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Annual Report
of the
Town of Braintree
1943
,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Braintree
CONTAINING THE REPORTS OF SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT, ASSESSORS AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
Printed by C. W. NELSON CO. South Braintree, Mass.
TOWN OFFICERS 1943
MODERATOR
WILLIAM F. ROGERS
Term expires 1944
TOWN CLERK
ERNEST C. WOODSUM
Term expires 1944
TOWN TREASURER
JOHN W. HARDING
Term expires 1944
SELECTMEN
HENRY D. HIGGINS ALBERT E. ROBERTS
HENRY H. STORM
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HENRY D. HIGGINS
Term expires 1944
ALBERT E. ROBERTS
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
ASSESSORS
FRED AUSTERBERRY
Term expires 1944
WALTER B. SKINNER
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
WATER COMMISSIONERS
GEORGE A. WALKER JOSEPH LANDERS THOMAS E. SEARS
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1946
HOWARD B. BLEWETT
Term expires 1944
SOPHIE G. BLUNT
Term expires 1944
ARCHIE T. MORRISON
Term expires 1945
HAROLD R. QUIMBY
Term expires 1945
ALIDA N. STEVENS
Term expires 1946
G. RALPH YOUNG
Term expires 1946
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING BOARD SCHOOL COMMITTEE Term expires 1944
NORTON P. POTTER
SHELLEY A. NEAL
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
PARK COMMISSIONERS
ROBERT B. TAYLOR
GEORGE A. SHORTLE
CHARLES F. ABELL
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
DWIGHT A. CHANDLER (Deceased)
CLINTON I. BATES (Appointed)
SAMUEL M. ELLSWORTH
Term expires 1945
WALTER E. THOMPSON
Term expires 1946
BOARD OF HEALTH
JOHN J. ATKINSON DEANE R. WALKER
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945
DWIGHT A. CHANDLER (Deceased) H. IRVING CHARNOCK (Appointed)
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1944
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Term expires 1944 Term expires 1944
FRANK P. LORD
NORRIS H. PINAULT
Term expires 1944
HENRY H. STORM
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
GEORGE H. GERRIOR, JR.
Term expires 1944
TREE WARDEN
CLARENCE R. BESTICK
Term expires 1944
PLANNING BOARD
F. LEROY FOSTER
Term expires 1944
HOWARD J. WILLIAMS
Term expires 1945
EDWARD J. ROSE
Term expires 1946
JOHN J. DRINKWATER, Town Engineer
Ex-officio
TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
MORRILL R. ALLEN
Life Member
JOHN W. HARDING
Life Member
MABEL S. ROGERS
Term expires 1944
CLARA G. WETHERBEE
Term expires 1944
TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FUND
MORRILL R. ALLEN
Term expires 1946
JAMES E. FOLSOM
Term expires 1946
ARTHUR L. HALE
Term expires 1946
ROGER LAKIN
Term expires 1946
GEORGE E. SAMPSON
Term expires 1946
GEORGE A. WALKER
Term expires 1946
RALPH B. WOODSUM
Term expires 1946
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT 1
George E. Bowker
1944 Richard F. Corrigan
1944
Arthur R. Gates
1944 Henry C. Lake 1944
Harvard D. Littlefield
1944 Edward J. Meaney 1944
John F. O'Rourke
1944 Merton L. Pratt 1944
H. Winthrop S. Roberts
1944 Cornelius L. Sullivan
1944
Arthur H. Swann
1944 Russell White
1944
Ira R. Young
1944 John F. Barrett
1945
John F. Day
1945 Kennetlı G. Dyer
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John J. Foley
1945 Nicola A. Galotti
1945
Thomas H. Gould
1945 Ray S. Hubbard 1945
Ernest J. Janssen
1945 Charles G. Lord
1945
Nahum R. Pillsbury
1945 G. Arnold Prescott
1945
Cornelius A. Sullivan
1945 Robert E. Whitman
1945
S. Nelson Belcher
1946 Raymond J. Brickley
1946
H. Irving Charnock
1946 Elmer G. Derby
1946
Earl R. Grant
1946 Lawrence W. Guild
1946
Knute Ingmanson
1946
Carl J. Knutson
1946
John F. Leetch
1946 Archie T. Morrison
1946
Joseph F. Riley
1946 Francis R. Santosnosso
1946
J. Clarke Settles
1946
PRECINCT 2
William G. Brooks
1944 Howard B. Blewett
1945
Clarence S. Cassidy
1944 Charles R. Cummings 1945
Chester W. Daily
1944 Walter R. Howland 1915
Earl D. Gilliatt
1944 Roger Lakin 1945
Frederick J. Klay
1944 R. Stanley McConnell 1945
Harold E. Norris
1944 Otis B. Oakman
1945
Raymond L. Strangford
1944 Harvey J. Annis
1946
Felix H. Atkinson
1945 Frederick Inkley
1946
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Life Member
STACY B. SOUTHWORTH
Bryce M. Lockwood
1946 Daniel F. Caskin 1945
Charles G. Newcomb
1946 William D. Ewing 1945
Russell B. Rae
1946 James L. Jordan 1945
Ellsworth R. Thwing
1946 Joseph Landers 1945
Robert T. Souter
1946 Joseph Mulcahy 1945
Gordon W. Bryant
1944 Norton P. Potter
1945
Harry L. Chase Jr.
