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1867. Annual meeting, March 12. Governor vote, Walter Harriman, Rep., 233; John A. Sinclair, Dem., 304. Representative vote, John F. Morse, 3; John N. Morse, Rep., 225; C. A. Dole, Rep., 227; Charles G. Smith, Dem., 300; Henry B. Leonard, Dem., 301. New names on list of other offices: highway surveyors, Merrill Phelps, Jeremy Titus, Morey Gannett, Moses Knight, George A. Elliott; hogreeves, Harlan Blanchard, Ethan O. Harris, Morris E. Kimball. Appropriations: highways, $2,000; town charges, $3,000; interest and principal, town indebtedness, $4,000; schools, $1,900, $600 to be divided equally among the school districts. Voted to adopt provision of act of June, 1845, with additional act of June, 1852, to authorize contiguous school districts to associate together and establish high schools.
1868. Annual meeting, March 10. Governor vote, Walter Harriman, Rep., 249; John G. Sinclair, Dem., 322. Representative vote, whole number, 540; George. W Chapman, Ind., 27; Langdon Bailey, Ind., 28; Luther Butler, Rep., 198; Abel K. Merrill, Rep., 198; George F. Putnam, Dem., 317; Charles M. Weeks, Dem., 319. New names, minor offices: highway surveyors, Orrin M. Whitman, E. W. Bolkum, W. B. Rogers, T. P. Blake, Horace Noyes, S. B. St. Clair, Mark F. Colton, Hosea B. Cass; hogreeves, J. C. Pennock, Amos M. Pike, Ezra B. Mann, Henry Battis, Frank Davis, Harrison Carleton. Appropriations: highways, $2,000 in labor; schools, $2,000, $600 to be equally divided among school districts; town charges, $4,000; town debt and interest, $4,000.
Voted to petition Congress to tax all bonds of the United States not
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exceeding 1 per cent annually and to make the tax a lien on coupons and interest on bonds, and to set such sum apart as a sinking fund to apply on the debt of the United States. Voted $200 to be expended in grading road to Bedel's bridge. Presidential election, November 3. Republican electoral ticket, for Grant and Colfax, 219; Democratic electoral ticket, Seymour and Blair, 246.
The volume containing the records of town meetings, of the vote of the town for state and county offices and the quadrennial vote for Presidential electors was destroyed by fire in 1885, when the store of the town clerk, Enoch R. Weeks, at North Haverhill was burned. Unfortunately the town did not print a report of its officers, with a list of minor officers for the most of these years, nor was a weekly newspaper published in town, so that the details of these meetings and elections are irrecoverably lost. One result of this loss was the erection soon after of a substantial brick building with a commodious fireproof vault for the safe keeping of the records. The stable door had not, however, been locked in time. The governor vote and the representative vote after 1877 until 1887, together with some other facts relative to town officials and town expenditures during the seventeen years the records for which are lost, are available, and are here given.
1869. Annual meeting, March 9. Governor vote, Onslow Stearns, Rep., 205; John Bedel, Dem., 277; Charles M. Weeks and George F. Put- nam, Dem., were re-elected representatives.
1870. Annual meeting, March 8. Governor vote, Lorenzo D. Bar- rows, Pro., and scattering, 15; Samuel Flint, Dem., 61; Onslow Stearns, Rep., 195; John Bedel, Dem., 229. Representatives, Langdon Bailey, John W. Cutting, Dem.
1871. Annual meeting, March 14. Governor vote, James Pike, Rep., 181; James A. Weston, Dem., 277. There was no choice this year for governor by the popular vote, and James A. Weston was elected by the legislature through a coalition of the Democratic members and two or three so-called labor reformers. Henry Holt and John W. Cutting, Democrats, were elected representatives.
1872. Annual meeting, March 12. Governor vote, Lemuel M. Cooper, Pro., and scattering, 8; Ezekiel A. Straw, Rep., 221; James A. Weston, Dem., 292. Nathaniel M. Swasey and Sylvester Reding, Demo- crats, were elected representatives. At the November election for choice of Presidential electors, while the Democrats carried the town, it was by a reduced vote, many voters refusing to support the nomination of Horace Greeley, candidate of their party and of the Liberal Republicans.
