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28, Charles A. Chase,
Brockton,
18
2
16
Mar. 11,
Charles N. Richards,
Weymouth,
65
11
15
12, Henry Maginnis,
Ireland,
78
26
9, Harry Lester Whitcomb,
May
- Beyett,
Braintree,
-
-
7
29, ɔ̃,
Bridget (Flynn) Scollard,
61
-
66
1
182
-- AGE .--
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
Y.
M.
D.
June 13, Marg't A. (Hamilton) Fenderson,
Maine,
42
0
21
20, Rachel Frazier,
50
-
-
19, Edward J. McCue,
Weymouth,
25
5
24
24, Leo Irving Goodspeed,
Braintree,
2
4
22
July 4, Daniel Doherty,
Ireland,
76
4, Beatrice M. Cavanagh,
Braintree,
13
13, Mary J. (Skinner) Sprague,
N. Y.,
56
11
1
17, Eliza A. (Stanchfield) Dickinson,
Maine,
52
7
15
17, Annie Griffin,
Braintree,
9
28
20 Frederic Harnish,
1
8
-
-
Aug. 3,
Carl P. Bjorkman,
Sweden,
58
0
17
4, Sarah G. Cuff,
Braintree,
2
5
8
5, William G. Martin,
Maine,
78
9
20
6, Sarah (Godsell) Corkery,
Ireland,
69
-
-
-
8
24
8, William John,
66
1
7
26
11, Eunice E. Minchin,
66
44
2
13
12, Charles F. Mansfield,
Randolph,
7
-
-
7
28
15, Edward A. Besse,
'Wareham,
69
3
2
15,
Lovisa S. (Knight) Martin,
Maine,
79
4
23
16,
Eugene Doherty,
Braintree,
19
8
18,
Minnie N. Kirby,
-
7
14
19, John Levangie,
15
4
20
20, Helen D. Webb,
Taunton,
-
6
22
22, Pierce Long,
Ireland,
62
-
-
4
14
24, Frederic Davis,
30, Caroline E. Curtis,
Weymouth,
56
4
15
Sept. 2,
Jemima (Peddy) Macgregor,
Scotland,
73
2
-
7,
Mary J. (Jenkins) Dearing,
Bedford,
60
10
16
12, Edward DeNeil,
Braintree,
-
6
11
13, Ralph W. Levangie,
66
-
7
18, Henry A. Pierce,
66
62
7
23
18, George F. Cavanagh,
66
21
5
15
21, James Dignan,
Ireland,
25
-
-
-
4
6
Oct.
3, Theodora H. (Penniman) Vinton,
66
74
5
21
6, Harold K. Allen,
66
79
6
15
11, Marcus A. Perkins,
55
1
15
13,
Reviere,
66
-
1
-
-
-
21, Peter A. Peterson,
Norway,
45
8, Mary L. Frazer,
Braintree,
-
1
10, Eula F. Manter,
14, Harold A. Johnson,
Braintree,
-
-
11
8
9, John Crane,
66
27, Maggie M. Frazier,
Braintree,
7
-
24, Milton T. Saunders,
Braintree, 60
183
-- AGE. --
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
Y.
M. D.
Oct. 15, Mary E. Muenscher,
R. I.,
62
1 -
15, Ann (Farrell) Sullivan,
50
-
-
19, Dorothy T. Woodman,
Braintree,
1
10
19
N. Y.,
73
3
29
Maine,
90
1 15
Braintree,
62
4 27
11, Peter Kalikai,
Sandwich Isl'ds,
65
Lowell,
57
Braintree,
26
6
23
17, Myrtle D. Smith,
18, Reuben Drake,
Bridgewater,
66
5
12
23, Rosanna Achorn,
Braintree,
64
Dec. 1,
Wilford W. Herrick,
Braintree,
1
3
13
2, Elvira C. (Webster) Webster,
Maine,
53
1
12
3, Albion P. Maxwell,
68
0
6
16, Charles Fox,
Boston,
17
10
12
19, Louisa (Cushing) Dyer,
Weymouth,
67
4
29
29, Lewis L. Harris,
Gr't Barrington,
45
8
11
-, Peter Mooney,
Ireland,
46
-, Thomas Black, Jr.,
Scotland,
31
-
Whole number of deaths in 1892, 110. Of the above 21 were under 1 year; 11 between 1 and 10; 7 between 10 and 20; 8 between 20 and 30; 3 between 30 and 40; 8 between 40 and 50; 14 between 50 and 60; 19 between 60 and 70; 9 between 70 and 80; 4 between 80 and 90; 2 over 90. Average age, 37.
