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8th. To see if the town will authorize the several school districts to choose their prudential committees and authorize said commit- tees to contract with their several teachers.
9th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the Selectmen may direct.
10th. To see if the town will accept the revision of the Jury list as made by the Selectmen.
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11th. To see what action the town will take in regard to the suit of Melvin Thayer against the town.
12th. To see if the town will sell the house and barn formerly belonging to William Wild.
13th To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to build a fence around the Burial Ground on Plain street.
14th. To see what action the town will take in regard to the land purchased for enlarging the town Burial Ground.
15th. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to lay out a road from Capen's Bridge, (so called,) to River street.
16th. To see if the town will discontinue the old road running from Elm street to a point on Commercial street, near the house of Barker Cook.
17th. To choose any committee, or hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the usual public places in town, seven days, at least, before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
N. H. HUNT, W. F. LOCKE,
N. L. WHITE, S Selectmen of Braintree.
Braintree, Feb. 19, 1868.
JURY LIST REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN. FEBRUARY 17, 1868.
George W. Arnold,
Henry M. Hollis,
Alexander Bowditch,
Moses B. Holbrook,
Horatio A. Berry,
Waldo Hayward,
David H. Bates,
Alverdo Mason,
Joseph Dyer, Jr.,
Charles T. Manfield,
Lewis Dyer,
Alva S. Morrison,
Joseph R. Frasier,
Gardner Penniman,
Horace Faxon,
Jechonias Penniman,
Leander Gage,
William R. Penniman,
Adam Hobart,
Josiah Penniman,
Jason G. Howard,
Joseph F. Porter,
Charles D. Hayden,
Peleg Stedman,
Aaron Holbrook,
Wm. M. Stevens,
Edward Hobart, 2d,
E. F. E. Thayer,
Levi W. Hobart,
Caleb Thompson,
G. Henry Howard,
Lewis Thayer,
Albert Hobart,
Jonathan B. Weod,
Samuel W. Hollis,
George Wales.
The committee chosen to audit the accounts of the several town officers, submit the accompanying report.
The usual appraisal of the Almshouse property was made. We found that institution in excellent condition, the inmates seem well supplied with good and wholsome food, and receive kind and considerate care as their several needs seem to require. Mr. and Mrs. Penniman, who have the house in charge, are deserving of very ereditable mention ; their labors have increased the past year owing to an unusual amount of sickness, and a greater number of inmates.
Three deaths have occurred, -- those of Thomas White, aged 82 years, Isaac Littlefield, aged 56 years, and Edward Foley, aged 14 years.
Hereafter the board of Benjamin Veazie will be paid by his guardian, D. H. Bates. 1
The personal property of Wm. Wild, supported by the town at the State Lunatic Assylum, was taken possession of by the Over- seers of the poor, and appraised by the Auditors at seventy-five dollars, ($75.00.) We recommend that the town order them to be sold:
Jacob Veaźie has become heir to some property, which will re- lieve the town from his support for the present.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor have kept their ac- counts very accurately, and as far as our knowledge extends, they have managed the affairs of the town with judgment and economy.
The cost of the bridge:at East Braintree, will exceed the esti- mate ($7.000), by three or four hundred dollars, owing to extra expense in laying the foundation of the piers. The severity of the Winter has prevented its completion ; one week of favorable weather would suffice to finish.
This work, and the defence of the town against the claim of Melvin Thayer, for damages received on account of alleged defect of highway, have increased the town debt from eighteen thou- sand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents, ($18,487.27) to twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty-seven cents, ($22,892.57).
The Treasurer presented vouchers for all money paid out. We find, however, that the several bills for repairs of school houses, stoves, and school furniture, have been paid from money appropri- ated by the town for the support of schools. This has been done in accordance with custom rather than with laws, which allows only the wages and board of the teacher, the cost of fuel, and the care of the school room.
By an inadvertence, twenty-two dollars ($22.00) were charged to the High School, which should have been charged to the eve- ning school.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN B. ARNOLD, ALVERDO MASON, Auditors. EDWARD I. HUMPHREY,
Braintree, Feb. 29, 1868.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1867-8.
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Town Clerk. E. WATSON ARNOLD.