1873. Annual meeting, March 11. Governor vote, scattering, 1; Ezekiel A. Straw, Rep., 121; James A. Weston, Dem., 192. N. M. Swa- sey and Sylvester Reding were elected representatives.
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1874. Annual meeting, March 10. Governor vote, John Blackmer, Pro., 2; Luther Mccutcheon, Rep., 193; James A. Weston, Dem., 269. Weston was elected, and was the last Democrat to fill the office until Samuel D. Felker was inaugurated in January, 1913. Representatives elected were Levi B. Ham and Andrew J. Edgerly, Democrats.
1875. Annual meeting, March 9. Governor vote, scattering, 1; Person C. Cheney, Rep., 221; Hiram R. Roberts, Dem., 310. Levi B. Ham and Charles A. Gale, Democrats, were elected representatives.
1876. Annual meeting, March 8. Governor vote, Person C. Cheney, Rep., 233; Daniel Morey, Dem., 302. Representatives, Charles A. Gale, Ezra B. Mann, Democrats.
1877. Annual meeting, March 13. Governor vote, Benjamin F. Prescott, Rep., 238; Daniel Morey, Dem., 311. Ezra B. Mann and Samuel T. Page, Democrats, were elected representatives.
1878. Annual meeting, March 12. Governor vote, Benjamin F. Prescott, Rep., 225; Frank A. McKean, Dem., 303. Beginning with this year the town clerk made return to the secretary of state of the number of voters whose names were on the check list, the number of ratable polls, and the representative vote. Names on check list, 703; number of ratable polls on back of list, 16. Representative vote, whole number, 488; necessary for a choice, 245; Nathaniel M. Swasey, 1; Henry Merrill, 1; Ira Whitcher, 2; Jacob Burton, Rep., 206; Benjamin K. Eastman, Rep., 208; John E. Carr, Dem., 274; Samuel T. Page, Dem., 279.
The annual election in 1878 was the last at which state and county officers and a legislature were chosen. The elections for these offices, and for Congressmen, by amendment to the constitution have since then been biennial, the first of the biennial elections being held in 1878.
1878. Biennial election. Governor vote, Warren A. Brown, Green- backer, and scattering, 118; Natt. Head, Rep., 215; Frank A. McKean, Dem., 224. Representative vote-the town after repeated trials to elect "voted not to send," and for the first time in nearly a century Haverhill was without representation in the legislature of 1879.
1879. Annual meeting, March 11. The Greenbackers, a party hold- ing to the belief that the cure for all financial ills was the issue by the government of an irredeemable paper currency, had come into existence, and had sufficient numbers in Haverhill to hold the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats. Straight party nominations for town offices were made this year, and the Greenbackers issued their ultimatum. The result was the longest drawn out contest in the history of the town. The meeting lasted for six consecutive days, and most of the time was spent in balloting for selectmen. The contest was an excit- ing and at times bitter one, and the meeting was attended with much
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disorder. The result was the election of Nathan P. Rideout, George C. Jeffers, and Enoch G. Parker.
1880. Biennial election, November 2. Governor vote, scattering, 50; Charles H. Bell, Rep., 262; Frank Jones, Dem., 344. Representative vote, whole number of votes, 641; necessary to a choice, 321; Jacob Bur- ton, 1; Tyler Westgate, 1; Samuel F. Southard, 16; Benjamin K. East- man, 14; Hubert Eastman, Rep., 293; Charles H. Simpson, Rep., 289; John E. Carr, Dem., 331; William C. Marston, Dem., 332. The whole number of names on the check list was 688. The vote for Presidential electors was, Greenback, Prohibition and scattering, 49; Garfield, Rep. electors, 263; Hancock, Dem., 347.
1882. Biennial election, November 7. Governor vote, Greenback, Prohibition and scattering, 35; Samuel W. Hale, Rep., 231; Martin S. B. Edgerly, Dem., 289. Representative vote, first ballot: whole number votes, 543; necessary for a choice, 272; scattering, 6; Charles H. Simpson, Rep., 39; William F. Westgate, Rep., 241; Charles Fisher, Dem., 258; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 257; William W. Coburn, Rep., 282; and the latter was declared elected. No record of the second ballot is available. Third ballot: whole number votes, 277; necessary for a choice, 139; scat- tering, 7; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 129; William F. Westgate, 144. The whole number of names on list was 695.
