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Charles P. Ware
George Milliken Charles Frederick White
Cyrus W. Ruggles
Charles A. Williams
Frederick Amory
Harold Williams George M. Towle William R. Hallett Eliot Walker Walstein R. Chester
Charles Adams Frank C. Warren
Ernest Winsor
Richard I. Kendall
Walter F. Winsor
Patrick T. Miskill
James H. Shapleigh
Timothy J. Miskill
Edward E. Adams
Frank S. Taylor
Walter H. Smith
William H. Taylor
Charles L. Tilden
Francis A. Jewett Sidney Whitman
William Henry Bird Jesse Bird
Leonard Locke James McCormick
Washington I. Taylor
William J. Winch
William R. Cabot
William S. Cutler
Moses Williams, Jr.
Lewis Perrin
Isaac M. Cate
Frank A. Townsend
Martin Costello
Michael Lally
Percival Lowell
Edward O. Chapin
Reinhart Morrhl
Horace D. Chapin
Michael Duffly
James Keenan
James Casey
Edward F. Crosby
Walter C. Cabot
John Kelly James M. Codman John McGettrick
Bernard Finnegan
George E. Sanderson
Ignatius Sargent, Jr.
Benjamin F. Quimby
Thomas Finn
John Dalton
John Minnehan
Timothy Crane
James Cusick
Clarence A. Delano
Charles S. Sargent James H. Ward, Jr. Thomas P. Ward John Murphy Thomas O'Brien
John Taffe
THOS. B. HALL, WM. LINCOLN, F. W. PRESCOTT, Assessors of Brookline.
Augustine H. Amory
Harcourt Amory
Henry P. Kendall
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GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1876.
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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 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 after- noon, 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 thirteen 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 Eighth Congressional District, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Councillor for the Second Councillor District, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District, a Representative to the General Court for the Second Norfolk Representative District, one Commissioner of Insolvency to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William E. Jewell, of Randolph, also one County Commissioner for three years for the County of Norfolk, County Treasurer, Clerk of the Courts, and a Register of Deeds, 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 ..
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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-six.
WM. I. BOWDITCH, JAMES M. CODMAN, MARSHALL RUSSELL, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline:
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, November 3, 1876.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leav- ing a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of abode, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
W. Y. GROSS, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants 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-six, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order at eleven of the clock in the forenoon by William I. Bowditch, Esq,, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. The Town Clerk then proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon of the officer who served the notices for the same.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock in the afternoon, when, after giving due notice that they were about to be closed, and an opportunity for any legal voter present who had not voted, and desired so to do, being given, they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given was one thousand one hundred and thirty-two, which were
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sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as is required by law, and were for the following persons and officers ; to wit, -
For Electors at Large : Eleven hundred and twenty-three.
Thomas Talbot, of Billerica, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester, had six hundred and fifty-eight. William Gaston, of Boston, had four hundred and sixty-five. Edward Avery, of Braintree, had four hundred and sixty-five.
For Electors : Eleven hundred and twenty-three.
District Number One :
Warren Ladd, of New Bedford, had six hundred and fifty-eight.
James D. Thompson, of New Bedford, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Two :
Theodore Dean, of Taunton, had six hundred and fifty-eight.
Samuel N. Dyer, Jr., of South Abington, had four hundred and sixty- five.
District Number Three :
John Felt Osgood, of Boston, had six hundred and fifty-eight.
George F. Baldwin, of Boston, had four hundred and sixty-five.
District Number Four :
Martin Brimmer, of Boston, had six hundred and fifty-eight.
Charles L. Woodbury, of Boston, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Five :
Samuel C. Lawrence, of Medford, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Alpha E. Thompson, of Woburn, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Six :
George W. Morrill, of Amesbury, had six hundred and fifty-eight. James V. Smiley, of Haverhill, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Seven :
Carroll D. Wright, of Reading, had six hundred and fifty-eight. James C. Abbott, of Lowell, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Eight :
James Russell Lowell, of Cambridge, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Edwin A. Alger, of Cambridge, had four hundred and sixty-five. District Number Nine :
John C. Whittier, of Northbridge, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Eli Thayer, of Worcester, had four hundred and sixty-five.
District Number Ten :
W. B. C. Pearsons, of Holyoke, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Timothy S. Wilson, of Fitchburg, had four hundred and sixty-five.
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District Number Eleven :
Richard Goodman, of Lenox, had six hundred and fifty-eight. Celra Quackenbush, of Pittsfield, had four hundred and sixty-five.