Town Treasurer. JONATHAN FRENCH.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor.
NATHANIEL H. HUNT, WILLIAM F. LOCKE, NAAMAN L. WHITE.
School Committee.
NAAMAN L. WHITE, NOAH TORREY, ALVERDO MASON.
Constables.
LEANDER GAGE, WM. V. WALLACE, JECHONIAS PENNIMAN.
Surveyors of Highways.
ORACE ALLEN, ELISHA S. THAYER, WILLIAM C. STODDARD, N. H. HUNT, WM. F. LOCKE.
N. L. WHITE.
Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH DYER, Jr.
Representative to General Court. E. WATSON ARNOLD,
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STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Whole number of intentions of Marriages recorded,
36
" Marriages recorded,
27
" Births,
91
" Deaths,
60
E. WATSON ARNOLD, Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Date. Name.
Age.
Residence.
Birthplace. Braintrree.
Jan. 15, Henry B. Dyer,
23
Braintree,
Lillia N. Moore,
21 Canterbury, N. H., Sanburton, N. H.
19, Andrew J. Orcutt, Sarah Ann Ewell, 19
28 Weymouth,
Bridgewater. Marshfield.
Feb. 24, S. N. W. Snow, 21 Hattie D. Bowditch, 21
Braintree,
Hanover, Me.
Mar. 19, Francis A. Gardner, 27 Sophronia Lane, 26
Bedford,
Bedford.
April 3, Leroy S. Morris, Phœbe A. Thayer, 30
32 Randolph,
Weymouth.
Braintree,
Randolph.
May 9, Austin White, Mary F. Hollis.
33
31
Weymouth,
Hingham.
19, Wm. W. Robinson, Sarah B. Thayer,
23
Braintree,
Braintree.
26, Joseph Bagley, Sarah E. White,
23
Weymonth,
Weymouth.
June 15, John M. Bacon, Luella M. Dalton, 18
21
Weymouth,
Foxborough. .
Abington.
Aug. 1, Charles F. Kendall, Mary M. Mansfield,
22
Hyde Park,
Worcester.
21 Braintree,
Cato, N. Y.
17, Wm. F. Dyer,
30 Braintree,
Brighton.
E Hindsman,
17 22
Abington,
Abington.
18, George H. Howe. E. W. Hutchinson, 18
25, Oren M. Belcher, Ardella O. Pedman, 22 Weymouth,
25 Braintree,
Braintree.
Weymonth.
Sept.
4, Daniel H. Waldron, Mary A. Waitte, 20 Braintree,
Braintree.
23 Braintree,
Randolph.
22, Walter Holbrook, Sarah F. Newcomb, 21 Weymouth,
Hingham,
38
Braintree, 66
Braintree,
30
Braintree,
Braintree.
Marblehead.
26 Weymouth,
Augusta, Me.
Braintree.
Braintree,
Braintree.
3.1
Vame.
Age. Residence.
32
Braintree,
12, Horace B. Raymond, 22 Mary Kenerson,
24
66
16, Michael Kannan, Ann Smith, 28
30
Braintree,
Ireland.
19, Wellington Beal, 38
Braintree,
Richmond, Me.
Diana M. Dana, 34 Fall River.
Bristol, Me.
Boston.
Quincy.
14, Franklin E. Arnold, Susan O. Weeks, 24
29 Braintree, 66
Braintree. Sanburton, N. H.
17, William Barrett, 32 Mary Donaldson, 26
27, Benj. P. Tucker, 40 Martha A. Taylor, 23
6.
England.
30, James Long, E. McAndrew, 24
23
Braintree,
England.
Scotland.
Dec.
10, Granville E. Field. N. Annabella Niles, 22 Braintree,
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Braintree.
18, Wm. H. Maynard, Emma F. Lothrop,
32 Braintree,
Braintree,
21 Brighton,
Braintree.
DEATHS.
Age.
Yrs. Mos. Dys. Disease,
3
3 13
Croup.
7, Francis A. Wallace,
26
1 10
Consumption,
15, Aifred J. Grover,
. .
2 18 Congestion of lungs.
18, Timothy Mahoney,
1
5
. . Diphtheria,
22, Catherine Mahoney,
2
10 7
25, Fanny Jackson,
·
15
..
