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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
December 31, 1905, to December 31, 1906
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
TOWN CLERK; SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS; TOWN TREASURER; ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT; WATER COMMISSIONERS; BOARD OF HEALTH: MANAGER OF ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT: TRUSTEES. OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY; AND OF THE. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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BEE PRINT : PRATT & PRATT, PUBLISHERS .. BRAINTREE, MASS. 1907.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1906.
Town Clerk, HENRY A. MONK.
Town Treasurer, BENJAMIN F. DYER.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors,
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE,
HENRY M. STORM.
Water Commissioners and Sinking Fund Commissioners, JAMES T. STEVENS T. HAVEN DEARING JOHN KELLEY
Term expires 1909 Term expires 1907 Term expires 1908
Auditors,
DANIEL POTTER, WILLIAM A. MCKEAN, WILLIAM P. KELLEY. Board of Health,
CHAUNCY M. MARSTIN
Term expires 1907
HENRY L. DEARING
ROBERT F. BURLEIGH
Term expires 1908 Term expires 1909
School Committee,
MRS. ANN M. BROOKS
Term expires 1907
C. F. HILL CRATHERN
Term expires 1909
ALBION C. DRINKWATER
Term expires 1907
HERBERT F. KNEELAND
Term expires 1908
MRS. CARRIE LORING
Term expires 1908
THOMAS A. WATSON
Term expires 1909
Trustees of School Fund, Term expires 1907.
GEORGE H. ARNOLD, C. HARRISON HOBART, RICHARD L. ARNOLD, WILL W. MAYHEW, BENJAMIN F. DY.ER, ALVA S. MORRISON,
GEORGE D. WILLIS.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library,
HENRY A. JOHNSON, FREDERICK R. GRIFFIN,
BENJAMIN F. DYER.
NATHANIEL H. HUNT Term expires 1907 WILLIAM C. HARDING Term expires 1907
Fence Viewers,
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, ALVERDO H. MASON, GEORGE E. SAMPSON. Tax Collector, FRANK A. SMITH. Tree Warden, ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE. Moderator, JOHN KELLEY. Constables,
PETER J. DONAHOE, JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN,
BENJAMIN F. LORING,
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY,
CHARLES A. HOBART,
CONRAD MISCHLER,
HORACE F. HUNT, JOHN KELLEY,
JOSEPH F. MOHAN,
JAMES R. QUALEY,
MICHAEL LEVANGIE, JOHN P. SHAY,
AMOS J. LORING, THOMAS SLAVIN,
FRANK O. WHITMARSH.
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Report of Town Clerk.
Braintree, January 1, 1907.
In accordance with the usual custom the Town Clerk sub- mits the following report :
TOWN RECORDS. WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Ave.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen St. on Monday, the fifth day of March, 1906, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for three years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote Yes or No upon the question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
The polls shall be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock P. M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabi- tants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the twelfth day of March, 1906, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. 'To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes and issue notes of the Town therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said bank or banks being designated by the Selectmen. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and of any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Art. 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
Art. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, Town ways and bridges. Also for repairs and building sidewalks and stone roads, removal of snow and watering streets.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chap- ter 79 of the Revised Laws, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department and for the purchase of new hose.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money, to put in a repeater in connection with the fire alarm.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to extend its fire
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alarm system to the corner of Plain and Grove streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for operating expenses of the Electric Light Department, for connecting new consumers, etc.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Sampson Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Charles Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to place a street light East of the Railroad Crossing on Elm Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Commercial Street to the Quincy line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to continue its night police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and ex- penses in criminal cases.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for hydrant service.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend its Water System South in Washington Street from its present termina- tion to the Holbrook and Braintree Town line and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of notes, and for the payment of interest on the Town debt, and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
Art. 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
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Art. 25. 'To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
Art. 26. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of books.
Art. 27. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for supplies and for repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
Art. 28. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
Art. 29. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement of taxes.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Board of Health.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on Plain Street Ceme- tery.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to sell the land on the East side of Middle Street, known as the Middle Street Schoolhouse lot, and authorize the Treasurer to sign in behalf of the Town all necessary deeds and papers to transfer a good title thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each precinct in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said fifth day of March, 1906, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the third day of March, 1906.
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Given under our hands at Braintree this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM,
Selectmen of Braintree ..
A true copy. Attest : CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, February 10, 1906.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn . the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place for the pur- poses therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, March 5, 1906.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the voters as- sembled in their respective Precincts to deposit their ballots for Town Officers, and also to vote on the following question : "Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town be granted ?"
