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. $1,364 45
Cash paid Jan. 1, 1876
113 40
$1,477 85
EAST BRAINTREE FIRE DISTRICT.
By cash in treasury .
$9 78
paid treasurer
778 15
$787 93
Divided and paid out to the taxpayers of the district . $773 83 Paid A. Allen for exp'n's in assessing and paying out, 14 10
$787 93
RESERVOIR.
N. M. Hobart, on contract .
$250 00
Thomas Hill, labor around reservoir .
6 30
Albert Hobart, labor, self and team . 15 00 E. T. Ellis, removing gravel 11 42
Elias Holbrook, filling reservoir .
15 00
G. W. Whicher, supervision
20 00
$317 72
EXPENSES WHICH ACCRUED IN FORMER YEARS.
J. H. Sumner, team for school committee
2 50
" 66 selectmen 5 50 .
Theodore Walch, curtain for town hall
4 00
H. & J. E. Billings, architect on soldiers' monument C. Harrison Hobart, auditor, 1873
7 00
Town of Hyde Park, support of Catharine Howe
18 50
R. D. Hobart, balance of bill on town lands
18 72
Loud & Pratt, lumber for Shaw street
42
Luther Thayer, labor on Howard street, 1874
4 00
Maria Proctor, land damage on Front street, 1873
145 00
N. M. Hobart, police officer
48 00
Charles David, care of library building . 104 00
$547 12
$1,477 85
$457 64
100 00
30
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Joseph A. Arnold
55 90
Ephraim B. Thayer
2 00
Isaac N. Dyer
1 24
Heirs of Elisha Gibbs
5 89
Henry Gardner .
6 20
Sophia Houghton
6 31
D. H. Bates, tax of 1875
141 91
Joseph Dyer, jun., tax of 1873
328 38
" 1874
162 47
tax collected, 1873
229 68
66
cash and interest overpaid
642 15
$1,582 13 -
TOWN OFFICERS.
J. A. Arnold, auditor
13 50
Elias Holbrook, truant officer
10 00
Thomas B. Stoddard, constable
18 75
Thomas Penniman,
4 00
Horace Faxon,
12 00
policeman
52 00
J. Franklin Bates, “
constable
3 00
Alverdo Mason, school committee
45 00
Noah Torrey,
40 00
G. H. Arnold,
40 00
Samuel A. Bates, town clerk
35 00
B. J. Loring, jun., truant officer
10 00
J. R. Frazier, selectman, assessor, & overs'r of the poor 315 00
Abijah Allen,
311 50
S. W. Hollis, 66
66
"
300 00
George W. Kelley, jun., school committee ·
23 30
Jonathan French, treasurer
·
200 00
N. L. White, school committee .
45 00
$1,499 05
TOWN LANDS.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 2, 1876.
The Committee appointed by the Town to expend the sum appropriated for improving the public lands, respectfully report as follows :-
The work done during the past year has been in pursuance of a plan orig- inally adopted for reclaiming and beautifying all the land connected with the Town House and Library Building.
21 00
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In accordance with this plan, we have completed the grading around the Soldiers' Monument, and thoroughly cleared, ploughed, and laid smoothly to grass, the lot belonging to the Library Building, together with the small semi-circular piece in front of the Town House.
A small annual appropriation for this purpose, judiciously expended, will, in a few years, accomplish all that is required to make our Common a spot to which the citizens of the Town can always look with satisfaction and pride.
Accompanying this report is a list of payments made, and vouchers for the same.
ASA FRENCH,
RODOLPHUS PORTER,
THOMAS B. STODDARD, JOCHENIAS PENNIMAN, ROBERT D. HOBART,
Committee.
To the Selectmen.
Town of Braintree in account with R. PORTER, Treasurer of the Committee on Town Lands.
To Cash paid Henry Olson
111 90
James Sweeney
15 00
Michael Branley
91 25
Ames Plow Co.
