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The registrar’s office reports 151 registered voters in the town, slightly more than there were in 1984 when 90 out of a possible 129 registered town voters showed up at the polls.
The first Washington’s population has fluctuated mildly but has had no dramatic changes since the original town fathers and Mayor John Clark met shortly before the turn of the century to grapple with such problems as horses standing on the sidewalk (50-cent fine) and hog pens too near the street.
The town has little revenue, but on the other hand has few expenses. The greatest expense — upkeep and repair of the antiContinued
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