Representative to Congress, Eighth District : Eleven hundred and seventeen. William Claflin, of Newton, had six hundred and twenty-eight. William Wirt Warren, of Boston, had four hundred and fifty-eight. William Wirt Warren, of Brighton, had twenty-five. William Wirt Warren, of Newton, had three. Theodore Lyman, of Brookline, had three.
For Governor : Eleven hundred and twenty-one.
Alexander H. Rice, of Boston, had six hundred and thirty-one. Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, had four hundred and seventy-six. John I. Baker, of Beverly, had fourteen.
Lieutenant Governor : Eleven hundred and twenty-eight.
Horatio G. Knight, of Easthampton, had six hundred and forty-two. William R. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, had four hundred and seventy-two. Daniel C. Eddy, of Boston, had fourteen.
Councillor : Eleven hundred and twenty.
Harrison Tweed, of Taunton, had six hundred and sixty-seven. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, had four hundred and thirty-six. Eneas Smyth, of Brookline, had thirteen. E. I. Thomas, of Brookline, had one. E. Howe, of Brookline, had two. W. D. Coolidge, of Brookline, had one.
Secretary of the Commonwealth : Eleven hundred and thirty. Henry B. Pierce, of Abington, had six hundred and fifty. Weston Howland, of Fairhaven, had four hundred and sixty-two. David B. Gurney, of South Abington, had eighteen.
Treasurer and Receiver General : Eleven hundred and twenty-six. Charles Endicott, of Canton, had six hundred and fifty-one. David N. Skillings, of Winchester, had four hundred and seventy-four. James McDonough, of Brookline, had one.
Auditor of Accounts : Eleven hundred and twenty-eight. Julius L. Clark, of Newton, had six hundred and fifty-three. John E. Fitzgerald, of Boston, had four hundred and sixty-four. Jonathan H. Orne, of Marblehead, had eleven.
Attorney General : Eleven hundred and twenty-seven. Charles R. Train, of Boston, had six hundred and sixty-four. Richard Olney, of Boston, had four hundred and forty-nine. Orin Gray, of Hyde Park, had fourteen.
Senator for the Second Norfolk District : Eleven hundred and twenty-nine. Joseph E. Fisk, of Needham, had six hundred and sixty-seven. Bushrod Morse, of Sharon, had four hundred and sixty-two.
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Commissioner of Insolvency : Eleven hundred and seventeen. George M. Wiggin, of Franklin, had six hundred and fifty-nine. John R. Bullard, of Dedham, had four hundred and fifty-eight.
County Commissioner : Eleven hundred and twenty-nine.
Galen Orr, of Needham, had six hundred and sixty-four.
James M. Freeman, of Franklin, had four hundred and sixty-five.
County Treasurer : Eleven hundred and twenty-nine.
Chauncy C. Churchill, of Dedham, had six hundred and seventy-eight. Samuel Allen, of Walpole, had four hundred and fifty-one.
Clerk of the Courts : Eleven hundred and fifteen.
Erastus Worthington, of Dedham, had six hundred and sixty-seven. Charles G. Chick, of Hyde Park, had four hundred and forty-eight.
Register of Deeds : Eleven hundred and twenty-eight.
Charles H. Farrington, of Dedham, had three hundred and twenty-three. John H. Burdakin, of Dedham, had eight hundred and five.
Representative to the General Court, Second Norfolk District : Eleven hun- dred and twenty.
B. F. Baker had two.
Theodore Lyman had three.
Henry M. Whitney, of Brookline, had five hundred and eleven.
Edward I. Thomas, of Brookline, had six hundred and four, and was de-
clared elected Representative to the next General Court from this town.
In voting, the check list was used, and no person was al- lowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being accomplished, the re- turns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen, countersigned 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 votes cast and the list of voters which had been used at the meet- ing were also sealed up, endorsed by the Selectmen, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk as is required by law.
The meeting was then declared dissolved by the chairman of the Selectmen.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING, DECEMBER 12, 1876.
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 twelfth day of December current, at three of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To hear and act upon reports of town officers, boards, and committees.
Third. To see if the town will make an additional appropriation for the support of the poor.
Fourth. To see if the town will place at the disposal of the Selectmen, in connection with the Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery, any sum of money for the prosecution of work in the cemetery during the ensuing winter.
Fifth. To see if the town will accept and allow a public main sewer from Washington street to Charles river, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Sixth. To see what action the town will take upon the petition of George Griggs and others to the Legislature, that the town of Brookline may be united to Boston, or that a metropolitan system of sewers, drains, and parks be authorized for the territory lying between the Neponset and Charles rivers.
