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Patrick McNamara
Henry D. Mills
John O'Hare
- - Gifford P. S. McGinnis
William Richards, Jr.
William H. Dimond
Edward Phillips
Henry C. Dimond
John S. Averill
Thomas Mahan
John Nickerson
John Leahy
Alonzo W. Corey
James G. Mungovan
Royal McIntosh
Edward McIntosh
Patrick McCarty Edward Cusic
George McIntosh
Patrick Casey
John McDonough
James McLaughlin Thomas Dea
William S. Brown Arthur 'Tarbon John A. Ayers George Barker
William Dea John C. Morse John Myers William Reardon James Healey
Thomas Quinlan, Jr.
Edward K. Clark
Matthew Burns Wyeth P. Tuttle Charles Arthur
William Gangehome
Richard McGonicle
Joseph Dewes Edwin Dubois
Redman Kelley James Cantwell Michael Cusic Andrew J. Cusic
John T. O'Dea
Thomas McCarty John H. Sturgis James McGregor Francis G. Stearns Benjamin Goddard Stearns John J. Stearns
Charles A. Duffy
Charles F. Bush
Burton W. Neal
Alpheus Snow - Dwinnell
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Joseph C. Withington Arthur S. Woodward Leonard K. Storrs Alfred Winsor
John W. Young
James Wood
Dennis Culinall
Thomas Murray
George B. Kendrick
Daniel Marden
William R. Emerson
David Magner
Charles P. Ware
Edward Barry Benjamin F. Quiniby
Henry F. Stodder George M. Towle Henry R. Hallett
John Taffe Walter C. Cabot
William R. Hallett
James Casey
William G. Dearborn
Barney Finnagan
Walstein R. Chester
Theodore Lyınan Percival Lowell
Henry J. Cobb
A. Lawrence Lowell Michael Duffey
Walter F. Winsor
Ernest Winsor
Martin Costello
James H. Shapleigh
William Bowditch Fisher
Andrew M. Ritchie
Isaac N. Cate
E. P. Currier
Edmund Cahill
Henry W. Burgett
Patrick Sherry
Washington I. Taylor
Patrick Thomas Miskill
Richard S. Atkinson
Timothy J. Miskill
William J. Winch
John Galligher
William S. Cutler
James Geddes, Jr.
Howard N. Brown
Francis A. Jewett
Frank Brown
S. Wetmore Jewett
Barney McDonald
Frank S. Taylor
William C. Rogers
William H. Taylor, Jr.
Charles Howe
Howard A. Allen
Henry Ford
William Miller
Charles Dwight
Levi W. Hastings
George E. Everett
Charles P. Gardiner
Thomas Kelley
James Hickey Thomas Miskill Edwin Read
James H. Ward, Jr.
Thomas P. Ward
Edmund S. Smith
Charles M. Atkinson, Jr.
Samuel W. Spofford
Charles B. Ford
Frederick Amory Harcourt Amory
Joseph T. Brown, Jr.
Augustine H. Amory
Willard J. Humphry
Frank C. Warren
William C. Graves William Cressey
George W. Rollins John Rafftry Charles Hutchins
Frank A. Dow James Baker
William R. Cabot Thomas Miskill
Charles O'Holleran
Marcus B. McCarty Lawrence J. McCarty David J. Harmon
John McGettrick
Henry P. Kendall
George D. Vaughn Lewis Perrin
Richard I. Kendall
John C. Cobb
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Edward Clark
William Ring
Patrick Howard
Francis Mealey
John Dalton
Joseph J. O'Connell
William O'Connell
George A. Bugbee
Charles Saunders
Henry W. Lamb
Theophilus Parsons, Jr.
Charles A. Williams
Henry H. Richardson
Frank R. Hall
Stephen G. Train
Moorfield Story
Samuel P. Train
Robert S. Peabody
Peter Williams
Charles A. Bowditch
William S. Haseltine
Henry P. Briggs
Daniel McInnery
Michael W. Quinlan
John McInnery
George T. Hurd
John Fallen
John Bellamy
Peter H. Glancy
Richard M. Wilson
Thomas Martin
John W. Partridge
Patrick Murray
Thatcher Loring
Thomas Fox
William Pree
Daniel Mahoney
George Marston
Edward J. Mealey
John McDavit
James Pinner
Daniel McDavit
W. Arthur Roberts
Benjamin F. Baxter
Cornelius Shannon
Albert S. Paige
Patrick Drohan
Frederick E. Spencer
Dominick Gallagher
James McCormack
William Devine
John Tucker
William Harmon
John H. Carroll
Charles A. Read
THOS. B. HALL, WM. LINCOLN, J. ANSON GUILD, Assessors of Brookline.
SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 10, 1878.
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
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Edward Lyon John Parlen John Long John Glynn Henry E. Raymond James Stitt
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town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the tenth day of October next, at half-past seven o'clock in the evening, to act upon the following articles : -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see if the town will build one or more of the streets laid out and accepted by the town July 17, 1878, during the present year.
Third. To see if the town will examine the cause of the alleged im- purity of the water supplied from Charles river.
Fourth. To see if the town will establish another class in the Law- rence school.
Fifth. To see if the town will aid in building a brick sidewalk along the Blake estate on Washington street.
Sixth. To bring in their ballots on the question whether the town favors or is opposed to the petition of John W. Candler, dated July 22, 1878, wherein he calls upon the County Commissioners to lay out as a town road the extension of Kent street across Aspinwall avenue, and through Harrison place to Harvard square; and also to lay out a town road from Harrison place to the new station : those who are in favor of the petition to vote Yes, and those who are opposed to vote No.
Seventh. To hear and act upon the report of any town officers and committees who may be ready to report.
Eighth. To make such appropriations of money, or authorize the borrowing of such sums of money, as may be needed to carry out any vote under any or either of the foregoing articles.
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-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
WM. I. BOWDITCH, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, JAMES W. EDGERLY, (SEAL) OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, October 4, 1878.
In pursuance 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 causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at their last and usual place
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of abode, also by posting the same in two or three more publie places and published in the " Brookline Chroniele," a newspaper published in said town, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
W. Y. GROSS, Constable of Brookline.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met in the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-eight, and were called to order at half-past seven of the clock in the evening by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon of the officer who served the notice of the same on the in- habitants.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator, Thomas H. Talbot.
Second Article taken up :
To see if the town will build one or more of the streets laid out and aceepted by the town July 17, 1878, during the present year.
Voted, That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to build the extension of Perry street and the short street just north of the railroad, - being two of the streets accepted by the town July 17 last ; and, to provide funds with which to pay the expense of such construction, they are hereby authorized to borrow such sum as they may deem necessary, not ex- ceeding the sum of $2900, and at not a higher rate of inter- est than five per cent. per annum, such sum to be paid out of the taxes to be assessed next year ; and the Treasurer is hereby directed to sign a note or notes for this amount when requested to do so by the Selectmen.
Third Article taken up :
To see if the town will examine the eause of the alleged impurity of the water supplied from Charles river.
Voted, That the subject matter of this article be referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Henry M. Whitney,
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Willard A. Humphrey, William H. Lincoln, and the Water Board, with a request that they report at the next annual meeting the full extent of the difficulty and the best way to remedy it, and the cost of doing it, and that the committee have power to consult experts.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will establish another class in the Lawrence school.
Voted, That the School Committee are hereby authorized to establish a class in the Lawrence school, to be composed of those scholars in the district who are fitted to enter the third class in the Pierce school, and the sum of $300 is hereby diverted from the appropriation of $500 made for an evening school at the last annual meeting, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the ex- penses of this new class.
Fifth Article taken up :
To see if the town will aid in building a brick sidewalk along the Blake estate on Washington street.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to pay one half the cost of a brick sidewalk along the Blake estate on Wash- ington street, provided the same shall not exceed the sum of $200, and that that sum be paid out of the appropriation for contingencies.
Sixth Article taken up :
To bring in their ballots on the question whether the town favors or is opposed to the petition of John W. Candler, dated July 22, 1878. wherein he calls upon the County Commissioners to lay out as a town road the extension of Kent street across Aspinwall avenue, and through Harrison place to Harvard square, and also to lay out a town road from Harrison place to the new station; those who are in favor of the petition to vote Yes, and those opposed to vote No.
Mr. Augustus Lowell moved "That when this meeting ad- journs, it shall be to three and a half P.M. on Saturday, when the ballots on Article Six shall begin, and that the polls shall be kept open until five and a half P.M., and then closed."
Mr. John W. Candler took the floor to speak to the motion, when, on motion of Mr. Edward I. Thomas, it was -
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Voted, That this meeting now adjourn to to-morrow even- ing at half-past seven of the clock.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 11, 1878.
Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Friday, the eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and were called to order at half-past seven of the clock in the evening by the Moderator, Thomas H. Talbot.
The records of the last meeting were read and approved.
