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Lyford, George E.
McIntosh, Edward
Laighton, James A. Linnan, Charles Libby, John H. Lynes, Frank Lynch, James
Murray, Hugh Martin, Michael
Lovell, Thomas P.
Lovell, Warren B. Loring, Thatcher Long, John Lowell, Augustus Lock, Leonard Lynds, Charles A. Loring, Robert B. Lyman, Theodore
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Mungoven, James
Morrissy, Thomas
Phelps, Daniel W.
McDonald, John
Plummer, Lincoln K.
McCarty, John, 2d
Palmer, Jacob P.
Madore, Joseph
Perkins, Joseph J.
Moore, Albert M.
Pulsifer, Asa
Maher, James
Palmer, Edward F.
Merandy, Henry
Palmer, Lewis HI.
McInery, John
Pons, Charles A.
Mealy, Francis
Palmer, George F.
McLaughlin, Eugene O.
Powers, John
Miskill, John
Paige, Albert S.
Miskill, John, 2d
Perry, Charles L.
Murray, Daniel C.
Proctor, Robert L.
McCarty, Marcus B.
Phillips, Edwin
Perrin, Lewis
Pinkham, Clarence
Parsons, Theophilus, Jr.
Newman, Marshall P.
Noran, Henry H.
Newton, Wm. W.
Nash, Francis J.
Newcomb, Leonard
Newcomb, Holmes Neal, Burton W.
Ricker, Charles
Ray, Alfred F.
Rooney, William
Ruggles, Cyrus W.
Reed, Henry
Russell, Daniel W.
Ricker, Oliver P.
Rogers, Samuel
Ruddick, Frank
O'Hearn, Michael
Robinson, Willard H.
Reed, John J.
O'Hare, Michael
Reed, Frank J.
Ritchie, Andrew M.
Richardson, George P.
Ranny, William
Ruggles, Alvin L.
Richardson, Edward B.
Prince, Charles J.
Richards, John
Reed, Isaac
Pierce, John
Ryan, Matthew
Pierce, Wm. O.
Ring, David
Rodman, Francis
Pottle, John
Phillips, John F.
Quimby, Benjamin F.
Quinlan, Michael
Quinlan, Thomas J.
Olsen, Peder
Orrock, James M.
O'Connor, Dennis
O'Dea, John
O'Dea, Michael
O'Day, John
O'Dea, Dennis
O'Hearn, Michael, 2d
O'Dea, John T. Orcutt, Mears Omead, Samuel
Philbrick, John E.
Richards, Francis C.
Pierce, Henry E.
Page, Henry R.
Roy, Joseph
Power, John
Sears, Isaac H.
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McDavit, Patrick
Mioman, Augustus
Phillips, Edward H.
519
Militia List, 1871.
Storrow, James T.
Smith, Edward S.
Soule, George
Stearns, John G., Jr.
Taylor, Alfred E.
Taylor, Isaac H.
Taylor, John C.
Stearns, Charles H.
Treadwell, Frank
Stearns, William
Tilly, Charles Tyler, William R.
Spofford, Samuel
Skinner, Charles W.
Tompson, E. W. E.
Shepherd, John S.
Thomas, Edward I.
Slack, George A.
Turner, Fergus B.
Seamans, Frank F.
Trinlan, Cornelius
Snow, Jesse
Tappan, Lewis W., Jr.
Strout,
Toby, Charles
Stevens, Daniel C.
Towle, George M.
Scudder, Winthrop
Train, Stephen G.
Sinclare, James
Train, Samuel P.
Stedman, George E.
Taffe, John
Stodder, Henry F.
Taffe, Edward
Sabin, Charles W.
Tate, John
Sawin, Francis R.
Tate, William
Seaverns, Henry G.
Thorndike, Charles
Shedd, Arthur B.
Tompkins, Elliot D.
Staples, Richard
Tyler, William
Seamans, Manning
Towle, James
Sanford, E. W.
Thomas, J. Appleton
Salmon, Peter
Simons, Julius
Sharp, John B.
Stanfield, Albert
Stitt, George
Whitney, Henry M.
Scheinfeldt, Isaac
Wesselhoeft, George P.
Whitfield, Horace
Sargent, Horace
Woodbury, William P.
Williams, J. F.
Sweeny, John Strain, Charles
Winslow, A. J. Wilson, William E.