1 85
John Finnigan
2 00
Patrick Maguire
12 25
Thomas Kelley
19 60
Benjamin Stevens
4 00
Henry M. White
2 14
Jochenias Penniman
9 87
Thomas Killin
22 00
Patrick King
7 00
Patrick Moils
81 10
Wild & Shay
2 46
W. F. Holbrook
1 50
P. D. Holbrook & Co.
3 17
Charles A. Arnold
3 00
Edward S. French
18 00
R. D. Hobart
79 60
Whittemore Brothers
6 94
Edward Hobart
3 37
Amount of Appropriation
$500
·
$498 00
.
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RECAPITULATION.
High School
2,131 60
Union
.
.
1,293 20
Pond 66
1,392 61
Iron Works School
1,363 05
South School
412 15
East 66
551 90
South-East School
402 85
South-West 6
410 85
Middle-Street School
409 60
West School
425 30
Incidental Expenses of Schools
314 44
215 55
Almshouse
1,333 16
Poor out of the Almshouse
2,185 54
Expenses which accrued in former years
457 64
Widening and straightening West Street 66 Middle Street
1,011 73
Bridge on Adams Street
1,168 47
Drawbridge
269 00
East Braintree Fire District
787 93
Incidental Expenses
1,488 99
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Surveyors of Highways
4,025 72
Fire Department
756 03
Establishing Fire Department
456 85
Town Hall
222 25
Public Library
350 00
Removing Snow
690 96
Insane Persons
547 12
State Aid
1,362 35
Collection and abatement of taxes
1,582 13
Cash paid Treasurer and credits
3,414 23
Town officers
1,499 05
Improvement of town lands
498 00
Union Schoolhouse
285 40
Expended by the Selectmen
48 90
Reservoir
317 72
Janitor of Public Buildings.
500 00
$36,897 03 -
Less credit from Town Hall . 205 50
Less cash received for support of insane persons 547 12
Appraisal at Almshouse less than last year .
271 55
.
.
66 Schoolhouses
2,164 76
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Cash received from Committee on establishment of Fire Department $459 90
$1484 07
$35,412 96
480 orders drawn on Treasurer .
35,412 96
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, and the Surveyors of Highways, and find them correct, and all payments sustained by proper vouchers.
BENJAMIN F. DYER, EBEN DENTON, N. F. T. HAYDEN,
Auditors.
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
Schools .
$7,800 00
Highways and bridges
·
4,000 00
Interest on town debt
3,000 00
Reduction of town debt
2,500 00
Town officers
1,500 00
Incidentals
1,200 00
Town lands
500 00
Support of poor
3,000 00
Janitor of public buildings
600 00
Grand army
150 00
Improvement of West Street .
2,500 00
Improvement of Middle Street
1,000 00
Rebuilding of bridge on Adams Street
1,000 00
Public Library
350 00
Union School House and lands
300 00
State tax .
3,400 00
County tax
2,318 65
Overlay .
· 1,441 15
- -$36,559 80
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Schools
$7,500 00
Highways and bridges
.
·
4,500 00
Interest on town debt
4,000 00
Reduction of town debt
2,000 00
Town officers
1,500 00
Incidentals
1,500 00
Support of the poor . .
3,500 00
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Widening and straightening Middle Street
$2,000 00
Grand Army .
150 00
Fire Department
1,000 00
Public Library
400 00
Collection and abatement of taxes
500 00
Removing snow
500 00
- -$29,050 00
TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. JOSEPH DYER, JUN., Collector Tax of 1873. DR.
To balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875, per report $541 30
Less drawback, Feb. 1, 1876 328.38
This amount due Dec. 1, 1875 ·
$212 92
Add interest from Dec. 1, 1873, to Feb. 1, 1875, 14 mo. 12 per ct. 29 81
Net amount due Town Feb. 1, 1875 $242 73 .
Less commission on total Tax of 1873 . 229 68 .
Balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875 .
$13 05 Collector had overpaid on said Tax Feb. 1, 1875, per .
report .
$613 20 .
