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2,000
Abatement and collection of taxes
1,500
Town officers
2,700
Night police, under Art. 18
1,800
Support of poor and Soldiers' Relief
4,000
State aid, Chap. 279
150
Janitor
650
Town Hall . .
500
Thayer Public Library
800
Distributing books
100
Post 87, G. A. R. (under Article 9)
175
Interest on town debt
5.000
Water damages
950
Insurance on public buildings
1,000
Payment of note for schoolhouse at E. Braintree
3,100
Monatiquot schoolhouse note
3,300
Electric light note
2,000
Water Loan Sinking Fund
5,000
ART. 4. Voted, That the sum of $3,825 be appropriated for the payment of the interest of the water bonds; that the sum of $6,175 be appropriated from the revenue of the water system for the same purpose; and that the balance of receipts from water taken for water and service construction be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the water system, and also for such extensions of the plant as may be considered feasible by the Board of Water Commissioners.
Operating expenses for street electric lighting $5,150
Connecting new users for domestic and commercial lighting 1,200
ART. 24. The report of the committee on appropriations that $3,000 be appropriated for the extension of street lighting as pro- posed in Article 24, and also Article 24 be referred to the select- men, and that they report at the adjourned meeting.
Voted, That we adjourn until Monday, March 26th inst., at 7.30 p. m
S. A. BATES, Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, March 26, 1894.
The town met in accordance with the adjournment. Moderator in the chair.
ARTICLE 24 and 32. The selectmen to whom was referred the ex- tension of electric lighting plant as described in Articles 24 and 32, made the following report, namely :
Estimate of cost of proposed extensions of street lights, 1 50-light dynamo with auxiliary apparatus $1,675 00
Labor of installing, wiring, etc.
125 00
Belting
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100 00
Elmwood Park extension, about 3,500 feet No. 6 wire, 20 poles, 2 arc lamps 300 00
Plain Street extension, about 2,600 feet of wire, 12 poles, 2 arc lamps 250 00
West Street extension, about 3,500 feet wire, 18 poles, 6 incandescents . 275 00 .
Spruce and Vine Streets extension, 1,600 feet of wire, 6 poles, 1 arc 125 00
Three arcs extra or equivalent in incandescents, connected in, on or near present circuits 150 00
Total $3,000 00
Voted, that we appropriate the sum of $3,000 for extension of electric lighting under the above report, the work to be under the direction of the selectmen.
ART. 19. Voted, That from the receipts for commercial and domestic lighting during the current year the sum of $1,650 be appropriated to pay operating expenses ; the sum of $660 to pay interest. on the domestic and commercial lighting extension bonds ; the sum of $430 as sinking fund for said bonds, and the balance of said receipts for the purpose of connecting new customers.
Voted, That the street lights be run all night.
ART. 20. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $5,000 for new heating, ventilating, and sanitary arrangements for the Pond and Union schoolhouses, to be expended under the direction of the committee on building the East schoolhouse.
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ART. 22. Voted, To accept Hall Ave., and Thayer Place as laid out by the selectmen, provided that the land damages do not exceed $800.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $800 for land damages caused by the laying out of Hall Ave., and Thayer Place, and also $150 for constructing the same.
ART. 23. Voted, To accept Lisle street as laid out by the selectmen, and appropriate the sum of $300 for the construction of the same.
ART. 26. Voted, That the building of a drain on Commercial street, be referred to the selectmen, who shall report at some fu- ture meeting.
ART. 27. Voted, That the drainage of Franklin street be re- ferred to the selectmen, to make a survey and report to the Town, (at some future meeting) the cost of drainage.
ART. 10. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the general expenses of the Fire Department.
Voted, That the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department be paid the sum of $50 ; the Assistant Engineers $25; each of the mem- bers $15; and the stewards at the north and south parts of the town, $75 each, and that at the east, $50.
ART. 14. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $500 for the pur- chase of a new hose carriage and hand hose reels ; said sum to be expended under the direction of a committee composed of the Board of Engineers, Captain of the Hose Company and John Cavanagh.
ART. 15. Voted, That the Town appropriate $500 for the purchase of new hose and fire extinguishers for the Fire Depart- ment.
