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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-11-02242 W^RR~N'£ COMi'~ONWE~LTH OF M~SSACHUSETTS lC~48 EBBeX To either of theOonet.bles of the Town of North Andover: Greeting: Greetings: In the n~me of theOommonwe.lth of Mnssnchusetts, you. re hereby re~uired to notify end w.rn the lnh~bit.nts of North.Andover who .re ounlified to vote for Presidential Electbrs, Stnte, District .nd County Officers .nd upon .ll ~uestlons .ppe.ring on the b.llot, to meet .nd .ssemble in the de- sign.ted .nd .ppointed polling pl.ces in precincts One, Two, Three .nd four. The Fngine house in Precinct One; the Merrimack Schoolhouse in Precinct Two; the Union Schoolhouse in precinct Three .nd theTown H.11 in Precinct Four: TUESDAY~ the SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1948 ~t nine o'clock in the forenoon, to bring into the Election Officers their votes for Presidenti.1 Electors; Governor; Lieuteu.nt Governor; Secret.~y; Tre. surer; Auditor; Attorney General; Sen.tot in Congress; Congressm. n in Seventh District; Councillor Fifth District; Senator Fourth District; Three Representatives lu General Court for the Fifth Essex District; Register of Prob.te '~nd Insolvency for Essex County; Two County Commissioners for Fssex County; County T~e~surer for Essex County, .nd upon the following nuestions: Ouestion No. 1. Do you .pprove of the .doption of en .mendment to the Constitution summ. rized below which w.s ~pprovedby the Goner.1 Cou~t in Joint session of the two br.nches held June ZB. 1945, received ZR~ vo~es in the .ffirm. tive .nd. 0 in the neg.tive, .nd in ~ Joint session of the two brsnches held June 9, 1947, received ZS~ vo~es in the sffirm, ti~e .nd 8 in the neg.tive.? SUmmARY NO This propped .meudment to the Coustitutlon .dds ~o the decl.r.~ion of the rights of the inh.bit.nts, es now set forth in tbs Constitution, the following: "The right of free speech sh,ll not be ~bridged." Ouestion ~. Do you ,pprove of the .doptiou of su .mendment ~o the' cons~i- tution-summ.rized below which w.'s .pproved by the Goner.1 Court in ~ Joint session of the two bt.riches held June 8. 1948, received ~0 votes in'the sffi~m, tive .nd Z8 iu the negative, .nd iu . Joint session of the'two br~uches~held June 9, 1947, received ZZ8 votes in the sffirm~tive .nd 5 YES iu theueg.tlve? NO SUMMARY This prop~ ed .mendmeut to the Constitution provides th.t the ue~ of revenue from fees, duties, excises or license ~.xes rel.tiug to the registr, tion, oper. tion or use cf vehicles on public highw,ys o~ ~o fuels used for pro- pelling such vehicles except revenue from .nyexcise ~,x imposed for the privilege of registering such vehicles iu lieu of loc.1 property ~.xes, sh. ll be-for highw.y Ourp~ees only. · Ouestion ~. Do you .pprove of the .doption of ~n .mendment ~o the %onstitution summ.rized below which w.s .pproved by the'Ge.er.! Court in Joint session of the two bt.riches held June 8, 1946, received ~4S votes in the .ffirm. tive .nd 0 in the neg.tlve, ~nd in . Jolnt~:session of the two br.nches held June ~, 1948, received ZS1 vo~es in the ,ffirm.~ive ,nd 9 YES iu the neg.tive~ - SUMMARY' NO This is .n .mendment of Article ×VII of the ~mendments.t~ the Constitution. It~pPovides th.t in c.se of ~ f.llure to elect the secret~ry, tre.surer ,nd receiver ge. er.l, .udltor .nd',ttorney gener.1 of the Commonwe.lth, ~- in c.se of de.th of . person elected to ~uy of such offices between thedsy election .nd the third Wednesd.y of the following J. nu.ry, such au officer sh. ll be chosen by . Joint b.llot of the sen.tore ~nd represent.tives from the ~eople .t 1.rge, Instead of.from the two persons who h.d the highest ~mber of votes .t the election .s is now reeuired. It .leo provides th,t there is . v.c,ncy iu ~ny of such offices during . session of the Legisl.ture the v.c,ncy sh. ll be filled in like m, nner by choice from the people..t l~rge, but if the v.c.ncy occurs et .ny other time it sh. ll be filled by eppointment by the Governor, with the sdvice .nd consent of the Council. OUESTION 4. Do you .pDrove of , 1.w summ. rized below which w.s diseporoved in the'House of Represent.tires by . vote of 84 in the .ffirm. tive ~nd 130 in the ueg.tive .nd in the Senate by . vote of 15 in the .ffirm~tive .nd YES 2~ in the neg.tive? NO SUMMARY' This me.sure by ,mending General L. ws (Ter. Ed.) Ch.pter 2~2, Section 21 provides th.t the provisions