1880-01-26Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
To either of the Constables of the town of Beverly, in said county Greeting:
You are hereby directed to notify and warn, in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the town,
the qualified voters of said town to meet at the Town Hall in said Beverly on Monday the twenty
sixth day of January current at seven and one half o'clock in the afternoon for the following
purposes, viz:
1st. To decide the manner of choosing a Moderator and to choose the same.
2d To see if the Town will let the Town Hall to John C. Fowler, for one walking match,
under suitable regulations.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, before the
time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this seventeenth day of January in the year one thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
Joseph Wilson Selectmen
Freeborn W. Cressy of
J. H. Young Beverly
Essex ss. Beverly, January 19th A.D. 1880.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named, as therein
directed, by posting notifications stating the time, place and objects of said meeting at each of the
several places in town required by the Town of Regulations.
Gardner Haskell, Constable of Beverly
A true record of the original warrant and the return thereon.
Attest Wm. H. Lovett, Town Clerk
At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the Town of Beverly held at the Town Hall in
said Town, in pursuance of the warrant recorded on the next preceding page, on Monday the twenty
sixth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty at seven and one half o'clock
in the afternoon, the meeting having been called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant
therefor, it was
Voted that the Moderator be chosen by hand vote.
Voted that Henry Pickett Woodbury be Moderator.
Upon Article 2
It was moved by John H. Watson that the prayer of the petitioners by granted.
Voted, upon motion of Francis Norwood, that when the vote is taken on the article it be taken
by hand vote.
The motion of John H. Watson was then put to the meeting and lost. A large majority voted
in the negative.
Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
A true record
Attest Wm. H. Lovett,
Town Clerk