The polls were opened at six o'clock A. M., and were closed as follows :
Precinct one at one o'clock and thirty minutes P. M. Pre- cinct two at one o'clock and five minutes P. M. Precinct three at one o'clock P. M. The following Election officers served in Precinct one, Charles G. Anderson, Warden, Wilford F. Woodsum, Clerk, Richard L. Arnold, William O. Pinckney, Frank T. Lyons, James D. Fox, Elbridge F. Porter, Azel R. French, Edward W. Hobart.
Election officers in Precinct two, George E. Sampson, War- den, Warren B. Keith, Clerk, Gorge A. Arnold, Charles F. Cavanagh, John H. Kirby, Jr., Daniel J. Gallivan, George H. Wetherbee, Jr., Daniel F. Ahern, John Westland, Irving N. Holbrook.
Election officers in Precinct three, Edward. Wight, War-
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den, Louis F. Bates, Clerk, William Orr, Lewis J. Hart, John Ryan, Nathaniel F. Hunt, Francis Gardiner, Peter Smith.
At the opening of the polls each ballot box rgistered 0. At the close Precinct one registered 323; number of ballots counted, 338; number of names checked on the voting lists, 338. Precinct two registered 297; number of ballots counted, 297; number of names checked on the voting lists, 297. Pre- cinct three registered 245; number of ballots counted, 245; number of names checked on the voting lists, 245.
At the close of the counting of the votes the returns were made up by the Precinct Clerks and forwarded to the Regis- trars of Voters, by which board the returns were examined and consolidated, the results of the Ballot determined and publicly declared.
The whole number of ballots deposited was eight hundred and eighty (880), and were for the following offices and persons :
FOR TOWN CLERK
Henry A. Monk. 680
Blanks 200
Henry A. Monk was declared elected and sworn by Daniel Potter, Justice of the Peace.
FOR TOWN TREASURER
Benjamin F. Dyer 702
Paul Monaghan
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Blanks
177
Benjamin F. Dyer declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
SELECTMEN
William Allen 244
R. Allen Gage 604
William A. McKean 218
Paul Monaghan 187
Henry M. Storm 562
632
B. Herbert Woodsum
Blanks 193
R. Allen Gage, Henry M. Storm and B. Herbert Woodsum declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
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FOR ASSESSORS.
William Allen 243
R. Allen Gage 585
William A. McKean 214
Paul Monaghan
182
Henry M. Storm 556
B. Herbert Woodsum 614
Blanks 246
R. Allen Gage, Henry M. Storm and B. Herbert Woodsum declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk, also special oaths of Assessors administered.
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
William Allen 240
R. Allen Gage 594
William A. McKean 218
Paul Monaghan 172
Henry M. Storm 561
B. Herbert Woodsum 620
Blanks 235
R. Allen Gage, Henry M. Storm and B. Herbert Woodsum declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
William Allen 248
R. Allen Gage 594
William A. McKean 213
Paul Monaghan 185
Henry M. Storm 539
B. Herbert Woodsum 609
Blanks 252
R. Allen Gage, Henry M. Storm and B. Herbert Woodsum declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
TREE WARDEN.
Elmer E. Abercrombie 658
Blanks 222
Elmer E. Abercrombie declared elected and sworn.
WATER COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER OF
SINKING FUNDS FOR THREE YEARS.
Willie J. Loring 274
James 'I. Stevens 482
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Paul Monaghan 1 Blanks 123
James T. Stevens declared elected and accepted.
AUDITORS.
Harrie W. Bosworth 245
William P. Kelley 423
John N. McDowell 186
William A. McKean
472
Alva S. Morrison
299
Daniel Potter
421
Blanks
594
William P. Kelley, William A. Mckean and Daniel Potter declared elected and sworn.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Charles F. H. Crathern
601
Thomas A. Watson 658
Hiraın Holbrook
1
Paul Monaghan
1
O. M. Rogers
1
Blanks
498
Charles F. H. Crathern and Thomas A. Watson declared elected and sworn.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
596
Robert F. Burleigh
1
Herbert Woodsum
1
Henry W. Mansfield . Blanks 282
Robert F. Burleigh declared elected and sworn.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Charles S. Hannaford 560
Alverdo H. Mason 594
George E. Sampson
617
William Gallagher
1
Charles M. Lothrop
2
George H. Wetherbee 1 · ·
.