Deduct above balance
13 05
Due collector on Feb. 1, 1875. . $600 15
Add 1 year interest, to Feb. 1, 1876, at 7 per cent. .
42 00
$642 15
Which amount is paid to collector by order No. 480.
JOSEPH DYER, JUN., Collector Tax of 1874.
DR.
To balance due Town Feb. 1, 1875, per report . ·
$7,286 87
·
Less drawback Feb. 1, 1876
·
·
$162 47
Taxes unpaid Feb. 1876, per schedule
578 31
.
$740 78
Due Dec. 1, 1874
. $6,546 09
Add interest to Feb. 24, 1875, the average date of col- lector's payments, say 2 months 23 days, at 12 per cent. . 181 10
Net amount Feb. 24, 1875 .
$6,727 19
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CR.
Feb. 1, 1875. Balance overpaid, per report · $2,524 86 Paid Treasurer $4,362 47
Of which amount was drawback as above, 162 47
$4,200 00
Average date of payment Feb. 24, 1875 $6,724 86
$6,724 86
Balance due Town
$2 33
TAX LIST OF 1874 UNPAID FEB. 1, 1876.
R. T. Loring
$550 58
Robert Dickey
17 17
William Dickey .
2 00
H. W. Wild
6 56
E. D. Holbrook .
2 00
$578 31
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
Amount of tax-bill for 1875
$36,559 80
Added since commitment
.
23 02
$36,582 82
Cash paid Treasurer ·
$35,375 00
Unpaid taxes as per schedule .
999 29
Cash in hands of Collector
208 53
$36,582 82
Amount of interest collected and in hands of Collector $91 84
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1876.
William Angus,
$2 00
Simeon P. Cushing,
$21 22
David Anderson,
2 00
George Carney, 2 00
Heirs of James Bannon,
8 06
Asa Dyer,
35 48
Heirs of Edmund Bannon,
8 99
Mark F. Duncklee,
201 95
Edward Bannon,
2 00
Robert Dickey,
13 78
William A. Bishop,
19 36
Robert A. Dickey,
2 00
William Benjamin, balance,
9 05
John Daland,
25 25
John Brightman,
3 55
Thomas Desmond,
2 00
James M. Bryant,
2 00
Michael Daley,
2 00
36
Patrick S. Dunphy,
$2 00
Patrick Newman, $2 00
Simeon W. Draper,
5 35
Elijah Penniman, 20 91
Alfred K. Durling,
2 00
William E. Reed, 2 00
Martin Eagan,
2 00
Sanford P. Record, 2 00
James M. French, 2 00
Joshua M. Reed, 2 00
William S. Farrar,
2 93
William B. Smith, jun., 2 00
John Greenwood, balance,
4 44
Robert Saunders, balance,
1 86
James F. Holbrook,
2 00
William W. Saunders, 2 00
Caleb Hayden,
36 72
Thomas South,
102 75
William Hayden,
36 10
David Sloane,
2 00
Nelson E. Hayden,
19 05
Joshua B. Spaulding,
2 00
Henry M. Hayden,
2 00
Elihu M. Thayer,
2 31
Charles Hayden,
2 00
David Thayer,
22 15
George P. Hollis,
2 00
David. B. Thayer,
14 40
William A. Hollis,
21 22
Jonathan Thayer, jun., 2 00
Charles M. Hobart,
2 00
Francis P. Thayer, 2 00
C. Henry Hayden,
6 65
John Q. A. Thayer,
2 00
Jeremiah Haley,
2 00
Napoleon Tellier, 2 00
George H. Howard,
2 00
Albert Whitmarsh, 2 00
Asia Howard,
2 00
Robert White,
2 00
George W. Jones,
22 77
Michael Welch,
2 00
Frank Kennedy,
2 00
Sarah H. Lane,
69 75
J. E. Lochman,
127 86
Henry W. Wild, 1 24
Luke Mulligan,
9 13
David P. Hayward, 34 41
Austin Mulligan,
2 00
Frank Frost,
2 17
George Mansfield,
2 00
Charles Nudd,
1 55
John McGlincey,
2 00
T. J. Mc Cormick,
10 68
$999 29
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
1875.
