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Braintree. 66
17. Harold Huntress Jameson, Helen Maria Pratt,
Brockton. Braintree.
24. Thomas South, Jr., Catherine Matilda Ahlf,
66
66
31. Charles Hubbard Potter, Mary Knowlton,
66
Boston.
1888. April 19. 22. Patrick Leonard, Isabella Beaton, June 5. Henry Barker Whitman, Minnie Burbank Atcherson,
Boston. Braintree. 66 Weymouth.
Annie Frances Thompson,
66
Augusta Mabel Hall,
Montana.
66
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1888. Oct. 31.
NAME. William Clark Daniels, Susan Childs Greenwood,
Braintree. Boston. Braintree.
Nov. 8.
Winfred Austin Torrey,
Lucy Maria Rogers,
Holbrook.
11. William Henry Bennett,'
Braintree.
Amelia Delory,
Lincoln.
17. John Grane, Annie McGovern,
Braintree. Boston. Brockton.
28. George B. McClellan Newman,
Catherine McMahon,
Braintree.
29. Orson Merrick Graves,
Monson.
Mary H. Peterson,
Braintree.
29.
James H. LaBate,
Brockton.
Fannie B. Elkins,
Taunton.
Dec. 3.
Benjamin Taylor Wilkins,
Braintree.
4.
Frederic G. Ingraham, Emma L. Whitcomb,
66 Quincy. Braintree.
10. Joseph Edwin Gorham, Effie Louise Sims,
66
15.
Elmer Alonzo Holbrook,
66
23. George Edward Smith,
66
24.
Victoria Brow, Frederick Henry Smith,
Holbrook.
Adelaide Augusta Whiting,
Braintree.
25. Ellsworth Augustus Hollis,
66
Carrie Eustis Merrill,
66
The following parties have received certificates of intentions of marriage, but no return has been made to the Town Clerk of Braintree. Penalty for neglect of that duty, not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars :
June 16.
Patrick Mighen, Sarah Ford,
Braintree.
Norwood.
Aug. 25. Walter Irving Arnold, Catherine Imogene Plunkett,
Braintree.
Medford.
Whole number of marriages, 51.
RESIDENCE.
Mary Elizabeth Huston,
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66
Ida Iola Rowell,
66
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Birthplace of males: Braintree, 15; Weymouth, 7; Boston, 3; other places in Massachusetts, 10; Maine and Ireland, 4 each ; New Hampshire, 3; Canada, 2; Germany, Wisconsin and Sweden, 1 each.
Birthplace of females : Braintree, 10; Boston, 10; Wey- mouth, 3; other places in Massachusetts, 10; Canada, 10; Ireland, 3; Maine, 2; New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Germany, 1 each.
Marriages solemnized in Braintree, 22; Boston, 6; Quincy, 4; Weymouth, 5; Holbrook, Brockton and Somerville, 2 each ; Cambridge, Randolph, Marshfield, Woburn, Concord and Dover, N. H., 1 each ; unknown, 2.
Rev. E. O. Dyer married 6; Rev. A. A. Ellsworth, 4; Rev. W. B. Heath, 4; S. A. Bates, Esq., 3; and 34 by clergymen of other towns.
Two marriages were solemnized by clergymen of other towns without a certificate from the Town Clerk of Braintree, although one of each said parties resided in Braintree. Penalty for so doing, not less than fifty, nor more than two hundred dollars. Also, a clergyman came into town and married a couple who did not reside in Braintree ; and a clergyman came from New York and married a couple in Braintree, thus subjecting themselves to the same penalty.
We see from the foregoing facts that six clergymen, out of forty-eight, are in some way or other violators of the laws. It is time to enforce the laws in this respect. I am happy to say that all our resident clergymen have conformed to the laws, as becometh good citizens.
Were married for the first time, 42 males and 46 females ; for the second time, 8 males and 4 females; and one male and one female for the third.
Males older than the bride, 34; females older than the groom, 9 ; and 8 were of the same age. Two males were of the ages of 18 and 20, and one female 15.
Average age of males, 29.37.
Average age of females, 25.45.