1884. Biennial election. Governor vote, Prohibition and scattering, 19; Moody Currier, Rep., 313; John M. Hill, Dem., 349. Representative vote; whole number votes, 680; necessary to a choice, 341; scattering 3; Charles H. Simpson, Rep., 326; Samuel P. Carbee, Rep., 333; Joseph Poor, Dem., 340; George H. Mann, Dem., 342; George H. Mann was declared elected. The following note appears on the return of the town clerk to the secretary of state: "There was one vote challenged, and it should be decided that it was not a legal one, then the moderator declared that Joseph Poor was elected as one of the representatives from the town of Haverhill for two years from the first Wednesday of June, 1885." It appears to have been decided that the challenged ballot was legal, and that Joseph Poor was not elected. The whole number of names on the check list was 739. For Presidential electors the whole number votes, 679; scattering, 20; Blaine electoral ticket, Rep., 309; Cleveland electoral ticket, 350. The meeting this year was held in the new town hall at North Haverhill. The old town hall first occupied in 1851 was built of stone and was located on the County road a little to the west of the Union meeting house, and near the geographical centre of the town. The sum of $1,500 had been appropriated for the building, but the building committee greatly exceeded this sum, and there was strong opposition to the acceptance of the building. The matter was finally settled, the town finding itself liable from the fact that the selectmen had without
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realizing the legal consequences of their act, warned the town meeting to be held in the new house, and had posted the warrant on the door. The location had come to be unsatisfactory, and in 1883 when it was voted to build a new town hall at North Haverhill, this was built of wood under the direction of the selectmen at a cost of about $2,000 and with subse- quent inprovements the town has now a commodious and satisfactory hall.
1887. Annual meeting, March 8. The vote for town clerk indicated that the Democrats were losing their hold on town affairs. Morris E. Kimball, Rep., received 192 votes, and Enoch R. Weeks, Dem., 199. For selectmen, Henry F. King, Rep., and Levi B. Ham, Dem., were elected on the first ballot, and three more ballots were taken before Wil- lard W. Coburn, Rep., was elected. Tyler Westgate and George S. Cum- mings were chosen fish wardens, and it was voted that the selectmen appoint all minor town officers. New names appear in these appoint- ments. Collector of taxes, C. O. Morse, $150 compensation; chief of police, Albert Hood; road agents, Orville Noyes, Clifford Sawyer, C. W. Simpson, Hiram M. Putnam, Calvin Prescott, Edward Everett; health officers, Charles R. Gibson, Charles Newcomb. Appropriations: high- ways, $2,000; this like all other sums raised, it was voted, should be paid in money; schools, $4,000; Memorial Day, $50; town expenses, $1,000. The article to see if the town would make an appropriation for a town history was dismissed.
Special meeting, May 23. Voted to build a fireproof brick building, 16 by 24 feet, at North Haverhill, with fireproof vault for the books and papers of town officers, and the town records, at a cost not exceeding $1,200 with land. This building, the present town clerk's office, was erected just west of the present town hall. Willard W. Coburn, Fred Partridge and E. R. Weeks were chosen building committee. That this vote was not obtained without opposition, is evidenced by the action of another special meeting held July 16, at which it was voted not to rescind the vote of May 23. Another special meeting was held September 24 at which it was voted to accept the building in question, erected on land given by the citizens of North Haverhill. It was further voted to in- struct the selectmen to deliver to the building committee an order on the town treasurer for $1,200. This closed the incident of a town clerk's office and fireproof vault.
1888. Annual meeting, March 13. Samuel B. Page, Dem., and Enoch R. Weeks, Dem., were elected moderator and town clerk respec- tively, with but little opposition, but it took three ballots to complete the election of a board of selectmen. Dexter L. Hawkins and Edward C. Kinne were elected on the first ballot, and Willard W. Coburn on the third ballot by the following vote; whole number, 255; necessary for a
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choice, 128; Darius K. Davis, Rep., 6; Henry F. King, Rep., 15; Caleb Wells, Dem., 103; Willard W. Coburn, 131. The total vote cast was 255, the largest number voting at this meeting, though there were over 800 names on the check list. Biennial elections for state and county officers and representatives had already resulted in a comparatively small attendance at the annual town meetings, when matters more intimately affecting the interests and welfare of the town are settled. The election of town officers and the appropriation of money raised by taxation had come to be regarded with comparative indifference by the great majority of voters, and conditions have not improved in this respect in more recent years. At an adjourned meeting, March 17, appropriations made were: highways, $4,000, one half in money, one half in labor; schools, $4,000; town purposes, $500; Memorial Day, $50. It was voted to leave the appointment of minor town offices with the selectmen. New names appearing among these appointments were: police, Frank D. Paul, Ernest Scott; road agent, Henry L. Woodward, Horace Blake, E. W. Jeffers, F. P. Cutting, Manson Young, C. C. Rinehart, Simeon Sanborn, Edwin Everett; fish and game warden, Charles S. Newell; surveyors of lumber, Eben C. Weed, A. J. Holmes.
