 ... votes were passed from hand to hand over the heads of voters, until they arrived at, and were deposited in the ballot box. " The committee further find, that the votes of five or six qualified voters were by them offered to the presiding selectman,...  Contested Elections: Reports of - Page 27by Massachusetts. General Court - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Leonard Bliss - Pawtucket (R.I.) - 1836 - 316 pages
...were by them offered to the presiding selectman, and were by him refused to be received ; that, in most of these instances, no reasons were assigned...and were chosen, and that Peter Hunt had two votes, arid then left his seat; and immediately Nathaniel Drowne, Esq. one of the selectmen, made declaration... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives, Charles W. Storey, Lewis Josselyn - 1853 - 786 pages
...were, by them, offered to the presiding selectman, and were by him refused to be received; that in most of these instances no reasons were assigned for...Sebra Lawton, Elkanah French, and Timothy Walker, had twenty-three votes, and were chosen, and that Peter Hunt had two votes; and then left his seat, and... | |
 | George Henry Tilton - Rehoboth (Mass.) - 1918 - 532 pages
...box Mr. French turned it, while some were shouting that their votes were not in. It was then declared that Caleb Abell, John Medbury, Sebra Lawton, Elkanah French and Timothy Walker hud twenty-three votes and were chosen, and the meeting dissolved. When some one expostulated with... | |
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