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The following is a list of the births that have occurred in Braintree during the year of 1888, and also fourteen that occurred in 1887 which were not returned to the registrar in time to be published in the list of births for that year :
BIRTHS.
1887.
NAME.
PARENTS' NAME 2
Jan. 3. Guy Elmer Wood,
20. Sadie Christine Nelson,
Gustave A. and Betsey
Mar. 6. John Daniel Sullivan,
John and Honora
April 1. Agnes McCarthy,
Richard and Elizabethı
May 3.
Sarah Louise Wright,
George J. and Sarah W.
June 20.
Thomas James Fox,
Thomas J. and Sarah A.
July 10. John James Mulligan,
10. John Edward Dalton,
Thomas J. and Mary
Aug. 23. Arthur Amos Fletcher,
George J. and Christina Richard and Ellen E.
Sept. 17. Angeline Tracy DeNeil,
Oct. 7. Henry Russell Dailey,
17. Effie Ethel Rolston,
Dec. 21. Harriet F. Harnish,
28. Willard Perkins Sheppard,
Charles G. and Mary E.
1888.
12. Jan. Alice Gertrude Drinkwater, Annie Donovan,
Feb. 5. Harry A. Hamilton,
Augustus L. and Minnie
13. Henry Joseph Starr,
13. Sadie Florence Louise Mann,
18. Herbert Newell Howard,
19. Frank W. Drollett,
Herbert N. and Mary A. Albert A. and Orianna Peter and Margaret
21. Louise Donahue,
24. Harold Dow Hollis,
Charles W. and Lura A.
26. Hugh Joseph Dillon,
Daniel and Catherine
Mar. 3. Emily Davis,
6. Henry Arthur White,
15. Brow,
15. Margaret Elingwood Crocker,
28. Charles A. Barnes,
Luther R. and Elizabeth
29. Joseph Lynch,
John and Catherine E.
30. Robert Joseph McGlincy,
April 1. Lizzie Marian Porter,
7. Katie Emma Woodsunı,
8. Mabel Agnes Johnson,
S. Marjorie Tirrell,
10. Louisa Nelson Goodspeed,
14. Angelina Ellsworth Drinkwater,
Bernard and Margaret G. Elbridge F. and Lizzie L. Wesley L. and Mary E. Robert and Katie E.
Lewis H. and Mary H.
Herbert N. and Carrielena
Edward H. and Cora A.
Thomas F. and Lizzie A.
Charles A. and Nettie M.
Archibald H. and Mary
Isaiali and Sarah
John J. and Elizabeth A. Jeremiah and Mary J.
Edward J. and Mary J. Rufus L. and Susie L.
Edwin and Ann
Henry M. and Sarah D. Peter and Mary Oscar M. and Anna L.
Edward S. and Isanna C.
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1888.
NAME.
April 16. Robert Emmett O'Connor,
17. Augustus Paul Frazer,
18. William Morrison,
21. Carlton Adams Burrill,
21. Lawrence B. Denbroeder,
25. Edward Norton Sparhawk,
28. Mabel Frances Holmes, Palladino,
May 3. 5. Susan Avery,
13. Lester Edward Richards,
13. Hannah Josephine Hallissey,
18. Nicholas Delory,
18. Miriam Ellis,
21. Bates,
Rutlı Hilliard,
Miriam Viola Hollis,
Albert F. and Maria B. Hugo A. and Clara E.
31. 6. Florence Agnes Dearing,
6. Grace Marie Dearing,
8. Horace Almon Jones,
11. Cyrus Monroe,
11. Pansy J. Phillips,
13. Nath'l Frederic Thayer Hayden,
N. F. T. and Annie C.
16. Mary Eliza Black,
20. John Elmer Woodworth,
23. Mona Ina Rennie,
July 2. Ernest Clioate Woodsum,
2. Grace McDowell,
6. Mabel Lillian Buker,
7. Elmer Davenport Keith,
8. Mila Gertrude Bates,
Gustave B. and Annie M.
26. Arthur Monroe Hayden,
Asa A. and Cora L.
