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Article 5, taken up.
Voted, to proceed to ballot for a fence viewer in place of Jo- siah Penniman, declined, and L. Willard Morrison was chosen and sworn.
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Voted to proceed to ballot for two School fund committee to till vacancy, George D. Willis and Alva S. Morrison were chosen, and accepted.
Voted, that the collection of taxes be let out to the lowest bidder. Joseph Dyer agreed to collect the taxes for nine mills on the dollar, and he was elected collector of taxes for the en- suing year ; and sworn by the town clerk.
Article 5 laid on the table.
Article 2, taken up.
Voted to re-commit the report of the selectmen with instruc- tions to amend it, so far as it relates to highway tools, and the remainder to be accepted.
Voted to adjourn to Monday, April 18, next at 7 h. 30 min. P. M.
. SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, April 18, 1892.
. The meeting was called to order by the moderator in accord- ance with the adjournment from April 11, 1892.
Article 10, taken up.
Voted, That the engineers and members of the fire depart- ment be each paid the sum of fifteen dollars for their service the current year.
Article 11, taken up.
Voted, That all taxes assessed the current year shall be payable on or before said first day of December, 1892, and on all taxes not paid on or before said first day of December, inter- est at the rate of six per centum per annum shall be charged and collected from the first day of December until the tax is paid ; and that the collector is required immediately after the first day of February, 1893, to exert all the power vested in him by law for the collection of all unpaid taxes.
Article 12 taken up.
Voted, That the money appropriated for interest on water bonds and hydrant rentals be hereby appropriated to the interest on water bonds and sinking fund.
Article 14, taken up.
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Voted, That the town re-appropriate the unexpended balance of money in the treasury for the completion of the new schoolhouse.
Voted, That the town appropriate the sum of $500, for grad- ing the land at the new school house.
Article 16, Voted, to refer the subject to the selectmen with authority to act according to their best judgment.
Articles 17, 18 and 19 were referred to the selectmen.
Article 22, taken up.
Voted, That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 and that so much of said sum as may be needed, be used to defray the expenses of maintaining and operating an electric light plant.
Article 24, taken up.
Voted, That the subject of establishing a system of electric fire alarm be referred to the Board of Fire Engineers and Water Commissioners.
Article 25 taken up.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $700 to paint the engine houses, and build an addition to the hook and ladder house, and that it be expended under the direction of the engineers of the fire department.
Article 26 taken up.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $750, for a ladder truck and ladders for the south part of the town, to be expended under the direction of the engineers of the fire department.
Articles 27, 30, 33 and 34 be referred to the Selectmen.
Voted, That Article 31 be indefinitely postponed.
Article 8 taken from the table.
Voted, That so much of the bank and corporation tax to the amount of $8,000 be applied to the payment of the above ap- propriations.
Voted, To raise by taxation the sum of fifty-one thousand and forty dollars ($51,040).
On Article 28 no action was taken.
Voted, To pay Francis A. Hobart the sum of $25 for his services as Moderator.
Voted, That the following amendments to the By-Laws be adopted.
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These amendments having been disapproved by Judge John Hopkins of the Superior Court, who also recommended that the old By-Laws be repealed and an entire new code be adopted. It has not been deemed advisable to print, as they are worthless.
Vote, To adjourn, sine die.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Tuesday, the 17th day of May, 1892, at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to prosecute all violations of the criminal laws within the limits of the town, and make the necessary appropriation for the purpose.
ART. 3. To see if the town will take any action relative to protecting the Constables or other officers of the town in the dis- charge of their duties, and offer any reward for detection of parties sending threatening letters to the officers engaged in the enforcement of the laws.
ART. 5. To choose or hear the report of any Committee.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the "Braintree Observer."
Hereof fail not, and make 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 ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, May 13, 1892.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published in the "Braintree Observer" once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, May 17, 1892. .
In accordance with the above warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Francis A. Hobart was elected Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2, Voted that the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized and directed to prosecute all violations of the criminal laws within the limits of the town of Braintree, and that they be authorized for this purpose to designate one or more of the town constables-to carry out this vote, and that the sum of five hun- dred dollars be appropriated, to be used by the Selectmen as they deem necessary to pay expenses incurred.
Art. 3. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to offer a reward, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for the detection of any parties who send threatening or abusive letters to any con- stable or other officers of the town while in discharge of their duties of enforcing the laws.