ART. 16. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $800 to build hose towers on engine houses in the east and south parts of the town,,
ART. 17. Voted, That the Town establish a system of fire alarm, and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to carry the same into effect, to be done under the direction of the Engineers, Selectmen and Manager of Electric Lights.
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ART. 30. Voted, That all refuse matter be carted to some place or places designated by the Board of Health, without cost to the town.
ART. 33. Voted, The subject of extensions of water main be re- ferred to the Water Commissioners.
ART. 29. Was referred to Surveyors of Highways.
ART. 28. Was referred to Surveyors of Highways.
ART. 25. Moved, that the Town accept Sect. 72 of Chap. 423 of the acts of the Legislature, passed in 1890, and that the Select- men divide the town into three voting precincts. Pending the settlement of this motion the Moderator declared the meeting ad- journed to Monday, April 2, at 7.30 P. M.
BRAINTREE, April 2, 1894.
The town met agreeably to adjournment. Moderator in the chair.
ART. 25. The motion that the town accept Sec. 72 of Chap. 423 of the Acts of the Legislature passed in 1890, and that the Selectmen divide the town into three voting precincts was referred to the next annual meeting by a vote of 69 yeas to 20 noes.
Voted, To reappropriate the sum of $250 for the survey for the better protection of the waters of Little Pond, said sum to be ex- pended by the Board of Water Commissioners.
Voted, To reappropriate the sum of $180, being the balance unexpended for the completion of French avenue.
. Voted, To reappropriate the sum of $350 for the publication of the proceedings of the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of the town.
Voted, That the amounts appropriated for each specific purpose shall not be exceeded in the expenditures ; and that no money appropriated for any purpose if not used, shall be expended for any other purpose ; and that all orders drawn by the Selectmen shall be designated in each order on what department or appropri- ation said order belongs; and the town treasurer when paying money from the town funds shall charge said orders to the various
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appropriations or departments, and make reports of the same in his annual account.
Voted, That the Fire Department have the free use of the Town hall on Thanksgiving eve.
ART. 8. Voted. That all taxes assessed the current year shall be payable on or before the first day of December, 1894, and on all taxes not paid on or before said first day of December, 1894, interest at the rate of six per centum per annum shall be charged and collected from the said first day of December, until the tax is paid; and that the collector is required after the first day of February, 1895, to exert all the power vested in him by law for the collection of all unpaid taxes.
ART. 2. Voted, That the annual report of the selectmen be accepted.
Voted, That Articles 21 and 31 be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, That the surveyors of highways in hiring teams and labor in work upon highways and bridges, be instructed to dis- tribute the same as equitably as possible among the applicants, having due regard to efficiency and price.
Voted, That so much of the Bank and Corporation tax, to the amount of $7,000, be applied to the payment of the foregoing appropriations.
Voted, To raise by taxation the sum of $83,775.
Voted, That the collection of taxes be let out to the lowest bidder. Nathaniel F. Hunt agreed to collect the taxes for four mills on the dollar, and he was elected by ballot Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
Voted, To choose one additional Surveyor of Lumber. Albert N. White was chosen to fill that position.
Voted, To pay Asa French the sum of $25 for his services as Moderator.
The moderator thanked the town for their liberality, but declined receiving any compensation.
Voted, To adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the town of Braintree,
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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 Thursday, October 4, 1894, at 7.45 P. M., 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 Board of Water Commis- sioners in relation to the system of public water supply.
ART. 3. To see what action the town will take, if any, to en- large the supply of water to be furnished by the town water system.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to petition the next General Court, for leave to issue additional water bonds.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Board of Water Commissioners for the purpose of obtaining an additional supply of water, and to be refunded from the proceeds of the sale of water bonds referred to in Article 4 of this warrant.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to make the following appropriations for the purposes named, namely :
For removal of snow, $300.00
For Court fees and expenses, $500.00
For Hospitals, $500.00
For State Aid, Chap. 301, $1,300.00
For abatement of taxes, $1,000.00
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 brfore the time of said meeting and by publishing once in each 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 meeting.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
ANSEL O. CLARK, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, WM. W. MAYHEW, Board of Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, October 29, 1894.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described, to meet at time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting 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 local news- papers once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A true copy,
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 4, 1894.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the town clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Asa French was elected moderator by ballot, and sworn by the town clerk.
