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27 45
J. A. Penniman, 66
I 26
N. R. Proctor,
II IO
H. M. White, 66
20 13
E. L. Curtis, alcohol, expressing, and two dinners Myron L. Hobart, labor on H. and L. house . Joel F. Sheppard, coal
IO 60
Thomas South, horse hire two years .
.
30 00
James Boyd & Sons, repairing hose .
1 00
A. J. Morse & Sons, 66 66
.
3 25
Henry Arnold,
4 80
John M. Walsh, 66 fire hats, No. I
5 75
J. T. Stevens, expenses to No. Andover .
3 25
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2 70
I 50
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22
H. H. Thayer, repairs No. 2 .
$26 75
S. A. F. Mansfield, painting No. 2
·
2 00
J. E. Eastwood, stationery, No. I Matthew Smith, expressing
1 00
J. I. Bates, lamps and shades .
I 95
T. E. Sullivan, drawing engine Luther Thayer, filling reservoir Proctor Bros., lighting, etc.
20 00
A. W. Peterson, mason work on reservoir
30 25
G. S. Baker, hardware
3 60
John Hurley, watching fire
3 00
T. B. Stoddard, setting glass No. 2
5 00
E. Hayward, books .
49
W. K. Baker & Son, drawing engine No. I
5 00
O. Houghton, transporting committee
2 00
A. J. Bates & Co., oil, lamps, chimneys, etc., No. I
21 33
P. D. Holbrook & Co., 66 66 66
66 No. 2
II 62
J. M. Arnold, 66 66 66 66 H. and L.
13 32
Harvey S. Page, polish and acid .
50
E. T. Ellis, kindlings
.
I 60
W. H. Cavanagh, horse hire (parade July 4)
4 00
W. L. Gage, cash paid for printing Constitution and By-Laws for Hook and Ladder Co.
13 00
J. F. Cabot, framing do.
5 79
$752 61
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COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Joseph Dyer, Jr., collector, 1874
$285 44
abatement
33 29
D. H. Bates, collector, 1875 66
abatement, 1875
30 23
66
1876
149 30
John Cavanagh
66
17 56
Asa French, adm'r, abatement, 1876
16 32
J. Waldo Hayward, 66
66
10 20
Mary Merrill, 66
66
50 00
W. C. B. Fifield, 66 66
3 06
A. L. White, 66
66
2 00
Heirs of Nelson Beals,
66
3 57
Charles David, 66
66
I 27
Louis F. Gomez,
66
2 04
Ephraim B. Thayer,
66
66
2 50
Charles W. Thayer,
66
66
51
$973 II
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.
365 82
.
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.
2 00
3 00
10 18
23
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
N. F. T. Hayden, appropriation
$350 00
E. T. Ellis, kindlings
5 60
JANITOR
Of Town Hall, Public Library, High School, and Pond School, George F. Leonard
. $600 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
J. R. Frasier, selectman, assessor, and overseer,
$203 50
Abijah Allen, 66
66
300 00
S. W. Hollis, 66 66 66 6
261 00
David H. Bates, 66 66
66 66
.
96 00
Jonathan French, treasurer, ·
·
.
200 00
Samuel A. Bates, town clerk, .
35 00
N. L. White, school committee, .
50 00
Noah Torrey, 66 66
50 00
George H. Arnold, 66 66
45 00
James M. Cutting, 66 66
25 00
Eben Denton, auditor,
8 00
N. F. T. Hayden, “
6 00
Horace Faxon, constable,
10 00
66 police services,
52 00
J. Franklin Bates, “ 66
52 00
B. J. Loring, Jr., "
52 00
66 truant officer,
10 00
66
constable,
2 50
Thomas Penniman,
8 00
T. B. Stoddard, 66
3 00
66 police services,
12 50
$1,557 75
TOWN HALL.
