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$600 00
TOWN HALL.
John Farquhar's Sons, repairing roof, 1876 .
$48 84
Thomas Penniman, altering doors
6 75
T. B. Stoddard, glass and setting .
11 00
F. B. Parks, repairing ventilator and stove pipe .
9 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, chimneys, etc.
35 33
George Hill, coal
15 42
Theodore Walch, labor and stock .
5 50
H. M. White, lantern
1 00
E. T. Ellis, fuel
6 00
$168 84
CR.
By cash paid treasurer .
$117 50
due from Josephus Shaw .
8 00
.
$125 50
.
4 00
Asa T. Pratt,
.
20
TOWN LANDS.
Michael Brandley, manure
$36 00
John F. Hayward, half of division fence
10 95
E. T. Ellis, carting gravel
39 50
N. M. Hobart, " 66
3 75
RESERVOIR WELL.
N. M. Hobart, as per contract
$185 00
R. D. Hobart, stone
.
.
.
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
David H. Bates, tax collector on bill of 1876
$49 77
Joseph Dyer,
66 66 1877
104 48
William Amory, jr.
18 75
Austin White .
18 34
Elias Holbrook
·
10 17
Samuel Hayden
6 72
Eunice Hayden
60
Albion Hall
5 60
Nathaniel F. Thayer
5 60
Henry W. Simonds
11 20
Daniel E. Cain
3 36
John Long
1 68
Ephraim B. Thayer
2 32
Elihu Holbrook
2 24
$245 83
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
N. F. T. Hayden, appropriation
$450 00
E. T. Ellis, fuel
6 00
$456 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
James R. Smith, pay of 50 firemen, No. 2, $3 00 .
. $150 00
Wm. H. McGregor, 66 .
" 1, 3 00 . ·
150 00
Wm. H. Cavanagh, 66 25 66 H. & L. 3 00 . 75 00
E. M. Thayer,
steward of No. 2
35 00
T. J. Dalton,
66
.. 1
17 50
Charles Ratcliffe,
66
.6 7
17 50
Myron L. Hobart,
66
H. & L.
20 00
Willard T. Wilson
66
8 33
Hunneman & Co., 400 feet hose,
75 .
300 00
blunderbuss and repairing hose
29 00
H. Farnum,
refreshments to firemen .
15 00
N. R. Proctor,
.
.
9 10
Charles W. Smith,
66
.
.
22 69
.
.
$90 20
9 45
$194 45
.
.
.
21
H. M. White, refreshments to firemen .
$28 70
John Slavin. watching fires
1 00
Leonard P. Hunt, " 66 1 50
Robert Brooks, setting glass, No. 1
1 80
Wild & Shay, 4 chains, 66
2
1 50
C. G Easterbrooks, printing bills .
2 00
C. B. Woodsum, expressing .
7 60
F. B. Parks, zinc and lantern 5 28
1 50
J. B. Allen, carting cement
2 75
William Allen, labor on reservoir .
6 00
66 pumping out reservoir .
1 50
66 stationery and postage . Joseph I. Bates, lamp burners and chimney, No. 1
1 25
B. J. Loring, Jr., labor
8 18
J. B. Rhines & Co., cement and carting
20 00
James Boyd & Sons, repairing hose
8 62
R. C. Payne, coal, No. 2
: 00
J. F. Sheppard, " H. & L.
6 10
66 66 coal and wood. No. 1
11 00
66
66 drawing engine
5 00
S. W. Pratt, lead pipe and labor .
7 03
William Allen, labor on wall No. 1
8 15
Charles W. Smith, oil, etc.
4 39
Thomas South, 3 ladders and repairing .
25 00
William A. Tupper, labor and stock, No. 2
3 55
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
14 70
Thayer Bros., horse hire
3 00
E. T. Ellis, fuel
1 20
H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work, No. 2 .
) 75
N. R. Proctor, oil, etc.
3 49
$1,059 66
FIRE-ALARM BELLS.
William Blake & Co., 3 bells and hangings
$309 84
Charles W. Hobart, belfries and hanging bells
134 24
H. M. White, bell rope, No. 1
1 36
Pierce and Sanborn, tinning bell deck, No. 2
. 8 00
Thomas Penniman, repairs on tower ·
3 00
$456 44
RECAPITULATION.
