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William Sanderson
George W. Stearns George Hancock
M. P. Kennard Asbury C. Langley Silas H. Langley
Henry Lee, Jr.
Francis K. Fisher
Horace Fisher
John H. Fisher
Charles Smith
Thomas Penniman
Eben Reed
Eli D. Sanderson
Thomas W. Nickerson
Edward W. Brahan
Edward Atkinson
Hiram P. Ring Charles T. Wild
Henry B. Magoon
John H. Henshaw Francis Henshaw Charles C. Follen
Joseph R. Gardner
John L. Gardner, Jr.
Francis A. White James M. Codman Edward Rupee John F. Rogers
Joseph G. Batchelder Charles A. Batchelder John Dow William Rooney Robert Barnett Charles H. Heath
John L. Sanderson William Page Charles D. Head
Henry Whitney Thomas E. Lanman
J. Sullivan Warren Theodore Lyman Edward C. Cabott William Tawffa Samuel Townsend, Jr.
George H. Townsend, Thaddeus J. Townsend Langdon Sheriff John D. Hayward Nathaniel G. Chapin
Clark L. Haynes A. H. Avery John McNulty Thomas H. Cummings
Royal McIntosh Daniel Mahoney
James O'Herne
Patrick Keney
George E. Hersey Waldron Porter James M. Edmond A. Rosmond Walker E. Clfford Walker Moses Jones, Jr. Alexander C. Studley Seth B. Pool
Austin Chandler J. Elliot Cabot Lewis W. Price
George H. Cowan
Leonard Locke George W. Rollins
George Nelson Henry Black
John W. Warren Simon Warren George R. Phelps
F. A. Jewett Horatio A. Hovey J. Wingate Thornton Rufus S. Allen James Ward
James P. McQuan Nelson Fuller Nathaniel Gill
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Charles W. Jones
George Baian
Holbrook Willard Y. Gross David H. Daniels
Daniel Simpson
Benjamin W. Clark
James Kenyan
Samuel Clark
Mears M. Orcutt
William Bird, 2d
Marshall Russell
John A. Bird
J. D. Kelly
Benj. F. Kendall
Elisha Jacobs
Alfred Winsor, Jr.
Edward W. Cutler
William G. Dearborn
Abraham L. Cutler
Frederick Ray
Charles A. Whiting
Moses Judkins Frank O. Eldridge
William Banks William E. Baker
George Atkinson
John B. Turner Moses Day
William P. Atkinson
William S. Wilson
William D. Philbrick
Austin Quimby
S. Ć. Hopkins
Leonard Dane
Charles F. Foster J. F. Foster
Joseph Gutterson
Isaac N. Batchelder
John S. Richards
Charles Warren
Mark F. Hill
J. H. Francis
Frederick Stuart
Ebenezer Wright
Warren Summers
James Harris
George W. Cook
Benjamin Leeds, Jr.
George W. Goodnough
George Stone
Xanthus Goodnough
J. Anson Guild
Timothy W. Hixon
Henry A. Bigelow
George Craft
Charles Craft
William C. Wharton
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Warren Clifford
Charles G. Colbath
Willard J. Humphrey
William G. Weld Daniel C. Murray Thomas Parsons Charles Howard Alonzo Howard
Abel B. Millekin
William J. Hyde
Howard Dwight
George F. Hook
Wilder Dwight
Joseph W. Goddard
I hereby certify this to be a true copy from the record.
BROOKLINE, July 14th, 1859.
JER. DAVENPORT, Assessor.
Received and returned to the office of the Adjutant-General July 15th, 1859.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
Albert Clifford
Charles P. Gardner
Edward S. Philbrick
General Election, November 8, 1859. 65
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1859.
