WESTERN NORFOLK (court held at Franklin and Walpole; jurisdiction in Bellingham, Foxborough, Franklin, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, Walpole, Wrentham and Plainville). — Justice, Orestes T. Doe. Special Justices, Henry E. Ruggles, Cornelius E. Hale. Clerk, Harry L. Howard, 1918. SECOND PLYMOUTH (court held at Abington and Hingham; jurisdiction in Abington, Whitman, Rockland, Hingham, Hull, Hanover, Scituate, Norwell and Hanson). Justice, George W. Kelley. Special Justices, Charles H. Edson, Edward B. Pratt. Clerk, Herbert L. Pratt, 1921. THIRD PLYMOUTH (court held at Plymouth; jurisdiction in Plymouth, Halifax, Kingston, Plympton, Pembroke, Duxbury and Marshfield). Justice, Harry B. Davis. Special Justices, Morton Collingwood, John P. Vahey. Clerk, John E. Miles, 1922. FOURTH PLYMOUTH (court held at Middleborough and Wareham; jurisdiction in Middleborough, Wareham, Carver, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester). - Justice, Nathan Washburn. Special Justices, Dennis D. Sullivan, Bert J. Allan. Clerk, Luke F. Kelly, 1922. CENTRAL WORCESTER (court held at Worcester; jurisdiction in Worcester, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, West Boylston, Holden, Shrewsbury, Rutland, Barre, Princeton and Oakham). — Justice, Samuel Utley. Special Justices, Winfred H. Whiting, J. Otis Sibley, Jacob Asher. Clerk, Henry Y. Simpson, 1918. FIRST NORTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Athol and Gardner; jurisdiction in Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Gardner, Hubbardston, Dana and Westminster). — Justice, George R. Warfield. Special Justices, Edgar V. Wilson, A. Foster Hamilton. Clerk, Charles B. Boyce, 1919. FIRST EASTERN WORCESTER (court held at Westborough and Grafton; jurisdiction in Southborough, Westborough, Grafton and Northborough). Justice, William E. Fowler. Special Justices, John W. Slattery, John B. Scott. Clerk, Francis X. Reilly, 1919. SECOND EASTERN WORCESTER (court held at Clinton; jurisdiction in Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Harvard, Lancaster and Sterling). Justice, Jonathan Smith. Special Justices, Charles Mayberry, Allan G. Buttrick. Clerk, William S. Duncan, 1918. FIRST SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Southbridge and Webster; jurisdiction in Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, Oxford and Webster). — Justice, Henry J. Clark. Special Justices, Victor W. Lamoreux, John M. Cochran. Clerk, Frederick H. Berger, 1918. SECOND SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Blackstone and Uxbridge; jurisdiction in Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas and Northbridge). Justice, Francis N. Thayer. Special Justices, Francis P. Brady, Francis W. McCooey. Clerk, Wesley C. Webster, 1921. THIRD SOUTHERN WORCESTER (court held at Milford; jurisdiction in Milford, Mendon, Upton and Hopedale). — Justice, Clifford A. Cook. Special Justices, Chester F. Williams, John C. Lynch. Clerk, William G. Pond, 1920. WESTERN WORCESTER (court held at East Brookfield; jurisdiction in Spencer, Brookfield, North Brookfield, West Brookfield, Warren, Hardwick and New Braintree). Justice, Henry E. Cottle. Special Justices, L. Emerson Barnes, Jere R. Kane. Clerk, Arthur F. Butterworth, 1922. LEOMINSTER. Justice, Franklin Freeman. Special Justices, Ralph W. Robbins, John H. Coburn. Clerk, J. Ward Healey, 1920. WINCHENDON. Justice, Frank B. Spalter. Special Justices, Arthur F. Evans, Sidney W. Armstrong. Clerk, Elliot S. Tucker, 1921. MUNICIPAL COURTS. BOSTON. Chief Justice, Wilfred Bolster. Associate Justices, John H. Burke, George L. Wentworth, James P. Parmenter, William Sullivan, Michael J. Murray, John Duff, Michael J. Creed, Thomas H. Dowd. Special Justices, John A. Bennett, Abraham K. Cohen, John G. Brackett, Joseph A. Sheehan. Clerk for Civil Business, William F. Donovan, Boston, 1921. Assistants, Warren C. Travis, Clesson S. Curtice, Volney D. Caldwell, Michael F. Hart, Arthur W. Ashenden, James F. Tobin, Louis B. Torrey. Room 314, Suffolk County Courthouse. Clerk for Criminal Business, Edward J. Lord, Boston, 1921. Assistants, Sidney P. Brown, Harvey B. Hudson, Henry R. Blackmer, Richard J. Lord, Charles T. Willock, James G. Milward, Francis S. A. Hanley. Room 111, Suffolk County Courthouse. BRIGHTON DISTRICT.-. Justice, Thomas H. Connolly. Special Justices, Robert W. Frost, Harry C. Fabyan. Clerk, Daniel F. Cunningham, 1920. CHARLESTOWN DISTRICT.- Justice, Charles S. Sullivan. Special Justices, Willis W. Stover, Joseph E. Donovan. Clerk, Mark E. Smith, 1922. DORCHESTER DISTRICT. Justice, Joseph R. Churchill. Special Justices, Michael H. Sullivan, William F. Merritt. Clerk, Frank J. Tuttle, 1922. ROXBURY DISTRICT. Justice, Albert F. Hayden. Special Justices, Joseph N. Palmer, Timothy J. Ahern. Clerk, Maurice J. O'Connell, 1918. SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT. Justice, Justices, Josiah S. Dean, William J. Day. Edward L. Logan. Special WEST ROXBURY DISTRICT. Justice, John Perrins, Jr. Special Justices, Henry Austin, J. Albert Brackett. Clerk, Edward W. Brewer, 1922. BROOKLINE. Justice, Charles F. Perkins. Special Justices, Philip S. Parker, Daniel A. Rollins. Clerk, Harold C. Haskell, 1922. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. [Elected by the several Districts for the term of three years, ending January, 1920.] NORTHERN DISTRICT (Middlesex County). - Nathan A. Tufts, Waltham. Deputy, Frederick W. Fosdick, Medford. First Assistant, George Stanley Harvey, Medford. Second Assistant, Samuel Hoar, Concord. EASTERN DISTRICT (Essex County). Louis S. Cox, Lawrence. First Assistant, Daniel C. Manning, Peabody. Second Assistant, C. Frank Hathaway, Swampscott. SOUTHERN DISTRICT (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket Counties). Joseph T. Kenney, New Bedford. First Assistant, Frank B. Fox, Taunton. Second Assistant, Charles P. Ryan, Fall River. SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT (Norfolk and Plymouth Counties). — Frederick G. Katzmann, Walpole. First Assistant, William F. Kane, Brockton. Second Assistant, George E. Adams, Quincy. MIDDLE DISTRICT (Worcester County). - Edward T. Esty, Worcester. Assistant, George R. Stobbs, Worcester. WESTERN DISTRICT (Hampden and Berkshire Counties). - Joseph B. Ely, Westfield. Assistant, William T. Dillon, Holyoke. NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT (Hampshire and Franklin Counties). — John H. Schoonmaker, Ware. SUFFOLK DISTRICT. — Joseph C. Pelletier, Boston. Assistants, Abraham C. Webber, Boston; Daniel V. McIsaac, Boston; Daniel J. Gallagher, Boston. Deputy Assistants, Henry P. Fielding, Ralph H. Hallett, Daniel M. Lyons. Room 218, Suffolk County Courthouse. COUNTY OFFICERS. County Treasurers are elected by the people of the several counties, except Suffolk and Nantucket (which see), for terms of three years, Registers of Deeds (for counties and county districts) and Sheriffs, for terms of five years. The current term of County Treasurers expires on the first Wednesday of January, 1919; that of Sheriffs expires in January, 1921; and that of Registers of Deeds expires in January, 1922. Registers of Probate and Insolvency and Clerks of Courts are elected for terms of five years. The current term of the former expires on the first Wednesday in January, 1919; that of the latter in 1922. County Commissioners are elected, one annually for each county (Revere and Winthrop voting with Middlesex), except Suffolk and Nantucket (which see), severally for terms of three years; and, except in the counties of Suffolk and Nantucket, two Associate Commissioners are elected every third year, the current term of Associate Commissioners ending in January, 1920. By the provisions of the Revised Laws (for amended form, see chapter 70 of the General Acts of 1916), the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, is required to appoint in each county a certain number of Masters in Chancery, who shall hold office for the term of five years, unless sooner removed by the Governor and Council. Under the provisions of chapter 187, Acts of 1906, Masters in Chancery have jurisdiction and the right to act in any and every county. By the provisions of section 6 of chapter 161 of the Revised Laws, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, is required, from time to time, to designate and commission a suitable number of Justices of the Peace as Trial Justices in the several counties. By the provisions of section 7 of chapter 161 of the Revised Laws, each Trial Justice holds office for the term of three years from the time of his designation, unless, during that period, he ceases to hold a commission as Justice of the Peace, or unless such designation and commission as Trial Justice are revoked. BARNSTABLE COUNTY - Incorporated 1685. Shire Town, BARNSTABLE. Judge of Probate and Insolvency - Raymond A. Hopkins, Barnstable. Register of Probate and Insolvency · Clarendon A. Freeman, Chatham. Assistant Register · Mary G. Hinckley, Barnstable. Sheriff Henry M. Percival, Orleans. Clerk of Courts - Alfred Crocker, Barnstable. Assistant Clerk of Courts - Ruth C. Snow, Barnstable. County Treasurer - Edward L. Chase (Hyannis), Barnstable. County Commissioners: Benjamin F. Bourne, Barnstable, Term expires January, 1919 44 1920 44 1921 Judge of Probate and Insolvency Edward T. Slocum, Pittsfield. Special Judge of Probate and Insolvency · William A. Burns, Pittsfield. Register of Probate and Insolvency Arthur M. Robinson, North Adams. Assistant Register · Alice M. Hoyt, Pittsfield. Sheriff -- Clerk of Courts Irving H. Gamwell, Pittsfield. - Northern District, Arthur W. Safford, Adams. Southern District, Malcolm Douglas, Great Barrington. County Commissioners John H. C. Church, Great Barrington, Term expires January, |