J. F. Sheppard, coal,
$41 94
P. D. Holbrook, oil, chimneys, etc., Theodore Walsh, two tables, .
61 54
9 00
T. B. Stoddard, glass and setting, · Sherborn & Co., reflector and lamp, . F. C. Ellis, Jr., step-ladder,
10 10
5 50
3 00
G. F. Leonard, cash paid for repairs,
3 59
.
$355 60
.
Fiske Barrett, 66 66
76 25
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F. B. Parks, repairing pump,
$1 00
E. T. Ellis, kindlings,
7 60
$143 27
By cash, received for use of hall,
$150 00
CELEBRATION OF FOURTH OF JULY.
Braintree Brass Band, services
$125 00
R. M. Yale, use of tent .
.
·
· 69 90
T. B. Stoddard, decorating
50 00
A. Raymond, meat .
32 00
E. E. Wiggin, crockery ware
31 06
E. R. Flint, lumber and labor .
43 45
O. C. Railroad, freight on cannon Charles Martin, catering . 66 cash paid for help
II 00
Michael Brandley, teaming
16 00
Patrick Moils, 66
.
.
6 00
C. B. Woodsum, 66
·
21 50
G. C. Hallenbeck,
.
5 00
W. K. Baker, 66
16 00
Michael Hawkes, 66
.
.
12 00
James Genders, 66
3 00
Otis Cushing, 66
15 00
J. M. Allen,
66
10 00
John H. Sumner, 66
2 00
S. A. Bates, postage
75
Wm. A. Hodges, bread
7 65
E. S. Hunt, fireworks
150 00
W. K. Baker, carting fireworks
3 45
C. Arnold, 66
I 00
Rockwell & Churchill, printing
9 00
A. Mudge & Son, 66
13 00
C.G. Esterbrooks, 66
5 00
J. B. Ford, milk
I 20
Sawyer, Hollis, & Co., butter .
8 35
J. F. Trowbridge, cartridges, etc.
32 81
E. Hayward, two barrels tar Wm. A. Kane, cotton cloth
19 05
B. J. Loring, Jr., collecting refreshments
5 50
H. M. White, coffee and pail
3 90
Henry A. Pierce labor
4 70
Adam Hobart, labor
I 00
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.
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.
.
12 87
15 00
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.
.
7 00
1
25
J. B. Wood, carting tar .
$3 00
Albert Hobart, tar and carting
10 00
E. S. Dean, labor
4 00
Josephus Shaw, carting
9 00
- Anglim, labor
4 00
William Reed, milk
1 00
A. Hollis, ice .
80
C. M. Thayer, labor
3 00
Elisha Thayer, lemons and sugar
26 45
66
Io gallons of pickles
4 00
66
cash paid for flags
5 02
66
sundries .
3 80
$844 21
Cr. By cash from subscription · $141 00
66 66 sale of lumber and cloth
13 04
66
butter
3 60
$157 64
$686 57
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers .
· $1,167 67
Bill due for January, 1876
.
113 40
$1,281 07
Bill sent and due Jan. 1, 1877 .
$1,192 07
Cash returned to treasurer
4 00
66 paid for January, 1877
85 00
$1,281 07
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
M. A. Perkins, appropriation .
·
$150 00
TAUNTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.
To cash paid for board of insane persons $447 90 Refunded by friends (see Treasurer's account).
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EXPENSES WHICH ACCRUED IN FORMER YEARS.
$100 00
Town of Randolph, aid to Jerry Sexton (1874) 66 Stoughton, aid to Snow family . 42 50 · .
Jechomais Thayer, land damages West Street . N. M. Hobart, balance of contract on reservoir Nancy White, adm. land damage on West Street T. H. Dearing, services as School Committee
80 00
.
50 00
45 00
20 00
.
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Eben Denton, services as Committee on Fire Department and Auditor
$43 50
F. F. Forsythe, medical attendance on Aaron Leavitt 25 50
Mary Donahue, cleaning Union School-house . 20 00 .