of Sections 20 .nd 21 of s.id Ch.pter 2V2 which m. kes it .n offense to .dvertise or give iuform, tiou .s to the procurement of meens .' · for the prevention of pregn.ncy or conception sh.ll not epply to tre.tment prescription given to m.rried women by registered physici.us for protection of life or he.lth. 243 ~UESTION 5. Do you approve of e law summarized below which was disap. ~the House of Representatives by a vote of 5 in the affirmative ~nd 203 in the negative and in the Senate by s vote of 0 in the YES ,ffirm, tive and 36 in the negative? NO SUMMARY This measure prohibits the ~-~-i--of the opportunity to obtain or re~aln employment because of membership.or non-membership in s labor ~rganlzation and prohibits agreements which exdlude any person from employment because of membership or non-membership in , labor organization. Violation & the provisions of the me~sure is made an offense puni~able by fine or imprisonment or both. OUEST~ON 6. Do.you approve of a law summarized below which w~s disapprove iu the House of Representatives by a vo.te of 82 in the affirmative and 126. in the negative an8 in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 20 lu the negative~ ~h~s measure re~uirss that elections of officers of labor organizations sha~! be held ~t least annually, Sixty da~s notice ~f a regular election ~nd twentydays notice of sn election to fill one or more vacancies are recuired to be given by public announcement at a regular meeting, by notice iu writing to each member, or iu any other adecu~te manner. Candidates to be voted for must be nominated by a p~per signed by ten members filed st least thirty days before a regular election and at-les~ tendays before an election to fill a vacancy. The voting sE such au election must be by secret written or p~inted ballot. Watchers appointed by nominating members and by union officers may be present during the voting and counting.of ballots. Coercion ~u8 intimid~tion of.members in connection with an election is prohibited, and violations of the provisions of the measure are made punishable by fine of not less tha~ twenty-five dollars nor more th~n two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not mo~e'than thirty days or both. ~ ~UESTION 7. Do you ~pp~ove of a law summarized below which w~s disap- proved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 98 in the affirm,rive and llO in the negative an8 in the Senate by , vote of 14 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative. YES NO. SUMMARY This me~sure prohibits the calling of ~ strike by a l~bor organization . in auybusiness or plant or unit thereof, except when ~uthorized by the vote of the majority of all the members of the organization is to be expressed by a secret written or printed bsllot at s meeting c~lled for that purple. The Labor Relations Commission is authorized to make rules for the donduct of the voting. Within twenty-four hours after the voting the labor organ- iz~tion conducting it shall make a written report of the remlt to the commission, which sh~ll be a permanent public record. -If no report is filled the vote taken shall be void and ~ person making a false report shall be guilty of perJttry. Coercion ~nd intimidation of members of a labor organization in connection with such voting is made a penal offense. OUESTION 8. Is it desirable that the proposed ~mendmeut to the Constitution of the United States--. "ARTICLE...,, SECTIONal. No person sh~ll be elected to the office of the President more th~n twice, and uo person who h~s held the office of President, or acted ,s President, for more th~n two years of s term to which ~me other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President mc~e than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the m oPfice of President 'when this Article was prop~ ed by the Congress,'and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during theterm within which this Article becomes '~ operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such ~erm. SECTION 2. This ,rticle shall be inoperative unless it. shall have been ratified as an ~mendmeut to the Constitution by the l'egislatures of threes fourths of the several btates within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress, "--be ratified by the YES General Court.? NO 244 WAR ANT 1948 ~UESTION 9. ~. Sh~ll licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the s~-~in of .11 