Males, 59; females, 51; single, 56; married, 33; widowed, 21.
Birthplace of parents. Fathers : Braintree, 15; other towns in Massachusetts, 29; Ireland, 17 ; Maine, 11; British Provinces, 9; Scotland, New York and New Hampshire, 4 each ; Rhode Island and England, 2 each; Connecticut, Sandwich Islands, New Jersey, Alabama, Sweden, Norway, and France, 1 each ; un- known, 6.
Mothers : Braintree, 11; other towns in Massachusetts, 40 ; Ireland, 19; British Provinces, 9 ; Maine, 6; New Hampshire, 5; Scotland, 4; England, 3; Rhode Island and New York, 2 each ; Michigan, Sandwich Islands, Connecticut, France, Sweden and Norway, 1 each ; unknown, 3.
United States parentage : fathers, 68; mothers, 68.
Foreign parentage : fathers, 36; mothers, 39.
28, James E. Wheeler,
29, Wealthy (Richards) Spear,
Nov. 2,
Nehemiah T. Dyer,
11, Dean Holt,
12, Fred G. Morrison,
1
0
25
-
1
29, Oliver J. Curtis,
Boston,
184
Unknown : fathers, 6; mothers, 3.
Buried in Braintree, 40; Weymouth, 22; Quincy, 18; Bos- ton, 5; other places, 25.
Causes of death : Consumption, 18; apoplexy and heart dis- ease, 18; cholera infantum, 10; pneumonia, 7 ; cancer and tumor, 5 ; old age, premature birth and still born, 4 each ; Bright's dis- ease, typhoid fever, alcoholism and softening of brain, 3 each ; meningitis, 6; accident, 3; hepatis, enteritis, convulsions, and diphtheria, 2 each ; prosopalgia, tabes mesenterica, erysipelas, dysentery, dentition, carbuncle, uremia, puerperal, congestion of lungs, nephritis, and peritonitis, 1 each.
S. A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN RECORDS.
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 Monday, the seventh day of March, 1892, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 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 high- ways and bridges the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the provisions of chapter 158 of the acts of the year 1871 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 re- quired 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. S. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the en- suing year.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $175 and pay the same to the Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of Memorial services.
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.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the inter- est 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 re-appropriate the unex- pended balance of money in the treasury for the completion of the new school house.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 for grading the land at the new school house.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to drain Pearl street.
ART. 17. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on Han- cock and Washington streets from the residence of Michael Brandley to the residence of James W. Thayer.
ART. 18. To see if the town will build a sidewalk from the Old Colony railroad to Monatiquot river on River street.
ART. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for the purpose of grading Liberty street to Stetson street.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to proceed and establish an electric lighting plant under the provisions of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of the year 1891.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to issue bonds, notes or scrip for the aggregate principal sum of thirty thousand dollars to carry into effect the establishment and maintenance of an electric lighting plant within the town of Braintree, as provided by Section 4 of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891, en- titled an Act to enable cities and towns to manufacture and dis- tribute gas and electricity.
ART. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars to defray the expenses of maintain- ing an electric lighting plant.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on said loan of thirty thousand dollars, and also to establish a sinking fund sufficient,
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with the accumulations thereof, to pay the principal of said loan at its maturity.
ART. 24. To see if the town will take any action in relation to establishing a system of electric fire alarm.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of seven hundred dollars to paint the engine houses and build an addition to the hook and ladder house, as recommended by the Engineers of the Fire Department.
ART. 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $750 for a ladder truck and ladders for the south part of the town.
ART. 27. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200 to build a sidewalk on Quincy avenue.
ART. 28. To see what action the town will take upon the revision of the By-Laws as recommended by the Committee as follows :
Art. 1. Sec. 1 .- After the word "morning" insert the follow- ing; "At which meeting no business shall be transacted except the election of officers and the appointment of necessary commit- tees."
Sec. 2 .- After the word "and" in the fourth line insert, "all such warrants except those warnings of the annual Municipal Election and the annual State Election shall be advertised." Omitting the words "also by publication" in the fourth line.
Art. 2. Sec. 1 .- Amend by inserting the words "Water Commissioners" in place of "Surveyors of Highways."