ART. 2. James T. Stevens, in behalf of Board of Water Com- missioners, made an oral report.
Voted, That Art. 2, 3, and 5 be referred to next annual town meeting.
Voted, That Art. 4 be postponed to next annual town meeting.
ART. 6. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $300, for the re- moval of snow.
Voted, To appropriate $1,000, for abatement of taxes.
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Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to draw on the treas- ury orders for the following objects, namely :-
Court fees and expenses
$300
Hospitals
. 500
Staid aid, Chap. 301
. 1,300
Voted to adjourn.
S. 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 elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the sixth day of November, 1894, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the select- men for Governor of the Commonwealth, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor. and Attor- ney General, for the Commonwealth; Representative to Congress for the twelfth Congressional District; Councillor for the second Councillor District ; Register of Deeds for the County of Norfolk ; County Treasurer ; one County Commissioner for three years ; one County Commissioner to fill vacancy; Senator for the First Norfolk Senatorial District; and one Representative to the Gen- eral Court for District No. 6 of the County of Norfolk. Also to vote yes or no on the following article of amendment to the con- stitution, namely : So much of article nineteen of the articles of amendment to the constitution of the Commonwealth as is con- tained in the following words, "Commissioners of Insolvency," is hereby annulled.
. All of the above votes to be on one ballot.
The polls will 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 publishing once in each of the local newspapers.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant, with your
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doings thereon, to the selectmen before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
ANSEL O. CLARK, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW,
Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, Oct. 29, 1894.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified 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 of Braintree, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused said warrant to be published once in the local newspapers before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
A true copy,
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 6, 1894.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by John V. Scollard, one of the Board of Selectmen. William A. Kane and Richard L. Arnold, having been appointed Inspectors ; and Brainard T. Dyer and Edward J. Thomas, Deputy Inspectors ; and L. Willard Morrison, Willie H. Shaw, Daniel Potter and Albert E. Avery, tellers, by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
The polls were declared open at three minutes past six o'clock, A. M.
The ballots were taken from the box at two minutes past one, P. M.
Voted, That the polls be closed at two o'clock, P. M., and at that time they were declared closed.
At the close of the counting the presiding officer announced
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that 665 ballots had ]been deposited in the ballot box, that the check lists of Scollard and Kane showed the same number of names checked, and that they were for the following persons, namely :
GOVERNOR.
George H. Cary of Lynn, P. P. 23
Frederic T. Greenhalge of Lowell, Rep. .
432
Alfred W. Richardson of Springfield, Pro.
10
John E. Russell of Leicester, Dem.
. 192
David Taylor of Boston, S. L.
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1
Blanks
7
Total
665
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Wilbert O. Dwinell of Danvers, P. P.
24
Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke, S. L.
2
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston, Pro.
38
Charles E. Stratton of Boston, Dem.
179
Roger Wolcott of Boston, Rep.
405
Blanks
17
Total
665
SECRETARY.
Charles A. DeCourcey of Lawrence, Dem.
165
Wilbert D. Farnham, Jr. of Somerville, Pro.
9
Joseph F. Malloney of Lynn, S. L.
2
William M. Olin of Boston, Rep. .
432
Isaac W. Skinner of Brockton, P. P.
25
Blanks
32
Total
665
TREASURER.
Emil Auerbach of Adams, S. L. 2
John M. Fisher of Attleborough, Pro.
10
James S. Grinnell of Greenfield, Dem.
190
Martin W. Moran of Boston, P. P.
23
Henry M. Phillips of Springfield, Rep. Blanks
34
Total
665
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406
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AUDITOR.
John W. Kimball of Fitchburg, Rep.
415
Maurice W. Landers of Pittsfield, P. P. 23
Wilbur M. Purrington of Williamsburg, Pro. 11
1
Charles L. Wentworth of Lynn, S. L. Alfred C. Whitney of Boston, Dem.
175
Blanks
40
Total
665
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Frank M. Forbush of Natick, Pro.
13
Henry F. Hurlburt of Lynn, Dem.
170
Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford, Rep.