Seventh. To see if the town will make an appropriation for auditing the accounts of the town.
Eighth. To see whether the town will authorize the Selectmen to em- ploy counsel to defend the town in suits brought against it by the pro- prietors of mills on Charles river and others.
Ninth. To see what action the town will take to secure better railroad accommodations at the station in the village and at Cypress street.
Tenth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to give a con- firmatory deed of a tract of land in the rear of Prospect street, Brook- line, intended to be conveyed to Thomas Seaverns by deed dated July 1, 1867, and recorded in Norfolk Deeds, liber 373, folio 239.
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Eleventh. To hear the report of the Water Board, and act upon the subjects and appropriations suggested therein.
Twelfth. To see if the town will authorize the Water Board to sell water, directly or indirectly, to citizens of Boston who reside in or near the division line between Boston and Brookline.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will make an appropriation to procure lamp-posts and lanterns, to set the same and have them lighted on New- ton street from the West Roxbury line to the schoolhouse, on the petition of Willard A. Humphrey.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will abate the tax levied upon the real estate of Saniuel Shackell for the year 1875, as petitioned for by A. W. Goddard.
Fifteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required for any or all of the foregoing articles.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least be- fore the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Brookline aforesaid, this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
WM. I. BOWDITCH, HORACE JAMES, MARSHALL RUSSELL, JAMES M. CODMAN, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, December 8, 1876.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving an attested copy of this warrant at each house in Brookline, and also posting copies in two or more public places, four days at least before the time set for said meet- ing.
WILLARD Y. GROSS, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-six and were called to order at three of the clock in the afternoon by the Town Clerk, who pro- ceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting, and the
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return thereon of the officer who served the notices thereof on the inhabitants.
First Article taken up :
To choose a moderator.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator, William I. Bowditch.
Second Article taken up :
To hear and act upon reports of town officers, boards, and committees.
Mr. William I. Bowditch, Chairman of the Board of Se- lectmen, reported that the town way leading from Boylston street over Fisher's hill to Brighton street had not yet been named.
Voted, That the town way laid out and built over the Fisher and Pierce estates, leading from Boylston to Brighton street, be hereafter known as Fisher avenue.
Third Article taken up :
To see if the town will make an additional appropriation for the sup- port of the poor.
Voted, That five thousand dollars be taken from the thirty thousand dollars appropriated for the construction of sewers and added to the appropriation for the support of the poor.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will place at the disposal of the Selectmen, in con- nection with the Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery, any sum of money for the prosecution of work in the cemetery during the ensuing winter.
Voted, That $5000 be taken from the $30,000 appropriated for the construction of sewers, and placed at the disposal of the Selectmen, to be by them expended, with the concur- rence or consent of the trustees of the cemetery, in paying for such work at the cemetery as in the discretion of the Selectmen can be judiciously done this winter, the object of the town in passing this vote being to afford employment "only to our own townspeople.
Fifth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow a public main sewer from Washington street to Charles river, as laid out and located by the Select- men.
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The report of the Selectmen on the laying out and locating a public main sewer from Washington street to Charles river, which had been printed and distributed among the inhabi- tants of the town, was then presented and laid before the meeting by the Selectmen.
On motion of Mr. Henry M. Whitney, it was -
Voted, That the report on the laying out of the sewer be referred back to the Selectmen, to report at a future meet- ing.
Sixth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take upon the petition of George Griggs and others to the Legislature, that the town of Brookline may be united to Boston, or that a metropolitan system of sewers, drains, and parks be authorized for the territory lying between the Neponset and Charles rivers.
On motion of Mr. Henry M. Whitney, it was -
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Mod- erator to oppose the annexation or union of the town to Boston, there being at present no desire on our part for such union, and to resist the scheme for a metropolitan system of sewers, drains, and parks, because our scheme for a main sewer will work harmoniously with any one which a metro- politan board would be likely to adopt, and we have no money at present, or in the near future, to expend for a sys- tem of parks.
The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to com- pose said committee ; viz., Messrs. Thomas Parsons, Amos A. Lawrence, Edward Atkinson, John C. Abbott, Alfred D. Chandler.
Seventh Article taken up :
To see if the town will make an appropriation for auditing the accounts of the town.
