1890-12-16 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Beverly in said County, Greeting:
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth 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 Tuesday the sixteenth day of December current at thirty minutes past seven
o'clock afternoon, for the following purposes, viz.;
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To see what action the town will take in regard to the petition of George T. Larcom and
others for the division of the town of Beverly now on file in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before the time
of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this sixth day of December in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety.
Freeborn W. Cressy
John H. Woodberry Selectmen
Robert R. Endicott of
Horace W. Woodberry Beverly
Nathan H. Webb
Essex, ss. Beverly, the December 9, A.D. 1890.
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 regulations.
William M. Woodbury, Constable of Beverly.
A true copy of the original warrant in the return thereon
attest: William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.
An a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held, in pursuance of the
warrant recorded on the next preceding page, at the Town Hall in said town on Tuesday the sixteenth
day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety at thirty minutes past seven
o'clock afternoon,
the meeting having been called to order at the time appointed, by the clerk who read the
warrant therefore, it was
Voted that the Moderator be chosen by open nomination and hand vote. It was
Voted that Freeborn W. Cressy be Moderator.
Upon Article 2. Petition for Division.
Upon motion of the Andrew E. Story amended by Charles L. Dodge it was
Voted, that the Selectmen of this town be authorized and requested to oppose by all lawful
and proper means the granting of the petition of George T. Larcom and others for the division of the
town of Beverly as set forth in said petition; and that said Selectmen be requested to appoint to act
with them in that service such a number of citizens representing the different interests of the town
as to them from time to time may seem expedient, the whole to constitute a joint committee to
protect the interests of the town.
Upon motion of Roland W. Boyden it was
Voted, that the Selectmen are authorized and instructed to employ counsel to represent the
town before the committee of the Legislature at the hearings upon the petition of George T. Larcom
and others, and the Selectmen are hereby instructed to follow the terms and provisions of Chapter
three hundred and eight of the Acts of 1889, and to incur no expenses, except such as are authorized
by said Act. And they are hereby required to make a detailed account of any expenses incurred and
to file a copy of said account with the town clerk open to the inspection of all taxpayers of the town.
There were one hundred and sixty-five (165) legal voters present at this meeting when the
vote was taken upon the foregoing motion made by Roland W. Boyden.
One hundred and sixty-three (163 ) voted in favor of the motion, none (0) voted against the motion,
and two (2) who were present did not vote at all.
It was
Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
A true record.
Attest.
William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.