Biennial and Presidential election, November 6. Governor vote, E. S. Carr, Pro., 7; David H. Goodell, Rep., 341; Charles H. Amidon, Dem., 401. Presidential electors, Pro., 7; Rep., 347; Dem., 392. The vote for representatives was: whole number of votes, 724; necessary to a choice, 363; Benjamin Dow, 1; Ezra B. Willoughby, 9; John W. Jackson, 9; Francis B. Sleeper, Rep., 312; Moses D. Carbee, Rep., 324; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 392; Amos Tarleton, Dem., 394. Daniel W. Meader, Albert H. Leighton and Charles W. Pike, Democrats, were elected super- visors of check list by a strict party vote. Delegates to constitutional convention, Charles Fisher and Charles G. Smith, Democrats. Edward F. Mann of Haverhill, the Democratic candidate for Congress, ran largely ahead of his ticket, receiving 437 votes.
1889. Annual meeting, March 12. The whole number of votes cast for selectmen on the first ballot was 490; necessary to a choice, 246; scattering, 4; E. C. Kinne, 108; George C. Butler, 203; Henry S. Bailey, 205; Darius K. Davis, 212; H. J. Holmes, 195; Charles G. Smith, 253; Dexter L. Hawkins, 296; and D. L. Hawkins and C. G. Smith were declared elected. Second ballot: whole number, 425; necessary to a choice, 213; H. J. Holmes, 96; Darius K. Davis, 148; E. C. Kinne, 181. Third ballot: whole number, 371; necessary to a choice, 186; Horace J. Holmes, 62; Darius K. Davis, 116; E. C. Kinne, 187. Appropriations: highways, $3,000 in money; schools, $3,500; town expenses, $1,500; town debt, $1,500; Memorial Day, $50. It was voted to dismiss the article
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relative to the purchase of 100 copies of the History of Haverhill by the Rev. J. Q. Bittinger to sell to citizens of the town at cost. The selectmen were authorized to appoint minor town officers. New names in the list of such officers were: police, Arthur E. Davis, W. E. Pike; collector of taxes, E. E. Shepardson.
1890. Annual town meeting, March 11. Five ballots were necessary to elect the board of selectmen. On the first ballot, Dexter L. Hawkins, Dem., was elected, receiving 231 votes in a total of 444; on the second, Ashael L. Warren, Rep., received 201 in a total of 400 and was elected on the fifth, Percy Demin, Dem., received 155; the whole number was 292. Appropriations: highways, $3,000; schools, $4,000; town charges, $1,500; town indebtedness, $1,500; Memorial Day, $50. The town re- fused to purchase any copies of Bittinger's town history, and also refused to exempt the Opera Block in Woodsville from taxation for a term of years. The selectmen were directed to appoint all necessary town officers, and appointed collector of taxes, Charles J. Ayer.
Biennial election, November 4. Governor vote, J. M. Fletcher, Pro., 12; Hiram A. Tuttle, Rep., 272; Charles A. Amsden, 386. Representative vote, whole number, 653; scattering, 7; F. M. Morrison, Pro., 6; Paul N. Meader, 5; Amos Tarlton, Dem., 37; Samuel P. Carbee, Rep., 268; Nathan S. Knight, Rep., 242; Ira Whitaker, Dem., 355; Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 373. The removal of the court house from Haverhill Corner to Woodsville was made an issue, and Haverhill Corner Democrats halted the nomination of Mr. Whitcher, because of his instrumentality in securing the removal. M. V. B. Cady, Daniel W. Meader, Albert H. Leighton, Democrats, were elected supervisors of the check list by prac- tically a strict party vote.