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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 eighth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at one of the clock in the afternoon, to give in their votes to the Selectmen for the following State and County officers, viz. :
For Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, a Councillor for Council District Number Six, Secretary of the Common- wealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Attorney-General, Auditor of Accounts, one Senator for the North Norfolk District, a Representative for the Third Representative Dis- trict of the County of Norfolk, consisting of the town of Brookline, being the number apportioned to said District according to law ; also, a District-Attorney for the South- eastern District, Sheriff for Norfolk County, Commissioners of Insolvency, one County Commissioner, and two Special Commissioners for the County of Norfolk ; all to be voted for on one ballot, the polls to be kept open not less than two hours.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHALL STEARNS, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, THOMAS PARSONS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Nov. 4th, 1859.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, I have notified the legal voters of this town to appear 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.
ELISHA STONE,
Constable of the Town of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon, by James Bart- lett, Chairman of the Board of the Selectmen.
The Town Clerk then read the warrant calling said meet- ing and the return thereon.
Voted, That the polls be kept open until six o'clock in the evening.
The Chairman of the Selectmen then declared the polls open for the reception of votes.
After voting for some time, on motion, it was-
Voted, That the vote whereby the meeting voted to close the polls at six o'clock be and hereby is reconsidered.
Voted, That the polls be closed at five and a half of the clock this evening.
In conformity with the preceding vote, the polls were kept open until five and a half of the clock in the evening, at which time they were declared closed.
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The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes, and the whole number given in was three hundred and forty-two, and the whole number of votes were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as is required by law, and were for the following persons and offices :
For Governor : Three hundred and thirty-eight.
Nathaniel P. Banks, of Waltham, had one hundred and thirty-six. B. F. Butler, of Lowell, had ninety-seven.
George N. Briggs, of Pittsfield, had one hundred and five.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Three hundred and thirty-nine.
Eliphalet Trask, of Springfield, had one hundred and thirty-eight. E. C. Bemis, of Springfield, had ninety-seven.
Increase Sumner, of Great Barrington, had one hundred and four.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Three hundred and thirty-six. Oliver Warner, of Northampton, one hundred and thirty-eight. Benjamin L. Allen, of Boston, one hundred and three. L. W. Bowerman, of Adams, ninety-seven.
For Councillor, District Number Six : Three hundred and thirty-six. A. C. Mayhew, of Milford, two hundred and thirty-eight.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Three hundred and thirty-eight. Moses Tenney, of Georgetown, one hundred and forty-seven. Charles Kimball, of Ipswich, one hundred and two. George Dennett, of Boston, ninety-seven.
For Attorney-General : Three hundred and thirty-six.
Stephen H. Phillips, of Salem, two hundred and thirty-seven. David H. Mason, of Newton, ninety-nine.
For Auditor of Accounts : Three hundred and thirty-six.
Charles White, of Worcester, one hundred and thirty-seven. James W. Seaver, of Boston, one hundred and three. James E. Estabrook, of Worcester, ninety-six.
For Senator for North Norfolk District : Three hundred and twenty. Edward G. Parker, of Brookline, two hundred and twenty-seven. Samuel Walker, of Roxbury, one hundred and five. John N. Turner, one.
James A. Dupee, one.
For District-Attorney for the Southeastern District : Three hundred and thirty-seven.
Benjamin W. Harris, of East Bridgewater, two hundred and forty. Jesse E. Keith, of Abington, ninety-seven.
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For Sheriff for the County of Norfolk : Three hundred and thirty-seven. John W. Thomas, of Dedham, two hundred and forty-two. Walter James, of Medfield, ninety-nine.
For Commissioner of Insolvency : Two hundred and forty-two.
N. C. Berry, of Randolph, one hundred and thirty-nine.
Warren Leavering, of Medway, one hundred and thirty-nine.
Henry N. Blake, of Dorchester, one hundred and thirty-nine. Waldo Coburn, of Dedham, one hundred and three.
William Aspinwall, of Brookline, one hundred.
Asa French, of Braintree, one hundred and three.
For County Commissioner : Three hundred and forty-one.