26. Nicholas Meghin,
27. Nettie Humphrey Denton,
27. Mary Monica Fitzgerald,
31. Maggie May Cullinan,
Aug.
2. Walter Reed Howland,
8. John Edward Finneran,
14. Edith Frances Woodsum,
15. Frank Herbert Walker,
19. Eugene Mullally,
20 .. Henry Briggs Wadsworth,
23. Helen Edith Bayley,
PARENTS' NAME.
Maurice and Elizabeth M. Eli and Maggie Cyrus and Mary A.
Frank A. and Mary J. Abraham L. and Ora L.
Samuel R. and Annie R.
William A. and Fannie E.
Joseph and Raffelo Albert E. and Susan J. Arthur E. and Annie D. Michael and Hannah E. John and Louisa Fred O. and Emma H. Charles S. and Sarah H. Aubrey and Annie G.
25. 28. 30. Newman,
30. Frankie Raymond Thayer, James Edward Starr,
Charles W. and Emma M.
Patrick J. and Annie F.
June
Frank H. and Grace M. 66 66
H. Almon and Fanny M. Walter O. and Lydia J. Thomas and Ella C.
Thomas and Frances E.
Amos and Abbie G.
Thomas D. and E. Lizzie
Rufus H. and Ida A.
Robert and Alison T. L.
George C. and Ella A. Herbert C. and Lilian
11. Joseph Vincent Cuff,
William H. and Sarah A.
Patrick and Sarah Warren E. and Anne C.
Thomas F. and Mary E. John and Anna Walter H. and Lillian R. Timothy J. and Nellie
B. Herbert and Mina E. John S. and Joanna John A. and Mary H. Briggs and Ada M. James H. and Priscilla B:
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1888.
NAME.
PARENTS' NAME.
Aug. 24. Alphonso Wallace,
31. William F. Wixon,
31. Joseph E. Wixon,
Sept. 1. Davis,
3. Mabel Christine Horte,
Oluf J. and Regina
12. Josephus Shaw,
Willie H. and Mary V.
23.
Chester Carpenter Holyoke,
Edward C. and Emma H.
24. Albert Peter Nelson,
Gustave A. and Betsey
26. Helen Louise Shaw,
George L. and Marie S.
27. Sarah Osterweil.
Isaac and Mary C.
Oct.
1. Elsie Marguerite Holbrook,
Charles H. and Rose E.
2. Edna Coffill,
Joseph M. and Nellie
7. Claribel Louise Simonds,
H. Willie and E. Claribel
11. Sophie Decose,
Maurice -and Flora
13. John Edward Burgess,
Horace S. and Catherine J.
16. Otis Herbert French,
Samuel S. B. and C. Jennie
16. Norma Grace Morrison,
Fred G. and Anna J. M.
18. Emma Gertrude Hayden,
Caleb H. and Emma F.
24. Walter Harrison Dexheimer,
Jacob, Jr. and Janette
25. Peter Dejon,
Joseph and Hattie
27. Ellen Maude Taylor,
Alphonso W. and Margaret
31. George William Mulligan,
Thomas F. and Lizzie M.
Nov.
2. Elsie Mathea Sophie Woll,
Gustave and Ellen A. C.
3. George Frederic Hollinshead,
Thomas and Sarah
4. Ruby Althea Mclaughlin,
William D. and Annie M.
14. Frank Starr,
14. Florence Loretta Burnham,
George T. and Irene E.
14. Henry Maginnis,
James E. and Helena M.
15. Laura May Newcomb,
George D. and Sarah B. C.
24. Emily Moshnicka,
John and Barbara
26. Barker Waldo Richards,
Horace J. and Harriet R.
26. Robinson,
William A. and Marion
28. Edith Alice Sherman,
Daniel H. and Nannie S.
28. Edith Mary Crowe,
Charles F. and Lena M.
Dec.
5. Edith Florence White,
Herbert G. and Nora L.
10. Joseph Francis Hennessy,
Patrick and Julia W.
13. Adams,
John F. and Emma H.
19. Anna May Thayer,
Louis W. and Idella F.
25. Mary Agnes Dejon,
Edward and Katie
29. James Gallivan,
Daniel J. and Bridget G.