1944 Arthur L. Hale 1946
William D. Dyer
1944 Harold T. Lingham
1946
William Gray
1944 Thomas J. Murphy
1946
Michael McSharry
1944 Arthur E. Quimby
1946
Harold R. Quimby
1944 Stacy B. Southworth
1946
Elwyn F. Sylvester
1944 Merton A. Turner 1946
Fred Austerberry
1945 Clifford Taylor (Deceased)
1946
PRECINCT 3
Marjorie Bates
1944 Harry W. Bond 1944
Frank M. Brownell
1944 Edwin L. Emerson 1944
Charles M. Estabrook
1944 Frank A. Ewart 1944
Warren F. Hall
1944 George A. Hitchcock 1944
Will R. Minchin
1944 Eugene T. Nolte 1944
Charles F. Powers
1944 Lucius A. Qualey
1944
Albert E. Roberts
1944 Charles W. Woodworth
1944
Andrew J. Alden
1945 Sophie G. Blunt
1945
George T. Burnham (Deceased)
1945 William J. Connell
1945
Helen M. Ellsworth
1945 Henry D. Higgins
1945
Earl R. Kellogg
1945 Shelley A. Neal
1945
Mortimer N. Peck
1945 Ruth C. Scott 1945
George E. Warren
1945 Ralph H. Williams
1945
Ralph B. Woodsum
1945 Albert E. Wynot 1945
Bernard R. Andrews
1946 Alfred W. Beck
1946
Gordon L. F. Beylea
1946 Clarence R. Bestick
1946
Earle S. Bucknam
1946 Alexander Diotte
1946
Mary T. Ellis
1946 C. Frederick Hedlund
1946
Albert R. Klay
1946 Albert J. Murphy
1946
Charles F. Schell
1946 Carroll D. Welch 1946
Howard C. White
1946 Austin E. Wynot
1946
PRECINCT 4
Joseph P. Barrett
1944 William W. Benjamin 1944
Margaret E. Duffee
1944 James E. Falsom 1944
Frederick A. Greenough
1944 Drew B. Hall 1944
Thomas R. Huleatt
1944 Thomas B. Hutchinson 1944
William G. Iliffe
1944 Alice G. Lewis
1944
Chester W. Nelson
1944 Victor S. Petterson
1944
Mabel S. Rogers
1944 Fred K. Simon
1944
Elmer A. Anderson
1945 George L. Anderson
1945
Alva M. Dow Jr.