417
Frederick August Nagler of West Springfield, S. L.
1
James Sumner of Milton, P. P.
32
Blanks
32
Total
665
COUNCILLOR, SECOND DISTRICT.
Bushrod Morse of Sharon, Dem. 190
Cyrus Savage of Taunton, Rep.
423
Blanks
52
Total . 665
SENATOR-FIRST NORFOLK DISTRICT.
Walter P. Beck of Milton, Dem. . 179 ·
Francis W. Darling of Hyde Park, Rep.
398
Thomas R. Fitch of Braintree, P. P.
59
Blanks
29
Total
665
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT-SIXTHI NORFOLK DISTRICT. Ansel O. Clark of Braintree, Dem.
268
Zenas A. French of Holbrook, Rep.
352
Wendell L. Hudson of Holbrook, P. P. Blanks
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23
Total
665
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER-TO FILL VACANCY.
Thomas Blanchard of Stoughton, Rep. . 354
William W. Burke of Weymouth, P. P. .
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48
Blanks
263
Total
665
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NORFOLK-FULL TERM.
Nelson W. Green of Hyde Park, P. P. .
16
Melville P. Morrill of Hyde Park, Rep.
356
Henry E. Ruggles of Franklin, Dem.
. 179
Blanks
114
Total
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665
COUNTY TREASURER-NORFOLK.
Robert C. Habberly of Hyde Park, Pro.
35
Charles H. Smith of Dedham, Dem., Rep.
513
Blanks
117
Total
. 665
REGISTER OF DEEDS-NORROLK.
John H. Burdakin of Dedham, Dem., Rep.
523
Louis W. Hodges of Foxborough, Pro. .
24
Blanks
118
Total
665
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS-TWELFTH DISTRICT. Elbridge Gerry Brown of Brockton, P. P., Labor . 35
William H. Jordan of Brockton, Dem. .
187
Elijah A. Morse of Canton, Rep. 418
Blanks
25
Total
665
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Yes
202
No
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67
Blanks 2 ·
396
Total
665
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The returns were then signed and sealed; the ballots sealed ac- cording to law, and delivered to the town clerk; and the check- lists sealed and delivered to the selectmen.
Voted to adjourn sine die at 9.37 P. M.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 16, 1894.
The Town Clerk of Braintree was at the Town House in Brain- tree at 12 o'clock M., but no representative from Holbrook ap- pearing, he declared the meeting adjourned.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Nov. 16, 1891.
The Town Clerks of Braintree and Holbrook met at the house of the Town Clerk of Braintree at 7 o'clock P. M., and opened the returns for Representative in the General Court for District No. 6, County of Norfolk, and found that the whole number of ballots were 1,028. Zenas A. French of Holbrook had 561, Ansel O. Clark of Braintree had 365; and Wendell L. Hudson had 68. Blanks 34.
Zemas A. French of Holbrook was declared elected, and the necessary certificates were signed.
Voted to adjourn sine die.
SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk of Braintree.
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 eleventh day of January, 1895, at 7.45 o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, namely :
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ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To see what action the town desires to take on the matter of the petition of the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to the Superior Court for the abolition of the grade crossing at Commercial street.
ART. 3 .- To see if the town will reappropriate the amounts unexpended of the school appropriations for janitors, transporta- tion, and pay of teachers, and will authorize the expenditure of the money so re-appropriated in paying bills for text-books and supplies and incidentals.
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.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this third day of January, A. D. 1895.
A. O. CLARK, JNO. V. SCOLLARD, WM. W. MAYHEW, Board of Selectmen, Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, Jan. 4, 1895.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified 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 Reporter once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, Jan, 11, 1895.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Under article one, Asa French was elected Moderator by bal- lot and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Voted unanimously, That the Selectmen be appointed a committee to appear before the Superior Court at the time appointed by said Court, and oppose the petition of the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., for the abolition of the grade crossing at Commercial street, Braintree.
ART. 3. Voted, That the balance of the money appropriated at the last annual town meeting for school purposes be applied in the first instance to the payment of school debts already due, and that the balance, if any, not exceeding $100, be reappropriated and used for the purchase of text-books.
Voted to adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES. Town Clerk.