Feb. 1. Cash on hand, .
. $11,340 11 Cash received of J. Dyer, jun., Coll. of 1872, 541 30
Int. on do. 29 81
66 " Coll. of 1874, 4362 47
D. H. Bates, Coll. of 1875, 35,375 00 Selectmen 307 28 Arthur E. Merritt for license, 10 00
Com. Union School House, 14 60 Town of Sherburne 8 00
Selectmen use of Town Hall, 185 50
NON-RESIDENTS.
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Cash received of W. Allen, Sur. of Highways, $29 12 Selectmen, Insurance on Union School House 125 00
Edward Avery, on account Fire District 778 15
Selectmen on acct. Fire Dept. 459 90
State Treasurer Corpora- tion Tax 1,253 58
State Treas., State Aid, 132 98
66 Bank Tax, 1,953 19
School Fund, 306 00
County Treas., Dog Tax, 510 00
J. Dyer, Jr., Treasurer School Fund 400 00
J. R. Frazier, State account,
overpaid 32 00
Overseer of the Poor 2,055 14
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank of
Weymouth 3,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank of . Boston 20,000 00 - $84,397 13
Cr.
Cash paid on 482 Orders . $35,411 96 .
Minot E. Hunt's note, Aug. 13, 1867, 450 00
66 April 30, 1870, 300 00
Mary H. Thayer, on account of Note of Jan. 26, 1863, 119 00
Union National Bank of Weymouth, 3,000 00
State Tax 3,400 00
County Tax
2,318 65
Interest
3,504 60
Cash on hand, February 1, 1876
35,892 92
84,397 13
BRAINTREE, Feb. 22, 1876.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer of the Town of Braintree, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched, and that the foregoing is a true statement of the condition of the treasury, Feb. 1, 1876.
BENJ. F. DYER, - Auditors.
EBEN DENTON,
N. F. T. HAYDEN,
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THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTER- EST, FEB. 1, 1876.
$500 00
Joseph Dyer, jun., Oct. 28, 1862, at 7 per cent Interest 9 43 · · Joseph Dyer, jun., Jan. 26, 1866, at 7 per cent 250 00
Joseph Dyer, jun., Feb. 1, 1871, at 7 per cent 800 00
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1873, at 7 per cent
4,000 00
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, at 7 per cent
412 93
Interest
28 91
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 54, 1868, at 7 per cent,
500 00
Interest
6 41
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, at 6} per cent
900 00
Interest
34 13
Braintree Savings Bank, June 20, 1871, at 7 per cent, Interest from Jan. 1
8 75
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent .
10,000 00
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent · 10,000 00
Trustees estate of Gen'l Sylvanus Thayer, May 18, . 1874, at 6 per cent · 2,000 00
Quincy Savings Bank, July 28, 1874, at 6 per cent, 10,000 00 Interest to date 6 66 .
F. G. Crosby, Aug. 10, 1874, at 8 per cent .
1,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 5 years, at 6 per cent 10,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 7 years, at 6 per cent . 5,000 00
West Boton Savings Bank, July 24, 1875, at 10 years, at 6 per cent . .
5,000 00
Outstanding order, No. 55 1 00
Asa French, guardian, Jan. 2, 1869, at 7 per cent 1,400 00
Interest . 7 62
Due J. Dyer, jun., collector commission tax
285 44
-- $63,651 28
ASSETS OF TOWN.
Balance in treasury . $35,892 92 Due from J. Dyer, jun., collector on tax bills, 1874, as per schedule 578 31
Due from J. Dyer, jun., collector, cash on hand 2 33
Due from D. H. Bates, collector on tax bills, 1875, as per schedule
999 29
1,500 00
39
Due from D. H. Bates, collector, cash on hand
$208 53
. " 66 66 interest collected . 91 84
66
Randolph
105 55
66
Weymouth
2 25
66
City of New Bedford
27 19
66
City of Boston
54 00
State
42 00
State aid
1,362 00
66
State aid, former years
1,053 65
66
Town Hall, 1874
124 50
66
66 1875
32 00
Due from Shoe and Leather National Bank, interest on certificate of deposit, at 3 per cent per annum, 313 33
- $40,889 69
Town debt
$22,761 59
Town debt, last year .
