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Frank A. Dow
Edward Mealy
John F. Eichhorn
John J. McCormack
Leonard J. Whipple
John Young
James Boylen Frank Anderson
John Minnehan John Dolan
James E. Baker
Cornelius Shannon
George W. Hyde
Michael Munroe
William Hoernle
John O'Neal
Charles Whalen Justin Sawyer'
Patrick Hopkins John Casey
Noble Stanford
Timothy Ryan
Edward Clark
Edward Moran, Jr.
Richard Kelleher, Jr.
John A. Long Jeremiah Long George F. Hook Fred. C. Hook
John Kelley John Murphy John Mealy
William Shehan
James Dugan
Martin Kennedy James Porter
Patrick Clear
John Cronan John Lyons
James L. Little, Jr.
Charles S. Brown
Charles Harriman, Jr.
William Littlefield
John Cunniff Robert Adams
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Michael Day
Alex. Daniels
George E. Cabot
Edward Stanwood
James Landers
John H. W. Edgerly
Joseph O'Connell William O'Connell
Horace D. Chapin
Henry W. Lamb
George R. Sabin
Charles A. Williams
Samuel A. Badger
Frank R. Hall
George Badger
Moorfield Story
John Bellamy
Robert S. Peabody
George Rogers®
Edward Dalton
Clarence H. Waldo
William Cummings
John J. Malone Jacob Hoernle
List of persons liable to do military duty in the town of Brookline for the year 1881, as taken by the Assessors, May 1, 1881.
WILLIAM LINCOLN, J. ANSON GUILD, WILLIAM D. COOLIDGE,
Assessors.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1881.
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 eighth day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at eight and one half of the clock in the forenoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock in the afternoon, during which time they will be required to give in their votes to the Selectmen for the following State and County officers ; to wit, -
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Councillor for the Second Councillor District, Secretary of the Commonwealthi, Treas- urer and Receiver General, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District,
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Herman Chapin
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a Representative to the General Court for the Second Norfolk Representative District, one County Commissioner for three years, and Clerk of Courts, all to be voted for on one ticket.
Also to give in their votes by ballot, "Yes " or " No," on the following amendment to the Constitution ; to wit, -
Article of Amendment.
No person having served in the army or the navy of the United States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of being a pauper, or, if a pauper, because of the non-payment of a poll tax.
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 twenty- fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and eighty-one.
CHARLES H. DREW, RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE, HORACE JAMES, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Nov. 2, 1881.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhab- itants 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 the " Brookline Chronicle," a newspaper published in said Brookline. four days at least before the said day of meeting.
WILLARD Y. GROSS, Constable.
In pursuance of the within warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and eight-one, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order at half- past eight of the clock in the morning by Capt. R. G. F. Candage, a member of the Board of Selectmen, and the only
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member present at that time. . The Town Clerk then proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon of the officer who served the notice 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 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 of votes so given in was four hundred and ninety-eight, which were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting as required by law, and were for the following State and County officers ; to wit, -
For Governor : Four hundred and ninety-six.
John D. Long, of Hingham, had three hundred and eighty-seven. Charles P. Thompson, of Gloucester, had one hundred and eight. Charles Almy, of New Bedford, had one.
For Lieutenant Governor : Four hundred and ninety-four.
Byron Weston, of Dalton, had three hundred and eighty-five. James H. Carlton, of Haverhill, had one hundred and eight. John Blackmer, of Springfield, had one.
Councillor for the Second Councillor District : Four hundred and ninety-two. Nathaniel Wales, of Stoughton, had three hundred and eighty-one. John Quincy Adams, of Quincy, had one hundred and nine. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, had one. H. N. Towle, of -, had one.
Secretary of the Commonwealth : Four hundred and ninety-six. Henry B. Peirce, of Abington, had three hundred and eighty-eight. Michael Donahoe, of Somerville, had one hundred and seven. Solomon F. Frost, of Douglass, had one.
Treasurer and Receiver General : Four hundred and ninety-five. Daniel A. Gleason, of Medford, had three hundred and eighty-seven. William A. Hodges, of Quincy, had one hundred and seven. Thomas J. Lothrop, of Taunton, had one.