Orders drawn for - -
Schools .
Incidental expenses of schools .
110 23
66 schoolhouses
325 34
Painting
66
598 61
South Schoolhouse .
23 50
Almshouse
.
2,140 58
Poor out of the almshouse
· 2,783 92
.
$7,662 73
Louis W. Thayer, labor .
5 00
22
Taunton Lunatic Hospital
· $381 80
State aid
. 1,032 80
Grand Army
150 00
Surveyors of Highways .
3,499 48
Removing snow
32 25
Drawbridge
214 56
Middle Street .
481 00
Quincy Avenue
1,006 79
Incidentals
995 18
Town officers .
1,490 50
Police
747 50
Janitor
600 00
Town Hall
168 84
Town lands
90 20
Reservoir well
194 45
Abatement of taxes
245 83
Public Library
456 00
Fire Department
1,059 66
Fire-alarm bells
456 44
$26,948 19
393 orders drawn
$26,948 19
BRAINTREE, Feb. 16, 1878.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Select- men and Overseers of the Poor, and find them well kept, with proper vouchers for all payments, and we fully believe the affairs of the town have been carefully and judiciously managed.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, ASA T. PRATT,
Auditors.
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
Support of schools .
$7,000 00
Incidents for schools
.
.
. 300 00
South Schoolhouse yard
50 00
Highways
· 3,500 00
Improvement of Middle Street
500 00
Quincy Avenue
1,000 00
Interest on town debt
. 4,000 00
Reduction of 06
· 2,000 00
Town officers
1,500 00
Incidentals
· 1,500 00
Support of poor
3,500 00
Fire Department
1,000 00
Fire-alarm bells
600 00
Janitor .
600 00
Grand Army
.
150 00
.
·
..
·
-
23
Public Library
. $450 00
Painting schoolhouses
. 600 00
Wells at Town House
300 00
County tax
· 2,309 92
State 66
. 2,250 00
Overlay
.
· 1,652 32
$34,762 24
APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Schools
· $6,800 00
Highways
.
·
. 3,500 00
Interest on town debt
. 4,000 00
Reduction of "
60
· 2,000 00
Town officers .
1,500 00
Incidentals
· 1,500 00
Support of poor
· 4,000 00
Grand Army .
150 00
Fire Department
1,000 00
Public Library
450 00
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Janitor
600 00
Removing snow
· 1,000 00
$26,800 00
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. DAVID H. BATES, Collector, 1876.
Amount of tax bill for 1876 .
$31,298 41
Cash paid treasurer by last report
$30,175 00
66 since “ 66
890 00
" in hands of collector .
2 33
Unpaid taxes as per schedule .
231 08
$31,298 41
Cash reported in last report .
$77 32
Interest collected since Feb. 1, 1877
43 39
Cash paid treasurer for interest collected
$120 71
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1878.
Joseph A. Arnold,
$73 65
Sophia Houghton,
$+ 59
Frederic Bunker,
32 60
George H. Lane,
4 29
John Daland,
21 13
William Buker,
3 57
Elijah Penniman,
17 55
Emily Houghton,
3 31
O. H. P. Niles,
15 51
Andrew G. King,
2 51
Joel Hollis, balance,
10 56
George F. Bicknell,
$2 0)
Robert Dickey,
6 69
Edgar G. Hayden,
2 00
Heirs of James Bannon,
6 63
Lory O. Rand,
2 00
Joshua N. Hobart,
5 13
A. H. Russell,
2 00
·
.
1
24
Jacob Sprague, Jr.
$2 00
Joseph H. Mellus, balance, $1 27
Edward H. Vinton,
2 00
J. B. Thompson, 2 55
John O. Willey,
2 00
J. Brightman, balance, 27
Edward H. Mellus,
2 00
Henry W. Wild,
1 02
John S. Fraser,
2 00
Daniel W. Thayer,
25
$231 08
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT. JOSEPH DYER, Collector. -
Amount of tax bill for 1877
$34,699 52
Added since commitment
62 72
Cash paid treasurer
$31,626 48
Unpaid taxes as per schedule
3,113 99
Cash in hands of collector
.
.
$34,762 24
Interest collected and in hands of collector
$59 70
TAXES UNPAID FEB. 1, 1878.
