1857-05-01Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss:
To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth to notify and warn the qualified
voters of said Town to meet at the Town Hall on Friday the first day of May next at One o’clock
afternoon for the purpose of giving in their votes by ballot for or against three Amendments of the
Constitution of this Commonwealth submitted to the people for their approval or rejection by
Resolves of the General Court approved the Eighth day of April in the year 1857.
Article First. Respecting the qualification of voters.
Article Second. Providing for the apportionment of Representatives to the Legislature and also for
districting the state for the Election of the same.
Article Third. Providing for the dividing of the Commonwealth, into forty Senatorial districts, each
district to elect one Senator.
Each voter may express his opinion on each article as designated by its appropriate number, without
specifying in his ballot the contents of each article, and by annexing to each number the word Yes or
No or any other words of like import, but the whole shall be written or printed on the one ballot, in
substance as follows, to wit: - Article First Yes or No Article Second, Yes or No. Article Third Yes
or No.
The polls will be opened at One o’clock P.M. and closed at four o’clock P.M.
Here of fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon
before said time.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-third day of April in the year Eighteen Hundred Fifty
Seven.
Wm. H. Lovett
Aaron Dodge
Lawson WalkerSelectmen
John Ober of
Thomas A. Morgan Beverly
Essex, ss: Beverly April 23,1857. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons
therein named as therein directed by posting up warrants at or near each of the Meetinghouse in town.
Jacob Lunt, Constable of Beverly.
A true copy of the original warrant and return thereon.
Attest.James Hill, Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Pursuant to Resolves of the General Court entitled “Resolves relating to the proposed
Amendments of the Constitution” approved the eighth day of April in the year One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven, the inhabitants of the Town of Beverly “qualified to vote for Senators and
Representatives to the General Court,” being duly convened at a meeting “legally warned and held
on the first day of May” of said year, for the purpose of giving in their votes, by ballot, for or against
three Articles of Amendment of the Constitution of this Commonwealth submitted to the people for
their approval or rejection by said Resolves; - and having voted thereon in the manner pre-scribed,
the whole number of ballots given in were sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration thereof made,
as by law, provided, and were as follows, to wit:-
Article First
Yes
. Eighty votes
No.
Twenty-two votes
Article Second
Yes
. One hundred & one votes
No.
Two votes
Article Third
Yes
. One hundred & three votes
No.
None
Dated at Beverly aforesaid this first day of May in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty
Seven.
Wm. H. Lovett
Lawson WalkerSelectmen
Aaron Dodge of
John Ober Beverly
Thos. A. Morgan
Attest:James Hill, Town Clerk