Caleb Stetson, gravel (1873)
35 00
Adam Hobart, stone work
I 45
J. H. Mellus, returning deaths (1874) ·
50
J. L. Hammatt, school supplies
2 93
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for -
Schools
Incidental expenses of schools
206 87
Union School-house
Middle Street School-house
100 00
Almshouse
1,872 75
Poor out of the Almshouse
2,796 45
Surveyors of Highways
3,510 50
Drawbridge
117 58
Widening Middle Street
1,516 25
Removing snow
374 75
Incidental expenses .
956 41
Suit of McCue against town
1,515 53
Police uniforms
74 09
Fire department
752 61
Collection and abatement of taxes
973 II
Public Library .
355 60
Janitor of public buildings
600 00
Town officers
1,557 75
Town Hall
143 27
Celebration of the 4th of July
686 57
State aid .
1,167 67
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
447 90
Expenses which accrued in former years
466 38
Four hundred and thirty-one orders . $28,550 64
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and the Surveyors of Highways, and find them correct, and all payments sustained by proper vouchers.
BENJ. F. DYER, N. F. T. HAYDEN, EBEN DENTON,
Auditors.
.
$466 38
· $7,781 75
66 school-houses
176 85
250 00
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ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Support of schools
$6,800 00
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Repairs on Union School-house 66 Middle Street School-house
100 00
Seats for Iron-Works School-house
75 00
Highways
3,500 00
Improvement of Middle Street
1,500 00
Interest on town debt
3,500 00
Reduction of town debt
1,000 00
Town officers
1,200 00
Incidentals
1,500 00
Support of poor,
3,500 00
Fire department
850 co
Janitor, ·
600 00
Grand army, ·
150 00
Public library, .
350 00
County tax, .
2,223 29
State tax,
.
2,700 00
Overlay, .
1,200 12
$31,298 41
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING
YEAR.
Schools, .
· $6,800 00
Highways,
. 3.500 00
Interest on town debt
4,000 00
Reduction of "
2,000 00
Town officers .
· 1,500 00
Incidentals
1,500 00
Support of poor
3,500 00
Completion of Middle Street
300 00
Grand army
150 00
Fire department
1,000 00
Public library .
350 00
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Janitor
600 00
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·
$25,500 00
250 00
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
Amount of tax-bill for 1875
$36,582 82
Cash paid Treasurer per last report
$35,375 00
66 66 since 66 1,207 82
36,582 82
Cash paid Treasurer for interest collected
$117 45 ·
DAVID H. BATES, Collector.
Amount of tax bill for 1876
$31,298 41
Cash paid Treasurer
$30,175 00
Unpaid taxes as per schedule . .
.
913 32
Cash in hands of Collector
210 09
-- $31,298 41
Interest collected and in hands of Collector
77 32
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1. 1876.
Joseph A. Arnold,
$73 65
John S. Hanson,
$21 13
George E. Arnold,
2 00
Edgar G. Hayden,
2 00
James Ahearn,
2 00
Henry M. Hayden,
2 00
George F. Bicknell,
2 00
Nelson E. Hayden,
14 75
John E. Boyle,
2 00
William Hayden,
29 54
John Brightman,
3 27
C. Henry Hayden,
5 83
Frederic Bunker,
32 60
Joshua N. Hobart, balance,
5 13
Eunice Collins, balance,
9 97
Elias Holbrook,
32 09
Austin L. Cole,
2 00