Walter S. and Laura A.
29. Walter Chester Osborne,
William H. and Mary A. Amos R. and Lydia G. 66 James P. and Selina M.
Whole number of births in 1888, 113. Males, 59; females, 54. Born in Braintree, 27 of the fathers; in other towns in Massachusetts, 39; in Canada, 14; in Ireland, 8; in Maine, 6;
Terence and Charlotte
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in England and Rhode Island, 3 each; in Scotland, New York and Norway, 2 each; in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Italy, Prussia, Sweden, Austria and Bohemia, 1 each.
Born in Braintree, 20 of the mothers; in other towns in Massachusetts, 50; in Canada, 18; in Maine, New York and Ireland, 4 each ; in England, 3; in New Hampshire and Sweden, 2 each; in Vermont, Rhode Island, Scotland, Norway, Bohemia and Italy, 1 each'.
DEATHS.
-- Age .---
1888.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
2. Nancy A. (Hollis) Thayer,
Braintree,
S5
10
-:
2. Arthur H. Webster,
Salem, N. H.,
6
11 25
4. John McDowell,
Ireland,
67
6
10
10. Josephus Shaw,
Weymouthı,
55
3
12
20.
Barker Cook,
Pembroke,
72
S
5
22. Caroline N. Littlefield,
66
59
4
27
17.
John Somers,
England,
93
-
-
20.
Gracie F. Clark,
Braintree,
3
6
12
Mar.
1. Alta M. Bates,
5. Dennis Hayes,
Ireland,
60
-
-
6. Freeman Whitmarsh,
Braintree,
10
11
1
7.
Nancy (Holbrook) White,
66
S3
11
10
11.
Margaret Coughlan,
Walpole,
4
6
14
12.
Virginia A. (Niles) Dennett,
Braintree,
40
9
7
13.
Elinu Morton Thayer,
66
68
11
23
18.
Nathaniel F. T. Hayden,
Stoughton, Hanover,
40
3
23
21. Delia S. (Cushing) Cushman,
Braintree,
20
7
3
28.
Charles A. Barnes,
. Holbrook,
29
9
16
3. Thomas B. Mann,
Randolph,
62
7
5
4. Cylenda H. (Pratt) Denton,
Weymouth,
59
6
19
4. John Thompson,
Ireland,
38
-
1
17
13.
Gilbert Nash,
Weymouthı,
62
11
15
18. Francis Crane,
Braintree,
77
2
26
19. Sarahı T. Hayward,
70
2
4
19. William Morrison,
66
-
1
20.
Phebe (Veazie) Sherman,
66
67
10
15
Feb.
5. Sarah E. (Hunt) Dow,
66
-
-
1
31.
Ardelle (Jordan) Stetson,
April
1. Michael H. O'Brien,
Braintree,
-
6
S
5. Winfred C. Holbrook,
Braintree,
67
3
3
28. LaForest W. Spear,
56
11
7
16.
Selah (Tower) Belcher,
Braintree,
63
S
15
6. Harry A. Hamilton,
3
5
14
9. Mary L. French,
52
6
-
5
1
1
94
1888.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y
M.
D.
April 21. Mary (Thayer) Dickerman,
Braintree,
87
3
14
24. M. Jennie (Newcomb) Barrett,
Sandwich,
34
S
-
26. Elizabeth (Church) Tompkins,
Rhode Island,
68
28
28. Anna E. (Thayer) Stevens,
Holbrook,
55
4
26
May 1. Clara E. (Spear) Hamilton,
18
3
15
6. Joan Macgregor,
19
3
24
21.
Charles W. Dimmick,
Falmouth,
62
2
-
June
1. Catherine (Evens) Higgins,
Ireland,
77
1. Henry Landry,
Nova Scotia,
18
4. Samuel Bowditch,
Braintree,
83
4
1
7. Rachel A. Faxon,
64
10
5
7. Stephen V. Reagan,
Unknown,
-
-
1
10. David N. Hollis,
84
3
0
11.