Auditor of Accounts : Four hundred and ninety-five.
Charles R. Ladd, of Springfield, had three hundred and eighty-four. Charles R. Field, of Greenfield, had one hundred and seven. Jonathan Buck, of Harwich, had one.
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Attorney General ; Four hundred and ninety-six.
Gearge Marston, of New Bedford, had three hundred and eighty-eight. Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, had one hundred and six.
Samuel M. Fairfield, of Malden, had one.
W. E. Locke, of Norwood, had one.
Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District : Four hundred and sixty-five.
Warren E. Locke, of Norwood, had four hundred and twenty-six.
Francis W. Bird, of Walpole, had forty-eight.
F. D. Colburn, of Norwood, had one.
One County Commissioner for Three Years : Four hundred and ninety-four.
George W. Wiggin, of Franklin, had three hundred and eighty-five. James Mackintosh, of Needham, had one hundred and nine.
Representative to the General Court for the Second Norfolk District : Four hundred and eighty-six.
James M. Codman had one.
Theodore Lyman had one.
Thomas H. Murray, of Brookline, had one hundred and three.
Rufus G. F. Candage, of Brookline, had three hundred and eighty-one, and was declared elected to the next General Court from the Second Norfolk District.
Article of Amendment to the Constitution : Four hundred and four. Yes, nine-two.
Noes, three hundred and twelve.
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, counter- signed by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meet- ing as by law required, and 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 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 Charles H. Drew, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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PERAMBULATION OF BOUNDARY LINES BETWEEN BOSTON AND BROOKLINE, JUNE 16, 1881.
We, Clinton Viles and Charles H. Hersey, Aldermen, and Samuel F. McCleary, City Clerk, and Thomas W. Davis, City Surveyor, thereto duly authorized by the Board of Aldermen of the city of Boston, and Alexis H. French, Acting Engineer for the town of Brookline, in behalf of the Board of Selectmen of said town, met on the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1881, and examined the lines and established the boundary marks between the said city and town, which are described as follows: -
Boundary Line between Boston and Brookline.
Beginning at a stone monument marked BO., BR., and N., standing near and southeastwardly of the Woonsocket division of the New York and New England Railroad, and southwestwardly of Reservoir lane (so called), said monument forming the junction point of the boundary lines between the cities of Boston and Newton and the town of Brookline; thence run- ning in a northeasterly direction to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the southieasterly side of the embankment of the said railroad; thence continuing northeastwardly, crossing the said railroad obliquely, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the southwesterly side of the street known as Chestnut Hill avenue in Bos- ton, and Brighton street in Brookline, on the division line between land of the city of Boston and land now or formerly of Francis Hunnewell; thence continuing northeastwardly, crossing said Chestnut Hill avenue or Brighton street, and also crossing Beacon street, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing near the corner of a stone wall on land now or formerly belonging to the Beacon Street Land Company, near and southeasterly of Englewood avenue; thence continuing northeast- wardly, crossing said Englewood avenue and running between the house and stable now or formerly belonging to Sarah E. Brown, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northeasterly side of Washington street near the corner of a private street leading northeast- wardly from said Washington street, by the estate of William Livermore ; thence turning a little more eastwardly and still continuing northeast- wardly, crossing Summit avenue to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northwesterly slope of Corey Hill on the south- westerly side of a stone wall on land now or formerly belonging to Merrill Brothers; thence continuing northeastwardly to a stone monu- ment marked BO. and BR., standing on the northeasterly side of the street known as Warren street in Boston, and Winchester street in Brookline; thence continuing northeastwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the southwesterly side of the street known as Harvard avenue in Boston, and Harvard street in Brookline, on the division line between land now or formerly belonging to the Blackstone National Bank, and land now or formerly belonging to Shepard and McKechnie; thence turning a little more eastwardly, and still continuing northeastwardly, crossing said Harvard avenue or street, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing in the swamp land
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now or formerly belonging to the heirs of Ebenezer Francis, near and south of Brighton avenue ; thence turning more eastwardly, and running across said swamp-land to the westerly side of a small pond on land now or formerly belonging to William H. Foster, where a small brook empties into said pond ; thence by the channel of said brook, running through said pond, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing at a cor- ner in said boundary line on the southerly side of said Brighton avenue; thence turning and running eastwardly by the southerly line of said Brighton avenue to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the easterly corner of St. Mary's street and said Brighton avenue; thence turning and running southwardly by the easterly line of St. Mary's street, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing opposite Ivy street ; thence turning a little and running southeastwardly by the south- easterly line of St. Mary's street, and by the continuation of the same through a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the south- erly side of Beacon street, and through a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northerly