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33 MEETING MARCH 21, 1904. Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk at 7 o'clock a.m. By unanimous vote the reading of the warrant was dispensed with. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Edward C. Stone it was Voted, To elect a Moderator; that the check list be used, and that the polls be kept open two minutes. At the close of the polls it was found 23 ballots had been cast, all for William H. Whitaker, and he was declared elected and was sworn by the Town Clerk. ART. 2. The following election officers were appointed by Edwin S. Spaulding, Selectman, and George W. Sampson, Justice of the Peace : Ballot Clerks, Abram B. Smith, Irving Stone; Deputy Ballot Clerks, Homer B. Locke, Robert C. Moakley ; Tellers, George S. Teague, Samuel B. Bigelow, Francis Locke, Bradley C. Whitcher. And they were sworn by the 'Town Clerk. The Ballot Clerks receipted to the Town Clerk for a package said to contain 900 official ballots and a copy of the voting list. The ballot box was shown to be empty, then locked, and the key delivered to Charles H. Frank, the constable in charge, and the polls having been declared open, the balloting commenced. At 8.20 o'clock Dr. Samuel D. Bartlett was called to the chair by the Moderator to act as Moderator pra tem, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk. At 2 o'clock, by consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, the ballot box was opened and 600 ballots were taken out : at 3.50 o'clock 100 ballots were taken out ; at 4.25 o'clock 50 ballots were taken out, and at the close of the polls 25 ballots were taken out. 34 The check list used by the Moderator showed 775 names checked. The check list used by the Ballot Clerks showed 775 names checked. Ballot -box register stood at 774. After the Tellers had Finished tabulating, the result was declared by the Moderator as follows For Selectmen to serve until the annual meeting, March, 1405 : Edwin S. Spaulding Edward C. Stone George W. Taylor Henry A. C. Woodward Scattering Blanks 525 421 432 388 3 556 And Edwin S. Spaulding, Edward C. Stone and George W. Taylor were declared elected. The check lists used by the Moderator and Ballot Clerks were sealed up and signed by the Moderator, Town Clerk and Ballot Clerks. The ballots cast were sealed up and signed by the Moder- ator and Town Clerk, and at 5.20 o'clock the Moderator declared the meeting dissolved. A true record, GEO. D. HARRINGT'ON, Town Clerk.