1891. Annual meeting, March 10. There was again a prolonged con- test in the election of selectmen. Dexter L. Hawkins, Dem., was elected on the first ballot, Ashael L. Warren, Rep., on the second, and John A. Kimball, Rep., on the fifth. Appropriations: highways, $3,000; schools, $4,500; town charges, $1,500; Memorial Day, $50. Moses A. Meader was appointed by the selectmen, treasurer.
1892. Annual meeting, March 8. The vote for selectmen was, scat- tering, 3; Darius K. Davis, 69; W. R. Cheney, 83; W. O. Burkeck, 136; A. C. Clough, 138; Franklin P. Currier, 225; Henry W. Keyes, 251; Dexter L. Hawkins, 257. Charles B. Grisward, Tyler Westgate and Ezra B. Mann were elected auditors; E. S. Blake and L. E. Collins, fish and game wardens; R. A. Horner, treasurer. There is no record of the appointment of other town officers by the selectmen. Appropriations: highways, $3,000 in money; schools, $4,500; town charges, $1,000; Memorial Day, $50.
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Biennial and Presidential election, November 8. The vote for Presi- dential electors was St. John, Pro., 19; Blaine, Rep., 312; Cleveland, Dem. 369. Governor vote, E. L. Carr, Pro., 20; John B. Smith, Rep., 303; Luther F. Mckinney, Dem., 367. Supervisors of check list, H. L. Woodward, Rep., 300; George C. Jeffers, Rep., 303; Quincy A. Scott, Rep., 310; M. V. B. Cady, Dem., 356; D. W. Meader, Dem., 360; Albert H. Leighton, Dem., 367. Representative vote, Rev. E. C. Langford, Rep., 306; George C. Butler, Rep., 318; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 380; Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 361.
1893. Annual meeting, March 14. There was a comparatively small attendance, and Democratic candidates were elected by substantial majorities. Selectman vote, A. C. Clough, Rep., 126; Charles J. Pike, Rep., 134; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 137; F. P. Currier, Dem., 172; George Wells, Dem., 174; Dexter L. Hawkins, Dem. 176. Auditors were the same as in the two previous years. Fish and game commissioners, E. S. Blake, Charles S. Grisword; treasurer, R. A. Horner; collector of taxes, Wilbur F. True. Appropriations: highways, general, $2,000, per- manent, $1,000; schools, $5,000; town charges, $2,000; Memorial Day, $50. Voted to dismiss article relative to the establishment of a town library.
1894. Annual meeting, March 13. The vote for town clerk showed that the Democratic majority had become slight. Albert F. Kimball, Rep., received 196; Enoch R. Weeks, 203. For selectmen, first ballot : whole number of votes, 438; necessary to a choice, 220; scattering, 8; H. L. Woodward, Rep., 210; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 215; Charles J. Pike, Rep., 245; F. P. Currier, Dem., 174; George Wells, Dem., 206; Dexter L. Hawkins, 230. Second ballot: whole number votes, 352; necessary to a choice, 174; A. F. Kimball, 1; George Wells, Dem., 154; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 174. The Democrats had lost control in town affairs; the selectmen appointed in most cases Republicans to the various town offices. New names were, collector of taxes, Fred P. Dearth; treas- urer, Charles J. Ayer; road agents, Burns N. Pike, F. L. Keyes.
Biennial election, November 6. In spite of the warning given at the annual town meeting, the Democrats approached the November election serenely confident. For nearly thirty years they had never been wholly defeated, and they had come to look on control of affairs as a virtual right. The result was a surprise, and they have since been the minority party in town affairs. The governor vote was, Daniel D. Knowles, Pro., 17; Henry O. Kent, Dem., 337; Charles A. Bussel, Rep., 382. Represen- tative vote, scattering, 5; Charles C. Rinehart, Dem., 321; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 350; Samuel P. Carbee, Rep., 365; George C. Butler, Rep. 379; supervisors, M. V. Cady, Dem., 340; D. W. Meader, Dem., 345;
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Albert H. Leighton, Dem., 350; Daniel E. Carr, Rep., 352; Frank P. Pray, Rep., 354; William O. Burbeck, 367. Moderator, E. S. Kimball, Rep., 339; Samuel B. Page, 353. This last vote was the one crumb of comfort of the day for the Democrats.