Chas. F. Arnold,
$2 00
Peter Donahoe,
$2 00
Joseph A. Arnold,
51 84
Thomas Donahoe,
3 12
Heirs of James Bannon,
6 44
John J. Downes,
10 40
Stephen S. Bradford,
21 28
John T. Doyle,
2 00
John Brightman,
2 84
Edward H. Drinkwater,
2 00
Robert Brooks,
9 84
Heirs of Asa Dyer,
24 36
George C. Buker,
2 00
William Dyer,
25 52
Albert N. Bunker,
22 68
William F. Dyer,
53 52
Joshua M. Bunker,
4 52
Wm. F. Dyer and Richmond
Thayer, 1 12
Nahum Bunker,
3 40
Joseph Damon,
2 00
Oscar B. Bushnel,
2 00
Patrick S. Dumphy,
2 00
Thomas B. Coffin,
4 80
Frank Faunce,
2 00
William Collins,
2 00
Henry A. Faxon,
2 00
Leroy W. Collins,
2 00
Horace Faxon,
10 96
Eunice Collins,
47 88
James Foley,
2 00
John Connerty,
2 00
Heirs of J. R. Frasier,
38 64
Franklin Cram,
17 40
Daniel Friel,
10 96
Frederick Cram,
13 20
Hiram A. French, balance,
50 96
John L. Crane,
2 00
Horatio B. French,
1 12
Simeon P. Cushing,
24 12
Daniel Galivan,
2 00
Edward D. Chase,
2 00
Charles Gardner,
15 44
Robert Cahill,
2 00
James M. Gerrold,
2 00
John Daland,
22 16
Samuel H. Gouch,
2 00
Thomas J. Dalton,
2 56
John Greenwood,
7 60
Jeremiah Dennehey,
17 40
Dennis Griffin,
15 16
Robert Dickey,
12 08
Thomas J. Griffin,
8 16
Robert A. Dickey,
2 00
Thomas Hagan,
12 08
William Dickey,
2 CO
Jeremiah Haley,
2 00
Patrick Donahoe,
14 88
John S. Hanson,
21 60
.
.
.
.
.
21 77
Frederick Bunker,
32 24
25
Michael Hawkes,
$6 72
J. H. Mellers, balance, $14 28
Caleb Hayden,
30 56
William Mills, 16 00
Charles A. Hayden,
2 00
Heirs of Hezekiah Means, bal. 17 84
George E. Hayden,
4 24
Joseph S. Miller,
5 36
Henry M. Hayden,
2 00
Martin V. B. Minchin,
13 20
Hosea B. Hayden,
5 36
Patrick Murphy, 2 00
Willie T. Hayden,
2 00
Thomas J. McCormick, 7 60
William Hayden, 31 12
John McGlencey,
2 00
Caleb Henry Hayden,
6 20
James McKenney,
3 68
Levi F. Hayden,
2 00
Richard McNair,
2 00
Edward P. Hayward,
2 00
Neal McRae,
36 4
Charles M. Hobart,
2 00
Mary J. Newcomb,
18 48
Joshua N. Hobart,
21 88
Alva M. Nightingale,
2 00
Elias Holbrook,
28 04
Elisha B. Nightingale,
2 00
Josiah Holbrook,
2 00
O. H. P. Niles,
16 84
Walter Holbrook,
1 80
Alfred W. Nowers.
17 40
Joel Hollis,
30 00
Robert C Paine, balance,
16 79
Sophia Houghton,
3 64
Elijah Penniman, 18 80
Edward Huff,
5 92
Vincent Rougasky,
2 00
George W. Hunt,
2 00
C. Watson Sanders,
3 40
Moses Hunt,
12 08
George P. Shaw,
7 60
Willard M. Hunt,
9 28
James Slyne,
9 84
Thomas Huseton,
16 56
Edward Starr,
17 68
Mo es Jones,
13 76
Benjamin Stevens,
24 40
Silas M. Jones,
22 72
Patrick Sullivan, 2d,
2 00
George W. Kelly, balance,
1 00
Timothy Sullivan,
4 80
Andrew G. King,
2 00
John Summers,
14 04
Thomas A. Kelly,
2 00
Joseph Smith,
2 00
George H. Lane,
4 52
Robert Smith, 2 00
27 44
Henry O. Leonard, balance,
4 28
Patrick Shehan,
2 01)
Thomas H. Lyndon,
2 00
David B. Thayer,
13 20
Weston H. Lyndon,
2 00
James S. Thayer,
8 44
J. E. Lochman,
77 60
Jonathan Thayer, Jr.,
2 00
Alden P. Loring,
2 00
Lewis Thayer,
9 56
B. T. Loring,
223 20
Deliverance Thayer,
2 24
Charles Lynch,
2 00
James P. Thorndike,
888 20
Patrick Lynch,
2 00
Thomas B. Vinton.