Voted to adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
A meeting of the town was held at the Town Hall on May 25, 1892, but the warrant being defective, it was deemed advisable to call another meeting.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
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NORFOLK, ss. To either of the constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
. In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Friday, the third day of June, 1892, at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To determine the form and provisions of Water Loan Bonds for the aggregate principal sum of fifty thousand dollars, authorized by the vote of the town on June 2nd, 1891, and the application of the proceeds thereof, and to authorize, di- rect and confirm the issue of said bonds in the form adopted by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Water Commissioners, of which bonds thirty thousand dollars have been already issued and twenty thousand are to be issued.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of two hundred dollars to build an addition to the Engine House in South Braintree, for the accommodation of the new Ladder Truck.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and publishing once in the Braintree Reporter.
Hereof fail not, and make 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-seventh day of May, A. D. 1892.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, May 27, 1892.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by post- .
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ing up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be pub- lished in the Braintree Reporter once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, June 3, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Francis A. Hobart was unanimously elected Moderator, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2 taken up.
Voted, That the issue of negotiable coupon bonds of the town by the Treasurer with the approval of the Water Com- missioners, as provided in the act of the Legislature of 1891, chapter 345, and in pursuance of the vote of the town passed June 2, 1891, for the aggregate principal sum of $50,000, in sums of $1,000 or $500, each dated June 1, 1891, and payable in 30 years from such date with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually on presentation of the re- spective coupons and designated on the face thereof "Braintree Water Loan," a part of which bonds have been already issued, be and is hereby authorized and confirmed. And that the proceeds of the sale of the said bonds shall be applied for the purposes authorized in the Acts of 1885, 1886 and 1891, or either of them, all being in relation to the water supply of the town of Braintree.
ART. 3 taken up.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $200 to build an addition to the engine house in South Braintree for the accommodation of the new ladder truck.
Voted, To adjourn after a session of eight minutes.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
. In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Wednesday, the twentieth day of July, 1892, at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to authorize or instruct the Selectmen to grant an extension of the franchise of the Braintree Street Railway Company, to enable said company the time required to contract for the building of its road.
ART. 3. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to establish a public drinking fountain in each part of the town.
ART. 4. To see if the town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to extend the water pipes from Stetson street to the junction of Liberty and Middle streets.
ART. 5. To see if the town will accept Dearing avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the laying out of the extension of Tremont to West street; also a street leading from said extension of Tremont street to Franklin street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will aceept the street leading from Union street to Middle street, as laid out by the Selectmen and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars for the same.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Reporter.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meet- ing.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES,
Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, July 13, 1892.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree, herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published in the " Braintree Reporter " once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE. July 20, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk. .
Francis A. Hobart was elected Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 taken up.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to grant an extension of the franchise of the Braintree Street Railway Co. to Oct. 15, 1893, but on condition that this franchise shall not be sold or transferred to any other corporation or indi- vidual.
Article 3 taken up.
Voted, That this article be referred to the Water Commis- sioners, who shall report thereon at the next annual meeting, to- gether with the expense of said fountains.
Article 4. Referred to Water Commissoners.
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Article 5. Voted that the town accept Dearing avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 6. Voted that the town accept the extension of Tremont to West street ; also a street leading from said extension of Tremont street to Franklin street as laid out by the Select- men, and appropriate the sum of $600 for the same.
Article 7. Voted that the town accept the street leading from Union street to Middle street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the same.
Voted to adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the constables of the town of Braintree. GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Tuesday, the eleventh day of October, 1892, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. By request of the Board of Water Commissioners, to see what action the Town will take, if any, in relation to ex- tending the Water system, and to appropriate money to defray the expenses thereof.
ART. 3. By request of William B. Summers to see if the Town will vote to build a drain on Commercial street, to prevent surface water from flowing on his land.
ART. 4. By the Selectmen, to see if the town will vote an addition of three hundred dollars for incidental expenses.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this Warrant, in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Reporter.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
ANSEL O CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES,
Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, Oct. 4, 1892.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by post- ing up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be pub- lished in the Braintree Reporter once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 11, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Francis A. Hobart was chosen Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 taken up.
Voted, That the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed, under instructions of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow the sum of two thousand dollars. Said sum to be held subject to the Board of Water Commissioners, and so much of said sum to be expended as the Board of Water Commissioners think advisable for extension of the water main.
Article 3 taken up.
Voted, To refer article three to the Selectmen.
Article 4 taken up.
Voted, To appropriate an additional sum of three hundred dollars for the incidental expenses of the town.
Voted, To adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of GREETING.
Braintree,
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Wednesday, the eleventh day of January, 1893, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To see if the town will instruct and authorize its Board of Selectmen to grant to Stevens & Willis the right to cross the streets of Braintree, Mass., and to A. S. Morrison & Bros. such additional right to cross streets as may be necessary for the purpose of supplying any and all who may desire an elec- tric current for domestic purposes and power, and to transact such other business as may be deemed necessary.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the elec- tric lighting committee to make such additions to the electric light plant as will enable the town to furnish light for its own buildings and for domestic and commercial uses under the pro- visions of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massa- chusetts passed in the year 1891.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of making such additions to the electric light plant as will enable the town to furnish light for its own build- ings and for domestic and commercial uses, under the provisions of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891.