1895. Annual meeting, March 12. Enoch R. Weeks was again elected town clerk by a vote of 242 to 234 for Albert F. Kimball. Vote for selectmen, scattering, 8; Martin S. Meader, 4; George W. Richardson, 3; Benjamin Dow, 5; George Wells, Dem., 236; Arthur C. Clough, Rep., 252; D. L. Hawkins, Dem., 256; Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 258; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 268; Charles J. Pike, Rep., 271; and the three last named were declared elected. Harry H. Pike, David E. Bliffin and Joseph F. Bittinger were elected fish and game wardens. Eli D. Collins was elected surveyor of highways for the Woodsville district; Burns H. Pike was elected special fish and game detective. Appropriations: highways, $6,000; schools, $3,500; town expenses, $1,500; Memorial Day, $50. There is no record of the appointment of town treasurer, collector of taxes or road agents. "Voted that the selectmen re-guideboard the town."
1896. Annual meeting, March 10. Vote for town clerk, Enoch R. Weeks, Dem., 251; Albert F. Kimball, Rep., 269. Selectmen vote, whole number, 558; necessary to a choice, 280; E. E. Shepardson, Dem., 243; Dexter L. Hawkins, Dem., 267; Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 279; Charles J. Pike, Rep., 282; Ezra B. Willoughby, Rep., 291; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 294; George B. Silver was elected road agent; Henry W. Keyes, Tyler Westgate and Ellsworth E. Morgan, auditors; Russell T. Bartlett, Charles H. Wetherbee and Harry H. Pike, fish and game commissioners. Appro- priations: highways, $6,000; schools, $4,000; town expenses, $1,500; Memorial Day, $50.
Biennial and Presidential election, November 3. Presidential vote, scattering, 3; Pro., 8; Palmer Natt, Dem., 32; Bryan, Dem., 224; McKin- lee, Rep., 463. Governor vote, scattering, 4; Berry, Pro., 7; Henry O. Kent, Dem., 307; George A. Ramsdell, Rep., 387. Representative vote, Enoch R. Weeks, Dem., 306; Samuel B. Page, Dem., 318; Frank S. Sleeper, Rep., 381; Charles R. Gibson, Rep., 422; supervisors, Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 361; J. O. Tuttle, Dem., 313; James F. Leonard, Dem., 328; Daniel E. Carr, Rep., 396; Charles J. Ayer, Rep., 400; Clarence L. Bailey, Rep., 401; moderator, Samuel B. Page, 359; George C. Butler, 388. The Republican victory was complete.
1897. Annual meeting, March 9. A. F. Kimball was re-elected town clerk, and has since been re-elected each year by unanimous vote. Select- men vote, whole number, 545; necessary to a choice, 273; James O. Tuttle, Dem., 211; Albert H. Leighton, Dem., 247; Charles J. Pike, Rep., 265ยท
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Henry W. Keyes, Dem., 295; Ezra B. Willoughby, Rep., 297; Arthur E. Davis, Rep., 305. Library trustees were elected for the first time as required by the new library law, Arthur K. Merrill, Moses A. Mcader, Fred P. Dearth, and they have since been re-elected as their terms have expired. Fred P. Dearth was elected collector of taxes, but resigned June 26, 1897, to accept the appointment of postmaster at Woodsville, and Daniel E. Carr was appointed in his place. Charles J. Ayer was elected treasurer. Appropriations: highways, $3,000; schools, $4,500; town expenses, $1,500; town indebtedness, $2,000; Memorial Day, $50. A cloud burst in the early summer caused great damage to the highways, and a special town meeting was called for June 8, "to see if the town will raise additional money for repairs of highways." Voted to pass the article. This action was taken because of so small attendance no legal action could be taken. Another special meeting was held the second Friday in August at which it was "voted that the sum of $30,000 be raised for highway purposes in addition to the amount raised in March and that the same be raised by temporary loan for one year." The vote by ballot was, nays 8; yeas 491; the whole number voting 499. The whole number of legal voters was 931. Though the vote was nearly unanimous in favor of raising this additional sum, which the board found was but little more than half enough to meet the repairs made, there was dissatisfaction with the work of the selectmen which made itself evident at the annual meeting of 1898.
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