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THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY, BRAINTREE, MASS.
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
ANNUAL REPORT 1911
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ANNUAL REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
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TOWN OF BRAINTREE
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Dec. 31, 1910, to Dec. 31, 1911
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
TOWN CLERK, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS, TOWN TREASURER, ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, WATER COM- MISSIONERS, 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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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Braintree, January 1, 1912.
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 sixth day of March, 1911, at five forty-five 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, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Over- seers 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 a term of three years, one member of the Board of School Committee to fill the vacancy for the residue of the unexpired term, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Com- missioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years, two Trustees for Thayer Public Library for a term of two 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 opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock P. M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhab-
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itants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, 1911, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
Article 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 there- for. 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 or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Article 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.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of the Town Officers and the expenses of the several departments, including the bond of the Town Treasurer.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to pay for the bond of the Tax Collector, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Registration and Elections.
TOWN HALL
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs and maintenance of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote
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to raise and appropriate for its Police and for the necessary expenses required for the enforcement of the law ; also for plac- ing telephones in the houses of the police officers.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Court Fees and Expenses.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Department, and for Hydrant Service.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for extra pay of firemen on the 30 cents per hour basis.
Article 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for telephones for the houses of the engineers and Forest Warden.
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $100.00 for shingling East Braintree Hose House.
Article 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $85.00 for concrete platform at Hose House, South Braintree.
Article 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $95.00 for painting Hose 2 of South Braintree.
Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $600.00 for the purchase of new hose.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for a combination chemical.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for new Fire Alarm boxes.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to locate a Fire Alarm Box near the Holbrook line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 21. To see if the Town will establish a Fire Alarm box in the Braintree Highlands district, at the corner of South and Washington Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to locate a Fire Alarm box at or near the corner of Tremont and Academy Streets and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to install a Fire Alarm box in the vicinity of Stetson and Liberty Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 to be paid to the Braintree Firemen's Relief Association, for the observance of Firemen's Memorial Sunday.
INSPECTION
Article 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of Weights and Meas- ures.
FORESTRY
Article 27. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, Care of Trees and Forest Fires.
HEALTH
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of Chapter 103 of the Revised Laws in relation to supervision of plumbing.
Article 29. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Health, including contagious diseases .; also for Vital Statistics and for the Inspection of animals, milk and provisions.
SANITATION
Article 30. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for surface water drains.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to extend the drain from near Pond Street into Franklin Street and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain in Hobart Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Article 33. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Depart- ment, repairs of highways, town ways and bridges, also for re- pairs and building sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, watering and oiling streets.
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Lemoyne Street, so-called, (leading northerly from River Street) as a town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of River Street as a town way as widened between Washington Street and the Monatiquot river by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 36. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of that part of Hollis Avenue, so-called, (extending from Oak to Walnut Streets) as a town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 37. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of that part of Monatiquot Avenue, so-called, (extending from Oak to Walnut Street) as a Town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Robinson Avenue, so-called, (leading westerly from Wash- ington Street) as a town way as made by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 39. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Cotton Avenue, so-called, (leading easterly from Shaw Street) as a town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the same.
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Nelson Street, so-called, (leading westerly from Shaw Street) as a town way as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the same.
CHARITIES
Article 41. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Poor and the main- tenance of the Braintree Home.
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 42. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State Aid and Soldiers' Burials, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
EDUCATION
Article 43. 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.
Article 44. To see if the Town will consent to raise the maximum salary of grade teachers from $500 to $550 per annum at the discretion of the School Board, and raise and appropriate the sum of $680 for that purpose.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to build a fence between the Monatiquot school grounds and the land of John T. Conway, and raise and appropriate the sum of $80.00 for the same.
Article 46. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to finish (satisfactory to the State requirements) the stairways to Hall in Penniman School building.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to purchase land in Precinct Two and erect a new school building thereon, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
LIBRARY
Article 48. 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.
RECREATION
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defray- ing expenses Memorial Day.
UNCLASSIFIED
Article 51. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Expenses.
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Article 52. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement of taxes.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 53. To see if the Town will appropriate the income from private consumers of electric light, for operating expenses, repairs and renewals.
Article 54. To see if the Town will appropriate from the unexpended balance of the appropriations of 1911, the sum of $2,500.00, to restore to the Town Treasury the amount of the "Caleb Stetson note," so-called, and to see if it will confirm the payment in 1899, of two notes amounting to $2,500.00, and to declare said payment as a liquidation of so much of the in- debtedness of the Electric Light Department.
Article 55. To see if the Town will re-appropriate the re- mainder of the unexpended balance of the appropriations of 1910 for extension of lines, connecting new consumers, repairs and renewals.
Article 56. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Electric Light Department, for the Depreciation Fund, the Sinking Fund and for interest.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $56,976.96 shown in the accounts of the Electric Light Department under the name of "Overdraft for Construction," so that the account can be closed into Profit and Loss.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on West Street to the Five Corners and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to place electric lights on the common and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric lights through Division Street to the Corner of Liberty Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 61. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $560.00 for the extension of the street lights on Pearl Street, from the corner of Liberty and Middle Streets to the corner of Pearl and Fountain Streets.
