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Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS. WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, October 27th, 1869.
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.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the legal voters of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall on Tues- day, the second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, 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 warrant calling said meeting and the return thereon made by the Constable who warned it were read by the Town Clerk.
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General Election, November 2, 1869.
In conformity with said warrant, the chairman of the Selectmen declared the polls open for the reception of votes for the several officers designated therein, and they were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock, when, after due notice by the chairman of the Selectmen and an opportunity given to all to vote who had not voted and desired so to do, they were closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes as given in, and the whole number so given in was four hundred and sixty-two, 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 officers, to wit :
For Governor : Four hundred thirty-one.
William Claflin, of Newton, had two hundred fifty-seven.
John Quincy Adams, of Quincy, had one hundred sixty-nine. Edward M. Chamberlin, of Boston, had five.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Four hundred thirty-five.
Joseph Tucker, of Lenox, had two hundred eighty-eight. Samuel O. Lamb, of Greenfield, had one hundred forty-two. James Chattaway, of Springfield, five.
For Secretary of State : Four hundred and thirty.
Oliver Warner, of Northampton, two hundred eighty-four. John K. Tarbox, of Lawrence, one hundred fifty. Stillman B. Pratt, of Randolph, five.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Four hundred thirty-nine.
Jacob H. Loud, of Plymouth, had two hundred eighty-four. Levi Heywood, of Gardner, had one hundred fifty. N. W. Stoddard, of North Bridgewater, five.
For Auditor : Four hundred thirty-nine.
Charles Endicott, of Canton, had two hundred eighty-four. Phineas Allen, of Pittsfield, had one hundred fifty. Charles J. Goodwin, of Haverhill, had five.
For Attorney-General : Four hundred thirty-seven.
Charles Allen, of Boston, had two hundred ninety-two. Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, had one hundred forty. Charles Cowley, of Lowell, had five.
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For County Commissioner : Four hundred thirty-three.
Milton M. Fisher, of Medway, had two hundred eighty-three. Jacob F. Eaton, of Quincy, had one hundred fifty.
For Councillor, Third District : Four hundred thirty-three.
Henry G. Crowell, of Boston, had two hundred eighty-three. Seth Adams, of Newton, had one hundred fifty.
C. A. Durfee, of Holliston, had five.
For Senator, First Norfolk District : Four hundred thirty-seven.
George H. Munroe, of Boston, had two hundred sixty-four.
William B. Greene, of Brookline, one hundred seventy-three.
For Representative to the General Court, Fifteenth Norfolk District : Four hundred and fifty-three.
A. W. Goddard, of Brookline, one.
William D. Coolidge, of Brookline, one hundred sixty-eight.
Alanson W. Beard, of Brookline, two hundred eighty-four, and he was declared elected to the General Court of Massachusetts.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name had been found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being accomplished, the returns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen and counter- signed by the 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.
James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen, then declared the meeting dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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Special Meeting, December 7, 1869.
SPECIAL MEETING, DECEMBER 7, 1869.
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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 seventh day of December next, at three of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To consider and act upon the subject of obtaining a supply of pure water for the inhabitants of the town of Brookline.
Third. To see if the town will appropriate for sidewalks the money paid into the treasury for the same by the abutters.
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-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, December 2d, 1869. .
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal oters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and for the pur-
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poses within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days before the day of said meeting.
J. P. SANBORN, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and were called to order by the Town Clerk at three of the clock in the afternoon, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the Constable's return of notifying the same thereon.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator William I. Bowditch, and he took the chair.
Second Article taken up :
To consider and act upon the subject of obtaining a supply of pure water for the inhabitants of the town of Brookline.
The following vote was offered by Amos A. Lawrence, Esq., viz. :
Voted, That George M. Dexter, Francis P. Denney and E. C. Cabot be a committee to ascertain whether it is expedient to purchase the property of the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Company, or any other supply of water, for the town, and to report at a future meeting to be called by the chair- man of the committee.
After a full discussion of the subject, as also of various subjects connected therewith, the motion was put on its passage, and decided in the negative.
Third Article taken up :
To see if the town will appropriate for sidewalks the money paid into the treasury for the same by the abutters.
Voted, That the money paid or to be paid into the town treasury on account of sidewalks is hereby appropriated for making sidewalks, subject to the order of the Selectmen.