bank of Muddy brook, to the centre of the channel of the said brook; thence up the channel of the said brook to the southerly side of Longwood-avenue bridge; thence southwardly across the marsh in a line fixed by two stone monuments, each marked BO. and BR., about six hundred and ten (610) feet to the centre of the channel of said brook; thence continuing up the channel of said brook to a point opposite and about eighty (80) feet distant from a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northwesterly line of Brookline avenue, said monument being four hundred and four (404) feet southwestwardly from Francis street; thence southeastwardly about eighty (80) feet to the last-mentioned monument, making a corner in said boundary line; thence turning and running southwestwardly by the northwesterly line of Brookline avenue five hundred and fifty (550) feet to a stone monument marked BO. and BR., making a corner in said boundary line; thence turning and running southeastwardly across Brookline avenue, and at right angles thereto, one hundred and forty- five (145) feet to a stone monument marked BO. and BR., making a cor- ner in said boundary line ; thence turning and running southwestwardly, parallel to the easterly line of Brookline avenue, and eighty-five (85) feet distant eastwardly therefrom, eight hundred (800) feet to the channel of said Muddy brook ; thence up the channel of said brook to a stone mon- ument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northerly side of the street known as Tremont street in Boston, and Washington street in Brookline ; thence crossing said Tremont or Washington street and continuing up the channel of said brook to a stone monument marked BO., BR., and WR., standing in the middle of said brook, forming the junction point of the former boundary lines between the city of Boston and the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury; thence continuing up the channel of said brook, crossing Pond avenue to the end of a culvert on the northeasterly side of Chestnut street ; thence crossing said Chestnut street by said cul- vert, to land now or formerly belonging to C. C. Perkins; thence up the channel of a small brook, being a tributary to said Muddy brook, to a corner in said boundary line fixed by a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on land now or formerly belonging to Quincy A. Shaw,
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near the the corner of a greenhouse; thence turning and running north- westwardly to a corner in said boundary line, fixed by a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on land now or formerly belonging to Ignatius Sargent, at the side of a fence; thence turning and running southwestwardly by the southeasterly line of said Sargent's land, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on said Sargent's land at the side of a wire fence ; thence turning a little more westwardly and continuing southwestwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northerly side of the street known as Perkins street in Boston, and Cottage street in Brookline; thence continuing southwest- wardly, crossing said street to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing at the side of a fence and near a cross bank wall near the top of the hill on land late of S. P. 'Ruggles; thence continuing southwest- wardly to a white-oak tree marked BO. and BR. standing on the north- easterly side of Rockwood street; thence continuing southwestwardly, crossing said Rockwood street and by the southeasterly side of a private way leading from said Rockwood street to Avon street, to a stone monu- ment marked BO. and BR. standing at the southwesterly end of a stone wall opposite the coachman's house of Mrs. Abel Adams; thence turning a little more southwardly and continuing southwestwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the northeasterly side of Avon street; thence turning a little more southwardly and continuing southwestwardly, crossing said Avon street to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the southerly side of the street known as Pond street in Boston, and Newton street in Brookline, and also on the easterly corner of a private street known as Mt. Walley avenue; thence turning a little more westwardly and continuing southwestwardly by the south- easterly line of said Mt. Walley avenue to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on land now or formerly belonging to Daniel Howard, Jr., at the side of a stone wall on the southwesterly side of a cartway ; thence turning a little more westwardly and continuing south- westwardly, crossing land of said Howard, to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on land now or formerly belonging to the Central Park Land Association, at the side of a stone wall and near a cross wall ; thence turning a little more westwardly and continuing southwestwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing in a stone wall on land now or formerly belonging to Aaron D. Weld, near a cross wall ; thence turning a little more westwardly and continuing southwestwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing on the westerly side of the street known as Church street in Boston, and South street in Brookline; thence continuing southwestwardly to a corner in said bound- ary line, fixed by a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing in land now or formerly belonging to said Aaron D. Weld; thence turning and running northwestwardly to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. standing in the edge of the woodland now or formerly belonging to said Weld; thence continuing northwestwardly through woodland to a dead white-oak tree marked BO. and BR. standing in a stone wall south- easterly of and near a cross wall; thence continuing northwestwardly, crossing a swamp to a stone monument marked BO. and BR. and N. standing on land now or formerly belonging to James C. Gipson, at the
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side of a stone wall, said monument forming the junction point of the boundary lines between the cities of Boston and Newton and the town of Brookline.
