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For Governor : Nine hundred and eighty-six.
John D. Long, of Hinghan, had six hundred and forty-seven. Benjamin F. Butler, of Lowell, had two hundred and ninety-six. John Quincy Adams, of Quincy, had forty-two. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, had one.
For Lieutenant Governor : Nine hundred and eighty-nine.
Byron Weston, of Dalton, had six hundred and sixty-one. A. C. Woodworth, of Chicopee, had two hundred and eighty-three. William R. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, had forty-five.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Nine hundred and eighty-seven. Henry B. Pierce, of Abington, had six hundred and seventy-two. Michael F. Donahoe, of Somerville, had three hundred and fifteen.
For Treasurer and Receiver General : Nine hundred and eighty-nine. Charles Endicott, of Canton, had six hundred and sixty-three.
David N. Skillings, of Winchester, had three hundred and twenty-six.
For Auditor of Accounts : Nine hundred and eighty-nine.
Charles R. Ladd, of Springfield, had six hundred and sixty. D. J. King, of Boston, had two hundred and eighty-four. Charles R. Field, of Springfield, had forty-five.
For Attorney General : Nine hundred and ninety.
George Marston, of New Bedford, had six hundred and sixty-three. William D. Northend, of Salem, had two hundred and eighty-three. Richard Olney, of Boston, had forty-four.
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For Councillor of the Second Councillor District : Nine hundred and ninety.
William O. Taylor, of Boston, had six hundred and sixty-nine. William O. Hodges, of Quincy, had three hundred and twenty-one.
For Senator for the Second Norfolk District : Nine hundred and ninety. James C. Ray, of Franklin, had six hundred and sixty-nine. James McIntosh, of Needham, had two hundred and seventy-seven. Ely Phelps, of Foxboro', had forty-four.
For County Commissioner for three years : Nine hundred and eighty-nine. Jabez Talbot, Jr., of Stoughton, had six hundred and fifty-three. Charles C. Sanderson, of Dedham, had three hundred and thirty-six.
For County Treasurer ; Nine hundred and ninety.
Chauncy C. Churchill, of Dedham, had eight hundred and twelve. Henry S. Bunton, of Hyde Park, had one hundred and seventy-eight.
For Register of Deeds : Nine hundred and ninety.
John H. Burdakin, of Dedham, had nine hundred and eighty-nine. A. E. Kenrick had one.
For Representative to the General Court for the Second Norfolk District: Roland C. Lincoln, of Brookline, had one.
Charles H. Maynard, of Brookline, had fifty-eight.
Winard Touissant, of Brookline, had two hundred and sixty-five.
Edward I. Thomas, of Brookline, had six hundred and sixty-one, and
was declared elected Representative to the General Court from the Second Norfolk District.
In voting, the check list was used, and no person was allowed to 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 and counter- signed by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meet- ing as 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 polls were then sealed up, endorsed by the Select- men, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, in conformity with the law in such cases made and provided.
The meeting was then declared dissolved by Francis W. Lawrence, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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[ TOWN SEAL]
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN,
BROOKLINE, Mass., January 12, 1880.
The Selectmen of Brookline, by virtue of the authority vested in them by Chapter 64, Section 3, of the General Statutes, do hereby grant to William R. Cabot, acting as the authorized agent of the Bell Telephone Company, in- corporated under the General Statutes, a location for posts and the connecting wires, for the conducting of telephonic communications through the following-named streets of the town of Brookline, with the agreement on the part of said Cabot that the posts shall be at least 150 feet distant from each other, and shall be painted a dark brown color, and that the wires shall be not less than 20 feet above the ground or sidewalk.
It is further understood and agreed on the part of said Cabot, that none of the trees standing on the line of this location shall be cut or injured in the prosecution of the work, without the consent of the Selectmen or of the Surveyors of the Highways for the district in which the location is granted.
Harvard street, Washington street, Walnut street, Warren street, Heath street, Brighton street, High street, Irving street, Carlton street, Vernon street (so much of it as is a town way).
FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, OLIVER WHYTE, R. G. F. CANDAGE, Selectmen of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, January 16, 1880. - Received and entered.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town .Clerk.
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Special Meeting, January 21, 1880.
SPECIAL MEETING, JANUARY 21, 1880.