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Necessary for the several departments for 1895 :
Support of schools, besides school fund and dog tax $21,300 00
Street lighting 6,246 00
Connecting new users of light
1,200 00
Connecting new street lights. 350 00
Support of poor .
4,000 00
State Aid, Chap.279
200 00
Highways and bridges (of which sum, $2,300.00 is to be paid as final payment on steam road-roller) 8,000 00
Removal of snow . ·
1,000 00
Fire department . . · . .
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2,500 00
Janitor, Town Hall
650 00
Town lands .
100 00
Town Hall .
500 00
Memorial day exercises.
175 00
Thayer Public Library
800 00
Distributing books .
100 00
Abatement and collection of taxes.
1,500 00
Note, Jonas Perkins school .
3,100 00
Note, Monatiquot school
3,300 00
Electric light note.
2,000 00
Water loan sinking fund
5,000 00
Hydrant service .
3,950 00
Insurance
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1,000 00
Incidental expenses
2,000 00
. Town officers
2,700 00
Grading at Jonas Perkins school
400 00
Police .
1,800 00
Interest
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5,000 00
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$78,871 00
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. -
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are 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 fourth day of March, 1895, at seven 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 for the year 1894 and act thereon.
ART. 3 .- To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year; also to vote on the following question, as required by Chap. 54 of the Acts of 1881, namely : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Under this Article the polls will be kept open until 1 o'clock P. M.
ART. 4 .- To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 5 .- To see if the town will authorize the treasurer with the approval of the board of selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of taxes.
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 list of jurors as submitted by the board of selectmen.
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ART. 8 .- To see if the town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes.
ART. 9 .- To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $175, and pay the same to Gen. S. Thayer Post 87, G. A. R., to assist in defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.
ART. 10 .- To see what compensation the town will vote to pay the members of the fire department for the ensuing year.
ART. 11 .- To appropriate money for hydrant service.
ART. 12 .- To appropriate money for the water loan sinking fund.
ART. 13 .- To appropriate a sum of money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.
ART. 14 .- To see if the town will vote to continue the system of night police, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 15 .- To make the necessary appropriations to operate the electric lighting system.
ART. 16 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water sys- tem to Mayflower Park.
ART. 17 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water sys- tem through Pond street to the town line of the town of Randolph.
ART. 18 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the street lighting systems to the town lines of the towns of Randolph and Holbrook.
ART. 19 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water sys- tem to the district at and around Five Corners, so called.
ART. 20 .- To see if the town will vote to endorse the action of the Board of Health in closing Lakeside Cemetery, so called.
ART. 21 .- To see if the town will vote to petition the General Court for authority to issue $20,000 additional water bonds.
ART. 22 .- To see if the town will vote to take water from Great Pond in the manner proposed by the Board of Water Com- missioners.
ART. 23 .- To see if the town will vote to sell the vacated school property.
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ART. 24 .- To see if the town will vote to grade the grounds at the Jonas Perkins' schoolhouse.
ART. 25 .- To see if the town will vote to purchase a combina- tion hose wagon for the east section of the town.
ART. 26 .- To see if the town will provide drainage for Frank- lin street.
ART. 27 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water system on Hollis avenue to residence of Thomas Hollingshead.
ART. 28 .- To see if the town will vote to sell the hand fire en- gine at East Braintree, and also the unused hose wagons.
ART. 29 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water sys- tem to the junction of Liberty and Middle streets.
ART. 30 .- To see if the town will vote to purchase of the heirs of Catherine L. French, a tract of meadow land in the rear of the almshouse.
ART. 31 .- To see if the town will vote to exchange a portion of the stand pipe lot for land owned by Messrs. N. E. Hollis and Elisha Thayer, adjoining said lot for the purpose of straighten- ing the line between said lots.
ART. 32 .- To see if the town will accept Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chap, 27, Public Statutes, and choose a Board of Road Commissioners.
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's thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time for said meet- ing.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this eighth day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
ANSEL O. CLARK, JNO. V. SCOLLARD, WM. W. MAYHEW, Board of Selectmen of Braintree.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
232
JURY LIST.
AS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE, FEBRUARY 5, 1895.
NAME.