69 48
Coston Landry,
2 00
William L. Wainwright, trus. 44 80
2 00
William Leonard,
2 00
Michael Welclı,
2 00
John Malony, 2d,
2 00
Charles L. Wellington,
2 00
Heirs of Gardner Mansfield,
14 00
Truman G. White, balance,
8 00
George Mansfield,
2 00
N. Augustus White,
26 64
James Martin,
2 00
John Whitmarsh, 3 40
Alverdo Mason, balance,
2 00
Heirs of Gustave Wiksel, 21 28
John E. Mellen,
2 00
John Mahar,
2 00
Frank W. Wall,
Saralı W. Lane,
57 12
Isabella J. Scott,
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NON-RESIDENTS.
David Thayer,
$25 76
Benjamin P. Dowse,
$3 36
Heirs of Josiah Vinton,
20 72
Emily Houghton, 3 64
Boston Carpet Slipper Co.,
19 04
William G. Prescott,
2 24
Boston Organ Co.,
28 00
Ileirs of Edward Miller,
1 12
Charles C. Hayward,
11 43
Thomas Hayes,
20 16
J. B. Thompson,
2 80
Henry W. Wild,
1 12
George Plaisted,
44 80
Abner Curtis,
52 08
Eleazer Beals,
84
Frank W. Mead,
29 12
Samuel and Charles Capen,
20 72
Ellen J. Melendy,
13 44
Tower and others,
5 60
William Buker,
3 92
$3,113 90
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCHI, Treasurer.
1877.
Feb. 1. Cash on hand
$8,271 58
Cash received of J. Dyer, Coll. of 1877
· 31,626 48
66
66
66 66
66
int.
120 71
66
66
" State treas. corp. tax
1,059 94
66
66
66
66 bank «
·
66
66
66
66
66 66 school fund
234 45
66
borrowed of Wey. Bank
6,000 00
66
Eben Denton, treasurer of fire department committee
44 20
66
66
city of Boston
82 30
66
66
town of Foxboro'
48 50
" " Randolph
111 74
66
" " Hingham .
16 00
66
66
city of New Bedford
110 08
66
66
selectmen for Town Hall
117 50
66
66
Noah Torrey for tuition high school .
19 70
66
66
L.W. Holbrook, lot in cemetery
2 00
66
66
county dog tax .
385 96
66
unexpended bal. on Mid. St.
8 47
66
Braintree school fund .
350 00
66
66
town of Quincy
1 50
66
B. J. Loring, Jr., fees police officer .
as
.
66
66
overseers of the poor (re- funded)
5 63
66
66
overseers of the poor (re- funded) · .
381 80
66
66
overseers of the poor from
416 67
-
- $53,590 70
·
66
" D. H. Bates, Coll. 1876
890 00
1,729 13
State aid
1,152 34
66
Mary H. Thayer,
396 95
66
·
7 07
almshouse .
27
CR.
Cash paid order No. 371, due Feb. 1, 1877
$96 77
66 393 orders
. 26,948 19
notes, Wey. Bank, borrowed 6,000 00
66
66 note of Mary H. Thayer
342 93
66
66 interest
54 02
66 66 on note of Mary H. Thayer 65 00
2,250 00
66
66 county tax .
2,309 92
66
66 interest
3,276 39
66 on hand Feb. 1, 1878
12,247 48
-- $53,590 70
BRAINTREE, Feb. 16, 1878.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the town treasurer, and find them correct, with a balance in his hands, due the town, of $12,247.48.
JOHN B. ARNOLD, ASA T. PRATT, Auditors.
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1878.
Joseph Dyer, Oct. 28, 1862, at 6 per cent
$500 00
Interest
7 75
Joseph Dyer, Jan. 26, 1866, at 6 per cent .
