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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 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
Given under our hands at Braintree this twenty-fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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BRAINTREE, April 3, 1893.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator appointed Ansel O. Clark to check the list, and he was sworn.
Upon ballot, by the use of the check-list, Francis A. Hobart was elected Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2 taken up.
Voted that so much of the vote of the town, relating to the issuance of electric lighting bonds, passed Jan. 11, 1893, as re- lates to the amount raised by bonds and the time of their maturity, be reconsidered.
Voted that the total amount of the bonds to be issued under authority of Chap. 370 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1891, and by vote of the town passed Jan. 11, 1893, be $16,500 instead of $16,600, and the time of their maturity be 24 years from date of issue, instead of 15 years, as voted at said meeting of Jan. 11, 1893.
ART. 3 taken up.
Voted to adjourn to this evening at 8.31.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, April 3, 1893.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, in accord- ance with the adjournment.
ART. 3 was in order.
Voted to proceed to ballot for three Commissioners of Sinking Funds -one to serve for three years, one to serve for two years, and one to serve for one year, all in one ballot.
The Moderator announced the result of the ballot as follows, namely :
Sinking Funds Commissioner for 3 years - John V. Scollard,
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3; T.,, Haven Dearing, 2; Willie H. Shaw, 1; Francis A. Hobart, 1; and John V. Scollard was declared elected. For 2 years-John V. Scollard 2; James T. Stevens, 2; T. Haven Dearing, 1; H. B. Woodsum, 1; George H. Arnold, 1; and there was no choice. For one year-James T. Stevens, 3; T. Haven Dearing, 2; A. H. Mason, 1; Charles G. Sheppard, 1; and James T. Stevens was declared elected.
Voted to proceed to ballot for Sinking Fund Commissioner for two years. The Moderator announced the result of the ballot as follows, namely :
T. Haven Dearing, 20; Francis A. Hobart, 2; D. A. Brooks, 2; and T. Haven Dearing was declared elected.
ART. 4 taken up.
The Committee appointed to investigate the needs for additional schoolhouse facilities in the east part of the town made the fol- lowing report, namely :.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE COMMITTEE.
BRAINTREE, March 29, 1893.
The Committee appointed at the town meeting of March 13 re- spectfully submits the following report :
We find that one of two things will have to be done in the East section immediately. Either several thousand dollars must be spent in remodelling the Iron Works School and in putting in new heating and ventilating apparatus, or a new schoolhouse must be built.
In our opinion it is not advisable to spend any money on the present building, for when the defects of heating and ventilation are remedied, it will still be too small for the present number of pupils, and its situation close to the railroad will be as objectionable as ever.
By far the most sensible plan will be to build an eight-room schoolhouse in some central location and close both the Iron Works and Esst Schools into it. It is only a question of a short time before the East schoolhouse, if continued in use, will have to have new heating and ventilating apparatus. A new building will obviate any necessity for outlay either on the Iron Works or
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East schoolhouses and part of the cost of the new building can be recovered by selling the old buildings.
As to the size of the new schoolhouse, we are of the opinion that it should contain at least eight class rooms, as that number is necessary to allow for future growth and for a perfect grading of the classes. Besides these eight rooms there should be at least four smaller rooms for recitation rooms and the various purposes for which such rooms are always needed. The upper floor can be finished as a single large room for school exhibitions, singing and other exercises.
On careful inquiry, we find that the cost of such a building, including architect's fees, the most modern heating and ventilat- ing system and sanitary appliances, and furniture will be $29,000, and we recommend the appropriation of that sum for the purpose of building such a schoolhouse.
Regarding a location, we are unanimous in recommending the lot on the corner of Liberty and Commercial streets, belonging to Mrs. Martha B. Loud and known as the Jonas Perkins homestead lot.
It has all the advantages that can possibly be required for- school purposes. It is high, well drained and sunny. It is amply large for a playground.
The lot measures about 275 feet on Commercial street, 212 feet on Liberty street and about 300 feet on its easterly boundary. It contains a little more than one and three-quarters acres.
Mrs. Loud will sell it to the town for two thousand dollars, which is about 24 cents per square foot.
This is a very reasonable price and one that the town should not hesitate to accept.
We recommend the appropriation of $2,000 for the purpose of purchasing this land for a location for the new schoolhouse.
THOS. A. WATSON, DANIEL POTTER, GEO. D. WILLIS, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Voted that the foregoing report be accepted.
ART. 5 taken up.