Voted, That, disclaiming any intention to find fault with a faithful town officer, or even to pass judgment upon the Treasurer's system of keeping accounts, - a system which- has been in use for so many years, - the town appropriates from any unexpended or unappropriated balances or funds in the treasury the sum of three hundred dollars for the pay of the Auditors for this year; and the Auditors are hereby
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instructed to report in print at the annual meeting next year what changes in the manner of keeping accounts (if any) they consider judicious, and what additional assistance or com- pensation (if any) the Treasurer, in their judgment, ought to receive, that the town may then consider and act upon the whole subject advisedly.
Eighth Article taken up :
To see whether the town will authorize the Selectmen to employ coun- sel to defend the town in suits brought against it by the proprietors of mills on Charles river, and others.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to employ coun- sel to defend the town in all suits, the expenses incurred in defending suits growing out of the introduction of water to be a charge upon, and to be paid from, the money received from water rates; and in all other cases the expense shall be paid out of the contingent fund or any unexpended or un- appropriated balances of funds in the treasury.
Ninth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take to secure better railroad accom- modations at the station in the village, and at Cypress street.
Voted, That this town most earnestly expresses its con- viction of the necessity, for the best interests of the town, of a new railroad station in the village, with lower rate of fares and more frequent trains, at the earliest possible moment, and instructs the Selectmen to do all in their power to aid the project.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to use all their efforts to induce the N. Y. and N. E. R.R. to carry out all the agreements in reference to the grade crossing at Cypress street, - as to double gates, a station, and stopping the trains, - which the Charles River Railroad deliberately made with the County Commissioners, and to prevent all encroach- ments on Tappan street.
Voted, That the town ought to have the same advantages as to postal delivery and cheap postage which the other suburbs of Boston now enjoy, and that the Selectmen be requested to communicate this resolve of the town to the Representative of this District in Congress.
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Tenth Article taken up :
To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to give a confirma- tory deed of a tract of land in the rear of Prospect street, Brookline, in- tended to be conveyed to Thomas Seaverns by deed dated July 1, 1867, and recorded in Norfolk Deeds, liber 373, folio 239.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized for a nominal consideration to confirm to the persons now holding title under Thomas Seaverns, in fee simple, the parcel of land sold to him by the town in 1867, and intended to be con- veyed to him by deed recorded with Norfolk Deeds, lib. 373, fol. 239. This confirmation to contain, however, an express disclaimer of covenant or warranty on the part of the town.
Eleventh Article taken up :
To hear the report of the Water Board, and act upon the subjects and appropriations suggested therein.
The report of the Water Board, which had been printed and distributed through the town, was then presented.
Voted, That the Water Board be authorized to lay water pipes in Beacon street, from the corner of Washington street to the corner of Tappan street ; also to refund the sums ad- vanced by sundry petitioners for cost of laying pipes in Webster street, and in Mountfort street and Monmouth court.
Mr. Edward S. Philbrick moved that the Water Board be authorized, until further orders, to make extensions of street mains in such cases as may appear to them to be for the public interest, when the cost is within one thousand dollars in any one locality, and when an income of not less than three per cent of the cost is guaranteed by the petitioners.
On motion of Hon. William Aspinwall, it was -
Voted, That the motion be referred back to the Water Board, with instructions to report at a future meeting some definite policy in reference to the extension of street mains.
Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropri- ated to defray the cost of maintenance of the water works during the current year, in addition to the sum of five thou- sand dollars heretofore appropriated, this to be paid from the receipts from water rates.
Voted, That the Water Board are hereby authorized to
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erect a dwelling-house on land belonging to the town, near the pumping-station, for the use of the man or men em- ployed about the engine, at a cost of not over two thousand dollars, to be taken from the amount of bonds issued this
year, and to collect rent for the same.
Voted, That the sum of three thousand five hundred dol- lars be appropriated from any unexpended balances in the treasury to defray the charges for use of public fire hydrants, public buildings, and public drinking fountains, according to rates established February 1, 1876.
Twelfth Article taken up :
To see if the town will authorize the Water Board to sell water, di- rectly or indirectly, to citizens of Boston who reside on or near the divis- ion line between Boston and Brookline.
Voted, That the Water Board be authorized to sell water to the city of Boston for the purpose of supplying citizens of Boston, whenever requested by the city of Boston or its authorized agents, provided the whole expense of laying the water pipes shall be defrayed by the city of Boston or the person served ; and that without any such request they be authorized to take the water to the line of the land of Mrs. Cleveland in this town, and there sell her what she wants for an agreed sum, or by meter, as they may think most convenient.
Thirteenth Article taken up :
To see if the town will make an appropriation to procure lamp-posts and lanterns, to set the same and have them lighted on Newton street from the West Roxbury line to the schoolhouse, on the petition of Wil- lard A. Humphrey.
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