Francis W. Holbrook,
2 00
James Conley,
2 00
Ludo. W. Holbrook, Jr.,
2 00
John Connorty,
2 00
Joel Hollis,
30 56
Thomas Crouther,
2 00
Geo. Henry Howard, '
2 00
Simeon P. Cushing,
23 42
John C. Willey,
2 00
John Deland,
21 13
Daniel W. Thayer,
25
Jeremiah Dennehy,
17 05
William Buker,
3 57
Robert Dickey,
II 69
Thomas Hayes,
18 87
William Dickey,
2 00
J. B. Thompson,
2 55
Thomas Doran,
2 00
Sophia Houghton,
4 59
Alexander Downey,
8 89
Daniel Hurley,
2 00
Edgar A. Fogg,
2 00
Moses Jones,
13 22
John S. Fraser,
16 79
Andrew G. King,
2 5I
Adam A. French,
2 00
Heirs of T. J. Langley,
9 95
Edwin F. French,
15 77
Geo. H. Lane,
4 29
Hiram A. French,
49 94
Sarah H. Lane,
57 37
William H. French,
2 00
Gardner S. Leavitt,
2.00
James M. French,
2 00
H. O. Leonard, balance,
4 91
Alexander N. Gerrold,
2 00
J. E. Lochman,
104 00
Samuel H. Gooch,
2 00
Patrick Lynch,
2 00
29
Dennis Mahoney,
$2 00
David Thayer,
$17 55
George Mansfield,
2 00
D. Brainard Thayer,
12 71
S. A. F. Mansfield,
2 00
Francis P. Thayer,
2 00
Edward H. Mellus,
4 55
James S. Thayer,
13 47
Joseph H. Mellus, balance,
3 27
Jonathan Thayer, Jr.,
2 00
James McAlpine,
2 00
John Q. A. Thayer,
2 00
T. J. McCormick,
9 14
William Tobin,
2 00
Alvan M. Nightingale,
2 00
Edgar H. Trufant,
2 00
Elisha B. Nightingale,
2 00
Edward H. Vinton,
2 00
O. H. P. Niles,
15 5I
Albert A. Whitmarsh,
2 00
Michael Nolan,
3 53
James Willis,
13 73
Frank B. Parks,
18 07
Boston Organ Co.,
40 80
Elijah Penniman,
17 55
Robert V. Barnes,
3 83
Lory O. Rand,
2 00
Emily Houghton,
3 31
Aaron H. Russell,
2 00
Henry W. Wild,
I 02
Jacob Sprague, Jr.,
2 00
Michael Stanton,
2 00
$913 32
Napoleon Tellier,
2 00
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, TREAS. DR.
1876.
Feb. I. To cash on hand " received of J. Dyer, Jr., Collector of 1874 : Balance of cash, Feb. 1, 1876,
2 33
tax bills 578 31
interest 76 30
D. H. Bates, Collector of 1875: Balance of cash, Feb. 1, 1876, " interest, " 1, 1876,
208 53
91 84
Interest accrued since 25 61
Balance of tax bills .
999 29
from Thomas Hill, for use of cart
20 00
" J. B. Wood, . .
14 12
B. J. Loring,
II 13
"
H. J. Holbrook .
5 00
Caleb Stetson
4 00
Police toward uniforms .
9 09
Selectmen, State aid returned,
4 00
"
Union School-house Commit-
tee, unexpended balance .
27 76
Traders' Ins. Co., dividend ·
21 00
"
State Treas., State paupers
42 00
Sale of burial lots .
7 50
Overseers of Poor ·
1,075 28
" Use of Town . Hall .
157 00
Shoe & Leather Bank :
Interest due Feb. 1, 1876,
313 33
accrued since
391 67
Royal T. King, license . .
10 00
State Treasurer :
Corporation tax
1,104 97
Bank
1,637 84
State aid
1,345 45
School fund
257 19
County Treas., Dog tax .
411 06
J. Dyer, Treas., School fund . 350 00
David H. Bates, Coll'tor 1876, 30,175 00
borrowed of Union Nat. Bank of Weymouth 18,500 00
$93,779 52
"
10 00
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·
$35,892 92
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CR.
By cash paid order No. 55, due Feb. 1, 1876
. $1 00
66
on 430 orders
· 28,453 87
note, Quincy Savings Bank . 10,000 00
notes, Union National Bank, of Weymouth, for money borrowed
· 18,500 00
66
W. S. Dexter, trustee of Thayer Academy · 20,000 00
66 Mary H. Thayer, on note
70 00
2,700 00
county tax .