ART. 5. To see if the town will authorize Thomas A. Wat- son and F. O. Wellington of East Braintree, doing business under the title of Fore River Engine Co., to set poles in and run wires over and across the streets of the east section of the town for the purpose of furnishing electric light for domestic and commercial uses.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to the suit now pending against the town, brought by George P. Niles and others, for taking the water of Great Pond.
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ART. 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the claim made against the town by the Estate of Sarah W. Glover, for taking the water of Little Pond.
ART. 8. To choose any committee that may be deemed necessary.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Reporter.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your doing thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meet- ing.
Given under our hands at Braintree this second day of Jan- uary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, J. FRANKLIN BATES.
Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, January 3, 1893.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree, herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by post- ing up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine. public places in said town seven days before the time set for said meet- ing, and I have caused the said warrant to be published in the " Braintree Reporter" once before the time set for the said meet- ing.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, January 11, 1893.
In accordance with the above warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Francis A. Hobart was elected Moderator, by , the use of the check-list, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
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Voted, That Article 3 be taken up.
Voted, That when the vote is taken, it be by ballot,and with the use of the check-list, by Yes or No votes. J. Franklin Bates .and Nathaniel F. Hunt were appointed by the Moderator to check the list, and were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Elmer E. Abercrombie, John W. Burnham and John V. Scollard were appointed by the Moderator to count the ballots, and were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, That the electric lighting committee appointed at the town meeting of June 2, 1891, be and hereby is authorized and directed to make such additions to the town's electric light- ing plant as will enable it to furnish light for the town buildings and for commercial and domestic uses as provided in Chap. 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts passed in the year 1891, Yes, 223; No, 27. Total 250, and the Moderator declared it adopted by a two-thirds vote.
Voted, That the fourth article be taken up.
ARTICLE 4. Voted, by the use of the check list, and by ballot, Yes or No, that the Treasurer of the town of Braintree be and hereby is authorized and directed, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, to issue bonds of the town to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate, the sum of sixteen thousand six hun- dred dollars for the purpose of making such additions to the town's electric lighting plant as will enable it to furnish light for its own buildings and for commercial and domestic uses, as pro- vided by Chap. 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachu- setts passed in the year 1891, entitled an act to enable cities and towns to manufacture and distribute gas and electricity. Said bonds to be in the denomination of not more than $1,000, or less than $100 as the Treasurer may find most convenient to sell, to run fifteen years from the date of their issue and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent. per annum. Total number of votes, 148. Yes, 134; No, 14. The Moderator declared it passed by a two-thirds vote.
Voted, To adjourn, sine die, at 11.56 o'clock P. M.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR
THE ANNUAL TOWN . MEETING, 1893.
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, March 6th, 1893, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways and bridges the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept Sections 74, 75, 76, and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes and choose a board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers for the en- suing year, and also to vote on the following question, as required by Chapter 54 of the Acts of 1881, namely : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the en- suing year.
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ART. 9. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $175, and pay the same to General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 10. To see how the town will vote to pay the mem- bers of the Fire Department.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all taxes that remain unpaid after a certain date. .
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the interest on the water bonds and for the sinking fund established for the payment of said bonds.
ART. 13. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.
ART. 14. To see if the town will reappropriate the unex- pended balance of money in the treasury for the completion of the new road leading from Union Street to Middle Street.
ART. 15. To see if the town will take measures to print an account of the proceedings at the two hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of its incorporation, and make an appropriation therefor.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to repeal the old and adopt a new code of By-Laws, as recommended by the Judge of the Superior Court.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water main on Liberty, corner of Stetson Street, to a point on Liberty, corner of Middle street.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $125 for the purpose of placing four more arc lamps, or their equivalent in incandescents, in such location as the Selectmen shall determine.
ART. 19. To see if the town will reduce the percentage charged on the Hayward Street extension of the water main to the regular schedule rate.
ART. 20. To see if the town will reappropriate the unex- pended balance of the money appropriated at the town meeting of January 11th, 1893, for the purpose of extending the electric light plant.
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ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds that the Town Treasurer was authorized to issue at the town meeting of January 11th, 1893, for the purpose of extending the electric light plant, and to establish a sinking fund sufficient, with the accumulations thereof, to pay the principal of said bonds at their maturity.
ART. 22. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of paying the operating expenses of the electric light plant during the coming year.
