
Nathaniel G. Chapin
Isaac Beals Thomas Townsend
John A. Sargent Lewis Perrin
George H. Townsend John Sherriff
Henry Rollins
William H. Bird
Moses Chadborn George G. Chadborn
Frederick E. Bird William B. Bird
John A. Chadborn Cyrus D. Curtis
Sydney Heath
Terrance McGuire
Walstein R. Chester
Michael A. Brown.
John Burbank
Edward L. Stoddard
John Fitzgerald Thomas Maloney
C. E. Cochran
Lewis Cabot
Lindsay Howe
Thomas Miskill
Fred A. Searle
William Davidson
John P. Farnum
Moses M. Judkins
Charles F. Houghton
Moses Williams, Jr.
Mears Orcutt
Cyrus M. Warren John McInerny Abel W. Kingman
John S. Paige Albert S. Paige David Hobart
Edward S. Philbrick
Henry W. Deane
Samuel J. M. Clark
Charles Foster
Michael W. Quinlan
Marshall Russell
John W. Candler William Wright
George Woodward
Henry D. Todd
Joshua Crane
Artemas S. Jones
David J. O'Connell James Quinn John Mealy Henry Weriser
Stephen G. Train
Lyman B. Brooks
Amory Rowe William S. Cutler
Herbert D. Cutler
Frank C. Richards John Fallen
Edward W. Hooper Daniel A. Dwight
Cyrus W. Ruggles John H. Wright Eben Wright Michael Downes
Benj. H. Crosby
George W. Funk
James H. Kelly Albert Heyward Austin Phelps George M. Wetherbee J. Matthias Moore J. Warner Roberts Roscoe A. Cobb Thomas S. Brown William S. Brown
Thomas A. Wethern Aaron Whitney Charles Storrow
Frederick Farnum
Rufus K. Wood Albert A. Cobb Alfred Winsor, Jr.
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1 James S. Brown
Chapman Dwight Charles Lynd
William A. Sheplay John Ford John Wilson
Hamilton Watson Lewis S. Price
John Lassy Charles Dwight
Albert H. Sanderson
William G. Weld
William H. Whitney Charles Langley
John Walton Henry Chaffin
Edwin D. Smith
George W. Weld
Francis E. Bacon
William Noonan
Arthur C. Quimby
J. Elliot Cabot
Warren Thompson
Xanthus Goodnough
Augustus Byrne Walter Hussey
George W. Goodnough
Horace P. Richardson
Francis P. Denney
Charles Bessey John Lawler
James Baker
Joseph G. Homer
Albert Clifford
THOMAS B. HALL, AUSTIN W. BENTON, Assessors of Brookline.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1868.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
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 third day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at eleven of the clock in the fore- noon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and
John C. Woodward
Levi W. Hastings Daniel Murray David J. Harmon
Charles P. Gardiner
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kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock, during which time they will be required to give in their votes to the Selectmen for the following National, State and County officers, to wit :
For twelve Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, each vote for such elector to contain the name of at least one inhabitant of each Congressional District of this Commonwealth ; a Representative to Congress for the Third Congressional District, Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, Councillor for Councillor District Number Three, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver- General, Auditor, Attorney-General, Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative to the General Court for the Fifteenth Norfolk District, one County Com- missioner, two Special County Commissioners, Register of Probate and Insolvency, three Commissioners of Insolvency, District-Attorney, and a Sheriff 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, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Mass., October 28th, 1868.
By virtue 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 election ..
J. B. SANBORN, Constable.
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In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the legal voters of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the third day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and were called to order at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, 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.
In conformity with said warrant, the polls were declared open for the reception of votes for the various offices therein designated, and they were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock, when, after due notice given by the chairman of the Selectmen and an opportunity given for all to vote, who had not voted and desired so to do, they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes so given in, and the whole number was seven hundred and seventy-six, and the whole number were sorted, counted, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as required by law, and were for the following persons and officers, to wit :
For Electors at Large : Seven hundred and sixty-seven.
David Sears, of Boston, had five hundred and twenty-six.