George C. Gates,
Whitman,
26
5
21
15. Fanny M. (Dugey) Jones,
Canada,
23
9
S
16. Josiah Webster Hollis,
Braintree,
61
S
20
20. James E. Coughlan,
Norwood,
10
S
0
July 7. Rachella R. Kempton,
Croydon, N. H.,
44
10
27
11. Mary E. (Loring) Nash,
Braintree,
54
5
22. Maggie L. Delory,
Nova Scotia,
10
Aug. 3. John Bates,
Salem,
57
4
S
9. Alice M. Payne,
Randolplı,
3
4
21
16. Eliza A. (Maynard) Beals,
Rhode Island,
40
9
7
21. Edward Starr,
Ireland,
73
9
7
24. Harriet F. Harnish,
66
71
1
8
27. Joseph Lynch,
66
4
29
29. , Ernest J. Pace,
66
10
1
14. Priscilla (Brown) DeLano,
Scituate,
46
11
6
24. John Maginnis, .
Nova Scotia,
75
-
26. Jacob Sprague, Jr.,
Scituate,
58
2
Oct. 19. Henry B. Wadsworth, Jr.,
Braintree,
-
2
20. Murray F. Bishop,
Nova Scotia,
3
S
15
21. James F. Foley,
Braintree,
4
7
11
28.
Harrison E. Fletcher,
Brockton,
3
B
10
29. Fannie L. Shehan,
Braintree,
10
9
26
30. George C. Hollenbeck,
Athens, N. Y.,
48
3
12
Nov. 10. James Donaldson,
Ireland,
72
13. Daniel W. Stoddard,
Scituate,
36
2
21
17. Mehitable White,
Braintree,
64
1
25. Robert S. Elliott,
Weymouth,
7
3
22
·
-
-
S
21
25. Isaac Newton Dyer,
1
7
26
Sept.
1. Flora Dejon,
Braintree,
-
2
23. Bates,
Braintree, 66
31. Newman,
1
8. Horace A. Jones,
Braintree,
-
-
-- Age .-
Braintree, 66
95
1888.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M. D.
Nov. 28. Minnie Levangic,
Nova Scotia,
2
- -
29. Marcy T. (Wright) Hathaway,
Dec. 4. Stephen D. Macandrew,
Scituate, Braintree,
11
1 12
7. Amasa J. Dyer,
17. Joseph E. Wixon,
66
-
-
B
17
23. Joanna (Arnold) White,
66
90
9
14
24. Annie (Ash) Wilson,
Ireland,
60
4
24
29. Sumner W. Arnold,
Braintree,
72
2
11
-Age .-
Stillborn, 4; making in all, 92.
Of the above, 22 were less than 5 years of age ; 3 between 5 and 10; 8 between 10 and 20; 4 between 20 and 30; 5 between 30 and 40; 6 between 40 and 50; 9 between 50 and 60 ; 15 between 60 and 70; 9 between 70 and 80; 5 between 80 and 90, and 2 over 90.
Average age, 39.25 years.
Males, 51; females, 41.
Single, 48; married, 31; widowed, 13.
Born in Braintree, 50; other places in Massachusetts, 31 ; Ireland, 7; Nova Scotia, 5; New Hampshire and Rhode Island, 2 each ; England, Vermont, New York and Canada, 1 each.
The birthplaces of the parents were as follows :
Fathers. - Braintree, 23; other places in Massachusetts, 32; Nova Scotia, 10; Ireland, 9; Maine, 4; Scotland, 3; New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Canada, 2 each; England, New York, Vermont, Prussia and unknown, 1 each.
Mothers. - Braintree, 14; other places in Massachusetts, 39 ; Ireland, 11; Nova Scotia, 9; Maine, 4; England, 3; New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Scotland, New York and Canada, 2 each; Connecticut and unknown, 1 each.
Causes of . death : Pneumonia, 18; consumption and heart disease, 10 each; accident, 6; brain disease, diphtheria, pa- ralysis, cholera infantum and stillborn, 4 each ; apoplexy, old age and blood poisoning, 3 each ; typhoid fever and burned, 2 each ; . scarlet fever, croup, drowned, tumor, premature birth, perito-
4
B
26
3
17
17. Will F. Wixon,
66
42
69
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nitis, gangrene, overdose of medicine, inflammation of bowels, suicide, meningitis, whooping cough, chilled, suffocated, and murdered, 1 each.