F. H. Waters 1
Blanks
864
Charles S. Hannaford, Alverdo H. Mason and George E ..
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Sampson declared elected, and Charles S. Hannaford and George E. Sampson sworn.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Frank A. Smith 689
William H. H. Bailey
1.
Blanks
190
Frank A. Smith declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
CONSTABLES.
Thomas H. Cullinan 204
Peter J. Donahoe
427
Millard F. Drinkwater 317
Henry Dugan 263
Jeremiah E. Gallivan
508
Charles A. Hobart 492
Horace F. Hunt 549 495
John Kelley
Michael Levangie
406
Amos J. Loring
Benjamin. J. Loring
William E. Maybury
Conrad Mischler
Joseph F. Mohan
188
James R. Qualey
366
John P. Shay
403
Thomas Slavin
422
Frank O. Whitmarsh
530
Charles C. Mellen
1
C. F. Whidden
1
Blanks 5,178
Peter J. Donahoe, Jeremiah Gallivan, Charles A. Hobart, Horace F. Hunt, John Kelley, Michael Levangie, Amos J. Lor- ing, Benjamin J. Loring, William E. Maybury, Conrad Misch- ler, Joseph F. Mohan, James R. Qualey, John P. Shay, Thomas. Slavin and Frank O. Whitmarsh declared elected and sworn, with the exception of Joseph F. Mohan.
On the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor in this town?"
515 506 512 500 417
Thomas F. Mulligan
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Yes 272
No 475
Blanks
133
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, March 12, 1906.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the time and place specified. The warrant and also the officers return of the same were read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. By ballot and with the use of the check list John Kelley was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted to choose five (5) surveyors of wood and weighers of hay. J. Marcus Arnold, Charles G. Sheppard, Wil- ford F. Woodsum, Edward M. Wright and Edward W. Hobart were chosen and sworn.
Voted to choose three (3) Surveyors of Lumber. Herbert W. Borden, Charles O. Miller and George H. Holbrook were chosen and sworn.
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to appoint one Measurer of Leather, one Pound Keeper and three Field Drivers.
Art. 3. Voted that for the purpose of procuring a tempo- rary loan to and for the use of the Town of Braintree, in antici- pation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of a majority of the Board of Select- men a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00) and to execute and de- liver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts in- .curred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be 'paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted that the Town Treasurer be, and is hereby made custodian of all moneys of the several departments of the Town and of all securities of the several "Sinking Funds" of the Town.
The Board of Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to elect the Treasurer of the Town Treasurer of the Water De- ;partment.
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The Selectmen are hereby instructed to require from the Treasurer such a bond as in their judgment is necessary for the- safety of such moneys and securities; that the Town pay for- said bond and that the Treasurer be held harmless on his bond from any loss from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Voted to appropriate the sum of one hundred and five dol- lars ($105.00) to pay for the Treasurer's bond.
Art. 5. Voted to take up article 5.
Voted to appropriate for the support of the public schools- the following sums, namely :-
For pay of teachers in addition to dog tax and school
fund $20,000.00*
Salary of Superintendent of Schools 1,500.00·
Janitors, including care of school buildings during summer vacations 2,930.00+
Text books and supplies 1,800.00
Incidentals 550.00
Schoolhouse repairs and incidentals 1,200.00-
Fuel 2,200.00-
Conveyance of pupils. 1,500.00-
Art. 6. Voted that at 10 o'clock this meeting be declared adjourned until next Monday night at 7.30 o'clock.
Voted to appropriate for repairs of highways, town ways. and bridges, in addition to amount received from the State for that purpose, the sum of. $5,000.00-
Construction and repairs of sidewalks- 2,000.00- 1
Watering streets, in addition to assessment on abut- ters of one cent per lineal foot. 750.00
Removal of snow
750.00.
For stone road in addition to the excise tax. 1,500.00.
Art. 7. Voted to appropriate for support of poor, the sum of $6,000.00- ·
Art. 8. Voted to appropriate for Soldiers' Relief 1,300.00 For Military Aid (one-half to be raised by taxation) . 336.00.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to draw orders on the Treasury for $2,500 for State Aid, which money so spent. will be refunded by the State.
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Art. 9. Voted to appropriate for the support of the Fire Department the following sums :
For pay of firemen, engineers and stewards, includ-
ing poll taxes, 72 members at $15 each, 3 stewards
at $75 each, and 3 engineers at $120, the sum of .. $1,565.00 General expenses and repairs. 700.00
New hose. 250.00
Care and maintenance of fire alarm, the appropriation
to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen 300.00
Art. 10. Voted that no action be taken under this article. Art. 11. Voted that no action be taken under this article.