250 00
Feb. 1, 1871, 66
800 00
F. G. Crosby, 1, 1873, 66 66
4,000 00
Aug. 10, 1774, 66 .
.
21 €2
Mrs. N. W. Penniman, Nov. 24, 1868, at 6 per cent Interest
5 50
Edwin Howard, June 30, 1871, at 6 per cent Interest
31 65
Braintree Savings Bank, June 20, at 6 per cent Interest
. 1,500 00
7 50
Trustees estate of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer : -
Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent. 10,000 00
March 7, 1874, 66 66
10,000 00 May 18, 1874, 66 66
.
. 2,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank : -
July 24, 1875, five years, at 6 per cent
10,000 00 . 66 24, 1875, seven “ 66
· 5,000 00
" 24, 1875, ten 66
. 5,000 00
Asa French, guardian, Jan. 2, 1869 .
· 1,400 00
. Interest
.
· 90 53
$53,346 50
·
500 00
900 00
Mary H. Thayer, Feb. 1, 1877, 66 66
1,000 00 331 95
Interest .
State tax
28
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
. $12,247 48
Due from D. H. Bates, collector, 1876 .
66
Joseph Dyer, 66 1877 . .
· 3,135 76
66
interest collected .
59 70
City of Boston
56 47
66
New Bedford
65 51
Town of Hingham
44 32
66 State
14 90
66 Town of Weymouth
92 81
66 State, State aid
1,117 80
Town of Methuen .
3 00
66
66 Randolph
3 09
66
Weymouth
2 00
66 City of Chelsea
66
Josephus Shaw (town hall) .
8 00
$17,086 50
Town debt as per list
.$53,346 50
Less assets, as above
17,086 50
$36,260 00
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1877
.$42,559 85
66 1, 1878
. 36,260 00
less than last year ·
. $6,299 85
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
TRUSTEE'S REPORT.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 1, 1878.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE :
The Trustees of the Thayer Public Library respectfully submit the fol- lowing report for the past year : -
Library opened during the year, 253 days. Circulation of books, 13,919; average per day, 55++-
Percentage of fiction
. .72
" juvenile .
.
·
.09
" higher order
Largest number loaned in any one day, March 24
258
Smallest
66 " Sept. 17
4
Whole number of volumes in library, upwards of
· 3,700
Number of books added during the year 621
. 1,417
66
added during the yer
220
.
Balance in the treasury .
233 41
.
.19
" borrowers
In conformity with the wish of the town, expressed at the last annua meeting, the library has been opened, since about the 1st of April, every
2 25
29
afternoon in the week (Sundays excepted), and Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
This plan has proved very satisfactory to those who have taken books, and will be continued if a sufficient sum (not exceeding the amount of appropriation last year) is appropriated by the town for that purpose.
The librarian has discharged her duties in the most faithful, efficient, and acceptable manner, while the watchful care of the janitor, Mr. Leonard, has contributed greatly to the comfort and convenience of the patrons of the library.
The treasurer's report is hereto appended.
For the Trustees,
ASA FRENCH, Chairman.
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY. TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance in hands of treasurer, Feb. 1, 1877 .
. $371 61
Town appropriation
450 00
66 treasurer, 1 year's interest, 6 per cent, $10,000 600 00
From librarian, for fines
31 35
- - $1,452 96
Expenditures.
Paid Estes & Lauriat for books
· $454 41
66 W. S. Robinson 66
2 50
J. W. Robinson
printing . 2 50
J. W. Ripley
binding
39 60
M. R. Warren " add. catalogues and printing .
29 25
T. B Stoddard
" painting, etc. .
9 12
" J. Farquhar & Sons, for slating roof
13 79
66 J. F. Sheppard 66 coal .
GS 25
66 J. Loud & Co. 66
13 19
66 Downer Ker. Oil Co. " oil ·
9 20
Blake & Alden table 10 00
Morss & Whyte 66 wire screen
46 25
66 Miss Abbie M. Arnold, librarian one year
291 66
66 66 for caslı paid for inciden-
8 31
" Woodsum's Express
11 77
$1,009 80
Balance in hands of treasurer, Feb. 1, 1878 . $443 16
N. F. T. HAYDEN, Treasurer.
FEB. 1, 1878.
I have examined the foregoing account and find it correct, with proper vouchers for all payments.