Voted that the town purchase the lot of land on the corner of Liberty and Commercial streets, belonging to Mrs. Martha B. Loud, and known as the Jonas Perkins homestead lot, as the
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location for a schoolhouse in the east section of the town. Ad- journed to 9.16 P.M.
ART. 6 taken up.
Voted to appropriate the sum of $31,000 for the purchase of land and erection of a schoolhouse in the east section of the town.
Voted that the town treasurer be and hereby is, authorized and instructed under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to issue notes of the town for the aggregate sum of $31,000 for the purpose of building a schoolhouse and for the purchase of land for the location of the same. Each of said notes to be in face value, $3100, to run 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years respect- ively, and to bear interest at the rate of not more than five per cent. per annum ; and that the Selectmen be intructed to raise by taxation each year beginning in 1894 the sum of $3100 for the purpose of paying the note falling due, together with a sum sufficient to pay the accrued interest on all of the said notes remaining unpaid until all of said notes are liquidated.
Voted that Thomas A. Watson, Daniel Potter, George D. Willis, Josephus Sampson and Alva S. Morrison be a committee with full power to carry into effect the above votes. as to the pur- chase of the land and the building of the school-house.
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 Friday, the twentieth day of October, 1893, at 7.45 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 reinstruct the Building Com-
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mittee to proceed with the construction of a new schoolhouse in East Braintree, as voted at the last annual meeting.
ART. 3 .- To see if the town will accept the laying out as town ways, Fountain and Boscobel streets, as made by the Selectmen, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
ART. 4 .- To see if the town will accept the laying out as a town way, the new road leading from Holbrook avenue to Union street, crossing land of Asa French, as made by the Selectmen, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
ART. 5 .- To choose any Committee, or hear the report of any Committee, and act thereon.
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 both of the local newspapers.
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 eleventh day of Octo- ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy, Attest :
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, October 13, 1893.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified as herein ex-
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pressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 20, 1893.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Charles G. Sheppard was chosen Moderator by ballot, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 5. Daniel Potter made an oral report of the committee on building a school-house in the east section of the town.
ART. 2 taken up.
Voted that the School Building Committee be instructed to pro- ceed to the erection of a school building in the east part of the town according to their previous instructions, whenever the money can be procured on the terms provided for in the appropriation, and to have it in condition for use by September, 1894.
ART. 3 taken up.
Voted to accept the laying out as town ways of Fountain and Boscobel streets, and that the sum of $250 be appropriated to build the same.
ART. 4. Voted to accept the laying-out as a town way-the new road leading from Holbrook avenue to Union street, crossing land of Asa French, and that the sum of $300 be appropriated to build 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
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hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the seventh day of November, 1893, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the Selectmen, for
Governor of the Commonwealth,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Treasurer and Receiver-General,
Auditor and Attorney-General of the Commonwealth,
Councillor for the Second Councillor District,
One County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, Register of Probate and Insolvency,
Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial District, and
One Representative to the General Court for District No. 6 of the County of Norfolk,
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" on the following article of amendment to the Constitution, viz. :- Shall the proposed amend- ment to the Constitution relative to the mileage to members of / the General Court, be approved and ratified? All of the above votes to be one ballot.
The polls shall be kept open until one o'clock P. M.
You are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by pub- lishing once in the Braintree Reporter.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Selectmen before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twenty-seventh day of
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October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy, Attest :
A
HORACE FAXON, . Constable of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 28, 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 for the purposes herein named.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 7, 1893.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by Ansel O. Clark, Chair- man of the Board of Selectmen.
William A. Kane and Richard L. Arnold, having been appointed inspectors ; Brainard T. Dyer and Edward J. Thomas, deputy in- spectors ; L. Willard Morrison, Willie H. Shaw, George S. Boyer and Albert E. Avery, tellers, by the selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
The polls were declared open at four minutes past six A. M.
Voted that the polls be declared closed at 2 hours 25 minutes p. M., and at that time they were declared closed.
At the close of the counting the presiding officer announced that 898 ballots had been deposited in the ballot-box, and that they were for the following persons, namely :
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GOVERNOR.
Louis Albert Banks of Hyde Park, Pro. 7
George H. Cary of Lynn, P. P.
20
Frederic T. Greenhalge of Lowell, Rep.
486
Patrick F. O'Neil of Boston, S. L.
0
John E. Russell of Leicester, Dem.
365
Blanks
20
Total
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898
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
James B. Carroll of Springfield, Dem.
335
Joseph K. Harris of Haverhill, P. P.
.
24
Morris E. Ruther of Holyoke, S. L.
0
Henry C. Smith of Williamsburg, Pro.
8
Roger Wolcott of Boston, Rep.