29, Daniel G. Ingraham,
76
7
18 Pneumonia.
30, Margaret Tibbetts,
49
1 ..
Consumption.
30, Lyman A. Hayden,
18
3
. . Scrofula.
31, Lizzie B. Littlefield,
9
25
Unknown.
Feb. 1, John French,
73
. .
Pulmonary hemorrhage.
11. Joseph Hollis,
76
9
. Unkuown.
13, Charles Faxon,
83
11
16 Old age.
18, Daniel II. Ryan,
38
15 Consumption,;
Nov.
2, Henry A. Hobart, Sarah G. Richards, 20 Quincy,
24 Braintree,
Braintree,
Ireland.
England.
Braintree,
S. Kingston, R. I.
24 Weymouth,
Weymouth.
Braintree.
15, Charles S. Willians, 24 Susan R. H. Hunt. 24 Braintree,
Date. Name of Deceased.
Jan.
6, Catherine Magley,
13
Unknown.
27, Charles Goodnow,
..
Birthplace ..
Date. Oct. 7, Chandler Cox, Olive A. Holbrook, 18 Randolph,
Turner, Me. Randolph. Weymouth. Hingham.
Weymouth,
Age.
Date. Name of Deceased.
Yrs. Mos. Dys.
Disease.
March 3, Hugh Howard,
46
. .
Heart.
10, Julia A. David,
19
3 21 Child birth.
12, Julia Ann Thayer,
38 6
13 Consumption.
14, Susan.D. Howland,
1
6 Inflammation of bowels.
. 19, Ellen E. Fennessey, 23, - Barry,
22
1
. Unknown.
May
21, Abram W. Hobart,
22
4 22
Accidental.
Juue 6, George Daland,
69
11 13 Apoplexy.
9, Freddie B. Hobart,
5
2 . . Brain.
12, Malinda Wilde,
50
1 16
Congestion of brain.
16, - Furgison,
. .
.
. Stillborn
18, Catherine Mahoney,
2
10
·
Diphtheria.
19, Caroline F. Bowditch,
23
8 26
Consumption.
July 5, Harriet A. Robbins,
17
8
27
Consumption.
8, Margaret Lynes,
44
. .
Consumption.
12, William Cronan,
. .
2
Unknown.
12, George Cronan,
16
8
6
Consumption.
30, Charles M. Bestick,
.
Aug. 12, Samuel Avery,
78
6
Dysentery.
13, Edward D. Southworth,
. .
2
4 Canker.
13, Deborah Frasier,
83
8 Dropsy. .
· 19, William Slavin,
5
9
. . Fever.
20, Eugene Murphy,
27
. .
. .
Drowned,
Sept.
3, Harriet C. Our,
11
2 7 · Heart.
4, Lottie Adams,
1
3
8 Cholera Infantum,
7, Simon F. Wright,
22
1
3
Accidental.
18, Edward E. Minton,
19
5 21
Consumption.
1
12, Lavina F. Ingalls,
2
6 26
Dysentery.
15, Daniel Finnigan,
10
3
15 Typhoid fever.
20, John Sullivan,
76 7
3
29
Dysentery.
26, Henry A. White,
47
11
14
Consumption.
29, James M. Dean,
39
2 19
Phthisis pulmonoles,
Oct. 2, John Flood,
36
4
. Inflamma. of bowels,
29, Betsey T. Bowditch,
62
6
16 Consumption.
Nov. 9, I. N. Brett,
24
1
23
Consumption.
12, Elliott N. White,
74
·
17 Dropsy.
13, Isaac Littlefield,
55
11
23.
Consumption,
Dec. 5, Henry W. Shedd,
55
21
11 Typhoid fever,
18, Lilla Bell Nutter,
4
11
6 Scarlet fever,
21, Adaline Thayer,
64
6
21 Dropsy.
25. Elizabeth Eagan,
2
6 Erysipelas.
26, Daniel P. Long,
11
. . Rickets.
31, Elizabeth Allen,
69
4
4 Paralysis,
·
2
16, Maria T. Denton,
17
Spine Bifudia.
Consumption.
25. Mattie B. Gregg,
. .
12 Consumption.
9, Seth A. Taunt,
26
Stillborn.
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