Sec. 5 .- From the word "unless" strike out the remainder of the section, so that it shall read, "unless immediate notice is given after the action has been taken; excepting, however, that it may be acted upon at a subsequent meeting called for this purpose."
Add to Article 2: "Sec. 6 .- No sum of money shall be raised or appropriated for any purpose at any town meeting un- less there are present at said meeting at least seventy-five legal voters and voting thereon."
Art. 3, Sec. 1 .- After the word "it " in the third line insert "in all cases arising under the pauper laws, and upon matters relating to alleged defects in the highways.
Sec. 3 .- At the end insert the following: "It shall be the duty of the Clerk to furnish to the Board of Selectmen certified copies of all votes passed, and all appropriations made by the town. He shall furnish to the Board of Water Commissioners a
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record of all actions of the town relating to the Water Depart- ment. Under this provision all records referred to are to be in the possession of the respective boards within thirty days from the action of the town."
Art. 4, Sec. 3 .- Strike out.
Sec. 4 .- After the word "same" in the fourth line insert " as voted by the town." Strike out the remainder of this sec- tion.
Add new section next to the last as follows : " Sec. 3 .- No officer or committee of the town shall expend any money in excess of the amount appropriated by the town ; nor shall any appro- priation be diverted from the purpose for which it was made to meet any other expenditure ; and all money appropriated and unused shall remain in the treasury of the town."
Sec. S .- Add to end : "The Water Commissioners shall, however, draw orders upon their treasurer for the expenses of their department.
Art. 5, Sec. 1 .- A new section. " All monies to be de- posited by the Treasurer shall be placed in such bank as the Board of Selectmen shall designate."
Sec. 2 .- Strike out "Highway Surveyors" and insert " Water Commissioners."
Art. 6, Sec. 1 .- Strike out "Highway Surveyors " and in- sert " Water Commissioners" and Board of Selectmen.
Sec. 2 .- After the word "poor" in the first line insert " Water Commissioners." After the word " be" strike out as far as the word "published."
Art. 7, Sec. 1 .- Strike out.
Sec. 2 .- Strike out " Highway Surveyors" and insert "Su- perintendent of Streets." Also strike out "in their respective districts," and also after furnish strike out " each surveyor" and insert the word " him."
Art. 8, Sec. 6 .- Add the word " swine."
Sec. 15 .- A new section, as follows : " No person shall keep swine or store offal or any city swill upon his premises for the purpose of feeding the same to swine, after being ordered in writing by the Selectmen or Board of Health to discontinue such action.
Art. 9, Sec. 1 .- Change the word "Hampden " to " Nor- folk."
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to substitute the following article in place of Article 11 (eleven) of its By-Laws, namely : "The Trustees of the Thayer Public Library shall consist of six persons, one-third thereof to be elected annually,
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and to continue in office for three years, except that the town shall first elect two of the trustees for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and thereafter two for the term of three years."
ART. 30. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of draining and grading Franklin street.
ART. 31. To see if the town will accept the extension of Tremont street from Central avenue to West street, and also a street leading from said extension to Franklin street, as laid out by the Selectmen.
ART. 32. To choose any committee or hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
ART. 33. To see if the town will pave the gutters on Han- cock street and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 34. To see if the town will pave the gutter at the ' junction of Washington and River streets.
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 twelfth day of February, 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, Feb. 29, 1892.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabit- ants of the town of Braintree, herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the puposes 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
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meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published once in the "Braintree Observer" before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, March 7, 1892.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Ansel O. Clark appointed to check the list, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Upon ballot, Francis A. Hobart was unanimously elected Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
J. Franklin Bates was appointed to take charge of the ballot box, and was sworn.
Voted, To lay article 2 on the table.
ART. 3. Voted, that the highways and bridges be repaired in accordance with Chap. 98 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1889.
ART. 4, Laid on the table.
ART. 5, Voted to proceed to the election of the following town officers, on one ballot, namely, Town Clerk, Town Treasur- er, 3 Selectmen (who shall be Assessors and Overseers of the Poor), 14 Constables, 3 Auditors, 2 School Committee for 3 years. One School Committee to fill vacancy, 5 School Fund Committee and 3 Fence Viewers, and also at the same time vote on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
Moderator appointed C. W. Fearing to assist the Town Clerk in counting the votes and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Moderator declared the polls open at 8h. 25min. A. M.
Voted, That the polls be kept open until 1h. 30min. P. M., and then closed, and at that time they were declared closed.