CLINTON VILES, CHAS. H. HERSEY, Aldermen of Boston S. F. MCCLEARY, City Clerk 6:
THOS. W. DAVIS, City Surveyor "
ALEXIS H. FRENCH, Acting Engineer for the Town of Brookline.
We, the undersigned, a majority of the Selectmen of the town of Brookline, having examined the above description of the boundary lines between said town and the city of Boston, do here approve and ratify the above examination of said lines and boundaries as made in our behalf by Alexis H. French, Acting Engineer of the town.
CHAS. H. DREW, R. G. F. CANDAGE, HORACE JAMES, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, OLIVER WHYTE, Selectmen of Brookline.
Brookline, June 24, 1881.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 6, 1882.
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, on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes ; to wit, - .
First. To choose a Moderator.
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Second. To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year; also to give in their votes, yes or no, in answer to the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" on a separate ballot.
Third. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Brighton street to Chestnut Hill avenue, as prayed for by Jacob W. Pierce and others.
Fourth. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to pay the award made by the County Commis- sioners, in 1874, to Daniel W. Russell, for damages sustained by him in the widening of Washington street.
Fifth. To see whether the town will, by its vote or otherwise, ask the Legislature to extend to women who are citizens the right to hold town offices and to vote in town affairs on the same terms as male citizens.
Sixth. To see if the town will request the Selectmen to postpone granting any railroad location in the town, or any location for more tele- graph poles in the town, until the constitutionality of laws requiring them to grant such location has been fully established.
Seventh. To see if the town will make an appropriation to enable the Selectmen to obtain the opinion of the Supreme Court upon such points.
Eighth. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Ninth. To see if the town will accept and allow Edge Hill road as laid out by the Selectmen.
Tenth. To see if the town will accept and allow Sewall avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
Eleventh. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees.
Twelfth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to give to James M. Seamans a confirmatory deed of the parcel of land situated on the corner of Cypress street and Cypress place, known as the Library lot, purchased by him of the town on the 4th day of May, 1881.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to settle suits and claims against the town, and to employ counsel in cases where they shall consider it to be necessary.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will vote to purchase three new water- ing carts.
Fifteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing arti- cles, 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 Selectmen, or by any town officers or committees.
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 twenty-
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fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and eighty-two.
CHARLES H. DREW,
RUFUS G. F. CANDAGE, HORACE JAMES, FRANCIS W. LAWRENCE, OLIVER WHYTE,
Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 2, 1882.
In the 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 causing a printed attested 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 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 Monday, the sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and were called to order at one 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.
First Article in the warrant taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for Moderator, and were kept open ten minutes, when, by a vote of the meeting, they were declared closed. The Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in for Moderator, and the whole number of votes so given in was forty-two; for Moderator, Rufus G. F. Candage had twenty-three, and was declared elected.
The Moderator then called the meeting to order, and prayer was offered by Rev. John B. Brackett, D.D.
The Second Article was then taken up :
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To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year; also to give in their votes, yes or no, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" on a separate ballot.
On motion of Mr. John D. Young, it was -
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