alcoholic bever.ges (whiskey, rum, gin, m~lt bever.ge~, wines and ~11 other alcoholic bever.ges~? YES NO B. Sh~ll licenses be gr~nted in this city (or town) for the s~le therein of wines and m. lt beverages (wines .nd beer, .le .nd all other m.lt bever.ges)? YES NO C. Sh~ll licenses be gr~nted in this City (or town) f~ the s~le therein of ~ll ~lcoholic beverages in packages, so c.lled, not to be drunk ou the premises? YES NO OUESTION 10. "Sh. ll ~n .ct p~ssed by the gener.1 ~ourt in the year 194~, entitled 'An ~ct establishing the Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District for the purpose ~ constructing, m. tnt~ining .nd operating sewer.ge works iu the Merr{m~ck River V.11ey' be ~ccepted? YES NO All to be v~ed for on one ballot. The polls sh~ll be open ~t~nine o'clock A.M. ~nd shall eight o'clock P.M. close '^nd you ~re directed to serve this w~rrant by ~osting true ~nd ettested copies thereof ~t the Town Hall ~nd st five or more public places in e~ch voting precinct; s.id copies to be posted not more than fifteen d.ys nor less than ten d.ys before the time ~ said meeting. Hereof fail not ~nd m~ke due return of this warrant with your doing thereon at the time .nd place of holding s~id meeting. Given under our h.nds ~t North Andover this eleventh d.y of October in the ye.r of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-eight. Attest: A true copy. George F. Everson. /s/ Constable. Oct. 20, 1948. Arthur A, Thomson~ Selectmen Joseph M. Finner.n. ,of Andrew F. Coffin. North Andover. OFFICER ' S RETURN October 22, 1948 I h.ve notified the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover, cu.lified to ~vote for President Electors, State, District end County'officems ~nd upon cuestions appearing on the ballot. By p~ ting true .nd ~ttested copies of. this w~rrent at the Tdwn H~ll and st five or more public places in e. ch voting precinct. S. id copies haveing been p~sted nor more th~n fifteen d,ys nor less then ten days before the time of holding s~id meeting. /s/ George E. Everson. Constable. Essex ss. Greeting: COMMONWEALTH WARRANT OF MASSACHUSETTS To either of the ~onstables of the Town of North Andover: ' In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabibants cf North Andover, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the Court Room, Town Building, in said North Andover on Monday evening, the eighth dEy of November 1948, at eight o'clock P.M. then and there to act on the following business:- Article 1. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of Three Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($3,100) to supplement the Old Age Assistance appropriation for the balance of the year. Petition of the Board of Selectmen. And you are directed to serve this w~rrant by posting true and attested copies thereof, at the Town Hall and at five or more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be posted nor more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachusetts, this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. Arthur A. Thomson. ) Selectmen Joseph M. Finneran.) of 1%ndrew F. Coffin. ) North Andover. Officer's Return I h~e notified, the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover, qualified to vote in Town~ Affairs, by posting true a~d ~mtteste~ copies in each voting precinct. Said copies having been posted n~t more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before the timeoof holding said meeting. North Andover, October 255 1~948. George E. Everson, Constable. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY NOVEMBE~ 8, 1948 Article 1. Voted that the sum of Three Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($3,100) be raised and appropriated or transferred from available funds to supplement the Old Age Assistance appropriation fer the balance of the year. Fifteen (15) voters persent. A true copy: Attest. At a legal meeting of the inh,bitants of the Town of North Andover, cualified to vote for Presidential Electors, State, District and County Officers ,nd upon all ouestions appearing on the ballot, convened in the Engine House in Precinct One, the Merrimack School iu Precinct Two, the Union School in Precinct Three, and the Town H,11 in Precinct Four, ~gree~bly to the foregoing warrant, business was trans,cted and votes for the officers and auestions ,ppearing on the ballot were ss follows:- P R E C I N C T S TOTALS 1 2 3 ~__ ,~hole Number of Ballots 94____~5 1._~349 11_______~83 1177 4602 Electors of Vice President Dewey & Warren Teichert & Emery Truman & B~rkley W~ll~ce & Taylor Watson & Learn Thomas & Smith Bl=uks President mud 322 695 523 641 2154 1 2 25 6 34 57? 