Article 62. To see if the Town will ratify the appropria-
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tion of the $2,500 received from the Caleb Stetson estate and used by the Town Treasurer in 1899 to pay two notes of the Electric Light Department amounting to $2,500.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate, or borrow a sum of money sufficient to enable thé Water Department to purchase and install new machinery and to either authorize the Water Commissioners to connect the- waters of Great Pond with the waters of Little Pond by gravity or to filter the waters of Great Pond.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be used for the extension of mains.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains through Division Street and down Liberty Street to a point near the house of Samuel T. Hawes, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
CEMETERY
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Plain Street. Cemetery.
INTEREST. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the pay- ment of notes and for the payment of interest on Town debt and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
SINKING FUNDS
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the. Electric Light and Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote that an approval by a majority of the auditors of the report of any financial de- partment of the Town shall be a justification of such report.
Article 71. To see what action the Town will take on the- following resolve "That the subject of a tenement house law,
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having for its purpose the prevention of fire, the promotion of health, and the regulation of the inspection, construction, altera- tion and use of tenement houses, be referred to a special com- mittee for consideration, this committee to report at some later town meeting."
Article 72. To see if the Town will accept the legacy given to it in the will of Ann M. Penniman and hold the same in trust for the purposes set forth in said will, and take such action as may be necessary in regard to the same.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the lot of land at the east of the Noah Terry school building and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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 sixth day of March, 1911, 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 twenty-seventh day of February 1911.
Given under our hands at Braintree this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree.
Braintree, March 6, 1911.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters assem- bled in their respective Precincts to cast their ballots for Town Officers and also to vote on the following question: "Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town ?"
The polls were opened at five o'clock, and forty-five minutes A. M. and were closed in Precincts One and Three at one o'clock P. M.
The following Election Officers were present :
Precinct One-Charles G. Anderson, Warden; Wilford F.
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Woodsum, Clerk ; A. R. French, J. R. Arnold, F. T. Lyons ; J. M. Cutting, E. W. Hobart, J. W. Cuff, E. F. Porter, E. P. Cuff, Charles A. Hobart, Constable.
Edward Shay, Foster F. Tupper, Harry A. Simonds, Depu- ties present, but did not serve.
Precinct Two-George H. Wetherbee, Jr., Warden ; Daniel F. Ahern, Clerk; Daniel J. Gallivan, Inspector; Henry B. Vinton, Stillman F. Pratt, Alva M. Don, John R. McGrath, Charles F. Cavanagh, Newton H. McKean, Tellers; Conrad Mischler, Con- stable.
Precinct Three-J. E. Ludden, Deputy Warden, acting Warden; W. F. McCormick, Clerk; T. F. J. Dalton, Inspector ; Arthur L. Hobart, Inspector ; J. F. Sullivan, Augustus Johnson, John Ryan, William J. Orr, Joseph M. Allen, Tellers; F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable.
At the opening of the polls the ballot boxes were all set at 0. At the close :
Precinct One registered. 423
Precinct Two registered. 325
Precinct Three registered. 239
Number of ballots counted :
Precinct One, male 432
Precinct Two, male 324, female 1. 325
Precinct Three, male ..
239
Number of names checked on voting lists :
Precinct One 422
Precinct Two 325
Precinct Three 239
At the close of the counting of the votes, the returns were made up by each Precinct Clerk and forwarded by the Con- stables to the Registrars of Voters, by which Board they were aggregated and the result declared in open meeting.
The result of the ballot as determined by the Registrars of Voters was as follows :
Whole number of ballots deposited nine hundred and eighty-five male, one female (986). 1
The vote in detail was as follows :
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FOR TOWN CLERK.
Prec. 1. Prec. 2.
Prec. 3.
Total
Henry A. Monk 343 278
185
806
Blanks
79
46
54 179
Henry A. Monk declared elected and sworn by Benjamin F. Dyer, Justice of the Peace.
FOR TOWN TREASURER.
Benjamin F. Dyer. 338 273
176
787
Blanks
84
51
63
198
Benjamin F. Dyer declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
FOR SELECTMEN.
Albion C. Drinkwater 323
258
172
753
Henry M. Storm.
306
256
188
750
B. Herbert Woodsum
334
257
167
758
Scattering
3
3
Blanks
300
201
190
691
Albion C. Drinkwater, Henry M. Storm, B. Herbert Wood- sum, elected and sworn.
FOR OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Albion C. Drinkwater
317
249
172
738
Henry M. Storm.
292
259
184
735
B. Herbert Woodsum
318
245
169
732
Scattering
2
2
Blanks
337
219
192
748
Albion C. Drinkwater, Henry M. Storm, B. Herbert Wood- sum, elected and sworn.
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Albion C. Drinkwater
311
251
168
730
Henry M. Storm
291
245
181
717
B. Herbert Woodsum
316
233
166
715
Scattering
2
1
3
Blanks
346
242
202
790
Albion C. Drinkwater, Henry M. Storm, B. Herbert Wood- sum, elected and sworn.