498
Blanks
33
Total
898
SECRETARY.
James W. McDonald of Marlborough, Dem. .
308
Frederic A. Nagles of West Springfield, S. L.
0
William M. Olin of Boston, Rep. .
496
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston, Pro.
8
Isaac W. Skinner of Waltham, P. P.
27
Blanks
59
Total
898
TREASURER.
Wilbert D. Farnham of Somerville, Pro.
6.
Henry M. Phillips of Springfield, Rep.
459
Squire E. Putney of Somerville, S. L.
1
Eben S. Stevens of Dudley, Dem.
289.
95
Thomas A. Watson of Braintree, P. P. Blanks
48
Total
898
.
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AUDITOR.
Alfred H. Evans of Ashburnham, Pro.
9
Boardman Hall of Boston, Dem. 315
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg, Rep. 481
Hermann J. Koepke of Pittsfield, S. L. Maurice W. Landers of Pittsfield, P. P.
0
27
C. M. Lothrop
.
1
Blanks
65
Total
898
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford, Rep. 497
Charles S. Lilley of Lowell, Dem. 304
Daniel Lynch of Boston, S. L.
4
Robert F. Raymond of New Bedford, Pro.
6
Conrad Reno of Boston, P. P.
27
Blanks
70
Total
898
COUNCILLOR. (Second District).
William Moore of Walpole, Dem. 328
Cyrus Savage of Taunton, Rep. .
484
Blanks
86
Totals
898
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
(Norfolk County).
Jonathan Cobb of Dedham, Rep. Dem. · 650
Blanks 248
Total
898
.
.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER. (Norfolk County).
Watts H. Bowker of Brookline, Rep.
481
Elliot C. Lee of Brookline, Dem.
322
Blanks
95
Total
898
SENATOR. (First Norfolk District) .
John F. Merrill of Quincy. Rep. . 459
Frederick W. Whitcomb of Holbrook, Dem. : 377
Blanks
62
Total
898
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
(Sixth Norfolk District. )
Andrew J. Bates of Braintree, Dem., 396
John Kelley of Braintree, Rep.,
471
A. A. Ellsworth,
1
Blanks
30
Total
898
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution relative to the payment of Mileage to Members of the General Court be approved and ratified ?
Yes
223
No . . · 173
Blanks
· 502
Total . 898
The returns were then signed and sealed; the ballots sealed according to law, and delivered to the Town Clerk; and the check-lists sealed and delivered to the Selectmen.
Voted to adjourn sine die at 4.22 P.M.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, Nov. 17, 1893.
The Town Clerk of Braintree was at the Town House in Brain- tree at 12 o'clock M., but there being no quorum present, he adjourned to Monday, Nov. 20, 1893, at 9 o'clock, A.M.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 20, 1893.
The Town Clerks of Braintree and Holbrook met agreeably to adjournment and opened the returns for Representative in the General Court for District No 6, County of Norfolk, and found that John Kelly of Braintree had 704 votes ; Andrew J. Bates had 653 votes ; A. A. Ellsworth had 1 vote; blanks, 51. Total number of votes, 1409.
John Kelley of Braintree was declared elected, and the neces- sary certificates were signed and delivered to the Constable.
Voted to adjourn sine die.
SAMUEL A. BATES. Town Clerk of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree, GREETING :
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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 28th day of November, 1893, at 8 o'clock in the evening, to act upon the following articles namely :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to have the Town Hall wired for electric light, and appropriate the sum of $300 to defray the expenses of the same.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the
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purpose of defraying the expense in connecting residences with the electric lighting system.
ART. 4. To hear the report of the Board of Selectmen upon the mill damage suits of Stevens & Willis, and the estate of Sarah W. Glover, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Select- men to appoint six special policemen for night duty, two for each section of the town, and to take such other action in regard to the protection of property and maintenance of order as may be deemed expedient for the interest of the town.
ART. 6. To appropriate the necessary funds to carry out the vote of the town in reference to police service.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and at- tested 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. Given under our hands at Braintree, this twentieth day of Nov- ember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, Board of Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest : HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 21, 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 for the purposes herein named.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
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BRAINTREE, Nov. 28, 1893.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Upon ballot, George H. Arnold was chosen Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Voted that the Selectmen be hereby instructed to have the Town Hall wired for electric light, and that we appro- priate the sum of $300 to defray the expense of the same.
ART. 3. Voted that the sum of $1,300, and the receipts from electric lighting for the current year, be appropriated for the pur- pose of connecting houses and stores to the electric light system.