2,223 29
66
interest
3.559 78
66
66 on hand Feb. 1, 1877
8,271 58
$93,779 52
BRAINTREE, Feb. 20, 1877.
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, 1877.
BENJ. F. DYER, N. F. T. HAYDEN, EBEN DENTON.
Auditors.
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1877.
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Oct. 28, 1862, at 7 per cent Interest
$ 500 00
9 13
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Jan. 26, 1866, at 7 per cent
250 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Feb. 1, 1871, at 7 per cent
Soo oo
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1873, at 7 per cent
4,000 00
F. G. Crosby, Aug. 10, 1874, at 7 per cent
1,000 00
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, at 7 per cent Interest
52 92
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 24, 1868, at 7 per cent Interest .
6 41
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, at 6 per cent Interest
31 So
Braintree Savings Bank, June 20, 1871, at 7 per cent . 1, 500 CO Interest from Jan. 1, 1877 . 8 75
Trustees Estate of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer,
Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent
.
10,000 00
March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent
· 10,000 00
May 18, 1874, at 6 per cent
2,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank,
July 24, 1875, five years, at 6 per cent
·
10,000 00
July 24, 1875, seven years, at 6 per cent
· 5,000 00
July 24, 1875, ten years, at 6 per cent . 5,000 00
·
State tax
·
·
342 93
500 00
900 00
32
Asa French, guardian, Jan. 2, 1869, at 7 per cent . $1,400 00
Interest .
7 62
Outstanding Order No. 371 .
96 77
-- $53,406 33
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Balance in the treasury
$8,271 58
210 09 Due from David H. Bates, Collector, 1876, cash on hand
66 66 unpaid taxes
913 32
City of Boston
126 00
66 Chelsea
2 00
New Bedford
110 08
Town of Weymouth
2 25
Randolph
3 09
60
Hingham
16 00
66 State aid
1,192 07
- $10,846 48
In addition to above we find the following items, which have appeared as assets of the town in former years, the collection of which ap- pears doubtful, viz. :
Due from State aid, former years .
. $1,053 65
" Town Hall, 1874
124 50
66
1875 ·
.
·
.
32 00
$1,210 15
Town debt, per list
$53,406 33
Less good assets, as above
10,846 48
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1877
" Feb. 1, 1876
$42,559 85 22,761 59
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
BRAINTREE, February 1, 1877.
To the Selectmen :-
GENTLEMEN - The Trustees of the Thayer Library respectfully report to the town the following statistics of the Library during the past year, together with the account of their Treasurer :-
LIBRARY STATISTICS.
Library opened during the year 94 days. Circulation of books, 12,097; average 128 each day.
Percentage of fiction . 71
juvenile 9
higher class 20
Largest number Joaned in any one day, Feb. 26, 1876 . 246
Smallest
" July 5, 1876 ..
63
No. of volumes added during the year .
393
Whole number of volumes in Catalogue .
2537
No. of borrowers, 1194, of which 278 were added during the year.
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ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Feb. 1, 1876.
Cash in Treasury . $ 43 º5
Town appropriation 350 00
" Treasurer, interest on town note $10,000 . 600 00
Fines . 60 69
$1,023 74
DISBURSEMENTS.
For books
$461 60
stationary and printing 10 00
binding .
82 85
expressage
5 40
coal
69 50
oil . .
8 10
fixtures
8 43
librarian.
250 00
insurance
56 25
$952 13
Balance Feb. 1, 1877
$71 61 BRAINTREE, Feb. 1, 1877.
N. F. T. HAYDEN,
Treasurer.
We have nothing to add except that the interest of our citizens in the Library appears to be constantly increasing, and its usefulness as a means of public education is an established fact.