No further business coming up, the meeting adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk
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Perambulation of Boundary Lines.
PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN BROOKLINE AND NEWTON. 1869.
We the undersigned, Selectmen of Newton and Brookline, hereby cer- tify that we have, this twenty-third day of November, A. D. 1869, perambulated the lines between said towns and find the several bounds and monuments, as follows, viz. :
1st. A stone monument marked RB&N near the westerly edge of Troublesome Swamp (so called), which forms the corner bound between West Roxbury, Brookline, and Newton.
2d. Thence to an iron monument marked N&B on a large rock in land now or late of Caleb Crafts.
3d. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B on the north side of the road near and westerly from the sawmill.
4th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B in Stake Meadow (so called), which monument makes a corner.
5th. Thence to an iron monument on the corner of a wall marked N&B on ledge of rocks near Stake Meadow.
6th. Thence to an iron monument marked N&B in the wall by the land now or formerly of Capt. Clark.
7th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B on the northerly side of the road near the house late of Arba Hyde.
8th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B on the southerly side of the Worcester turnpike or Boylston street.
9th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B on the westerly side of the road known as Hammond street by land now of John Lowell, formerly of Daniel Kingsbury.
10th. Thence to an abutment stone marked N&B at the end of a wall on land of heirs of Joseph Lee.
11th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B in a swail.
12th. Thence to a stone monument marked N&B on the south side and in the embankment of the New York and Boston Railroad in land taken by said railroad company of John Kingsbury, which bound forms the corner bound between Newton, Brookline, and Brighton.
All of which bounds and monuments we have agreed to and renewed this day.
JAMES F. C. HYDE,
JAMES BARTLETT,
GEORGE E. BRIDGES,
THOMAS PARSONS,
D. C. SANGER, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS,
WILLARD MAREY,
EDWARD S. PHILBRICK,
JOSEPH WALKER,
HORACE JAMES,
THOMAS RICE, JR.,
Selectmen of Newton. Selectmen of Brookline.
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PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN BROOKLINE AND WEST ROXBURY.
Be it remembered that on the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, we the subscribers, being duly authorized as the law directs, met and proceeded to peram- bulate the lines and to mark the bounds between the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury, in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows, to wit :
Beginning at a stone monument standing in the middle of the brook running through the lands of the Brookline Land Company marked WR &B, being the junction point of the boundary lines between the city of Boston (formerly Roxbury) and the towns of Brookline and West Rox- bury; thence following the centre of the brook and through lands now or late of Charles E. Perkins to a stone monument marked B&WR in the wall dividing said Perkins from land now or late of Joseph Curtis ; thence following said wall northeasterly to a stone monument marked B&WR standing in the wall between the land of said Curtis and Daniel A. Dwight (late Thomas Lee's) ; thence to a stone monument marked B&WR standing in land of said Dwight; thence to a stone monument marked B&WR on Perkins street, West Roxbury, and Cottage street, Brookline; thence to a stone monument on the hill in land of heirs of the late Edward H. Robbins marked B≀ thence to a white-oak tree standing in the wall on land of William B. Greene marked B≀ thence by said wall to a stone monument marked B&WR stand- ing on land of B. Lincoln; thence to a stone monument on the southerly side of Avon street marked B≀ thence to a monument at the corner of Alvin Loker's land and Newton street marked B≀ thence to a stone monument marked B&WR at the corner of land now or late of Alvin Loker; thence to a stone monument marked B&WR in the wall on land of W. A. Humphrey ; thence to a stone monument marked B&WR in the wall between lands of Aaron D. Weld; thence to a stone monu- ment marked B&WR on the south side of Church street in West Roxbury and South street in Brookline; thence to a stone monument in John C. Gore's land marked B≀ thence to a white-oak tree marked B&WR standing in the wall; thence across the swamp to a stone monument marked BWR&N, and forming the junction-point of the boundary lines between the towns of Brookline, West Roxbury, and Newton.
All of which we have agreed to and renewed the day and year above named.
ARISTIDIES TALBOT,
JAMES BARTLETT,
CHAS. G. MACKINTOSH,
THOMAS PARSONS,
JOHN E. BLACKEMORE,
WILLIAM J. GRIGGS,
NATHAN B. PRESCOTT, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK,
JEREMIAH A. WILLIAMS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
Selectmen of the Town of West Roxbury.