1945 Joseph S. Drinkwater
1945
Edith L. French
1945 Charles W. Gillies
1945
Rowena L. Hall
1945 Atherton N. Hunt 1945
James H. Jenkins
1945 Wallace M. Kemp 1945
Minnie C. Lawley
1945 Ralph W. Maglathlin
1945
Nelson H. Seaver
1945 John T. Trefry Jr.
1945
Arthur E. Boynton
1946 Walter M. Brock 1946
Francis S. Carter
1946
Arthur J. Cavanagh 1946
Theophilus J. Craig
1946 Richard W. Farnsworth 1946
Edward H. Lunt
1946 Walter E. Morrison 1946
Edward E. Palmer
1946 Harold F. Robinson 1946
Robert J. Stalker
1946 J. Fred Trainor 1946
Robert G. Wade
1946 Elmer F. Wilcox
1946
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PRECINCT 5
H. Burton Brown
1944 Amos S. Buker 1944
Charles H. Buker
1944 Edward D. Cahill 1944
John J. Canavan
-1944 Ralph P. Chadbourne 1944
Henry A. Cohoon
1944 Alice Davenport 1944
Charles W. Laing
1944 Jessie Macgregor
1944
Albert P. Nelson
1944 Allison W. Palmer
1944
George A. Walker Morrill R. Allen
1945 Fred Belyea
1945
Carl H. Bjorkman
1945 John A. Cassidy
1945
Thomas F. Cassidy
1945
Walter S. Drake
1945
Joseph A. Haley
1945
Herbert B. Hollis
1945
Frank P. Lord
1945 Walter B. Skinner
1945
Henry H. Storm
1945 George E. Wilson Jr.
1945
Kathleen A. Bjorkman
1946
William J. Burns
1946
William A. Reed
1946 Albert L. Rice
1946
Percy T. Richards
1946 John A. Ryan
1946
Oswald H. Silver
1946 W. Edwin Skinner
1946
John M. Southwick
1946 Leo F. Starr
1946
Seward W. Taber
1946 William B. Taylor
1946
William Walker
1946
PRECINCT 6
Joseph J. Carty
1944 Ruby Keigan
1944
John F. Harkin
1944 John J. Lambert
1944
Harriet B. W. Kimball
1944 Alan C. Litchfield
1944
Frank B. Lantery Jr.
1944 Margaret C. Palmer
1944
Alfred T. Little
1944 John H. Stenberg
1944
Ernest A. Parkis
1944 John E. Cannon
1945
Franklin B. Thompson
1944 Frank H. Diekmeyer
1945
Walter E. Delory
1945 Theodore E. Fogg
1945
Walter E. Erwin
1945 Helen M. Harmon
1945
Reuben H. Frogel
1945 Russell Oliver
1945
W. Homer Melville
1945 Eric Streiferd
1945
Raymond P. Palmer
1945 Mae K. Cannon
1946
G. Ralph Young
1945 William F. Mullaney
1946
Samuel M. Lennon
1946 Ernest W. Oxton
1946
George W. Nelson
1946 Edward J. Rose
1946
Simon B. Rideout
1946 Thomas H. Walsh
1946
Arthur E. Stenberg
1946 E. Chester Wright
1946
Ernest M. Wells
1946
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND WEIGHERS OF HAY WILLARD P. SHEPPARD WALTER J. O'BRIEN
GEORGE A. WILLIAMS
MEASURERS OF LUMBER
ALFRED H. HOLBROOK SHELLEY A. NEAL
JOHN A. RYAN
APPOINTED OFFICERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
JOHN J. HEANEY, Chief N. ERIC NELSON, Deputy Chief EVERETT A. BUKER, Sergeant EDWARD D. CAHILL, Sergeant EARL A. PRARIO, Sergeant
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1944 Louise E. R. Alexander
1945
HARVEY J. ANNIS HENRY A. COHOON ARTHUR C. FROST CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND ALBERT R. KLAY J. STANLEY MCLAUGHLIN In Service) JOHN F. O'ROURKE CORNELIUS L. SULLIVAN GEORGE E. WILSON, JR.
WALTER S. BELYEA JOSEPH W. FLAHERTY WILLIAM GALLIVAN
JOHN W. ILLINGSWORTH FRANK T. MAGUIRE GEORGE L. NOVELLINE
EDWARD N. SHARON RUSSELL WHITE
ALBERT E. WYNOT
RESERVE OFFICERS
GEORGE H. FAUSTINI FRANK E. HULL
EDWARD P. LONG THOMAS H. WALSH
LEWIS H. GOULD HERBERT, E. LEWIS LEO J. HART, JR. (In Service) JAMES P. SMITH
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FRED A. TENNEY, Chief
HARRY T. SEARS, Deputy Chief
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
ROGER LAKIN, Chairman
1946 THOMAS F. MULLIGAN 1944
ERNEST C. WOODSUM
Clerk & Ex-Officio
VIRGIE M. SEARS 1945
FIELD DRIVERS
THEODORE E. FOGG MANSFIELD A. BELYEA FELICE ZAMPINE
FENCE VIEWERS
GUSTAVUS P. PRATT EUGENE T. CLEAVES W. HOMER MELVILLE
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
ARTHUR F. SULLIVAN ISRAEL P. WESTON
BOARD OF APPEAL UNDER ZONING LAW
FRANK A. EWART, Chairman CHARLES C. TEMPLE, Clerk JONATHAN W. FRENCH, In Service WILLIAM D. DYER, Alternate TOWN ACCOUNTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR RALPH W. MAGLATHLIN ALFRED H. HOLBROOK
SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT SYDNEY WEST
WELFARE ADMINISTRATOR FREDERICK D. LAWLEY
SUPERVISOR BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
TOWN COUNSEL TOWN ENGINEER
SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM
SUPT. OF INFIRMARY
SUPT. OF STREETS
SUPT. OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT. ACTING SUPT. OF WATER DEPT.