The tellers having completed their work, the Moderator de- clared the result of the ballot as follows, namely :
Whole number of ballots, 467.
Town Clerk,-Blanks, 9; Henry A. Monk, 1; E. J. Griffin, 1; F. G. Crosby, 4; Samuel A. Bates, 452, and he was declared elected and sworn by the Moderator.
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Town Treasurer,-Peter D. Holbrook, 467, and he was de- clared elected and sworn.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor,-Blanks, 48; John V. Scollard, 219; Ansel O. Clark, 452; J. Franklin Bates, 435; Nathaniel F. Hunt, 247; and Ansel O. Clark, J. Franklin Bates, and Nathaniel F. Hunt were elected and sworn.
School Committee for 3 years,-Blanks, 8; Ann M. Brooks, 463; Rebecca H. Morrison, 463, and Ann M. Brooks and Rebecca H. Morrison were declared elected and accepted.
School Committee to fill vacancy,-Blanks, 3; George D. Willis, 464, and he was declared elected and accepted.
Auditors,-Blanks, 5; Alverdo Mason, 3; Daniel Potter, 465; L. Willard Morrison, 465; and Charles G. Sheppard, 463, and Daniel Potter, L. Willard Morrison, and Charles G Shep- pard were declared elected and sworn.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library,-Blanks, 487; Na- thaniel H. Hunt, 224; E. Watson Arnold, 223, and Nathaniel H. Hunt and E. Watson Arnold were declared elected, and accepted.
Fence, Viewers,-Blanks, 2; Freeman G. Crosby, 467; Al- bert Hobart, 465; Josiah Penniman, 467; and they were de- clared elected. F. G. Crosby and Albert Hobart, were sworn. J. Penniman declined.
School Fund Committee,-Blanks, 8; Joseph Dyer, 467 ; Francis A. Hobart, 464; James D. Leatherbee, 465; Will W. Mayhew, 466; Charles G. Sheppard, 465 ; and they were de- clared elected, and accepted.
Constables,-Blanks, 130; scattering, 3; Horace Faxon, 455; Edwin L. Curtis, 459; Albert Hobart, 461; Henry M. Storm, 455; James R. Qualey, 454; Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., 459; James A. Reynolds, 465; Thomas Fallon, 437; William Hill, 462; John Kelley of Commercial street, 413; and they were declared elected, and were sworn. Conrad Mischler, 465; Elmer F. Thayer, 464; William E. Dailey, 467; John M. Bunker, 243, were declared elected but never qualified. Joshua M. Bunker, 223.
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town." Yes, 163; No. 232. Total 395.
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Voted, That a committee of 13 be appointed by the Modera- tor to report what appropriations are necessary to be made to de- fray the expenses of the town the ensuing year.
George D. Willis, Daniel Potter, Horace Abercrombie, Elisha Thayer, James R. Qualey, George H. Arnold, James T. Stevens, Thomas A. Watson, Ansel O. Clark, Charles G. Sheppard. Wm. Allen, Frank E. Arnold, John V. Scollard were appointed.
Voted, To choose 3 measurers of grain.
J. Marcus Arnold, John L. Delano were chosen and sworn. Cornelius Maguire chosen, but declined.
Voted, To choose 5 weighers of hay.
Martin L. Tupper, J. Marcus Arnold, Peter B. Lowson, J. Samuel Hill were chosen and sworn. Eugene O. Smith was chosen, but declined.
Voted, To choose 3 measurers of lumber.
Martin L. Tupper and Henry Gardner were chosen and George H. Holbrook was chosen, but declined.
Voted, To choose one measurer of leather.
sworn.
Albion C. Drinkwater was chosen, but did not qualify.
Voted, To choose 5 measurers of wood.
J. Marcus Arnold, Martin L. Tupper, Edward M. Wight, and William Allen were chosen and sworn, George E. Fogg was chosen, but did not qualify.
Voted, That the Selectmen appoint three Field Drivers and a Pound Keeper if in their judgment it be found necessary.
Voted, That Art. 5 be laid on the table.
ART. 6. Voted, unanimously, That the Treasurer be author- ized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of taxes of the current fiscal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor, and the debts incurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.