Sullivan, Jeremiah
Wood, Amos L.
Waterman, Joseph T.
Wood, Francis L.
Wrightington, Charles W.
Shurtleff, Augustine
Sproud, Henry
Stetson, Henry
Searle, Frederick A. Sargent, John A.
Storrow, Charles
Sargent, Charles S.
Sanderson, George E.
Williams, Arthur Worthley, George E.
Waterman, William E.
Whittemore, Edmund W. Warren, George E.
Woods, Charles B.
Withington, George B. Withington, Charles F.
Sherman, Charles
Sawtell, Richard
Stearns, F. Gilbert
Steese, Edward
Sommers, William
Verney, Osavius VonArnim, Theodore F.
Stearns, Joseph G.
Stearns, George M.
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Withington, James C.
Winsor, Walter T.
Wiggin, Charles Henry
Walter, George J.
Weinstein, Rupert
Ware, Charles P.
Whalen, Michael
Williams, Moses, Jr.
Watson, Nicholas
Wiswell, Wm. D.
Watts, Stephen Welch, John
Whiting, George E.
Withington, Henry H.
Wood, James
Weeks, Benjamin
Winters, Thomas
Wise, Daniel W.
Warren, John W.
Webber, Charles F.
Webb, John
Woods, Rufus
Young, Charles P.
White, Joseph West, Henry
Young, Edward
Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
THOMAS B. HALL, AUSTIN W. BENTON, WILLIAM LINCOLN, Assessors of Brookline.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.
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SEAL.
SEAL.
WARRANT.
SEAL.
SEAL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL. 1 -
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 eleven of the clock in the forenoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock in the afternoon, during which time they will be required to bring in to the Selectmen their votes for the following State and County officers, to wit :
Wetherell, John
Young, John D.
Winsor, Ernest
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General Election, November 7, 1871.
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillor for the Third Councillor District, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treas- urer and Receiver-General, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney- General, Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative to the General Court for the Fifteenth Nor- folk District, Clerk of Courts, Sheriff, District Attorney for the Southeastern District, one County Commissioner for three years, one County Commissioner for two years, two Special County Commissioners, and three Commissioners of Insolvency-all to be voted for on one ticket.
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-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES, WILLIAM ASPINWALL, JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, November 1st, 1871.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, 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, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-one, and were called to order at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, by Charles D. Head, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
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The Town Clerk then read the warrant calling said meet- ing and the return thereon of the officer who served the notice.
The polls were then opened for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock in the afternoon, when, after due notice having been given that the polls were about to be closed and an oppor- tunity given to any legal voter who had not voted, an oppor- tunity so to do if he desired, they were closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes so given in, and the whole number so given in was six hundred and fifty-seven, which were count- ed, recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as required by law, and were for the following per- sons and officers, to wit :
For Governor :
William B. Washburn, of Greenfield, four hundred nineteen.
John Quincy Adams, of Quincy, two hundred twenty-three. Edwin M. Chamberlain, of Boston, five.
Robert C. Pitman, of New Bedford, nine.
Benjamin F. Butler, one.
Lieutenant-Governor :
Joseph Tucker, of Lenox, four hundred twenty-two. Samuel Lamb, of Greenfield, two hundred twenty-one. Allen Deane, of Westfield, five.
Eliphalet Trask, of Springfield, nine.
Councillor for the Third Councillor District :
Milo Hildreth, of Northboro, four hundred thirty-two. Henry Aldrich, of Mendon, two hundred twenty.
Charles C. Mower, of Upton, five.
Secretary of the Commonwealth :
Oliver Warner, of Northampton, four hundred twenty-three. Luther Stephenson, of Hingham, two hundred twenty.
Henry B. Maglathlin, of Duxbury, five. George S. Ball, of Upton, nine.
Treasurer and Receiver-General :
Charles Adams, of Brookfield, four hundred twenty-three. Levi Heyward, of Gardner, two hundred twenty.
Henry T. Delano, of Charlestown, five. John I. Baker, of Beverly, nine.
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General Election, November 7, 1871.
Auditor : Charles Endicott, of Canton, four hundred twenty-three. Phineas Allen, of Pittsfield, two hundred twenty.
Charles P. Sanderson, of Lynn, five. Ezra S. Conant, of Randolph, nine.