ASA FRENCH, For the Trustees.
tal expenses
30
BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND REPORT. JOSEPH DYER, Treasurer.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1877
· $24 18
Dividend from Quincy National Bank
80 00
66 Weymouth " .
84 00
66 Eliot .
.
12 00
Taxes refunded
36 74
Received for 16 cords wood
.
·
32 00
Rent of almshouse and farm
200 00
Cash paid W. A. Kane
$3 45
66 T. B. Stoddard
4 20
66 estate of Joseph Dyer .
2 60
66
Town of Braintree, for repairs
42 00
66
town treasurer
350 00
Cash on hand
66 67
$468 92
JOSEPH DYER, Treasurer of School Fund.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Selectmen : --
I most respectfully submit the following report: -
The department is under the control of a chief and seven 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 volunteers.
The several houses belonging to the department would be in good condi- tion by adding a coat of paint to each of them.
The attention of the engineers was called to the unsafe condition of the Union Engine House, and have had a part of the foundation relaid and the building more thoroughly braced.
There have been bells and cupolas placed on each of the several houses.
There are belonging to the department 900 feet of reliable hose, 600 feet of unreliable hose, and 550 feet of condemned hose.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY. Union No. 1.
One engine and hose carriage, 200 feet rubber hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet of linen hose, 300 feet of condemned hose, 32 feet of suction hose, 5 pair spanner and belts, 2 wrenches, 2 stoves, 1 duster, 1 broom, 3 oil cans, 1 boiler, 1 jack, 2 axes, 1 coal hod, 3 fire ladders, 1 fire hook, 2 pails, 1 bursting strap, 8 settees, 8 chairs, 1 table, 8 lamps and fixtures, 6 spittoons, 4 buckets, 5 nozzles, pole for horses, 4 rubber coats and 5 caps, 1 ten-foot ladder.
$468 92
.
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Butcher Boy, No. 2.
One engine and hose carriage, 200 feet of rubber hose, 250 feet condemned hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 35 feet suction hose, 7 pairs spanner and belts, 2 stoves, 2 axes, 2 bursting straps, 10 settees, 8 chairs, 4 lanterns, 8 lamps and fixtures, 6 spittoons, 4 buckets, 5 nozzles, 2 fire ladders, 1 house ladder, pole for horses, 3 rubber coats, 1 duster, 1 broom, 1 oil can, 1 wrench, 1 boiler, 1 jack, 1 coal hod, 1 fountain pump, 1 crowbar.
Wampatuck Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1.
()ne carriage, 8 ladders, 6 hooks, 6 spittoons, 8 chairs, 10 settees, 2 stoves, 2 coal hods, 2 boilers, 2 oil cans, 22 buckets, 2 pumps, 6 dog hooks, 2 lan- terns, 2 axes, 1 shovel, 1 broom, 1 dust-pan, 1 lever pole for horses.
SCHEDULE OF FIRES FOR 1877.
June 2. A storehouse in South Braintree, owned by E. A. Hollingsworth. Value, $300.00. Supposed cause, incendiary.
Aug. 11. Shop and L of house in South Braintree, owned by Apollos Randall's heirs and Miss F. Randall. Value, $5,000.00. Damage, $1,200.00. Cause, unknown.
Nov. 10. A dwelling of David Thayer, on West Street. Value, $800.00. Cause, accidental.
Nov. 15. Cottage house, valued at $800.00, at White's Row, East Brain- tree. Damage, $300.00. Supposed cause, accidental.
JOIIN 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 Brain- tree, on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, to act on the following articles, namely : -
ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the town ways, high- ways, and bridges the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the selectmen.
ART. 7. 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 of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Decoration Day.
ART. 8. To see if the town {will authorize the selectmen to appoint one or more special police officers, who shall be required to act as a night patrol for one year from the month of March ensuing, or until others are appointed and qualified in their stead, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 9. To see if the town will compensate N. M. Hobart for the loss he sustained in constructing the reservoir, near the Town House.
ART. 10. To see if the town will grant to the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union of Braintree, the use of their hall once a week for temper- ance purposes.
ART. 11. To see what action the town will take toward lighting its , streets.
ART 12. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding two hundred dollars, for the improvement of the cemetery on Plain Street.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to cause to be killed all unlicensed dogs, and also require all licensed dogs to be muzzled when running at large.