ART. 7. Voted, That the following jury list, as made by the Selectmen Feb. 8, 1892, be accepted : Hiram E. Abbott, William Allen, Richard L. Arnold, James F. Allen, John M. Arnold, Franklin E. Arnold, Andrew J. Bates, George S. Boyer, Elisha A. Belcher, Charles A. Belcher, Joseph D. Bradford, Daniel E. Cain, Thomas J. Cain, William H. Cobb, Henry F. Crane, Lewis Dyer, Brainard T. Dyer, George A. French, George
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G. French, William G. Full, Henry Gardner, Edward A. Hale, Elijah C. Hall, Francis E. Hayward, Jonathan P. Hayward, Ellis Hollingsworth, Edward W. Hobart, Aubrey Hilliard, Bradford Y. Knight, Frederic P. Lothrop, Charles W. Loring, Thomas W. Herrick, Frank G. Lunt, Henry A. Monk, Alverdo H. Mason. William H. Macgregor, Michael McDermott, William B. Merritt, R. Elmer Morrison, Lyman W. Morrison, Edward O. Pierson, Rodolphus Porter John Reed, Charles G. Richards, John V. Scol- lard, Arthur J. Shaw, Alfred Southworth, William H. Stevens, Charles G. Sheppard, Richard M. Sanborn, Caleb Thompson, Foster F. Tupper, William A. Tupper, Amasa S. Thayer, Henry B. Vinton, Thomas A. Watson, Jonathan F. White, Joseph Whiteley, Ezra H. Waite, B. Herbert Woodsum, Edward. M. Wight.
Voted, To take up Art. 9.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $175, and pay the same to General Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of as- sisting them in defraying expenses of Memorial Day.
Voted, To take up Art. 8.
The Committee on appropriations made their report, and it was voted to appropriate the following sums of money for the expenses of the town for the current year :
Schools
$12,000
Superintendent of schools
1,200
Incidentals for schools
500
Incidentals for school houses
1,000
Text books and supplies
700
Conveyance of pupils
200
Support of poor, including soldier's relief
4,000
Stone roads
3,000
General repairs
4,000
State aid, Chapter 279
350
Public library
800
Distribution of books
100
Interest on town debt
2,500
Hydrant rental
3,575
Interest on bonds
1,425
Sinking fund
5,000
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Fire department
$1,500
Abatements and collection of taxes
1,000
Removal of snow
1,000
Janitor
600
Town lands
100
Insurance on public buildings
1,200
Town incidentals
1,800
Town officers
2,600
Sheds, water bill
2,065
State tax
2,500
County tax
3,000
Voted, That the income of the dog tax, state and town sohool funds be appropriated for schools. Albert E. Avery gave notice that he should move a re-consideration of the vote whereby we voted to appropriate $1,200 for Superintendent of schools.
Voted, To adjourn until March 21 inst., at 7h. 30min. P. M., when the twentieth article shall be first business of the evening.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, March 21, 1892.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator in accord- ance with the adjournment from March 7, inst.
Article 20 taken up.
Voted, That the electric lighting committee appointed at the town meeting of June 2, 1891, be given power and authority to proceed to establish a plant for the manufacture and distri- bution of electricity as provided by Section 1 of Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891, subject to the further instructions of the town.
Voted, That the town proceed to establish an electric light- ing plant under the provisions of Chap. 370, of the Acts of the Legislature of the year 1891.
Voted, That the committee proceed to establish an electric lighting plant in accordance with the report of the committee on electric lighting as made to the town.
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Voted, That the committee have power to fill any vacancy that may occur in their committee.
Voted, That articles 21 and 23 be taken up in conjunction, for joint consideration.
Moved, 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 notes of the town for the aggregate principal sum of thirty thousand dollars, for the purpose of es- tablishing an electric light plant as provided by Chap. 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1891, entitled an act to enable cities and towns to manufacture and distribute gas and electricity, said notes to be issued as the money for the construction of the plant may be needed and called for by the committee in charge. Each of said notes to be in face value two thousand dollars and to run from one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thir- teen, fourteen and fifteen years respectively and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed five per cent. per annum, and that the selectmen be instructed to raise by taxation each year the sum of two thousand dollars, together with a sum sufficient to pay the accrued interest on all notes remaining unpaid until all of said notes are paid.
Voted, That when the vote on the above motion is taken, it be taken with the use of the check list and by ballot Yes or No.
The ballot having been taken it was found that one hundred and twenty-four had voted Yes, and three, No, and the . Modera- tor declared it a vote.
Voted, To adjourn to Monday, April 11, 1892, at 7.30 P. M.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, April 11, 1892.
The meeting was called to order by the moderator in accord- ance with the adjournment from March 21, 1892.
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