Attorney-General :
Charles P. Train, of Boston, four hundred twenty-three. William Wert Warren, of Brighton, two hundred nineteen. George L. Ruffen, of Boston, five.
Samuel T. Field, of Shelburn, nine,
Senator for the First Norfolk District :
George F. Homer, of Brookline, three hundred twenty-three. James S. Whitney, of Brookline, three hundred twenty-three.
Moody Merrill, of Boston, one.
Charles D. Head, one.
County Commissioner for three years ;
David H. Bates, of Braintree, four hundred four. A. A. Belcher, of Randolph, two hundred thirteen. William C. Daniels, of Braintree, five.
Edward I. Humphrey, of Braintree, nine.
County Commissioner for two years :
Galen Orr, of Needham, two hundred five. William Aspinwall of Brookline, four hundred twenty-four. Willard Gay, of Dedham, nine.
Special County Commissioners :
George P. Morey, of Walpole, four hundred four.
John Q. A. Field, of Quincy, four hundred four.
Wilmot Caverly, of Weymouth, two hundred twenty-nine. S. E. Pond, of Dedham, two hundred twenty-five.
Charles Winship, of Sharon, nine.
E. Wales Thayer, of Randolph, nine.
Clerk of Courts :
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, four hundred twenty-three. Henry B. Terry, of Hyde Park, two hundred twenty-five. R. R. Clifford, of Stoughton, nine.
Commissioners of Insolvency :
William E. Jewell, of Randolph, three hundred forty-eight. Frederick D. Ely, of Dedham, three hundred forty-seven. Charles H. Doane, of Medway, three hundred forty-eight. Charles J. Randall, of Wrentham, two hundred twenty-five. Waldo Colburn, of Dedham, two hundred twenty-five. Bushrod Morse, of Sharon, two hundred twenty-five. John Kimball, of Braintree, nine. James Coombs, of Medway, nine. Abijah W. Goddard, of Brookline, nine.
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Sheriff : John W. Thomas, of Dedham, four hundred thirty-two. A. B. Endicott; of Dedham, two hundred sixteen.
Abraham B. Shedd, of Brookline, nine.
District-Attorney for the Southeastern District :
Asa French, of Braintree, four hundred twenty-seven.
Perez Simmons, of Hanover, two hundred sixteen.
Emery Grover, of Needham, fourteen.
Representative to the General Court from the Fifteenth Norfolk District : James W. Edgerly, of Brookline, one.
Abijah W. Goddard, of Brookline, one.
Charles D. Lincoln, of Brookline, two hundred twenty-nine.
Austin W. Benton, of Brookline, four hundred seventeen, and he was
declared elected to the next General Court.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being completed, the returns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen and countersigned by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, as required by law, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded to their several destinations. The votes that had been cast were also sealed up and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, as is required by law.
The meeting was then declared closed, by Charles D. Head, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Act incorporating Brookline Railroad Co., accepted, 1858 . 6 Relating to maintaining public libraries, accepted, 1859 44 Mill Dam road, accepted, 1868 373
Laying out streets, etc., indefinitely postponed, 1871, 478 Adjourned town meetings to be notified by Town Clerk, 199, 232, 290, 350 Administration of town's business, Committee on, 1865 271
Alton place-(see Streets).
Amendments to Constitution - Vote on, May 9, 1859 56,58
May 9, 1860
. 92, 93
April 6, 1863 201,202
Annexation of Brookline to Boston, Selectmen to oppose with counsel, 1870
. 445
Appropriations by subjects :
Abatement of taxes, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317 349, 395, 436, 479
Aid for families of soldiers
161
Alton place
436, 478
Aspinwall avenue
.
30, 52 7
Culvert in 289
Avon street
374, 395
Beacon street .
206, 317, 349, 374, 395
Fencing of
Board of Health, 121, 127, 158, 198, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395,
436
Boylston street, 82, 83, 153, 158, 198, 209, 293, 382, 395, 431, 436,
479, 485
436, 437
Bounties to soldiers-(see Appropriations for Military purposes).
Bridge, Aspinwall avenue
7
Brighton street
460, 478
Land damages 442
Brookline and Cambridge bridge .