ALBERT L. RICE RICHARD A. HUNT JOHN J. DRINKWATER FRED A. TENNEY PATRICK T. DONAHUE JOHN Q. WENTWORTH ERNEST T. FULTON HARRY A. MORTON
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SUPT. OF SEWER DEPT. GEORGE F. BROUSSEAU SUPT. OF PLAIN STREET CEMETERY ALBERT A. DROLLETT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES EARL H. ERVIEN
HEALTH AGENT
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS
INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON
MOTH SUPT.
JOHN Q. WENTWORTH
FOREST WARDEN
FRED A. TENNEY
BURIAL AGENT
SYDNEY WEST
POUND KEEPER
JAMES F. MATTIE
MILK INSPECTOR
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON
DOG OFFICER
WILLIAM F. LAMMERS
SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS
HARBOR MASTER
HARRY T. SEARS
ASST. HARBOR MASTER
MORTIMER N. PECK
FINANCE COMMITTEE
OVIDIO D. CHIESA, Chairman, 1944 JOHN W. MAHAR, Secretary, 1946
JOHN J. CANAVAN
1944 STUART M. DIMOCK 1944
E. CURTISS MOWER JR.
1944 W. HOMER MELVILLE 1944
ROY W. LAWSON
1945 HERBERT B. HOLLIS
1945
RAY S. HUBBARD
1945 AUSTIN R. LARRABEE
1945
SEWARD TABER
1945 GORDON W. BRYANT
1946
ARTHUR R. GATES
1946 HARRY M. HARMON
1946
PHILIP H. MARTIN
1946
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
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Special Town Meeting
Braintree, Mass., January 4, 1943.
The Special Town Meeting was called to order at 7:59 P. M. by Mod_ erator William F. Rogers. The Town Meeting Members were checked on entering, there being 125 present.
ARTICLE 1.
Mr. Chiesa moved: That this Article be taken up in conjunction with Article 2 .- So voted.
ARTICLE 2.
Mr. Chiesa moved: That the amounts shown below as additional compen- sation be appropriated for the calendar year 1943 and not thereafter as additional compensation for the indicated full time employees of the Town of Braintree.
Mr. Nelson H. Seaver moved: That the original motion of the Finance Committee be amended by making the following additions to the list of
appropriations :
Assessors (3)
$450.00
Selectmen (3)
292.50
Board of Welfare (3)
90.00
Town Counsel
300.00
Building Inspector
150.00
Sealer of Meights & Measures
75.00
Budget 2.
Voted: Selectmen (3) $ 292.50
Secretary
210.60
Budget 3.
Voted: Town Accountant 337.50
Clerk
140.40
Budget 4.
Voted: Town Engineer
375.00
Transit Man
258.00
Clerk
140.40
Budget 5.
Voted : Assessors (3)
450.00
Clerks (3)
499.20
Budget 6.
Voted: Town Treasurer
375.00
Clerks (2)
280.80
Budget 7.
Voted: Tax Collector
300.00
Deputy Collector
195.00
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Budget 8.
Voted: Town Clerk 300.00
Clerk 156.00
Budget 11.
Voted: Town Counsel
300.00
Budget 13.
Voted: Rationing Board Administrator 78.00
Budget 16.
Voted: Town Hall Janitors (2)
375.60
Budget 17 .- Fire Department Voted : Chief
450.00
Deputy Chief
375.00
Captains (2)
660.00
Lieutenants (4)
1.260.00
Privates (7)
2,100.00
Privates (12)
3,060.00
Budget 19 .- Fire Alarm
Voted: Repair Man
300.00
Budget 20 .- Police Department Voted : Chief
450.00
Deputy Chief
360.00
Sergeants (3)
945.00
Patrolmen (14)
4,200.00
Patrolmen (3)
810.00
Patrolman (1)
255.00
Janitor
195.00
Budget 24.