ASA FRENCH, Trustees
F. A. HOBART, N. F. T. HAYDEN,
of Thayer Public
N. H. HUNT, H. A. JOHNSON, 1 Library.
In the report of town debt, Feb. 1, 1876, there is no interest shown as 1 due on the $10,000 note held by the Trustees of the Thayer Library, while the report of the Trustees of the Library shows only the receipt of one year's nterest after Aug. 1, 1874, in their report of Jan. 30, 1875. The discrep- ncy arises from the Town Treasurer's report covering Feb. Ist inclusive, while the Trustee's report is to Jan. 31st inclusive. Hence the credits of interest to the Library Trustee's report are six months in arrears from what is shown by the Town Treasurer.
BENJ. F. DYER,
Town Auditors. N. F. . T HAYDEN.
.
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
JOSEPH DYER, Jun., Treasurer.
Cash on hand, Feb 1, 1876 . $213 93
Dividends received from Eliot Bank, Boston
15 00
66
Weymouth Bank . 91 00
66
Granite Bank, Quincy 80 00
Taxes refunded
35 81
Received for rent of Almshouse and Farm 200 00
$635 74
Cash paid E. A. Spear, ditching Salt Meadow IS3 II
E. T. Ellis, removing Sods .
II 20
John B. Arnold .
7 25
66 George H. Arnold
4 00
66
George W. White, for ditching Fresh Meadow
8 00
C. T. Crane, Trustee for Three Years . . .
5 00
66 G. H. Arnold,
5 00
R. Porter, 66 66
5 00
66 Geo. W. White, “ 66
66
5 00
66 John B. Arnold « 66
66
5 00
66 H. Abercrombie, Chairman “
8 00
66
Joseph Dyer, Jun., Treas. "
15 00
Jonathan French .
350 00
Cash on hand
24 IS
66
$635 74
The undersigned having been chosen to audit the accounts of the Treasurer of theBraintree School Fund has attended to that duty, and certifies that the same have been correctly kept and cast, and that all payments are properly vouched for.
G. H. ARNOLD.
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CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Selectmen :-
I most respectfully submit the following report :-
The department is under the control of a chief and eight assistant engineers. There are two hand engines with hose carriages attached, and one hook and ladder carriage.
The companies are full, and consist of one hundred and twenty-five vol- unteers.
The several houses belonging to the department, are in good condition, There are belonging to the department, eleven hundred feet reliable, five hundred feet unreliable, and four hundred feet of condemned hose, '
The reservoir in the North part of the town, is now in good condition. after undergoing the expense of taking off the old cement and properly re- eementing it.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
UNION. No. I, one engine and hose carriage, 250 feet of rubber hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 150 feet of condemned hose, 32 feet of suction hose, 8 pr spanner and belts, 2 wrenches, 2 stoves, I duster, broom, 3 oil cans, boiler, jack, 2 axes, ten ft ladder, coal hod, 2 pails, burst- ing strap, 10 settees, 8 chairs, table, 3 lanterns, 8 lamps and fixtures, 6 spit- toons, 4 buckets, 5 nozzles, pole for horses, 4 rubber coats and five caps.
BUTCHER BOY No. 2, engine and hose carriage, 250 feet rubber hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 250 feet condemned hose, 35 feet suction hose, 9 pr spanner and belts, wrench, 2 stoves, duster, broom, oil can› boiler, jack, 2 axes, coal hod, fountain pump, 2 pails, 2 bursting straps, 10 settees, 8 chairs, table, 4_lanterns, 7 lamps and fixtures, six spittoons, 4 buckets, 4 nozzles, 10 foot ladder, pole for horses, 4 rubber coats.
WAMPATUCK HOOK AND LADDER CO. No. I, one carriage, 10 ladders, 6 hooks, 6 lamps, table, 6 spittoons, 8 chairs, 10 settees, 2 stoves, 2 coal hods, shovel, broom, 2 boilers, dustpan, 2 oil cans, 22 buckets, 3 pumps, 6 dog hooks, 2 lanterns, 2 axes, one lever for raising ladders, pole for horses, con- stitution and frames.
SCHEDULE OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1876.