Charles Endicott, of Canton, one hundred and thirty-eight. N. F. Safford, two.
J. White Belcher, of Randolph, one hundred and four. John Fisher, of Dedham, ninety-seven.
For Special Commissioners : Three hundred and thirty-nine.
George W. Gay, of Sharon, two hundred and forty-two.
Calvin Richards, of Dover, one hundred and three.
Linus Bliss, of Dover, ninety-seven.
Ellis Tucker, of Canton, ninety-seven.
Asa B. Wales, of Weymouth, one hundred and thirty-nine.
For Representative to the General Court for the Third Norfolk District : Three hundred and thirty-eight.
James A. Dupee had one.
Moses B. Williams had eighty-seven.
John H. Wakefield had one hundred and twenty.
Thomas Parsons, of Brookline, had one hundred and thirty, and was declared elected to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found and checked.
The business being all transacted, the returns were filled up and signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk ; they were then sealed up, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting. They were then delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to their several places of destination.
The meeting was then declared dissolved, by James Bart- lett, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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PERAMBULATION OF THE TOWN LINES BETWEEN THE TOWNS
OF BROOKLINE AND NEWTON, OCTOBER 28TH, 1859.
We the undersigned, Selectmen of Newton and Brookline, hereby cer- tify that we, this twenty-eighth day of October, A. D. 1859, perambulated the lines between said towns, and find the several bounds and monuments as follows, viz. :
1st. A stone monument marked. RBN near the westerly edge of Troublesome Swamp (so called) which forms the corner bounds between West Roxbury, Brookline, and Newton.
2d. Thence to an iron monument marked NB on a large rock in land of Caleb Craft.
3d. Thence to a stone monument marked NB on the north side of the road near and westerly from the saw-mill.
4th. Thence to a stone monument marked NB in Stake Meadow (so called), which monument makes a corner.
5th. Thence to a stone marked NB on corner of the wall near Stake Meadow.
6th. Thence to a stone marked NB in the wall by land of Capt. Craft.
7th. Thence to a stone monument marked NB on the northerly side of the road near where formerly stood the house of Abra Hyde.
8th. Thence to a stone monument marked NB on the south side of the Worcester turnpike.
9th. Thence to a stone monument marked NB on the westerly side of the road by land of Daniel Kingsbury.
10th. Thence to an abutment stone marked NB at the end of a wall on land of the heirs of Joseph Lee.
11th. Thence to a stone monument marked NB in a swail.
12th. Thence to a stone monument marked NBB on the south side in an embankment of the Charles River Railroad in land taken by said rail- road of John Kingsbury, which forms the corner bound between New- ton, Brookline, and Brighton.
All which bounds and monuments we have agreed to and renewed this day.
THOMAS RICE, JR., SAMUEL F. DIX, JOHN B. H. FULLER, JAMES F. C. HYDE,
Selectmen of Newton.
JAMES BARTLETT, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, W. A. HUMPHREY, Selectmen of Brookline.
A true copy.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
PERAMBULATION OF THE TOWN LINES BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BROOKLINE AND BRIGHTON, NOV. 11TH, 1859.
Be it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, we the subscribers, being authorized as the law directs, met and proceeded to perambulate the boundary lines between the towns of Brookline and Brighton, viz. :
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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 the two towns, thence following said brook to where the original stream crosses the Western avenue; 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 Har- vard street (so called) ; thence to a stone monument marked B set in the land of Isaac Dearborn opposite land now or late of heirs of Jonathan Livermore; thence continuing the same course to a stone monument marked BB standing on the easterly side of Washington street (so called) at the land of heirs of said Jonathan Livermore; thence to a stone monument marked BB standing on the easterly side of Washington street (so called) at the land of heirs of said Jonathan 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 Charles River Branch Railroad, formerly land of John Kingsbury, and marked BBN, forming the junction point of the boundary line between Brookline, Brighton, and Newton.
All which we have agreed to and renewed the day and year above named.