Voted: Building Inspector
150.00
Budget 25.
Voted: Sealer of Weights and Measures
75.00
Budget 26.
Voted: Health Officer
285.00
Budget 27.
Voted: Keeper of Dump
140.40
Budget 29.
Voted: Superintendent of Sewer Department
450.00
Budgets 31-36 .- School Department
Voted: Superintendent of Schools
675.00
Principal High School
600.00
Teachers (2)
900.00
Teachers
405.00
Teachers (4)
1,500.00
Teachers
345.00
Teachers
(3)
990.00
Teachers.
315.00
Teachers (7)
2,100.00
Teachers (2)
570.00
Teachers (22)
5,940.00
Teachers (10)
2,550.00
Teachers (4)
960.00
Teachers
(58)
13,050.00
Teachers (3)
630.00
Teachers (5)
975.00
Teachers (4)
720.00
Teachers
(7)
1,155.00
Teachers
(7)
1,050.00
Teachers (6)
765.00
Secretaries
(2)
. . .
450.00
Secretary
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.. 165.00
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Secretaries (3)
306.00
Janitors (10)
2,250.00
Janitor
240.00
Janitor
195.00
Janitor
90.00
Nurse
270.00
Superintendent of Attendance
150.00
Repair Man
345.00
Budget 37 .- Public Library
Voted: Librarian
150.00
Assistant Librarians
1,005.00
Janitor (1)
105.00
Budget 38 .- Welfare
Voted: Salaries Board (3)
90.00
Administrator
375.00
Investigator
195.00
Clerk
140.40
Bookkeeper
234.00
Budget 41 .- Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Voted: Supervisor
270.00
Clerk
140.40
Budget 42 .- Soldiers' Benefits
Voted: Agent
234.00
Budget 43 .- Infirmary
Voted: Superintendent of Infirmary
180.00
Matron
45.00
Labor
132.60
Budget 48 .- Highways
Voted: Superintendent of Highways
480.00
Clerk
312.00
Truck Drivers (4)
1,029.60
Shovel Operators (2)
561.60
Roller Operator
280.80
Foremen (2)
592.80
Blacksmith
296.40
Barn Man
257.40
Extra Driver
240.24
Extra Roller Operator
240.24
Extra Foreman
257.40
Mr. Henry Storm offered the following Resolution: That it is the sense of this meeting that the responsible department heads, charged with the duty of fixing wage rates for non-salaried help in their departments, shall fix such rates so that during the year 1943 those who have not received such or similar increases during 1942 shall receive a rate 15% above that prevailing in March 1942 .- Carried 8:59.
Budget 49 .- Federal Aid Expenses
Voted: That 15% additional compensation be paid W. P. A. Administrator out of Carry-over Balance of 1942.
Mr. Storm moved: That the Secretary of the Finance Committee's salary be increased by 15%, in the amount of $37.50 .- Carried 9:03.
Mr. William Connell moved: That the salaries of the Health Board be increased by 15%, in the amount of $45.00 .- Carried.
Mr. William Connell moved: That the salaries of the Sewer Board be increased by 15%, in the amount of $45.00 .- Carried.
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Mrs. Ellsworth offered the following Resolution: That three weeks notice be given the Town Clerk to call a Special Town Meeting and not less than a week in advance-notices sent to Town Meeting Members, includ- ing the warrant and the articles to be voted upon .- Carried.
Mr. Wishart offered the following Resolution: That it is the sense of this meeting that Rubbish Collection Services be continued .- Carried.
Moved: That the Special Town Meeting be adjourned .- So voted 9:12. A true copy. Attest :
ERNEST C. WOODSUM Town Clerk.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree.
Greetings :
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 Pcedinet 1, Noah Torrey School.
Polling Place in Precinct 2, Town Hall.
Polling Place in Precinct 3, Legion Bldg., Hollis Avenue.
Polling Place in Precinct 4, Penniman School.
Polling Place in Precinct 5, Jonas Perkins School. 1
Polling Place in Precinct 6, Thomas Watson School.