.
$25,564 30
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
BRAINTREE, February 1, 1876.
To the Selectmen : - 1
The trustees of the Thayer Public Library respectfully submit through you, to the town, their second annual report.
The Library has been open 104 days during the year ending Feb. 1, 1876. Circulation of books for the year, 13,449, making an average for each library day of 129. Of these 60 per cent have been works of fiction ; 20 per cent juveniles, and 20 per cent of a higher class.
The largest number issued on any one day was 215, Jan. 22, 1876 ; the smallest number 38, May 26, 1875. Eleven hundred and eighty-eight (1,188) volumes have been added to the Library since Feb. 1, 1875, making the whole number now on our catalogue 2,144.
The number of borrowers since the opening of the Library has been 916, of which 329 were added during the year.
We have received from Mr. Charles Lowell Thayer of Boston, a gift of one hundred dollars, which was expended in the purchase of valuable books of reference.
From Mr. Jonathan French of Boston we have also received a donation of choice books of the value of five hundred dollars.
To the munificence of these gentlemen we owe it that our Library is sup- plied with an admirable collection of works which it greatly needed, but which, in the more pressing need of books for general circulation, we could not have purchased from the income of our fund for many years.
For the convenience of patrons of the Library, a list of our books has been printed, - we can hardly dignify it with the name of catalogue, - and a list of new books, as fast as they are added, will be found in the reading room.
The Treasurer's account is hereto appended.
We have only to add that the experience of the past year justifies us in asking from the town its continued care and support for the Public Library.
For salary of Librarian, and incidental expenses the ensuing year, we respectfully recommend an appropriation of four hundred dollars.
ASA FRENCH, r
F. A. HOBART, HENRY A. JOHNSON, N. F. T. HAYDEN, N. H. HUNT,
Trustees.
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ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, February, 1875
$ 75 75
Town appropriation .
350 00
treasurer, interest on town note $10,000
600 00
From Charles Lowell Thayer, donation
100 00
fines
42 65
N. F. T. Hayden, interest . .
16 89
-
$1,185 29
DISBURSEMENTS.
For books . ·
.. $480 56
stationery and printing
39 78
binding
78 90
expressage
17 88
librarian
250 00
fuel
65 50
oil and lamp
18 90
catalogue
165 00
fixtures
6 00
T. B. Stoddard, repairs and painting
19 72
Balance, Feb. 1, 1876
43 05
$1,185 29
N. F. T. HAYDEN, Treasurer.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 1, 1876.
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TOWN OF BRAINTREE. COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. Committee Treasurer in Account with Town. DR.
1875.
Jan: 26. Amount received of Town, and deposited in Union National Bank of Weymouth . Check CR.
$8,000
1. Jan. 26. Wm. R. Penniman, for belts paid, . $31 84
2. Joel F. Sheppard · 15 86
3. 28. N. M. Hobart . .
118 88
4. 30. M. L. Tupper · 1,400 00
5. 30. City of Boston
. 500 00
6. Feb. 1. G. H. Arnold
·
157 73
7. 66 2. Luther Briggs & Co., plans 30 00
8.
5. Caleb Stetson, land . . 275 00
9.
2 15. M. L. Tupper, 2d payment on houses . 1,000 00
10.
15. Henry A. Hall, W. R. Penniman
42 90
11. 66 15. William Mulcahey .
.
3 50
12.
16. Wiley Hose Company
·
538 90
13. 18. Ross, Pearce, & Co. .
330 00
14. 18. E. B. Fire District, for engine, &c. 950 00
15. 18. G. H. Arnold, sundry bills 9 00
16. 18. J. R. Frazier, insurance . 5 50
17.