MARSHALL STEARNS, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
WM. R. CHAMPNEY, PATRICK COLBY, WM. WARREN, Selectmen of the Town of Brighton.
A true copy.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
PERAMBULATION OF THE TOWN LINES BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BROOKLINE AND WEST ROXBURY, NOV. 11TH, 1859.
Be it remembered, that on the eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, we the subscribers, being authorized as the law directs, met and proceeded to perambulate the boundary lines between the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury, viz. :
Beginning at a stone monument standing in the middle of the brook running through the land of the heirs of the late James O. Ward marked RWR&B, being the junction-point of the boundary lines between the city of Roxbury and the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury, thence fol- lowing the centre of the brook and through the land of Charles C. Per- kins to a stone monument marked WRB in the wall dividing said Per-
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kins' land from land of Joseph Curtis; thence following said wall north- easterly to a stone monument marked WRB standing in the wall dividing the land of Joseph Curtis and Thomas Lee; thence to a stone monument marked WRB standing in land of Thomas Lee ; thence to a stone monument marked WRB on Perkins street, West Roxbury, and Cottage street, Brookline; thence to a stone monument on the hill in the land of heirs of the late Edward H. Robbins marked WRB; thence to a white oak tree standing in the wall on land of Mrs. Wm. H. Eliot marked WRB; thence by said wall to a stone monument marked WRB standing on land of B. Lincoln; thence to a monument at the corner of Alvin Loker's lane and Newton street marked WRB; thence to a stone monument marked WRB at the corner of land now or late belonging to Alvin Loker ; thence to a stone monument marked WRB in the wall on land of W. A. Humphrey ; thence to a stone monument marked WRB in the wall between lands of Aaron D. Weld; thence to a stone monument marked WRB on the south side of Church street in West Roxbury and South street in Brookline; thence to a stone monument at the foot of a tree in John C. Gore's land and marked WRB; thence to a stone monument in John C. Gore's land, marked WRB; thence to a white oak tree marked WRB standing in the wall; thence across the swamp to a stone monument marked WRB &N, which forms the corner boundary between West Roxbury, Brook- line, and Newton.
All which we agree to and renewed the day and year before mentioned.
JAMES BARTLETT, W. A. HUMPHREY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline. FRANCIS C. HEAD, SAMUEL JACKSON, GEO. H. WILLIAMS, Selectmen of the Town of West Roxbury.
A true copy.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
PERAMBULATION OF THE LINES BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROX- BURY AND TOWN OF BROOKLINE, NOV. 15, 1859.
Be it remembered, that on the 15th day of November, 1859, we the subscribers, being authorized as the law directs, met and proceeded to perambulate the boundary line between the city of Roxbury and town of Brookline, viz. :
Beginning in the full basin at the junction-point of the boundary lines between the cities of Boston and Roxbury and town of Brookline, thence in a direct line to the mouth of Muddy Brook (so called) ; thence by the channel of said brook, crossing and recrossing the Mill Dam road (so called), to a stone monument on Washington street marked R and B; thence continuing by the channel of said brook through the estate of James O. Ward to a stone monument standing in the middle of said brook and forming the junction-point of the boundary lines between the
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city of Roxbury and the towns of West Roxbury and Brookline, said stone being marked RWR and B.
All of which we agreed to and renewed the day and year before men- tioned.
GEORGE LEWIS, BENJ. S. NOYES, Agents for the City of Roxbury. MARSHALL STEARNS, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, Agents for the Town of Brookline.
A true copy.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 26, 1860.
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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 Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March, current, at half-past one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To choose the necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees, also the rules and regulations of the Public Library.
Fourth. To see if the town will accept and allow Tappan street, leading from Cypress to Beacon street, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Fifth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to procure a new set of hay scales in the village.
Sixth. To see if the town will sell to Elizabeth B. Bowditch the trian- gular lot of land in front of her estate, lying between Walnut and War- ren streets, subject to all rights and easements legally existing in, through, or over the same in favor of any persons or corporations.