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Perambulation of Boundary Lines.
PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN BROOKLINE AND BRIGHTON.
Be it remembered, that on the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, we the subscribers, being duly authorized as the law directs, met and proceeded to perambu- late the lines and mark the bounds between the towns of Brookline, in the County of Norfolk, and Brighton, in the County of Middlesex, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows, to wit :
Beginning at Smelt Brook where it empties into Charles River, the centre of said river immediately opposite said brook being the beginning of the boundary lines between said towns; thence following said brook to where the original steam crosses Brighton avenue (so called) ; thence from the point in said avenue through the swamp and water to a stone monument marked BB by the edge of the swamp; thence in a direct line to a stone monument marked BB standing in the southerly side of Harvard street; thence to a stone monument marked BB set on the north side of Winchester and Warren streets; thence to a stone monument marked BB on the hill formerly land of Livermore; thence continuing the same course to a stone monument marked BB standing on the easterly side of Washington street at land of heirs of said Livermore; thence to a stone monument marked BB set in the wall at the corner of land of James Dana and Timothy Corey ; thence in a direct line to a stone monument marked BB on the westerly side of Brighton street (so called), nearly opposite the house of Joseph L. White; thence to a stone monument standing in the embankment of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, formerly land of Kingsbury, and marked BB&N, and forming the junction-point of the boundary lines between the towns of Brookline, Brighton, and Newton.
All of which we have agreed to and renewed the day and year above written.
B. F. PIERCE, H. W. BAXTER, Selectmen of the Town of Brighton.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
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ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 28, 1870.
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 Monday, the twenty-eighth 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 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 and allow the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Fifth. To consider and act upon the subject of making and grading Boylston street from Cypress street to Walnut street near the gate-house.
Sixth. To consider and act upon the subject of placing a memorial tablet in the library building.
Seventh. To see what action the town will take in relation to erecting a new Town Hall.
Eighth. To consider and act upon the request of the County Commis sioners to have the town bear a part of the expense of the land damages in widening Harvard and Brighton streets.
Ninth. To see if the town will make Beacon street to its full width across the marsh.
Tenth. To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway lead- ing from High street to Pond avenue, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Eleventh. To see what action the town will take in relation to a new town map.
Twelfth. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the pur- pose of decorating the graves of soldiers on the thirtieth day of May next.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway leading from Harvard street to St. Paul street, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Fourteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Witness our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and seventy.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, March 22d, 1870.
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.
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-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon, by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting and the return thereon of the officer who served the notice.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The polls were declared open by the Town Clerk (who presided) for the reception of votes for Moderator, and were kept open ten minutes, when, after giving notice that all persons qualified who had not voted might have the opportu- nity to do so, they were declared closed.
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The whole number of votes given was fifty-six, as follows, to wit : For Moderator, William I. Bowditch had fifty-six, 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 taken up :
To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
Voted, To proceed to elect by ballot the following town officers for the ensuing year, to wit: A Town Clerk, five Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Survey- ors of Highways; three Assessors, a Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes; three School Committee for three years and one School Committee for one year, four Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two Fence Viewers, and ten Constables, -all on one ticket.
Voted, That the polls be kept open for the reception of votes until quarter of four o'clock.
The polls were then opened and kept open until quarter of four o'clock for the reception of votes, when, after due notice given that all qualified voters who had not voted might have an opportunity to do so if they desired, they were declared closed, agreeable with the foregoing vote.
The Moderator appointed Messrs. George Atkinson and Charles F. Jones to sort and count the votes during the voting, and the votes were sorted and counted by the Mod- erator, Tellers, and Town Clerk, and the votes so given were three hundred and fifty-six, and the following persons all having a large majority, none less than two hundred and two, were declared elected to the following offices, to wit :
Town Clerk: B. F. Baker (sworn by the Moderator).
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Surveyors of Highways : Thomas Par- sons (sworn by the Moderator), William J. Griggs (sworn by the Mod- erator), Horace James (sworn by the Moderator), Charles D. Head (sworn by the Moderator), Augustus Whittemore (sworn by the Mod- erator).
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Assessors : Thomas B. Hall, Austin W. Benton, William I. Bowditch. Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington (sworn by the Moderator).
School Committee for three years: Thomas Parsons, E. W. Sanford, Rev. Wm. Lamson.