Buried in Braintree, 37; Weymouth, 28; Quincy, 10; Ran- dolph, 5; Boston, 4; Scituate, 2; Duxbury, Falmouth, Cam- bridge, Holbrook, Maine and Nova Scotia, 1 each.
REPORT OF FIRES.
The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department reports to the Town Clerk the following fires which occurred during the year 1888 :
March 24. Pasture land of J. F. Sheppard. No damage. Cause, set by boys.
April 8. Pasture land of William H. Howard. No damage. Accidental.
April 17. Seven acres of woodland on Monatiquot Heights. No damage. Accidental.
April 29. Thirty acres of woodland owned by Adoniram J. White and others. Damage $200. Fire originated in Quincy.
May 11. Piggery of John Fallon, situated on Wood street. Damage $100. Cause, unknown. No insurance.
July 4. Two dwelling houses owned by I. Francis and Elmer H. Vinton, and one of them occupied by Maurice O'Connor, situated on Liberty street. Damage $800. Total loss. Acci- dental. No insurance.
July 22. Dwelling house owned and occupied by Albert A. Drollett, situated on Granite street. Value $1100. Damage $1100. Insurance $650. Value of contents $400. Damage $400. Insurance $200. Total loss. Cause, defective flue.
August 2. Woolen mill owned by heirs of B. L. Morrison and occupied by Straus, Kinsley & Co., situated on Adams street. No loss on building. Contents valued at $2000. Damage $10. Fully insured. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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BY-LAWS.
The following By-laws for the government of the town were adopted by the town of Braintree June 10, 1886, and June 23, 1886, and are printed in this report by order of the Selectmen :
ARTICLE I.
SECTION 1. The annual meeting for the election of town officers shall be held on the first Monday of March, at eight o'clock in the morning.
SECT. 2. Every town meeting shall be notified by posting an attested copy of the warrant calling the same, in not less than nine public places in the town, seven days, at least, before the day of meeting; and also by publication in the local newspaper, if there be any, at least once before said meeting.
ARTICLE II ..
SECT. 1. At the annual meeting, after the choice of a Moder- ator, the polls for the choice of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Surveyors of Highways, Auditors, and School Committee, shall remain open at least two hours, after which a vote may at any time be passed to close them in not less than ten minutes.
SECT. 2. No vote fixing the time for closing the polls at any election shall be reconsidered after the balloting has commenced, except for the purpose of extending the time.
SECT. 3. All questions may be debated; motions to adjourn may be amended by specifying a particular day or time, and on such motions not exceeding ten minutes shall be allowed on each side of the question for debate.
SECT. 4. The Moderator of town meetings may require mo- tions submitted for the consideration of the town to be made in writing.
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SECT. 5. No final vote shall be reconsidered, unless pub- lic notice of the intention to move a reconsideration has been given to the Moderator within one hour after the vote has been declared.
ARTICLE III.
SECT. 1. The Selectmen shall have full authority, as agents of the town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the town, and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless otherwise specially ordered by a vote of the town.
SECT. 2. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed conveying land, or any other instrument required to carry into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be executed by the Selectmen or a majority of them, in behalf of the town, unless the town shall otherwise vote in any special case.
SECT. 3. The Town Clerk shall keep a file of all town reports, reports of all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the town which may come into his possession ; he shall, as soon as practicable, after any election has been held by the town, in addition to the notices he is now directed to give to officers who are required to take an oath of office, also issue a written or printed notice to all persons who have been elected to any other office, or chosen to serve on any committee, stating the office to which such person has been elected, or the duties which such committee was chosen to perform.
ARTICLE IV.
SECT. 1. The financial year shall begin with the first day of February of each year.
Sect. 2. The assessment of all taxes shall be completed and a list thereof delivered to the Collector on or before the fifteenth day of August in each year.
(SECT. 3. This section relates to the collection of taxes, and was not approved.)