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Seventh. To see what action the town will take on the petition of William Rice and others to enlarge the culvert on Park street, near Wash- ington street.
Eighth. To see what action the town will take in relation to paying A. W. Smith for a piece of land left in the street by him when he set his wall back
Ninth. To see what action the town will take in relation to the water pipes illegally laid by the city of Boston in the streets of this town.
Tenth. To see what action the town will take in relation to purchas- ing a gravel pit adjoining the one already owned by the town on Fair- mount.
Eleventh. To see if the town will erect a flag-staff.
Twelfth. To hear and act upon the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to widen and make Clyde and Newton streets as widened and laid out by the County Commissioners.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to defray the expenses of relaying the abutment and wall on Boylston street opposite the estate of John L. Wright.
Fifteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the current year.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
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Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHALL STEARNS, HOWARD S. WILLIAMS, W. A. HUMPHREY, THOMAS PARSONS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 22d, 1860.
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.
ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled in the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty, and were called to order at thirty-five minutes past one of the clock in the after- noon, by B. F. Baker, the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting and the return made thereon by the constable who served the notice of the same on the inhabitants of said town.
The First Article in the warrant was then taken up by the clerk, to wit :
To choose a Moderator,
-and the meeting was called upon to bring in their votes for said officer, and the meeting was presided over during the voting by the Town Clerk.
The polls were kept open for the reception of votes for a Moderator, twenty minutes, and the clerk then giving any person entitled to vote who had not voted an opportunity to do so, declared the polls closed.
The whole number of votes given was sixty-four, and were all for William I. Bowditch, and he was declared elected, and took the chair.
No clergyman being present, the customary opening of the meeting by prayer was omitted.
The Second Article in the warrant was then taken up :
To choose the necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
On motion of Moses B. Williams, it was-
Voted, To proceed to the choice of the following town officers for the ensuing year, all to be voted for on one ticket, viz. : A Town Clerk; five Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; eight Constables ; three Assessors ; a Town Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes ; and three School Committee for three years.
Voted, That the polls be kept open for the reception of votes for the above-named officers until half-past two o'clock, and that they be closed at that time.
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The polls were then declared, by the Moderator, to be open for the reception of votes, and they were kept open until half-past two o'clock, when they were declared closed by the Moderator. The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes, and the whole number given was one hundred and fourteen, and the following per- sons were found to have a large plurality, and were declared elected to their several offices, viz. :
Town Clerk : B. F. Baker (sworn by the Moderator).
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways : James Bartlett (sworn by the Moderator), Marshall Stearns (sworn by the Moderator), Thomas Parsons (sworn by the Moderator), Edward Sec- comb, Nathaniel G. Chapin (sworn by the Moderator).
Assessors : Jerathmeel Davenport, Thomas B. Hall, John N. Turner. Constables : Elisha Stone (declined to serve), Aaron Whitney, Eli D. Sanderson, John Dustin (sworn by Moderator), R. A. Chace (sworn by Moderator), James M. Alger (sworn by Town Clerk), F. Henry Corey (sworn by Moderator), S. C. Hopkins.
Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington.
School Committee for three years : Rev. John L. Stone, Stephen Salis- bury, T. E. Francis.
In voting for the above officers the check-list was used, and no one was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found and checked on the list.
Voted, To dispense with the election of a Tythingman.
Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby the meeting voted to choose eight Constables.
Voted, That seven Constables be the number for the ensu- ing year.
Voted, To choose six Field Drivers for the ensuing year, -and the following persons were nominated and chosen, viz. :
Field Drivers : Philip S. Allen, Thomas S. Pettingill, Silas Langley, Nathaniel Lyford, James Driscoll, George Coolidge.
Pound Keeper : Silas H. Langley.
The meeting then nominated and elected the following officers for the ensuing year :
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