ART. 4. Ansel O. Clark, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, made an oral report, and it was voted that the matter of the mill damage suits of Stevens & Willis and the estate of Sarah W. Glover be referred to the Selectmen, with instructions to settle in the best manner possible.
ART. 5. Voted that the street lights be kept burning through- out the night.
Voted that a committee of safety consisting of six from each part of the town, and the chair added to the same, be appointed by the chair to consult and confer with the Selectmen in regard to the subject matter of Art. 5 of the warrant of this meeting. Said committee and the Selectmen to have full power to take such action as they may deem necessary. Said committee to serve without pay.
ART. 6. Voted that the sum of $600 be appropriated to carry out the vote of the town in reference to police service.
Chair appointed T. H. Dearing, J. R. Qualey, John Cavanagh, E. E. Abercrombie, J. Sampson, Richard H. Long, F. A. Hobart, J. T. Stevens, H. M. White, A. R. French, Brainard T. Dyer, Daniel E. Cain, F. R. Smith, J. A. Reynolds, H. M. Storm, C. G. Sheppard, John Kelley, and J. W. West for the above committee.
Voted to adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR
THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1894.
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, the fifth day of March, 1894, at seven o'clock in the forenoon 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 highways and bridges the ensuing year.
ART. 4 .- To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing 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?" (Under Article 4 the polls will be kept open until 2 o'clock P. M.)
ART. 5 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
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ART. 6 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 7 .- To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8 .- To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
ART. 9 .- To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $175, and pay the same to General Sylvanus Thayer Post 87, 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 members of the fire department.
ART. 11 .- To see if the town will vote a sum of money for hydrant service.
ART. 12 .- To raise and appropriate a sum of money for the sinking fund established for the payment of the Water 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 authorize the purchase of a new hose carriage for the north part of the town.
ART. 15 .- To see if the town will vote to purchase new hose for the fire department, and appropriate $500 for the same.
ART. 16 .- To see if the town will vote to build hose towers on East and South Engine houses.
ART. 17 .- To see if the town will vote to establish a system of fire alarm and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 18. - To see what action the town will take with refer- ence to the continuance of the night police system.
ART. 19 .- To see if the town will vote such sums of money as may be necessary to operate the street and house-lighting plants as recommended by the manager of electric lights, and to deter- mine as to whether the street lights shall be run all night, or only until midnight.
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ART. 20 .- To see if the town will appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for new heating, ventilating and san- itary arrangements for the Pond and Union schoolhouses, as recommended by the School Committee.
ART. 21 .- To see if the town will accept the laying out of Har- rison avenue as a town-way, as made by the Selectmen.
ART 22 .- To see if the town will accept the laying out of Hall avenue and Thayer place' as town ways, as made by the Select- men.
ART. 23 .- To see if the town will accept the laying out of Lisle street as a town way, as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 24 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the street lighting system to Elmwood Park, Eliott and Sterling streets and Walnut avenue ; also to Spruce, Myrtle and Vine streets ; also to the junction of West and Granite streets.
ART. 25 .- To see if the town will accept Sect. 72 of Chap. 423 of the Acts of the Legislature, passed in 1890, and divide the town into voting precincts.
ART. 26 .- To see if the town will vote to build a drain in Com- mercial street from Mill lane to the residence of Thomas Miller and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 27 .- To see if the town will adopt some method of drain- age in Franklin street and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 28 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the completion of Elliot street.
ART. 29 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $300 for the completion of Hobart street.
ART. 30 .-- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of carting refuse matter to some public dumping place.
ART. 31 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water main on Liberty street to a point opposite the residence of Mr. James Ryan, and appropriate money therefor.
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ART. 32 .- To see if the town will vote to instruct the engineer of the fire department to appoint none but citizens of this town to membership in the department.
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 meeting.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, JOHN V. SCOLLARD,
Selectmen of Braintree.
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JURY LIST.