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WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Wednesday, the twenty-first day of January instant, at seven and one half of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see what action the town will take in regard to the peti- tion of Thomas S. Brown and others to the Legislature, " that that part of the old town of Boston which was in 1705 set off from it, and incor- porated as the town of Brookline, may be, with all its present inhab- itants, again united with the city of Boston."
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 at Brookline aforesaid, this fourteenth
day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, OLIVER WHYTE, R. G. F. CANDAGE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, Jan. 17, 1880.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the in- habitants 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 copy of the same to be left at their last and usual place of abode, also by posting the same in three or more public places, and published in
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the " Brookline Chronicle," a newspaper printed in said Brookline, four days at least before 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 Wednesday, the twenty-first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, 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 upon the inhabitants.
The First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting then nominated and chose for Moderator, Wil- liam I. Bowditch.
Second Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in regard to the petition of Thomas S. Brown and others to the Legislature, " that that part of the old town of Boston which was in 1705 set off from it and incorporated as the town of Brookline, may be, with all its present inhabitants, again united with the city of Boston."
Mr. T. H. Murray presented the following resolutions and moved their acceptance ; to wit, -
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Brookline in town meeting assembled, hereby declare our conviction that the interests of all classes of our people demand the annexation, as speedily as possible, of the town to the great city by whose territory Brookline is well-nigh surrounded; and be it further
Resolved, That a committee of fifteen be appointed by this meeting and instructed to appear before the present Legislature and advocate and urge the annexation of the town of Brookline to the city of Boston.
Mr. George W. Carnes presented the following preamble and resolutions, and moved their acceptance and adoption as a substitute for the resolutions already offered ; to wit, -
Whereas, Certain voters of Brookline have petitioned the Massachu- setts Legislature to " reunite " to Boston the territory of Brookline, with all the inhabitants residing within its limits, and,
Whereas, This act of the petitioners is in direct opposition to the wish of the great majority of the inhabitants, it being the preference of the latter to maintain the identity of the town and continue their jurisdiction over its municipal affairs ; therefore -
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Resolved, That a committee of ten be appointed, consisting of the Board of Selectmen and five citizens, to oppose this movement for annexation by their appearance before the legislative committee, and that the citi- zens at large be invited to attend these hearings and unite in resisting, by their presence and protests, a measure so evidently at variance with the best interests of the people of Brookline.
After some discussion of the foregoing resolutions, Mr. John W. Candler offered the following amendment to the resolution of Mr. Murray, which was accepted ; to wit, -
That a committee of five citizens, Wm. Aspinwall, M. P. Kennard, Henry M. Whitney, Thomas H. Talbot, and Jerome Jones, be appointed to appear before the Legislature to advocate on behalf of the town of Brookline, its annexation to Boston.
After discussing the subject, and several motions in rela- tion to taking the vote, it was, on motion of Moses Williams, Jr., -
Voted, That when the vote is taken it be taken by ballot one week from to-morrow, between the hours of three and nine of the clock in the afternoon, and by using the check list.
The Moderator made the announcement that the vote would be on the subject of the annexation to Boston, those in favor to vote "Yes," and those opposed to vote "No," to which announcement there was no objection.
Voted, That this meeting be adjourned to Thursday, the twenty-ninth instant, at three of the clock in the afternoon.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING, JANUARY 29, 1880.
Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and were called to order at three of the clock in the afternoon by the Moderator, William I. Bowditch.
The Moderator then declared the polls open for the re-
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ception of votes on the subject of the annexation of the town of Brookline to the city of Boston, those in favor to vote " Yes," those opposed to vote "No."
Voted, That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of three to assist the Moderator and Clerk in sorting and counting the votes.
The Moderator appointed Albert L. Lincoln, Jr., Emery B. Moore, and Charles B. Farnum.
The polls were then opened for the reception of votes on the subject announced to the meeting, and were kept open until nine of the clock in the evening, when, after due notice, they were declared closed.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to help sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was eight hundred and thirteen, and were as follows ; to wit, -
Yeas, two hundred and seventy two (272).
Noes, five hundred and forty-one (541).
In voting, the check list was used, and no one was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
After the declaration of the vote, the Moderator stated that the resolution of Mr. George W. Carnes, which was offered at the meeting held on the twenty-first instant, was the next business in order, and read the resolution, which was adopted as follows ; to wit, -
Resolved, That a committee of ten be appointed, consisting of the Board of Selectmen and five citizens, to oppose this movement for annexation by their appearance before the legislative committee, and that the citizens at large be in- vited to attend these hearings and unite in resisting, by their presence and protests, a measure so evidently at variance with the best interests of the people of Brookline.