School Committee for one year : Austin W. Benton.
Trustees of the Public Library for three years : Rev. Wm. Lamson, John W. Candler, Charles D. Head, Edward C. Cabot.
Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes, William K. Melcher.
Constables : Jona. P. Sanborn (sworn by the Moderator), Willard Y. Gross (sworn by the Moderator), William B. Chaplin (sworn by the Moderator), Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn by the Moderator), F. Henry Corey (sworn by the Moderator), Eben W. Reed (sworn by the Moder- ator), George F. Johnson (sworn by the Moderator), Patrick H. Cusick (sworn by the Moderator), Daniel C. Murray, Daniel W. Phelps (sworn by the Moderator).
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his ticket until his name had been found and checked on the list.
The meeting then nominated and chose the following officers, viz. :
Truant Officers : J. P. Sanborn, Willard Y. Gross, Eben W. Reed.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: William D. Coolidge, J. Anson Guild, Frank F. Seamans.
Field Drivers : Asa W. Armington, Thomas P. Ritchie, John C. Taylor, Henry C. Bixby, Daniel C. Murray, Eben W. Reed, Thomas S. Pettengill. Sealers of Leather : Samuel A. Robinson, Willard Warren.
Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed.
Auditors : Robert S. Littell, Edward I. Thomas, Daniel H. Rogers. Fire Wards : Thomas S. Pettengill, Willard Y. Gross, Henry M. Hall, Patrick H. Cusick, Charles Chase.
Cemetery Committee : Thomas S. Pettengill.
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
On motion of Dr. Augustine Shurtleff-
Voted, That the thanks of the town be presented James . Bartlett, Esq., who has efficiently served the town as a mem- ber of the Board of Selectmen for a quarter of a century, and for fourteen years as chairman of that body.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be presented to Ed- ward S. Philbrick, Esq., for the care and foresight he has displayed in initiating a system of public work so essential
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to the future good sanitary condition of a rapidly-growing community, and an expression of our regret that he should be unable to remain to carry them on to completion.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be presented to Fred- erick W. Prescott, Esq., who has served faithfully and acceptably as a member of the School Committee for the past - years, and as secretary of the board for the most of the time.
Thomas Parsons presented the following reports, which had been printed and distributed throughout the town, which were read by their titles and accepted, to wit: Treasurer's Report, Report of the Selectmen, By-Laws, Report of the Trustees of the Public Library, Report of School Committee, and the List of Taxes and the names of the tax-payers.
Voted, That the subject of a supply of stone and the pro- curing of a stone-crusher be referred to the Selectmen.
Voted, That all money which shall be paid into the treas- ury during the current year on account of sidewalks, is hereby appropriated for making sidewalks, and subject to the orders of the Selectmen.
Voted, That the Treasurer is hereby instructed to collect all fines due the town.
Voted, That the School Committee establish ungraded schools.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Voted, That the name of Frederick Almy be stricken from the list, on account of his continued ill-health.
Voted, To accept and allow the following list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, viz. :
Annual Meeting, March 28, 1870.
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List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1870.
Adams, Daniel D.
James, Horace
Allen, Samuel S.
Kirby, Charles K.
Atkinson, George
Merrill, George W.
Bacon, Thomas H.
Philbrick, Edward S.
Baker, James
Prescott, Frederick W.
Bangs, William A.
Rogers, John K.
Beals, James H.
Rooney, James
Beard, Alanson W.
Saville, Richard L.
Binney, Amos R.
Searle, Frederick A.
Bird, Albert H.
Sears, Isaac H.
Blake, Arthur W.
Sherman, Freeman C.
Brackett, I. Lewis
Stearns, John G.
Brett, Zenas F.
Storrow, Charles
Briggs, Richard
Thomas, Edward I.
Brooks, Lyman B.
Turner, John B.
Burdett, Horatio S.
Verney, Osavius
Cabot, Francis
Warren, Cyrus M.
Chase, Charles
White, Isaac D.
Chester, Walstein R.
Whiting, Charles A.
Clark, Edwin
Williams, Arthur
Coolidge, George H.
Williams, Howard D.
Corey, Timothy
Wilson, William W.
Crosby, Benjamin H.
Wood, Amos L.
Dawes, George G.
Woodward, Isaac
Goldsmith, George W.
Withington, Moses
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