ART. 14. To see if the town will cause a well to be dug, and a pump placed therein, at the corner of Commercial and Howard Streets, near the house of Ebenezer C. Bowditch.
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ART. 15. To see if the town will cause a pump and watering-trough to be placed at the well, near the corner of Middle and Union Streets.
ART. 16. To see if the town will furnish employment to the laboring men of the town by building a park around Little Pond and make the necessary appropriation therefor.
ART. 17. To see if the town will build one or more lock-ups and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 18. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any com- mittee, 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 be- fore 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 nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
ABIJAH ALLEN,
Selectmen
S. W. HOLLIS,
DAVID HI. BATES,
of Braintree.
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JURY LIST
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN Feb. 15, 1878.
Abijah Allen, Richard L. Arnold, George H. Arnold, Franklin E. Arnold, J. Frederic Allen, Patrick B. Anglim,
David H. Bates,
Elisha A. Belcher,
Monroe Belcher, William P. Bird,
George A. Bowditch,
William H. Cobb,
Simeon P. Cushing, F. Henry Crane, Luther O. Crocker, Samuel L. Dyer, E. Warner Dailey, Albion C. Drinkwater, Charles A. French, Thomas P. Fogg, N. Eugene Hollis, Joseph H. Hobart, C. Byron Hunt, William Hill, J. Parker Hayward,
Horace A. Jones, Arza B. Keith, William F. Locke,
Paul J. Minchin, Alva S. Morrison, Elisha Morse, Charles Pratt, Marcus A. Perkins,
William Reed,
Henry W. Simonds, Joel F. Sheppard, James R. Smith, . George A. Sproul, Josephus Sampson, Eben B. Tower,
Charles Thayer,
E. F. E. Thayer, Granville Thompson, Henry H. Thayer,
Thomas B. Vinton, Henry M. White, Paul Wild,
George D. Willis, George O. Wales.
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MARRIAGES.
1877.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan.
1. Charles H. Maxim,
23
Weymouth.
Fall River. Scituate.
Carrie F. Lincoln,
22
Weymouth.
4. Edward G. Stoddard, 23 Mary J. Rennie,
20
Braintree.
Braintree.
6. George E. Buker, Ella A. Cook,
20
Braintree.
Abington.
7. George S. Dyer, Ida E. Sumner,
22
Braintree.
Foxboro'.
7. George B. Nash, Eldora Abbott,
23
Quincy.
Weymouth.
11. George F. Rowell, Eunice E. Holbrook,
17
Braintree.
Randolphı.
17.
Henry M. Pratt, Alice M. Hollis,
18
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
20. Thomas A. Kelly, Elizabeth Cohan,
22
Braintree.
Ireland.
Feb. 7. Erastus A. Newton, Ellen F. Lund,
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Braintree.
Braintree.
19
Braintree.
Andover.
9. James Kelly, Ellen Welsh,
45
Braintree.
Ireland.
9. William Garrity, Katie Callahan,
27
Braintree.
Quincy.
11. Louis Dislooviere, Catherine Hennigan,
27
Braintree.
Belgium.
Mar. 7.
Adoniram J. White,
42
Braintree.
Braintree.
Emma P. Childs,
27
Newbury.
Gilmanton, N. H.
14. Lewis C. Thayer, Eunice J. Holbrook, 30
26
Braintree.
Braintree.
April 1. Patrick Carroll, Louisa Starr,
21
Boston.
Ireland.
19
Braintree.
Ireland.
4. Henry II. Dyke,
20
Braintree.
Plymouth. Vermont.
18. N. Frederic T. Hayden, 29 Annie C. Badger,
22
Boston.
Boston.
May
7. Walter T. Connell, Mary E. Finegan,
25
Braintree.
New York.
24. Albion H. Jolmson, Anna L. Arnold,
37
Braintree.
Vienna, Me. Braintree.
June 25. Charles A. Dodge, Annie D. Murray,
28
Braintree.
New Brunswick.
July
1. Leonard M. Hobart, Ruth A. Rogers,
23
Braintree.
Braintree.
Braintree.
Boston.
11. Jacob Dexheimer, Jr., 21 Jeannette Lowson, 18
Braintree.
Andover.
Braintree.
Ireland.
Braintree.
Ireland
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