The meeting then nominated and chose the following citi- zens, in addition to the Selectmen, to compose said com- mittee ; viz., Edward Atkinson, Thomas Parsons, Edward I. Thomas, George W. Carnes, Alfred D. Chandler.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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Permission to Erect Telephone Wire Poles.
Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned Selectmen of the town of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby give to Robert Amory and William R. Cabot, both of said Brook- line, and copartners under the name of the Brookline Tele- phone Exchange, the present writing specifying where said copartners may locate posts for telegraphic and telephonic communication within said town, the kind of posts, and the height at which, and the places where the wires may run ; to wit, --
Said posts may be located and maintained in the positions where they are now delineated upon a plan made by Alexis H. French, civil engineer, dated March 24, 1880, and de- posited in the office of the Town Clerk, which plan is ex- pressly made part of this paper writing.
The posts shall be substantial, securely planted in the ground, and painted of a suitable brown color.
No wire shall be placed at a height of less than 21 feet from the ground, and the locations in which wires may be placed and used shall be only those delineated upon said plan. All wires shall be firmly and securely attached to their supports by the most approved appliances, and no wire which is suspended across a street or way shall be allowed to remain at any less height from the surface of such street or way than 21 feet.
And we, the said Selectmen, do hereby expressly reserve to the town of Brookline the right to attach to, and place upon, any or all posts or other structures used or erected by said copartners under this paper or otherwise, such wires or other telephonic or telegraphic apparatus as may be, in the judgment of the Selectmen of Brookline, necessary or expedient for any town or public purpose at any time. Such use by said town shall always be made in the manner which will cause said copartners the least possible inconvenience, and this paper shall not be construed to give said town the right to use telephonic apparatus, except upon such terms of payment as may be or may have been agreed upon by the
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town with said copartners or other authorized persons or cor- porations, but the use of the posts and structures (erected and used by said copartners as aforesaid) by said town for telegraphic communication, shall be without cost to said town.
This paper is executed by us, by virtue of Chapter sixty- four of the General Statutes, Chapter four hundred and fifty- seven of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and Chapter eighty-three of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty.
Witness our hands this twenty-fourth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and eighty.
MOSES WILLIAMS, Jr., FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, March 26, 1880. - Received and entered.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 30, 1880.
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 thirtieth day of March cerrent, at half-past twelve of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
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Second. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen, and posted according to law.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, according to law and the by-laws of said town of Brookline.
Given under our hands at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty-
fourth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- dred and eighty.
MOSES WILLIAMS, Jr., HORACE JAMES, OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, March 25, 1880.
In pursuance to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the in- habitants 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 copy of the same to be left at their last and usual place of abode, also by posting the same in twenty or more public places, and published in the " Brookline Chronicle," 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 at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and were called to order at half-past twelve of the clock in the afternoon by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon of the officer who served the notices of the same upon the inhabitants.
The First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator, James M. Codman.
Second Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Se- lectmen, and posted according to law.
The following list of jurors for the ensuing year was then presented to the meeting, and after the following names were
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struck out, which was done at their own request, or in consequence of their removal from the town, viz., Joshua Crane, Frederick H. Mellen, and Nahum Smith, the list as revised was submitted to the meeting ; to wit, -
List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1880.
Abbott, Hollis E.
Dow, Charles R.
Adams, B. F.
Driscoll, James
Allen, Philip S.
Duncklee, Charles T.
Allen, Rufus S.
Edgerly, James W.
Amory, Frederick
Edwards, Samuel D.
Arthur, Alexander S.
Erhard, George
Austin, Charles D.
Eveleth, Julius E.
Baker, James
Fabyan, George G.
Bancroft, Charles P.
Fay, Henry G.
Beecher, Luther F.
Fillebrown, Edward
Bennett, Stephen D.
Fisher, George J.
Benton, Austin W.
Fisher, Horance N.
Berry, James
Foster, Charles O.
Bird, Albert H.
French, Alexis H.
Blake, Arthur W.
Frost, Morrill
Boody, James H.
Gardiner, Harrison
Bowditch, Ernest W.
Getchell, Isaiah S.
Burton, Hazen J.
Goodspeed, Munroe
Burt, Solomon
Gove, Arthur B.
Bush, Samuel D.
Griggs, Thomas B.