Arts. 4 and 12. Voted that article 4 be taken up with Article 12 and the two acted upon jointly.
Meeting adjourned to Monday, March 19, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, March 19, 1906.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 12th, Moderator Kelley in the chair.
Articles 4 and 12. Under consideration, voted to take a re- cess of five minutes. The meeting again called to order.
Voted, on motion of Mr. Abercrombie, that a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to thoroughly investigate the business of the entire Electric Light Department, also to con- sider the question of an Electric Light Commission and report at some future adjournment of this meeting. Moderator appoint- ed E. E. Abercrombie, Thomas A. Watson, Fred W. McCarter, William Orr, Charles E. Dexter, William O. Pinckney, Charles B. Cummings as that committee. William Orr declined to serve.
Voted that at 10 o'clock P. M. this meeting be declared adjourned for one week at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Voted to lay Article 12 on the table.
Art. 4. A verbal report of progress, made by the chair- man of the "Grade Crossing Committee."
Voted to continue the same committee for one year.
Dr. H. L. Dearing called the attention of the Town to an
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error in the printed report of the Board of Health, contained in the Annual Town Report, stating that it should read Sewer system instead of Scavenger system, as printed.
Voted, that a committee of ten, to include the Board of Health and the Town engineer, be appointed to consider the matter of Sewerage and report at the next annual meeting
Moderator appointed B. Herbert Woodsum, Hartley L. White, William E. Maybury, F. Eugene Dyer, Geo. F. Hussey, Hon. Albert E. Avery and the Board of Health, including its Secretary as that committee.
Voted to lay Art. 4 on the table.
Art. 9. Voted that the Treasurer be instructed to pay the firemen of Braintree 30 cents per hour for work at fires in ad- dition to the pay already voted them by the Town and that the sum of 200 dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose. Meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock' until Monday evening, March 26th, 1906, at 7.30 o'clock.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, March 26, 1906.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 19th, Moderator Kelley in the chair. Moderator ap- pointed Charles H. Morse to fill the vacancy caused by the de- clination of William Orr on the committee to investigate the Electric Light Department.
Charles O. Miller and Daniel E. Cain, to fill vacancies on Sewerage Committee caused by the resignation of Geo. F. Hus- sey and B. H. Woodsum.
Art. 6. Voted to instruct the Highway Surveyors that if any citizen gives notice before July 1st that they will pay one- half of the expense of concrete or granolithic sidewalks abutting their premises and including curbing, the Board of Selectmen first having obtained prices per square yard for the several kinds of work and given public notice of the cost of the same as per specifications required by them, that the balance of the cost shall be paid from the appropriations already made for con- struction of sidewalks.
Art. 13. Laid on table.
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Art. 14. Laid ou table.
Art. 15. Laid on table.
Art. 16. Laid on table.
Art. 17. Voted to continue the night police, and that the
sum of $2190 be appropriated for the pay of the same.
Art. 18. Voted to appropriate for court fees and expenses the sum of. $200.00
Art. 19. Voted to appropriate for Hydrant Service the sum of. 4,950.00
Art. 20. Voted to appropriate for the Water Loan Sinking Fund the sum of 5,120.00
Voted that the salaries of the Water Commissioners be paid out of the revenue of the Water Department.
Voted that the Water Board are hereby instructed to appro- priate so much of the income of the water rates as is not re- quired for maintenance and running expenses and interest on Water Bonds for the purchase of new meters and installing the same.
Art. 21. Voted, that the Board of Water Commissioners be and they are hereby instructed to extend the main water pipe from its present termination in Washington Street, south- erly to the Braintree and Holbrook town line, and a sum of money not exceeding $10,000 be appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, that for the purpose of extending its water system from its present terminus on Washington Street in the souther- ly part of the town through said Washington Street to the Braintree and Holbrook line, the Town Treasurer be and is hereby authorized under the power conferred on this Town by Chapter 362 of the Acts of 1905 and as amended by Act of 1906, approved March 8, 1906, to issue the notes of the Town to an aggregate amount of $10,000.00, as follows:
Viz., said notes to be countersigned by the Water Com- missioners, to be dated May 15, 1906, and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 4 per cent per annum, and to be known as the Braintree Water Loan Act of 1905.
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