John H. Clifford, of New Bedford, had five hundred and twenty-six. Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-one. John R. Briggs, of Sheffield, had two hundred and forty-one.
For Electors : Seven hundred and sixty-seven.
District Number One :
Richard L. Pease, of Edgartown, had five hundred and twenty-six. Isaiah T. Jones, of Sandwich, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Two :
William Mason, of Taunton, had five hundred and twenty-six.
Samuel B. Thaxter, of Abington, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Three :
William Whiting, of Boston, had five hundred and twenty-six. James M. Keith, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Four :
Frank B. Fay, of Chelsea, had five hundred and twenty-six.
Edwin C. Barnes, of Chelsea, had two hundred and forty-one.
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District Number Five :
James M. Buffum, of Lynn, had five hundred and twenty-six. Jonathan Nayson, of Amesbury, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Six :
George Cogswell, of Bradford, had five hundred and twenty-six. John K. Tarbox, of Lawrence, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Seven :
J. Wiley Edmands, of Newton, had five hundred and twenty-six. William F. Salmon, of Lowell, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Eight :
Paul Whitin of Northbridge, had five hundred and twenty-six. Levi Barker, of Worcester, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Nine :
Charles A. Stevens, of Ware, had five hundred and twenty-six. J. Otis Hale, of Hubbardston, two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Ten :
Milton B. Whitney, of Westfield, had five hundred and twenty-six. Henry W. Bishop, of Lenox, had two hundred and forty-one.
Representative to Congress for the Third Congressional District: Seven hundred and seventy.
Ginery Twitchell, of Brookline, had five hundred and twenty-six. Edwin C. Bailey, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-four.
For Governor : Seven hundred and seventy-four.
William Claflin, of Newton, had five hundred and nineteen.
John Quincy Adams, of Quincy, had two hundred and fifty-five.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Seven hundred and seventy-four.
Joseph Tucker, of Lenox, had five hundred and twenty-two. Reuben Noble, of Westfield had two hundred and fifty-two.
For Councillor, District Number Three : Seven hundred and fifty-five. Thomas Rice, of Newton, five hundred and fifty-five. Seth Adams, of Newton, two hundred.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Seven hundred and seventy-four. Oliver Warner, of Northampton, had five hundred and twenty-nine. Charles Bimblecorn, of Barre, had two hundred and fifty.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Seven hundred and seventy-four. Jacob H. Loud, of Plymouth, had five hundred and twenty-four. Harvy Adams, of Adams, had two hundred and fifty.
For Auditor : Seven hundred and seventy.
Henry S. Briggs, of Pittsfield, five hundred and twenty. Arthur F. Devereux, of Roxbury, two hundred and fifty.
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For Attorney-General : Seven hundred and seventy-one. Charles Allen, of Greenfield, five hundred and twenty-two. William C. Endicott, of Salem, two hundred and fifty.
For Senator for First Norfolk District : Seven hundred and sixty. George H. Munroe, of Boston, five hundred and nineteen. William Gaston, of Boston, two hundred and fifty.
For County Commissioner : Seven hundred and seventy-three. David H. Bates, of Braintree, five hundred and twenty-three. Jacob F. Eaton, of Quincy, two hundred and fifty.
For two Special Commissioners : Seven hundred and fifty-nine. Amos H. Holbrook, of Bellingham, five hundred and twenty-three. Galen Orr, of Needham, five hundred and twenty-three.
Samuel E. Pond, of Dedham, two hundred and forty-six.
Robert Vose, of Dorchester, two hundred and forty-six.
For Register of Probate and Insolvency : Seven hundred and seventy-six. Jonathan Cobb, of Dedham, had seven hundred and seventy-six.
For Commissioners of Insolvency : Seven hundred and seventy-three. William E. Jewell, of Randolph, had five hundred and twenty-two. Frederick D. Ely, of Dedham, had five hundred and twenty-two. Thomas F. Temple, of Dorchester, had five hundred and twenty-two. C. J. Randall, of Wrentham, had two hundred and fifty. Oliver Hall, of Dorchester, had two hundred and fifty. G. E. Craig, of Walpole, had two hundred and fifty.