August 27th, an old unoccupied dwelling of little value, in South Braintree elonging to N. F. Safford, supposed cause, incendiary.
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October 16th, a dwelling house in East Braintree owned by Adoram Clapp and occupied by Volney Young, value, $600, supposed cause, defective chimney.
December 30th, a dwelling house in South Braintree owned by Hiram Wild and occupied by him and J. E. Mellen, value, $2000, damage, $700 cause defective chimney.
The Board would respectfully recommend that a reservoir be placed near the Town House, also that there be a bell placed on each of the houses of the Department.
The first public parade of the department, was made on the Fourth of July by request of the committee on celebration for that day, and the Engineers feel grateful to each of the companies for their energy to make it a success. All of which is most respectfully submitted.
JOHN CAVANAGH, Chief Engineer,
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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 in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following artieles, namely :-
Ist. 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, town ways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
4th, To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
5th. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses 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 direet.
7th. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Se- leetmen.
8th. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars, and pay the same to Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, Grand Army f
of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses o memorial serviees on Decoration Day.
9th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum to complete the improvement of Middle Street.
Ioth. To choose a School Fund Committee, and two Trustees of the Thayer Publie Library,
Isth. To see if the town will cause to be immediately built two "Lockups,''
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one to be located at the East, and the other at the South part of the town, and to be built of the same size and material as the one at Weymouth Landing.
12th. To see if the town will direet the Selectmen to apportion the money to be raised by the town for 1877 for the repairs and maintainance of highways in the three districts as established last year, to be apportioned on the basis of the valuation of the Polls and Estates lying within the limits of the several distriets.
13th. To see if the town will choose three constables for the East dis- triet, in compliance with the request of the property holders of that part of the town, one of the constables so chosen to be appointed by the Seleetmen a Special Police officer, who shall be required to do special police duty and to act as a night patrol within the district of East Braintree, for one year from the month of March ensuing, or until one is chosen and com- missioned in his stead.
14th. To see if the town will authorize the Seleetmen to pay such police officer a fair salary for such night services and to draw their orders upon the town Treasurer for his monthly pay.
15th. To see if the town will authorize the committee appointed at the last annual meeting on "Centennial Celebration," to print in proper :form, the proceedings of the town, on the Fourth of July, last.
16th. To see if the town will authorize the Seleetmen to deposit the Ancient Records, or any other valuable papers of the town that they may see fit, in the library building.
17th. To see if the town will authorize the Seleetmen to take measures for the preservation of the ancient deed of the town, and if they think proper to have copies of it made, providing the expense shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars.
ISth. To see if the town will widen the bridge and draw on Quiney Avenue, to a proper width to accommodate the publie travel, and the pas- sage of vessels.
19th. To see if the town will build a reservoir near the Town House.
20th. To see if the town will direct a bell to be placed on each of the houses of the fire department.
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2Ist. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested cop- ies 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 twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
ABIJAH ALLEN, DAVID H. BATES,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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JURY LIST.
REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN,
Feb. 20, 1877.
Samuel E. Brackett,
Charles Thayer,
Abijah Allen,
David H. Bates,
Alexander Bowditch,
William Reed,
Charles Pratt,
Elisha A. Belcher,
Eben B. Tower,
N. Eugene Hollis, Samuel Hayden,
Henry W. Simonds,
Ebenezer F. Howard,
George A. Sproule,
Thomas B. Vinton,
George .W Arnold,
Ebenezer C. Bowditch,
Samuel L. Dyer,
George F. Leonard,
E. F. E. Thayer, Joseph I. Bates,
Paul J. Minchin,
Henry M. White,
Richard L. Arnold,
Granville Thompson,
Amos William Stetson,
Alva S. Morrison,
William H. Cobb,
James Wilson,
Joseph H. Hobart,
Thomas Hill,
Cranmore N. Wallace,
Paul Wild,
Joel F. Sheppard,
Arza B. Keith,
William F. Locke,
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