AS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE FEBRUARY 1, 1894
William Allen,
Richard L. Arnold,
Michael McDermott, Lyman W. Morrison, John N. McDowell,
J. Sargent Arnold, Franklin E. Arnold,
Augustus McRae,
Stafford S. Bridgham,
Charles O. Miller,
Andrew J. Bates,
George W. Osgood, F. Alton Oliver,
Charles A. Belcher,
Edward O. Pierson,
William H. H. Bailey,
J. Franklin Bates, William H. Cuffe,
Elbridge F. Porter, Daniel Potter, John Reed, Charles G. Richards, James A. Reynolds, John V. Scollard, Arthur J. Shaw,
Brainard T. Dyer,
Thomas R. Fitch,
George G. French,
George F. Fuller,
Martin V. B. Shaw, Richard M. Sanborn, Charles G. Sheppard, Frank A. Smith,
Henry Gardner, Edward E. Hayward, Edward A. Hale, Elijah C. Hall, Thomas W. Herrick, J. Samuel Hill, Jonathan P. Hayward, Ellis Hollingsworth, Edward W. Hobart, Charles A. Hobart, Adam W. Hobart, William A. Hollis, Aubrey Hilliard,
Edward J. Thomas, Caleb Thompson,
Foster F. Tupper, William A. Tupper, Amasa S. Thayer, Henry H. Thayer,
David H. B. Thayer, Alden A. Thorndike, G. Henry Tuttle,
Charles S. Bates,
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Nathaniel F. Hunt, Bradford Y. Knight, William A. Kane, James D. Leatherbee, Frederic P. Lothrop, Charles H. Loring, Emor H. Mathewson, Henry A. Monk,
Henry B. Vinton, Jonathan F. White, Ezra H. Waite, John Whitty,, Edward M. Wight, Henry B. Whitman, Whitfield Witherell,
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INDEX.
PAGE.
Almshouse Account
20
Appraisal of Property
24
Inmates
23
Appropriations and Expenditures
59
Assets of the Town, Dec. 30, 1893
72
Auditors' Report
76
Assessors' Report
61
Court Fees in Criminal Cases
32
Collector's Account
69
Electric Light department
87
Annual Report of Committee
89
Classified Statement of Expenditures
94
Detailed Statement of Cost of Extension of Street Lighting System 104
Inventory of Material on Hand Credited on Exten- sion Account 102
Inventory of Material on Hand Credited on Operating Account 122
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Operating Expenses 115
Report of Manager of Electric Light Department 106
Summary of Cost of House Lighting Extension 104
Schedule of Tools, Etc., belonging to Electric Light Department 114
. The Station (illustration) 107
Estimates for 1894
63
Fire Department-Chief Engineer's Report 82
Appropriation Account 42
Inventory of Property
84
List of Fires in 1893 85
Financial Statement of the Town, Dec. 30, 1893 . 72
Grand Army Appropriation
32
Hospital Account . 32
Insurance on Public Buildings 32
Incidental Town Expenses
35
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Janitor .
34
Jury List
276
Liabilities of the Town, Dec. 30, 1893
71
Night Police .
33
Poor Out of Almshouse
27
. Poor of other Cities and Towns
30
Recapitulation
57
Schools - Annual Report of School Committee 191
Annual Report of Superintendent
197
Attendance - Report of
224
Conveying Pupils
15
Fuel Account .
14
Incidentals for School-houses
18
Incidentals for Schools
16
Kindergarten Schools
15
Pay of Janitors
13
Pay of Teachers
10
School Fund, report of
74
Salary of Superintendent of Schools
15
Schoolhouse, East Braintree, appropriation
33
Schoolhouse, East Braintree (illustration)
203
Text Books and Supplies
19
Streets and Bridges- Report of Superintendent
45
Cleveland Avenue . 55
Draw-bridge and Buoys
55
French's Avenue
55
Fountain Street
55
Highways and Bridges, repairs of
51
Rebuilding Union Street bridge 54
Removal of Snow 56
Stone Roads Account 49
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, report of 3
Soldiers' Relief 31 ·
State Aid, Chapter 301 31 . .
Soldiers' Aid
.
279
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Sewerage Survey
32
Sewerage and Drainage-report of Committee
.
165
Thayer Public Library -Trustees Report
78
Appropriation
42
Distributing Books .
42
Librarian's Report .
78
Treasurer's Report .
80
Taxes, Abatement and Collection of
39
Town Clerk, report of
227
Births in 1893
232
Deaths in 1893
234
Marriages in 1893
229
Town Records
239
Town Officers, 1893
2
Town Officers, Pay of
38
Town Lands .
34
Town Hall Account
33
Treasurer's Account
65
Treasurer's Report of the Water Loan Sinking Fund
140
Water Department
125
Board of Water Commissioners, Report of
127
Collector and Registrar, Report of
130
Chemical Examination .
131
Construction .
146
Extension of Water Mains ·
33
Financial Report
132
Hydrant Service and Interest on Water Bonds
41
Organization
126
Pumping Station, Store Room .
160
Pumping Record
147
Schedule of Property of Department
153
Superintendent's Report .
143
Treasurer's Report . ·
.
139
Water Loan Sinking Fund .
41
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1894
272
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