For District- Attorney : Seven hundred and seventy-three. Edward L. Pierce, of Milton, had five hundred and twenty-three. Perez Simmons, of Hanover, had two hundred and fifty.
For Sheriff: Seven hundred and seventy-three.
John W. Thomas, of Dedham, had five hundred and twenty-three. J. Freeman Ellis, of Stoughton, had two hundred and fifty.
For Representative to the General Court, Fifteenth District : Seven hundred and seventy-one.
Thomas Parsons, of Brookline, had three hundred and seventy-four. Abijah W. Goddard, of Brookline, had three hundred and ninety-seven, and was declared elected to the next General Court of Massachusetts.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name had been found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being all completed, the returns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen and counter-
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signed by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, as is 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.
SPECIAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 19, 1868.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
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 Thursday, the nineteenth day of November, current, at half-past three of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see if the town will accept the highways as laid out by the Selectmen, over so much of the Mill Dam road and the roads and bridges heretofore connected therewith in toll franchise as lies within the town of Brookline, the said roads being laid out by the authority of Chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the Acts of 1868, being an Act entitled, "An Act concerning the Mill Dam road and the roads connected there- with belonging to the Commonwealth," a full description of the location and bounds of said roads and plans thereof having been duly filed and recorded.
Third. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 of said Chapter 291 of the Acts of 1868, so far as the same are applicable to the town of Brookline.
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Fourth. To see if the town will accept and allow Avon street, so called, as laid out and located by the Selectmen as a townway.
Fifth. To see what action the town will take in relation to the improvement of Beacon street between Winchester and Kent streets.
Sixth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the foregoing purposes.
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 seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, November 14th, 1868.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the qualified 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.
JOHN DUSTIN, Constable.
In pursuance of the notice given by the warrant of the Selectmen, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the nineteenth day of November, A. D. 1868, and at thirty-five minutes past three of the clock they were called to order by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant and the return thereon of the officer who warned the meeting.
The Town Clerk then took up the first article in the war- rant, to choose a Moderator, when, on motion, it was voted that the Moderator be chosen by nomination.
The meeting then nominated and chose for Moderator, Austin W. Benton, and he took the chair.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, Esq .-
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Voted, That the Second and Third Articles in the warrant be taken up and considered together, to wit :
Second. To see if the town will accept the highways as laid out by the Selectmen, over so much of the Mill Dam road and the roads and bridges heretofore connected therewith in toll franchise, as lies within the town of Brookline, the said roads being laid out by the authority of Chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the Acts of 1868, being an Act entitled, "An Act concerning the Mill Dam road and the roads connected therewith belonging to the Commonwealth," a full description of the location and bounds of said roads, and plans thereof, having been duly filed and recorded.
Third. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 of said Chapter 291 of the Acts of 1868, so far as the same is applicable to the town of Brookline.
The said articles being under consideration, the Select- men presented the following report of their proceedings in connection with the subject of said articles, to wit :
REPORT.
LAYING OUT OF THE MILL DAM ROAD AND THE ROADS AND BRIDGES CON- NECTED THEREWITH IN TOLL FRANCHISE, AS TOWNWAYS.
The Selectmen of the Town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all owners of lands, persons and corporations interested therein known to them, of their intention to lay out as townways so much of the Mill Dam road and the roads and bridges connected therewith in toll franchise as lay within the limits of the town of Brookline, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at two of the clock in the afternoon, and all parties, interests and corpora- tions having been given an opportunity to be heard, and none appearing against or opposing the laying out of said ways, they proceeded to locate and lay out said ways as follows, to wit :
Commencing on the Mill Dam or main causeway at the line between the city of Boston and town of Brookline and running northerly seventy feet in width to the fork of the roads at the west end of the dam, being the width of the present structure or causeway of the dam and about twenty feet additional on the northerly side as far as said dam extends or the point marked O on the map of the same; thence following the Brighton branch of said dam sixty feet in width, being thirty feet in width on each side of the centre of the present causeway, for a distance of seven thousand eighty-eight feet to the line between Brookline and Brighton, as shown on the accompanying maps.
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