451, 460
Cemetery, 7, 52, 83, 121, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Receiving tomb 229, 231
Chestnut street
120
Clock for Baptist Church tower
348, 349
Clyde street
83, 91, 121, 123
Committee's use :
Muddy River, condition of 513
Sidewalks
398
Bridge over railroad
436, 479
Lighting of
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Appropriations -- continued.
Collecting taxes, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158. 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 478 Contingencies, 7, 52, 83, 121, 158, 189, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479 County tax, 7, 11, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 478
Cypress street Culverts
30, 45, 52,83
Davis street (renamed Davis avenue) 477,479
Decoration Day
479, 488
Discount on taxes
265, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479, 485
Dudley street .
197, 198,209 513
Emerald street
Engine-house, repairs of
266, 269
New house, Washington street
479, 483
Enlistment of soldiers
238
Essex street
30, 52, 121
Extinction of town debt, 7, 52, 83, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289 317,
349, 395, 436, 479
Fire department, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 390, 395, 436, 478
Fire extinguishers for public buildings 391, 395
Flag staff 82,83
Grading and fencing town's land 382, 395, 406, 482, 496
Gravel pits, purchase of 121, 126
Goddard avenue
154, 158, 513
Gorham avenue
477
Gutters and drains, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 208, 209, 231, 266, 270, 289
Hammond street
384, 395, 436, 478, 513 513
Harvard street
353, 395, 478
Land damages
442
Hay scales
83
High street 7, 12, 45, 51, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 208, 209, 231, 236,
479, 497, 512, 513
Hose
390, 395, 436, 478
House for bose-carriage
390, 395, 436, 478
Hydrants
436, 478
Interest on town debt,
7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Irving street . 434, 436
Kent street 7,231, 266
Land, purchase of,
30, 43, 55, 83, 90, 121, 126, 288, 289, 298, 340,
348, 349, 357
Land damages
80. 442
Harvard avenue
264, 266, 395, 396, 436
Highways, 266, 270, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 443, 449, 450, 478,
80, 83, 289, 317
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Appropriations-continued.
Library, increase and maintenance of, 7, 52, 83, 121, 158, 198, 209,
231, 266, 289, 321, 349, 395, 436, 478
Library building, erection of 288, 340, 395, 403
Lighting streets and town buildings, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209,
231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Liquor laws, prosecuting violations of
7
Lock-up . 7,11
Map of town . 479 ·
Material for making roads
452
Military purposes, 121, 129, 137, 158, 159, 161, 198, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317
Muddy River, Committee on . 513
Newton street
83, 91, 121, 123, 197, 198, 209
Park street
513
Enlarging culvert
80, 83 .
Pearl street
513
Pleasant street
45, 83
Police, 7, 52, 83, 121, 158, 198, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436,
479
Police station
450, 478
Pond avenue .
317, 349, 395
Fencing 436
Poor, 7, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 478
Prosecuting violations of liquor law
7
Receiving tomb in cemetery .
229, 231
Repairs of town buildings, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197 209, 231, 266,
289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Resevoirs .
320, 395, 479, 483.
Ringing bell, 7, 52, 83, 121, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349,
395, 436, 479
Schools, 7, 14, 45, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209. 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 478, 479, 485
Adult
7, 53, 83, 120, 158
Evening
447, 478
Ungraded
436. 443, 478
Calisthenics in
83,88
Physical education in
120
School-houses :
Heath street
479, 482
High, altering rooms
4,7
Longwood district 231,266
Newton street
231
Pearl place, removal of
205
Pierce primary
49,55
South primary district, (Boylston street) 349
Sewall street .
513
Sewers, making and care of, 289, 317, 349, 395, 407, 414, 416, 417, 436, 479, 512
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Appropriations-continued.
Sidewalks, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 270, 289, 349, 395, 398, 406, 422, 430, 436, 437, 478, 479, 485 State aid to soldiers, 164, 220, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479 State tax, 7, 11, 52, 83, 120, 123, 158, 197, 209, 231, 250, 265, 266, 270, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 478 417
Streets, repairing and lighting of
Under-draining of 436, 478
Summit avenue 443
Tappan street
83
Culvert , 317
Town debt, extinction of,
7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 159, 197, 209, 231, 265, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Interest on, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Town Hall, erection of new building 441, 479
, Ventilation of old . 83,91
Town map
479
Town officers, 7, 52, 83, 120, 158, 197, 209, 231, 266, 269, 289, 317, 349, 395, 436, 479
Toxteth street 231, 266
Underdraining streets 436, 478
Walnut street 266, 270, 317, 349
Ward school-house lot, grading and fencing 482, 496
Washington street 208, 209, 289, 317, 349, 436
Watering places for cattle
479, 496 Aspinwall avenue-(see Streets).