Cabot, Walter C.
Guild, J. Anson
Cabot, William R.
Harris, Nathaniel
Chace, Reuben A.
Haven, Frank
Chase, H. Lincoln
Hill, William H., Jr.
Chase, Charles G.
Hubbard, Francis S.
Chester, Walstein R.
Clark, Amasa
Codman, James M.
Hunnewell, Francis Ingalls, E. Herbert Johnson, Felix, Jr. Jones, Moses Kelly, William
Conant, Nathaniel
Kenrick, David T.
Copeland, Milton J.
Lincoln, Albert L.
Cotting, Charles U.
Long, Jonathan D.
Cotton, Walter G.
Loring, Augustus N.
Cutler, Abraham L. Dana, Dennison D.
Lovering, James C.
Dane, Edward S.
Mahan, Michael Marston, Edwin O. Mason, Henry
Davis, Langdon S.
Melcher, William K.
Doane, Daniel
Morse, Fitz Albert
Dorr, Nathan
Nash, Francis J.
Delano, Oliver B.
Collins, Henry
Coolidge, Henry S.
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Perrin, Lewis
Todd, Thomas
Phillips, John F.
Trowbridge, Charles P.
Ritchie, John
Verney, Osavius
Ritchie, Thomas P.
White, Francis A.
Rogers, John K.
White, Isaac D.
Russell, Marshall
Whyte, Oliver
Seamans, James M.
Wilder, William H.
Stearns, Charles H.
Winchester, Stephen S.
Stearns, William
Wrightington, Charles W.
Stone, Milton J.
Young, John D.
Taylor, John C.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Brookline, Mass., March 8, 1880.
Town Clerk.
On motion of Moses Williams, Jr., it was -
Voted, That the list be accepted.
Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 30, 1880.
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 thirtieth day of March current, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
Third. To accept Chapter 185 of the Acts of the year 1875, being an Act entitled " An Act for the laying out of public parks in or near the city of Boston," and to elect Park Commissioners under that Act.
Fourth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase from John Zecher, for a gravel pit, a tract of land in Newton, containing about 19,490 square feet, as shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Selectmen, at the price of two hundred and fifty dollars.
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Fifth. To see if the town will provide six additional street lamps upon High street.
Sixth. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) to lay thrce street crossings, one across Chestnut street at the foot of High street, one across Sewall street running parallel with Chestnut street, and one across Cypress street at Chestnut street.
Seventh. To see if the town will fix the pay of its laborers at one dol- lar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per diem, for the year commencing March 31, 1880, and ending March 31, 1881.
Eighth. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) to lay a plank sidewalk on Chestnut street from the foot of High street to Cypress street.
Ninth. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittces, and especially to hear and act upon the report of the Committee upon the Revision of the By-Laws of the town, and, if the town shall see fit, to repeal all existing by-laws and substitute therefor the by-laws re- ported by said committee, with such alterations and amendments as may be made by the town.
Tenth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to license the city of Boston to use the main sewer and lateral sewers of the town of Brookline, and to fix the terms upon which such license may be made, and the consideration to be paid by the city therefor.
Eleventh. To see if the town will issue Brookline Water Scrip for the amount of the orders drawn by the Selectmen against water receipts dur- ing the year ending February 1, 1880, after making such deductions there- from as may be necessary or expedient.
Twelfth. To see whether the town will rescind the vote passed on the twenty-ninth day of January last, raising a committee to oppose the an- nexation of Brookline to the city of Boston.
Thirteenth. To see what action the town will take with reference to the union of the town with the city of Boston.
Fourteenth. To see what action the town will take with reference to its transfer from Norfolk to Suffolk County.
Fifteenth. To see if the town will accept " An Act to authorize cities and towns to erect and maintain public bath and wash houses," being Chapter 214 of the Acts of 1874, and take any action authorized thereby.
Sixteenth. To see if the town will light Heath street from the gateway of Mr. Walter C. Cabot to the Newton line.
Seventeenth. To see if the town will provide a street lamp on Freeman street opposite the foot of Ridgway street.
Eighteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles, or as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and especially to act upon all the appropriations asked for or proposed by the Auditors, or by any town officers or committees.
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.
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Given under our hands at Brookline aforesaid, this twenty- second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
MOSES WILLIAMS, Jr., FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, HORACE JAMES, R. G. F. CANDAGE, OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 24, 1880.
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