The Moderator then stated that the first business before the meeting was the motion of Mr. Augustus Lowell, which was laid over from the last meeting ; to wit, -
That when this meeting adjourns, it shall be to three and a half P.M. on Saturday, when the ballot on Article Six shall begin, and that the polls shall be kept open until five and a half P.M., and then closed.
Mr. John W. Candler then resumed the floor and spoke at some length upon the subject matter of the Sixth Article, and stated that laying out the continuation of Kent street from its present terminus to Harvard street would be a great public convenience.
At the request of Mr. Lowell, his motion was amended by inserting the word "next" after the word Saturday, so the motion read as follows ; viz., -
That when this meeting adjourns, it shall be to three and a half P.M. on Saturday next, when the ballot on Article Six shall begin, and that the polls shall be kept open until five and a half P.M., and then closed.
On motion of Mr. George W. Carnes, the motion was amended as follows ; viz., -
That we proceed to take the ballot this evening.
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The Moderator then stated that the ballot proposed in Article Six will be now taken.
Voted, That the meeting proceed to ballot.
Voted, That the check list be used.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes, and the voters present were requested to bring in their votes on the ballot proposed in the Sixth Article.
The voters present then proceeded to deposit their votes and the polls were kept open until, on motion, it was -
Voted, That the polls be now closed.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was two hundred and sixty-eight, and were as follows; to wit, -
Yeas, eighty (80).
Noes, one hundred and eighty-eight (188).
And declaration thereof was so made by the Moderator.
In voting, the check list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was first found on the list and checked.
Seventh Article taken up :
To hear and act upon the report of town officers and committees who may be ready to report.
On motion of Mr. William I. Bowditch, it was -
Voted, That the sum of $500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for additional pay to poor and indigent soldiers and sailors, under the provisions of Stat. 1878, Chap. 282, the same to be paid out of any unexpended or unappropri- ated balance in the treasury, or if the Selectmen shall deem it necessary, they may borrow the same sum, to be paid out of next year's taxes ; and the Treasurer is hereby directed to sign a note for that amount if requested so to do by the Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1878.
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 as the law directs, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at ten of the clock in the fore- noon, 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 give in their votes to the Selectmen for the following State, Na- tional, and County officers ; to wit, 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, a member of Congress for the Eighth Congressional District, one County Commissioner for three years, a Reg- ister of Probate and Insolvency for five years, 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-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
WM. I. BOWDITCH, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, JAMES W. EDGERLY, OLIVER WHYTE, HORACE JAMES,
Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
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NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, Oct. 31, 1878.
In pursuance of 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 caus- ing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at their last and usual place of abode, also by posting copies of the same in three or more pub- lic places in said Brookline, 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 fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-eight, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order at ten 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 of the same upon the inhabitants.
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 that any legal voter present who had not voted and desired to an opportunity so to do would be given, they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number of votes so given in was one thousand and ninety-two, which were sorted, counted, 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 : One thousand and ninety-one.
Thomas Talbot, of Billerica, had seven hundred and sixty-five.
Benjamin F. Butler, of Lowell, had two hundred and ninety-three. Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, had thirty-one.
Alonzo A. Miner, of Boston, had two.
For Lieutenent Governor : One thousand and ninety.
John D. Long, of Hingham, had seven hundred and thirty-seven.
John F. Arnold, of North Adams, had two hundred and eighty-four.
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William R. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, had sixty-eight.
George E. Ewing, of Holyoke, had one.
Secretary of the Commonwealth : One thousand and ninety-one. Henry B. Pierce, of Abington, had seven hundred and thirty-five. Weston Howland, of Fairhaven, had two hundred and eighty-three. Henry C. Ewing, of Holyoke, had seventy-one.
David B. Gurney, of South Abington, had two.
Treasurer and Receiver General : One thousand and eighty-one. Charles Endicott, of Canton, had seven hundred and thirty-five. John H. Jennings, of New Bedford, had two hundred and eighty-three. David N. Skillings, of Winchester, had seventy-three.
Auditor of Accounts : One thousand and ninety-one.
John L. Clark, of Newton, had seven hundred and thirty-five. Davis J. King, of Boston, had two hundred and eighty-three. John E. Fitzgerald, of Boston, had seventy-one.
Jonathan H. Orne, of Marblehead, had two.
Attorney General : One thousand and ninety-one.
George Marston, of New Bedford, had seven hundred and thirty-three. William D. Northend, of Salem, had two hundred and eighty-three. Richard Olney, of Boston, had seventy-three.
Orin T. Gray, of Hyde Park, had two.