18. Thos. B. Stoddard, painting engine and buckets 44 20
18.
18. W. R. Penniman, hardware
20 25
19. 18. H. H. Thayer 5 75
20. 18. F. B. Parks, stoves, &c. 74 44
21. 27. F. A. Hobart, advertising . 7 00
22. 27. H. M. White, fountain pumps · 25 20
23.
27. Joel F. Sheppard, sundry bills paid . 13 28
24. Mar. 2. F. G. Crosby, hooks, ladder, & car- riage . .
374 00
25.
3. Hunneman & Co., sundries
·
139 25
26.
11. S. W. Pratt, for stoves, &c. 34 32
27. 11. Baker's Express bill . 1 30
28. 66 26. P. D. Holbrook & Co.
29 00
29. 26.
M. L. Tupper, on account . 1,200 00
30. 66 30.
66 balance, & extra work 127 25
31. 30. J. T. Stevens, bills paid . 3 50
32. 66 30. J. F. Sheppard, grading & bills paid . 28 00 33. 30. W. R. Penniman 4 25 34. Apr. 3. The Selectmen of Braintree 459 90
$8,000 00
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND REPORT. JOSEPH DYER, Jun., Treasurer.
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1876
$138 89
Dividend at Eliot Bank
21 00
" Granite Bank, Quincy
90 00
" Weymouth Bank
119 00
Taxes refunded
415 04
Rent of Almshouse and Farm ·
200 00
$613 93
DR.
To cash paid Jonathan French, Town Treas.
400 00
66 balance on hand, Feb. 1, 1876
$213 93
JOSEPH DYER, JUN., Treasurer of School Fund.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Brain- tree on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at nine o clock in the fore- noon, to act on the following articles ; viz., -
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
3d. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges the ensuing year.
4th. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
5th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the ex- penses of the town for the ensuing year.
6th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the Selectmen may direct.
7th. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Se- lectmen.
8th. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars, and pay the same to the Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Decoration Day.
9th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the completion of the widening and straightening of Middle Street as laid out by the County Commissioners.
10th. To see if the town will choose a Committee on Fisheries pursuant to chap. 151 of the act of the Legislature, passed Feb. 20, 1818, and to choose the same, and to adopt any and all measures necessary to carry said act into effect.
11th. To see what action the town will take in relation to the observ- ances of the Centennial year on the Fourth of July next, and to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed expedient for that purpose.
12th. To see if the town will vote to build two lock-ups; one to be located in the South, and one in the East part of the town.
13th. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to carry out any vote passed under the preceding article.
14th. To see if the town will vote to take an assignment of the lease
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of Little Pond from the present lessees, and pay to said lessees any moneys which they may have expended on account of the same.
15th. To see if the town will raise such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to carry out the action of the town under the preceding article ; also, if deemed expedient, to appoint a special committee to take the necessary steps to secure the assignment of said lease to the town.
16th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate such sum of money as may be necessary to gravel and repair the sidewalk on Hobart Street.
17th. To see if the town will accept Hollis Avenue and Maple Street as now laid out as public highways.
18th. To see if the town will accept Crescent Avenue as now laid out as a public highway.
19th. To see if the town will aceept Oak Street, East Braintree, as far as now occupied, and lay out the same as a public highway.
20th. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by pasting true and attested copies of this warrant at the usual public places in town seven days at least before the time of 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 at Braintree, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
J. R. FRASIER, Selectmen ABIJAH ALLEN, of
S. W. HOLLIS, Braintree.
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JURY LIST,
REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN,
Feb. 22, 1876.