604 540 475 2196 8 18 1'5 15 56 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 34 25 30 38 12V Governor Robert F. Bradford. of CamBridge. Paul A. Dover. of Cambridge Horsce I. Hillis. Mark R. Shew. Bl~nks. 257 662 516 616 2081 631 667 590 523 2411 1 5 3 6 15 1 2 3 0 6 23 13 21 32 89 Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge. of Reading. Charles F. Jeff Sullivan. Worcester. Lawrence ~ilfedder. Guy S. Williams. Blanks. Secret,r~ Frederic W. Cook. of Somerville. Edwerd J. Cronin. of Chelsea. Gote E. Palmeuist. Blanks. ' 305 717 552 636 2210 590 595 533 455 2203 4 5 V 8 24 1 2 5 0 '5 43 30 36 48 157 355 791 613 652 2444 533 511 462 434 1940 2 5 ? 9 23 50 42 49 5~ 195 Treasurer ' Laurence Curtis. of Boston. John E. Hurley. of Boston. Harold J. Irelsnd. ~alcolm T. Rowe. Blanks. 31V 710 558 626 2211 568 584 517 485 2154 4 4 1 1 10 3 S 12 B 31 51 43 45 57 196 Auditor , Thomas J. Buckley. of Boston. Russell A. Wood. of Cambridge. Robert A. Simmons. Francis A. Vot,uo. Blanks. 611 638 511 544 264 646 52~ 563 3 B 6 4 3 5 25 5 62 52 61 61 2304 2000 21 4I 236 Attorney General Clarence A. Bernes. of Mansfield. Francis E. Kelly. of Boston. Anthony Mertin. Blanks 324 720 563 637 560. 571 512 481 3 9 9 5 56 49 49 54 2244 2124 26 208 Johh I. Fitzgerald. of Boston. Henning A. Blomen. Tallm~dge E. Root. Blanks. 378 806 627 722 516 494 449 401 2 3 10 4 0 5 5 0 47 41 42 50 2533 1860 19 10 180 Congressm~n. Seventh District. Thomas J. Lane. of Lawrence. .A. Prescott Berker. of Lynn. Bl,nks. VOl 817 U23 6?9 202 495 378 451 40 34 32 47 2920 1529 153 STATE ELECT~ Councillor. Fifth District. Alfred C. Gaunt. of ~Methuen. .Cornelius J. Twomey of Lawrence. 'Blanks P R E C I N C T~S 264 622 h78 557 Senator, Fourth Essex District. Philip R. Allen. of Andover. 557 John W. Coddaire, 'Jr. of Haverhill.555 Blanks. 75 Representaives in General Court. Fifth Essex District. 74o 659 52 72 ~J. Everett Collins of ~ndover. 459 859 660 Frank S. Giles, Jr. of Methuen. 455 821 625 Samuel W. Brainard of Methuen. ~ ~ ~95 William Longworth of Methuen. 5 6 7 1 52 Blanks. 1014 1051 989 Register of Probate & Insolvency. for Essex County. Richard J. White, Jr. John J. Costello of No.Andover.' Blanks. County Commissiones-Essex County. J. Fred Manning. of Lynn. C.F. Nelson Pratt. of Saugus. William Henry Haskell o£ Marbl'hd. William J. O'Leary.. Blanks. County Treasurer-Essex County. James D. Bently of ~wampscott. Thomas F. Duffy of Lynn. Blanks Question No. 1. Amendment to Constitution. Yes Blanks Question No. 2 Amendment to Constitution Yes. Blanks Question No. 5 Amendment To Constitution. Yes. No. Blanks Question No. 4 Birth Control. Yes. No. Blanks. Question No. ~ Yes. Blanks. Question No. 6 Yes. NO. Blanks. 86 261 657 469 559 625 665 607 56O 57 !'~9 57 78 599 4Ol 5~7 lO~, 96 50 870 685 785 2o8 195 266 27l 257 254 177 2~1 271 250 7 6 687 51o 567 555 527 518 577 97 lll 159 122 8~5 7 2 ll9 106 1~ 155 ~745 277 595 95 122 111 TOTALS l~21 2452 229 25o9 25~ 28o5 261~ 2o56 2464 5868 1~o6 2 55 1881 2158 1~92 1~22 1571 22~ 198~ 571 2845 702 lO4o 2909 7O 2069 2o75 460 956 52o5 1207 247 248.. 1948 Question No. Yes. No. Blanks Question No. Yes. No. Blanks. Question No. (A) Yes. No. Blanks. (B) Yes. No. Blanks. (C) Yea. No. ' Blanks. 7 8 9 Question No. 10 Yes. Blanks. STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 2~ 1948 PRECINCTS i 2 4 684 95 747 .; 48 . TOTAL 1225 2892 485 36! 66~ 512 588 2127 753 226 791 227 159 719 2O5 253 779 172 226 604 866 191 312 148 559 795 176 290 2O8 26k 2?3 2oo 211 238 714 2925 '808 871 107 222 90 168 587 706 998 904 850 3 .130 129 139 159 557 Tabdlation of War Ballots and Absent Voter Ballots Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number of persons who applied for absentee voting ballots, gl of servloe persons " '" " " ~ of ballots mailed to service'persons. ~. of ballots received from service p~rsons. ~ of service ballots cast. ~ of absentee voting ballots mailed out. 7~ of absentee voting ballots received and cast. ~ of absentee voting ballots rejected, a November 19,-1948 Mr. Harvey J. Lebow. 231 Railroad Ave. No. Andover, Mass., appointed to Advisory Board this date repla~clng Atty. John Phelsn who resigned.