Representative to Congress from the Eighth District : One thousand and eighty-three.
William Claflin, of Newton, had seven hundred and sixty-four. James McIntosh, of Needham, had two hundred and forty-one. Eli Phelps, of Foxboro, had seventy-two.
Henri Batchelder, of Medway, had two.
John C. Taylor, W. A. Donald, Frank Monks, and James S. Whitney, one each.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District ; One thousand and twenty. William O. Taylor, of Boston, had seven hundred and forty-eight. George A. Shaw, of Boston, had two hundred and sixty-nine. Timothy A. Smith, of Westboro, had two. G. B. Dennis had one.
County Commissioner for Three Years : One thousand and ninety. George W. Wiggin, of Franklin, had seven hundred and thirty-six. James M. Freeman, of Franklin, had three hundred and fifty-two. Timothy Ide, of Medway, had two.
Register of Probate and Insolvency for Five Years : One thousand and ninety.
Jonathan Cobb, of Dedham, had one thousand and eighty-seven. E. P. Howland, of Quincy, had three.
Senator for the Second Norfolk District : One thousand and eighty-nine. Frederick D. Ely, of Dedham, had seven hundred and seventy-four.
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James McIntosh, of Needham, had two hundred and forty-one. Eli Phelps, of Foxboro, had seventy-two.
Henri Batchelder, of Medway, had two. Frank D. Ely, -, had one.
Representative to the General Court for the Second Norfolk District : One thousand and eighty-six.
Theodore Lyman had one. Charles E. Hapgood had one. R. G. F. Candage had two. Thomas W. Thwing had five.
B. F. Baker had five.
Willard A. Humphrey, of Brookline, had seventy-five.
James G. Mungovan, of Brookline, had two hundred and sixty-one.
Edward I. Thomas, of Brookline, had seven hundred and thirty-six, and was declared elected Representative to the General Court from the Second Norfolk Representative District.
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 returns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen, countersigned by the Town Clerk and sealed up in open town meeting as re- quired by law, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to for- ward to their several places of destination.
The votes cast and the list of voters which had been used at the polls were then sealed up, endorsed by the Selectmen, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, in con- formity with the law in such cases made and provided.
The meeting was then declared dissolved by William I. Bowditch, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 11, 1879.
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 eleventh day of February next, at seven and one half of the clock in the even- ing, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see if the town will accept and allow Station street as laid out by the Selectmen.
Third. To see if the town will accept the offer of the city of Boston for the right to use our main sewer and the lateral sewers in Brookline avenue and Washington street, or authorize the Selectmen or some com- mittee to accede to this or some other proposition.
Fourth. To consider and act upon the report or reports of the Com- mittee on Sewer Assessments, and the subjects therein referred to.
Fifth. To accept Chapter 249 of the Acts of the General Court passed in the year 1878, entitled " An Act relating to the apportionment of sewer and sidewalk assessments," and take any action authorized thereby, by passing any votes or by-laws.
Sixth. To pass any votes or by-laws adopting the system of sewerage already begun by the town, by laying out and building the main inter- cepting sewer from the railroad bridge in the village to Charles river, or any other system, to apply to any part or the whole of the territory in the town.
Seventh. To consider the subjects of Chapter 232 of the Acts of the General Court passed in the year 1878, entitled, " An Act to amend Chap- ter forty-eight of the General Statutes relating to sewers and drains," and to take any action authorized thereby, by passing any votes or by-laws.
Eighth. To hear and act upon the report of the committee in reference to uniting with Boston in making a new channel for Muddy river.
Ninth. To hear and act upon the reports made by the Committee on the Revision of the By-Laws.
Tenth. To hear and act upon the reports of any other town officers or committees who may be ready to report.
Eleventh. To see if the town will take any action calculated to reduce the cost of printing the annual report.
Twelfth. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of eleven hun-
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dred ($1100) dollars for improvements in school buildings, according to the request of the School Committee.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will make an appropriation to pay Aaron D. Weld, Hannah D. Richards, and Mrs. Lucy Kingsbury for damages occasioned by taking their land for the construction of the water works.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appear before the present Legislature and urge the amendment of the school laws so as to limit the powers of the school committees and provide such other checks as will make them accountable to some competent authority for the exercise of their office.
Fifteenth. To see what action the town will take, if any, on the peti- tion of C. A. Richards and others, to the Legislature, for a charter for an elevated railroad in the town of Brookline.
Sixteenth. To choose three Auditors.
Seventeenth. 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 twenty- ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
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