Barnabas F. Arnold, Samuel E. Brackett, Abijah Allen, Alexander Bowditch, S. W. Hollis,
Francis Crane,
Charles Pratt,
Eben B. Tower,
Henry Simonds,
Ebenezer F. Howard,
Thomas B. Vinton,
Ebenezer C. Bowditch,
Henry M. Hollis,
George F. Leonard,
John Kimball,
Paul J. Minchin,
David N. Hollis,
Richard L. Arnold,
Amasa S. Thayer,
Amos William Stetson, Charles W. Hobart, Joseph R. Frasier, Alva S. Morrison, Josephus Shaw, William H. Cobb,
N. Warren Penniman,
Isaac Porter,
Lewis Thayer,
J. Frederic Allen, Eben Denton,
Andrew J. Bates,
Charles W. Mansfield,
Joel F. Sheppard,
Samuel Bowditch,
William F. Locke,
Douglas A. Brooks,
John S. Whitaker,
Marcus A. Perkins,
John B. Arnold,
Peter Gomez, William R. Wild,
Charles Thayer,
David H. Bates, William Reed,
B. L. Morrison, Elisha A. Belcher, N. Eugene Hollis, Samuel Hayden, George A. Sproul, William Bowditch.
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STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1875.
1
Whole number of intentions of marriage recorded
39
66 66 marriages recorded
42
births
96
deaths
71
The oldest male married was 69 years of age.
66 female
58 66
The youngest male
18 66 66
female 66 15 66
The oldest Female who died was Sarah (French) Thayer, widow of the late William Thayer, aged 92 years 5 months.
The oldest male was Aaron Leavitt, aged 84 years 3 months.
MARRIAGES.
DATE. NAMES.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE. Gardiner, Me.
Jan. 2. Franklin Phillips,
21 Braintree.
Clara E. McGaw,
18 Boston.
Milton.
Feb. 3. Josephus Sampson, Mary E. French, 28
37 Braintree.
Middleboro'.
Braintree. Braintree.
7. Joseph H. Tuck, Mary A. Burtch, 17 Bridgewater.
32 Braintree.
Nantucket.
9. L. J. Guertier, Esidore Martel, 22
44 Braintree.
Canada. Canada. Braintree.
Apr. 10. Daniel. W. Arnold,
22 Braintree.
Nellie A. Simmons,
22
Randolph.
Braintree.
23. Peter Hogg, Ellen Barter,
45
Braintree.
Scotland. Ireland.
May
5. Thomas Clinton, Ellen Mullins,
28
Weymouth.
Nova Scotia.
27
Braintree.
P. E. Island. Braintree.
21. Caleb H. Hayden, Emma F. Pierce,
34
Braintree.
15 Braintree.
Randolph.
25. Orin W. Jackson, Alice L. Randall, 21 Braintree.
22 Braintree.
Braintree.
Braintree.
31 George H. Stone, Hattie L. Mansfield, 21 Braintree.
23 Easton.
Easton. Randolph.
June 9. Francis G. Rossiter, Katie E. Maloney,
22 Braintree.
England.
13. Alva S. Morrison, Rebecca H. Holyoke, 28 Marlboro'.
22 Braintree.
Boston.
27. Frank H. Reynolds, Jeannette Rennie,
20 Braintree.
Braintree.
25 Holbrook.
Randolph.
30. Jabez B. Belcher, Susan S. Cushing, 21 Braintree.
Weymouth.
28 Braintree.
- Ireland.
39 Braintree.
Braintree.
Marlboro'.
34 Braintree.
Bridgewater.
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July 11. Willard T. Wilson, 24 Braintree.
Julia F. Husbands,
21 Braintree.
21
Boston.
21 Braintree.
Braintree.
16. Henry A. Faxon, Elizabeth M. Curtis, 17 Weymouth.
Aug. 15.
Joseph P. Drollett, Susan H. Holbrook,
17 Braintree.
Braintree.
17. James Connell, 35 Boston.
Ireland.
Mary Ann Whearty, 24 Braintree.
Danvers.
21. Charles W. Mansfield, 33 Braintree. Eliza M. Ingalls, 25 Braintree.
21 Braintree.
Braintree.
20 Braintree.
Braintree.
5. Charles A. French, Jennie Montague, 19 Braintree.
22 Quincy.
Quincy.
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