Assessors :
Election of, 3, 33, 75, 116, 122, 192, 227, 261, 285, 314, 320, 345, 378, 429, 470, 481
Sworn, 3, 33, 85, 122, 155, 200, 232, 261, 267, 285, 291, 314, 319, 320, 345, 350, 378, 385, 438, 470, 480, 481
Declined . 314
Auditor (State), vote for, 22, 67, 106, 147, 188, 216, 253, 281, 309, 335, 367, 419, 466, 523
Auditors :
Election of, 4, 34, 76, 117, 122, 152, 193, 203, 228, 233, 261, 286, 314, 346, 378, 429, 471 Acceptance, 9, 34, 46, 85, 122, 155, 200, 233, 267, 291, 319, 351, 385, 439, 480
Declined 200, 233 To audit Military Committee's accounts, 1862 181
Attorney-General, vote for, 22, 67, 106, 147, 188, 216, 253, 281, 309, 335, 368, 419, 466, 523 Avon street-(see Streets).
Back Bay Commissioners, order of notice from, Selectmen to look after 29 .
Baptist Church, clock for tower of, 1868 348, 352 Beacon street-(see Streets).
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Bell not to be rung at six o'clock.
348
Boston and Albany R. R., Selectmen to report on obstructions to natural water-courses, 1870 . Boston and Worcester R. R., land from S. A. Walker, for ap- proaches to station, 1860
462
76
Boston Water Board, order of notice from, Selectmen to look after 29 Selectmen to ascertain right of Boston to dig up streets 53 81
Selectmen to protect Brookline's interests .
Claim for damage by surface water from Chestnut Hill district along line of brook through the village, 1869 381
Boundary line between Boston and Brookline, Selectmen to apply to Legislature for change, 1871 512
Boundary lines-(see Perambulation of Boundary Lines).
Bounties to be paid volunteers for military service, 1862 162, 164 (see also, Military Affairs). Boylston street - (see Streets).
Bradley's Hill, lowering grade of - (see also, Boylston Street). 53
Bridge, Aspinwall avenue, widening of, 1870 445
Brookline and Cambridge, money received from Counties for repairing and rebuilding, 1870 451
Treasurer to borrow money for, 1870 . 460 Brighton street - (see Streets).
Brook, Crossing Mill Dam, drainage of, 1866 289, 294
Near railroad in village, laid out as sewer, 1867 331
Damage along line of, caused by surface water from Chestnut Hill district, 1869 380
" Brookline Fort," location considered for school-house, 1861, 113, 124, 126 Brookline Land Co. offer land for Library building, 1860 90
Brookline Railroad Co., acceptance of act of incorporation, 1858,
6
Brookline avenue-(see Streets).
By-Law regarding ball playing in streets, 1860 118, 124, 126 269
Removal of house-offal, 1868
Fast driving, 1868 . 269
Velocipedes in streets, 1869 . 399
Posting handbills or notices, 1870
451
By-Laws, General :
Committee to consider and report changes, (1870) 451, (1871) 484 Report of Committee, by-laws to be printed and dis- tributed, 1871 473, 484
In full as adopted . 489,495
Accepted, and Town Clerk to have printed and distributed, 495, 496 Calisthenics in schools . 83, 88 Cemetery :
Committee to select location and ascertain prices, 1858 · 6
Report of Committee 29
Receiving tomb, Committee, 1864 229
Purchase of land referred to Selectmen, 1867 343, 348
Babcock estate recommended-recommitted, 1868 352
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Cemetery-continued.
Committee on sites for, 1869 453, 379
To advertise for bids for lots, 1869 379
Committee on procuring lands, 1871 496, 497 Cemetery Committee :
Election of, 4, 34, 47, 86, 117, 122, 152, 193, 261, 286, 314, 346, 378, 429, 471
Acceptance, 9, 46, 85, 122, 155, 200, 233, 267, 286, 319, 439, 480 Chestnut street-(sce Streets).