On Monday, the first day of March, 1943, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respec- tive Precincts, their votes on the official ballot for a Moderator; Town Clerk; a Town Treasurer; one Selectman for a term of theee years; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of thee years; one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years; one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Fund for a term of three years; two men- bers of the School Committee for a term of three years; one member of the Municipal Lighting Board for a term of three years; one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years; one Sewer, Commissioner for a term of three years; one Park Commissioner for a term of three years; a Tax Collector; a Tree Warden; two members of the Planning Board for a term of three years; and eighty-four Town Meeting Members as follows :
Thirteen Town Meeting members in Precinct 1 for a term of three years ;
Fourteen Town Meeting members in Precinct 2 for a term of three years ;
Fourteen Town Meeting members in Precinct 3 for a term of three years;
Fourteen Town Meeting members in Precinct 4 for a term of three years ; One Town Meeting member in Precinct 4 for a term of two years to fill vacancy ;
Three Town Meeting members in Precinct 4 for a term of one year to fill vacancy ;
Thirteen Town Meeting members in Precinct 5 for a term of three years;
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Twelve Town Meeting members in Precinct 6 for a term of three years ;
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will close at eight o'clock in the evening.
You are further directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants quali- fied to vote as Town Meeting members, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the fifteenth day of March, 1943, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers, except those elected by ballot.
Article 2. To hear and act upon the report of the several boards of Town Officers, and committees, and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to re- new any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general municipal pur- poses under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appro- priate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund for extraordinary and unfor- seen expenditures during the current year.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Interest and Maturing Debt the present year, or take any action relative thereto.
Aticle 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Liability Insurance, Insurance on Town prop- erty and Workmen's Compensation or take any action relative thereto.
Article 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the Norfolk County Hospital Assessment, for maintenance and repairs.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government for salaries and expenses for the fol- lowing departments and other purposes, o take any action relative thereto.
1. Moderator
2. Finance Committee
3. Selectmen.
4. General Government Incidentals
5. Accountant.
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6. Town Engineer.
7. Assessors.
8. Treasurer.
9. Tax Collector.
10. Town Clerk.
11. Election.
12. Local Defense.
13. Registration.
14. Law.
15. Maintenance of Public Buildings.
16. Contributory Retirement System.
17. Rationing Board.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town Hall will vote to raise and appropriate for the protection of persons and property, or take any action relative thereto.
1. Life Guard at Sunset Lake.
2. Building Inspector.
3. Board of Appeal under the Zoning By-Law.
4. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
5. Tree Warden's Department.
6. Moth Department.
7. Fire Department.
8. Police Department.
9. Military Protection.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Health and Sanitation, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department, the same to be taken from the revenue of the Department, and the unexpendd balance of 1942, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Water Department for the salaries of the Water Commissioners.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the in- come of the Electric Light Department, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), for the salaries of the Electric Light Commissioners.
Article 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Street Lighting.
Article 17. To see. if the Town will vote to include in the Tax Levy for electricity used for Street Lighting, the sum of Eighty-Five Hundred the 1943 Annual Town Meeting, and that said sum together with the in- ($8,500.00) Dollars as appropriated under Article 16 of the Warrant for come from sales of electricity to private consumers, or for current supplied to Municipal Buildings or for Municipal Power, and from the sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year, to be appropriated for the use of the Municipal Light Plant, the whole to be expended under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for repairs, re- newals, new construction and operating expenses of the plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, and that, if said income shall exceed the expense for the fiscal year, such excess shall be transferred to the construction fund of said plant and appropriatd and
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shall be used for such additions to the Plant as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board.
Article 18. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purposes of the Sewer Department, to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
HIGHWAYS
Article 20. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, including labor, repairs, and building sidewalks, stone roads and removal of snow, repairs to highways, Town ways and Bridges; Oiling and Tarring of Streets; purchase of equipment for said department; and collection of rub- bish; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, VERNON STREET, so-called, approximately 250 feet in a southerly direction from Bellevue Avenue, Braintree Highlands; as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriat a sum of money for the improvement of the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 22. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, SHERATON AVENUE, so-called, from Brewster Avenue, to Wildwood Avenue, Braintree Highlands; as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 23. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, PARKSIDE AVENUE, so-called, from the present point of acceptance to Abbott Street; as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the same under a W. P. A. Project or otherwise; or take any action relative thereto.
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