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13 At 10 o'clock, A. M. Patrick F. Dacey, Henry A. C. Woodward, Charles F. Nourse and Charles G. Kauffmann were appointed and sworn as tellers by the moderator, and on consent of the moderator and town clerk the ballot box was opened and 200 ballots taken therefrom, and the tellers commenced to canvass the votes. Subsequently, at 1.20 o'clock P. M. 150 ballots were taken from the box ; at 4.20 o'clock P. M. 150 ballots were taken out, and at close of polls at 5 o'clock P. M. 40 ballots were taken out, making 540 the total number of votes that had been east, which amount agreed with the register on the ballot box, and the same number of names was checked on the voting lists used by the ballot clerks and the moderator ; in addition 51 votes were cast by female voters for school committee, in a sepa- rate box, which agreed with the number of names checked on the lists of female voters. Oa completion of the labors of the tellers in canvassing the votes, the result was anuounced by the moderator as follows : FOR TOWN CLERK - ONE YEAR. Leonard A. Saville R. P. Clapp . G. W. Sampson . Blanks . 377 And Leonard A. Saville was declared elected for the en- suing year. FOR SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS - ONE YEAR. John F. Hutchinson Edwin S. Spaulding Irving Stone . 361 316 223 14 William H. Whitaker Blanks . 345 375 And John F. Hutchinson, William H. Whitaker and Edwin S. Spaulding were declared elected. FOR TOWN TREASURER - ONE YEAR. George D. Harrington E. S. Spaulding . Downer, P. Doyle, G. Green, G. each . Blanks . W. Spaulding, one And George D. Harrington was declared elected. FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES - ONE YEAR. 462 2 4 72 George W. Sampson 432 G. D. Harrington 3 I. Stone, W. P. Foster, G. H. Cutter, W. W. Reed, L. A. Saville, J. F. Ballard, one each . Blanks . And George W. Sampson was declared elected. FOR ASSESSORS - ONE YEAR. Quincy Bicknell, Jr. Byron C. Earle . Howard M. Munroe William W. Reed George W. Sampson Walter Wellington I. Stone . Blanks . 6 99 249 93 199 110 358 342 1 268