Church of Our Saviour, organization of, 1867
341, 342
Citizens' meetings to consider military affairs,
131, 132, 172, 174, 178, 221, 224
Clerk of Courts, vote for
148, 310, 523
Clock for Baptist Church tower, 1868
348, 352
Clyde street-(see Streets).
Commissioners of Insolvency, vote for 68, 189, 253, 281, 368, 523 Committees appointed or elected on following subjects :
Administration of town's business
271
Beacon street
By-laws .
451, 473, 484, 489
Back Bay Commissioners, order of notice from . 29
Cemetery
4, 6, 29, 34, 353, 379, 497 265
Committee on Highways, report of
Engine-house, building of 264, 268, 477, 483
Fire extinguishers
382, 390 Flagstaff
5,8, 11
Gravel pits 380, 390
Highways, repairs of 236
Hose-carriage house and hose 380, 389
Land, purchase of, for commons
14, 109, 110
Commons and playgrounds
485, 497, 500
Gravel pits
380
Library building
323, 338
Pearl place
109
School-house lot, Walnut street
118
Washington and Harvard streets, from Baptist
Society 50
Library, to nominate Trustees
3
Rules and regulations .
77
Building for
229, 288
Accommodations in Town Hall
316
Sites for
323, 338
Map of town . 434, 448, 449, 473, 500
. Military affairs, 129, 131, 133, 135, 159, 162, 164, 176, 178, 181, 182,
183, 185, 199
To report regarding recruiting 176
To solicit subscriptions 179, 223
Raising money for bounties 181
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82
Fourth of July Celebration
199, 205
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INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Committees-continued.
Reservoirs
316
School Committee, Report of
. 84, 86
School-houses :
Pierce primary 44, 47, 48, 49, 53, 55, 194, 204
Longwood
229, 234
Newton street
194, 204, 229, 234
Pearl place . 194, 204
South primary district
315, 321
Sewerage 380, 381, 386
Sidewalks, appropriation for 398, 404
Stone crusher 380, 390
Streets, widening and accepting of
10
Tax levy for military purposes 181, 182
Town Hall, ventilation of
91
Accomodations for library 316, 321
New building, erection of Plans for
441
To remove old building
. 441
134, 153, 156
434, 448, 449, 473, 500
Walker, S. A., settlement regarding land south of railroad
track
. 77,89
Washington street . 195, 199, 207 496
Water supply .
Constables, election of,
3, 33, 75, 116, 121, 122, 151, 192, 227, 261, 285, 314, 345, 378, 428, 471 Sworn, 3, 33, 46, 75, 85, 116, 122, 151, 155, 192, 200, 227, 232, 261, 285, 291, 314, 345, 350, 378, 385, 429, 438, 471
Declined .
46, 75, 350
Constitutional amendments, votes on 56, 58, 92, 93, 201, 202
Corporation taxes to be published in Annual Town Report, 1867 . 317
Councillor, vote for, 23, 67, 106, 147, 188, 216, 253, 281, 309, 335, 367, 420, 466, 522
County Commissioners, vote for, 23, 68, 106, 148, 189, 216, 253, 281, 310,
335, 368, 420, 467, 523
County Treasurer, vote for 23, 148, 254, 335, 467
Cypress street-(see Streets).
Davis avenue-(see Streets).
Decoration Day, observance of, 1870, 1871 . 435, 488
District-Attorney, vote for 23, 67, 189, 281, 310, 368, 467,524 Drainage of Chestnut Hill reservoir district causing damage along line of brook through village, 1869 381 Dudley street-(see Streets). Emerald street - (see Streets).
Engine-house, Committee on building, 1864 264
Report of, and to be built 268
Committee on building on Washington street, 1871
477
Report of, and Selectmen to build 483
432, 440, 472
Town expenses
Town map
viii
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Expenses of town, Committee on curtailment of, 1862 . 153, 154, 156
Report of, recommending appropriations . 156
Fence Viewers, election of, 4, 34, 75, 117, 122, 123, 152, 193, 227, 261, 268, 285, 314, 320, 345, 378, 429, 470
Sworn, 4, 46, 75, 122, 123, 155, 200, 232, 261, 268, 291, 319, 320, 345, 350, 378, 438, 480
Fencing and grading town's land, library and school-houses, Com-
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