ART. 23. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to convey to General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., lots No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Plain Street Cemetery for their use as a soldiers' burial lot.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to amend Section 1 of Article 4 of the By-Laws of the town, by making the first day of January, instead of the first day of February, the beginning of the financial year.
ART. 25. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to borrow the sum of $3,000; said sum to be placed at the disposal of the Board of Water Commissioners to extend the water system.
ART. 26. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Health to cause Lakeview Cemetery, so called, to be closed against future interments.
ART. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250; said sum to be expended by the Board of Water Commissioners for the purpose of engineering, so that a plan may be laid before the town for the better protection of the bor- ders of Little Pond.
ART. 28. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $750 for the purpose of placing in position three public drinking fountains-one in each part of the town ; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Water Commissioners.
ART. 29. To see if the town (if deemed expedient) will vote to borrow the money on notes instead of issuing bonds as voted at the town meeting held on the 11th day of January, 1893, under Article 4 in the warrant calling said meeting; said appropriation being made under the provisions of Chap. 370 of
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the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $32,000 for the erection of a school house and the purchase of a lot of land for the location of the same in the east section of the town, and also to determine the method of raising said money.
ART. 31. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $4,500 for the purpose of improving the heating, ventilating and sanitary system at the Iron Works schoolhouse, as required by law and as ordered by the State Inspectors of Public Buildings.
ART. 32. To see if the town will choose a Board of Health.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $200 to shingle and put new platforms at engine houses at the east and south parts of the town.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $600 for the purchase of new hose.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $250 for the purchase of harnesses for the Fire Department.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Engineers to present the engine in the south part of the town to the B.V. F. A., and to dispose of the engine and condemned hose in the east part of the town, the proceeds of the same to be used for the Fire Department.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $3,500 to establish a Fire Alarm, and to appoint a committee for the same.
ART. 38. To see what action the town will take in relation to the claims of Stevens & Willis and the estate of Sarah W. Glover, for taking the water of Little Pond ; also of George P. Niles and others for taking the water of Great Pond ; also in re- lation to the suit of Henry Gardner for services in the water suit. before Commissioners Lowell, Williams and Ware.
ART. 39. To see if the town will accept Sec. 72 of Chap. 423 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1890, and divide the town into voting precincts.
ART. 40. To choose any committee or hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
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You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meet- ing.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, NATHANIEL F. HUNT. J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy, attest :
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS. BRAINTREE, Feb. 23, 1893.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified as herein ex- pressed, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes herein named.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree. ..
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INDEX.
PAGE
Almshouse Account .
13
Appraisal of Property
16
Inmates 19
Appropriations and Expenditures, 4
Assessors' Account 51
Assets of Town
. 65
Auditors' Report . 68
Births of 1892 178
Collector's Account 55
Court Fees and Expenses 44
Deaths of 1892
181
Electric Light Department-Report of Committee
83
The Station (illustrated)
87
Location of Lights
94
Financial Statement
99
Stock on Hand . 108
Report of Manager
109
Appropriation Account 48
Enforcement of Laws 45
Estimates for 1893
53
Expenditures, Recapitulation 49
Fire Department-Report of Engineer 71
Financial Accounts 40
List of Fires in 1892 73
Grand Army Appropriation 25
Highways, repairs of 25
Stone Roads . 29, 32
Removal of Snow 31
Distribution of Work 31
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Highways, Extension of Tremont Street 45
New Roads 46
Hospital Account
25
Incidental Town Expenses 34
Insurance on Public Buildings
48
Jury List
70
Liabilities of Town 64
Marriages of 1892
175
Poor Out of Almshouse 20
Records of Town-Report of Town Clerk
173
Schools-Annual Report of School Committee 168
Annual Report of Superintendent 143
Pay of Teachers 5
Pay of Janitors 8
Pay of Superintendent 10
Fuel Account 9
Incidentals 10 12
Text Books and Supplies. 11
Conveying Pupils . 12
Monatiquot Schoolhouse Appropriation 46
Monatiquot Schoolhouse, (illustrated) 147
Grading Monatiquot School Grounds 47
Report of School Fund 67
Report Building Committee Monatiquot School 78
Teachers and Salaries 169
Attendance
171
Selectinen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor, Report of 3
State and Soldiers' Aid 24
Taxes, Abatement and Collection of 43
Thayer Public Library-Report of Trustees 75
Report of Treasurer 76
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PAGE
Thayer Public Library-Report of Librarian 77
Appropriation Account
40
Town Hall Account .
38
Town Lands
39
Town Officers of 1892,
2
Pay of 37
Treasurer's Accounts
57
Treasurer's Report
66
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1893 209
Water Department, Report of Commissioners 113
Organization 114
Financial Report 121
Estimates for 1893 127
Report of Collector and Registrar 128
Appropriations
47
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