SECT. 4. The Collector shall, within thirty days after receiv- ing from the Assessors the tax list, send or deliver to every
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tax-payer his tax bill, on which shall be printed the rate of taxation, together with the conditions of payment of the same, as provided in foregoing section.
SECT. 5. The Collector shall report to the Selectmen a list of the taxes remaining unpaid on the first day of February in each year.
SECT. 6. On the first secular day of each month, the Collector shall pay over to the Town Treasurer all the taxes collected by him; and he shall on or before the first day of February, in each year, make up his account and render the same to the Auditors.
SECT. 7. The Town Treasurer shall exhibit to the Auditors satisfactory evidence that the cash balance due from him to the town is actually in the treasury.
SECT. S. No money shall be paid from the treasury, except State and County taxes, and notes and interest on the same, without an order therefor signed by a majority of the Selectmen.
SECT. 9. All town officers, on the settlement of their accounts with the town, shall return vouchers for all moneys paid by them on account of the town; and the Auditors shall examine the vouchers in their audit of accounts.
ARTICLE V.
SECT. 1. The Auditors shall be chosen by ballot.
SECT. 2. The Auditors shall audit the accounts and vouchers of the Selectmen, the Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Highway Surveyors, and all other town accounts, at the close of the fiscal year; and for this purpose they shall have access to all account books and vouchers belonging to the town, and shall report the result of their examination to the Selectmen, who shall present the same to the town in their annual report.
ARTICLE VI.
SECT. 1. The Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, School Committee and Engineers of the Fire Department shall make estimates of money needed in their several departments
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for the coming year, and deliver a copy thereof to the Selectmen, on or before the first day of February in each year; which esti- mates, together with their own report, and other matter usually published, the Selectmen shall cause to be printed and distributed to the inhabitants previous to the annual meeting.
SECT. 2. The Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and School Committee shall cause a notice of the time and place of their respective regular meetings to be conspicuously posted and maintained in three or more public places in the town, and pub- lished in the local newspaper, if there be one, and that the said meetings shall be public, and that the records shall be open for inspection at all proper times.
ARTICLE VII.
SECT. 1. The Surveyors of Highways shall be chosen by ballot.
SECT. 2. The Highway Surveyors shall, at the end of the fiscal year, report in writing to the Selectmen the condition of the highways and townways in their respective districts ; blank forms upon which said reports shall be made shall be furnished each Surveyor by the Selectmen; and the substance of these reports shall be published in the Selectmen's report.
SECT. 3. The Selectmen shall annually engage a reliable man to take charge of the drawbridge, whose duty it shall be to open the draw at all times when required for the free passage of vessels, and to close the same with all possible expedition, not permitting more than one vessel to pass at any one opening of the draw, unless the approaches to the bridge are free from passengers while the draw is open; he shall also see that the bridge is at all times in a safe and proper condition ; that the railings and planks are in good order, and immediately report any defect in the same to the Selectmen.
ARTICLE VIII.
SECT. 1. No person who is not in the employ of the town shall break, dig up, or excavate, or assist in breaking, or digging up, or excavating, any part of a public street, highway or town- -
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way ; or remove any gravel, or other similar thing, from a public street, highway or townway, unless he has obtained from the Board of Selectmen a written license therefor.
SECT. 2. Whoever, by virtue of such a license, breaks, digs up, or excavates, or causes to be dug or broken up, or excavated, any part of a public street, highway or townway, shall cause a rail or other sufficient fence to be placed so as to enclose the part of the street so dug, or broken up, or excavated, and the dirt, gravel or other material thrown therefrom, and he or they shall cause a lighted lantern to be fixed to some part of such fence, and so kept from the beginning of twilight through the whole of every night during all the time such street, highway or townway remains dug or broken up or such excavation exists.
SECT. 3. No building over fifteen feet in width shall be moved over a public street or way without written permission from the Selectmen ; and the Selectmen, before granting permission to move a building, shall ascertain if the proposed removal can be made without injury or destruction to trees, shrubs or other fixtures of ornament or utility belonging to the public or to individuals ; and they may require the applicant to furnish satisfactory security to indemnify the town or any individuals whose right may be affected for any damage caused by said removal.
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