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FOR ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
B. Herbert Woodsum. 326
246
160
732
Blanks 96
78
79
253
B. Herbert Woodsum, elected and sworn.
WATER COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER OF SINKING FUNDS, FOR THREE YEARS.
John Kelley. 267
172
1/1
610
William Allen
56
83
9
148
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
99
69
58
226
John Kelley, elected and accepted.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, FOR THREE YEARS.
Herbert F. Kneeland.
306
257
150
¥13
Carrie F. Loring
285
230
140
655
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks
253
162
187
602
Herbert F. Kneeland, Carrie F. Loring, elected and sworn.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, FOR ONE YEAR.
I. Wendell Gammons. 263
239
114
616
Cornelius A. Sullivan.
152
80
111
343
Blanks
7
6
14
I. Wendall Gammons, elected and sworn.
FOR AUDITORS.
Edward E. Lawson
282
241
165
688
William A. McKean
286
251
149
686
George W. Stevens.
298
243
147
688
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
399
237
256
892
Edward E. Lawson,
William A. McKean, George W. Stevens, elected and sworn.
FOR COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Frank A. Smith
297
257
158 712
Blanks
125
67
81
273
Frank A. Smith, elected and sworn.
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FOR MUNICIPAL LIGHTING BOARD, FOR THREE YEARS.
Norton P. Potter
302
245
144
691
Scattering
1
1
2
Blanks
119
78
95
292
Norton P. Potter, elected and sworn.
FOR CONSTABLES.
Peter J. Donahoe.
212
203
125
540
Jeremiah F. Gallivan
221
217
136
574
Charles A. Hobart.
219
197
113
529
Horace F. Hunt.
254
206
127
587
John Kelley
214
188
127
529
Michael Levangie.
211
192
115
518
Amos J. Loring.
224
203
128
555
Benjamin J. Loring
219
202
126
547
William E. Maybury
216
202
128
546
Conrad Mischler.
215
208
114
537
Joseph F. Mohan.
208
200
112
520
James R. Qualey .
212
210
110
532
John P. Shay
212
195
127
534
Thomas Slavin.
219
198
114
531
Frank O. Whitmarsh
217
196
144
557
Scattering
2
2
2
6
Blanks
3055
1841
1737
6633
Peter J. Donahoe, Jeremiah F. Gallivan, Charles A. Hobart, Horace F. Hunt, John Kelley, Michael Levangie, Amos J. Loring, Benjamin J. Loring, William E. Maybury, Conrad Mischler, Joseph F. Mohan, James R. Qualey, John P. Shay, Thomas Slavin, Frank O. Whitmarsh, elected. All sworn ex- cept Donahoe and Levangie.
TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOR TWO YEARS.
William Gallagher.
270
243
156
669
William C. Harding
264
240
143
647
Blanks
310
165
179
654
William Gallagher, William C. Harding, elected and sworn.
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FOR BOARD OF HEALTH, FOR THREE YEARS.
Walter B. Skinner 256
235
169
660
Scattering 6
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9
Blanks
160
86
70
316
Walter B. Skinner, elected and sworn.
FOR FENCE VIEWERS.
George E. Fogg.
252
211
141
604
Charles S. Hannaford.
252
212
137
60
Eugene T. Nolte
242
211
132
585
Scattering
1
1
Blanks
520
338
306
1164
George E. Fogg, Charles S. Hannaford, Eugene T. Nolte, elected and sworn.
FOR TREE WARDEN.
Oscar A. Hubbard
275
245
152
672
Blanks
147
79
87
313
Oscar A. Hubbard, elected and sworn.
GRANTING LIQUOR LICENSES.
Yes
94
59
76
229
No
218
214
99
531
Blanks
110
51
64
225
A true record .. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, March 13, 1911.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at · the time and place specified. The warrant (except the various articles to be acted on, which was by vote of the Town dispensed with, was read, also the officers certificate of service.
Article 1. By ballot, and with the use of the check lists, Benjamin H. Woodsum, Jr., was chosen Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted to elect five (5) surveyors of wood and weighers of hay. J. Marcus Arnold, Charles G. Sheppard, Wil- ford F. Woodsum, George D. Willis and Edward W. Hobart were chosen. All sworn except Willis and Hobart.
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Voted to choose three surveyors of lumber. Herbert W. Borden, Charles O. Miller, George H. Holbrook, chosen and sworn.
Voted to choose one trustee of the Braintree School Fund for the term of two years to fill vacancy. Otis B. Oakman, 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 temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Braintree in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1911, the Town Treasurer is hereby au- thorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate eighty thousand dollars ($80,000.00) and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the year 1911.
Voted that the Town Treasurer be and is hereby made custodian of all moneys of the several departments of the Town. The Board of Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to. elect the Treasurer of the Town, Treasurer of the the Water De- partment. 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; 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 or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit with the ap- proval of the Selectmen.
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