OCCUPATION.
Allen, William .
Mason.
Arnold, Franklin E.
Sexton.
Arnold, Richard L.
Clerk.
Arnold, J. Sargent
Retired.
Bates, Andrew J.
Retired.
Bates, J. Franklin
Janitor.
Belcher, Charles A.
Real Estate Agent.
Coffey, John H.
Salesman.
Connell, James
Farmer.
Conley, John D.
Supt. Columbia Rubber Co.
Cuff, William H.
Machinist.
Cummings, Charles B.
Bookkeeper.
Dow, Willard E.
Electrician.
Dyer, Brainard T.
Salesman.
Fitch, Thomas R.
Salesman.
French, Azel R.
Merchant.
French, George G.
Farmer.
Fuller, George F.
Salesman.
Gallivan, Jeremiah F.
Shoe Cutter.
Gardner, Henry
Carpenter.
Hale, Edward A.
Laborer.
Hall, Elijah C.
Merchant.
Hayward, Edward E.
Salesman.
Hayward, Jonathan P.
Contractor.
Hill, J. Samuel
Salesman.
Hilliard, Aubrey
Clerk. .
Hobart, Adam W.
Carpenter.
233
Hobart, Charles A. Hollingsworth, Ellis Hollis, L. Bradford Hollis, William A. Hunt, Nathaniel F.
Hunt, Nathaniel F. T.
Salesman.
Kane, William A. Knight, Bradford Y.
Editor.
Carpenter.
Laws, Jonas R. Leatherbee, James D.
Treasurer.
Long, Richard H.
Shoe Manufacturer.
Loring, Amos J.
Clerk.
Lothrop, Frederic P.
Saloon Keeper. Bookkeeper.
Manning, Fred N.
Mansfield, Henry W.
Grocer.
Shoemaker.
Manufacturer of Clothing.
Pedler.
Bookkeeper.
McRea, Augustus
Carpenter.
Miller, Charles O.
Carpenter.
Monk, Henry A. Morrison, Ibrahim
Woolen Manufacturer.
Morrison, Lyman W.
Manufacturer.
Osgood, George W.
Manufacturer.
Penniman, Henry A.
House Painter.
Pierson, Edward O.
Railway Employee.
Porter, Elbridge F.
Salesman.
Potter, Charles H.
Farmer.
Randall, John F.
Clerk.
Richards, Charles G.
Laborer
Sanborn, Richard M.
Plumber.
Shaw, Arthur J.
Manufacturer of Clothing.
Shaw, Will H.
Manufacturer of Clothing.
Coal Dealer.
Cutter Mackintosh Coats.
Smith, Frank A.
Druggist.
Stevens, Herbert E.
Insurance Manager.
Sheppard, Charles G.
Sheridan, James E.
Carpenter. None.
Farmer. Farmer. Tax Collector.
Jeweler.
Mathewson, Emor H. Mayhew, Will W. McDermott, Michael McDowell, John N.
Shoemaker.
234
Sutton, John H.
Book-keeper.
Thayer, David H. B.
Expressman.
Thayer, Henry H.
Blacksmith.
Thomas, Edward J.
Stucco Worker.
Thompson, Caleb
Shoemaker.
Thorndike, Alden A.
Broker.
Torrey, N. Gleason
Book-keeper.
Tupper, Foster F.
Carpenter.
Tuttle, G. Henry
None.
Vinton, Henry B.
Real Estate Agent.
Waite, Ezra H.
Salesman.
White, Jonathan F.
Bookkeeper.
Wight, Edward M.
Gardener.
Witherell, Whitefield
Farmer.
ANSEL O. CLARK, JOHN V. SCOLLARD, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, Board of Selectmen of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, MASS., Feb. 5, 1895.
235
INDEX.
Almshouse Account. .
20
Appraisal of Property .
22
Inmates .
23
Appropriation, 1894
9
Assessors' Report
67
Auditors' Report .
81
Court Fees .
54
Electric Light Department
125
Cash Appropriation for the Year
134
Estimates for Operating Expenses for 1895
137
Expense Account .
133
Plant Extension Account
134
Report of Manager
127
Total Expenditures for Extension and Operation Treasurer's Report of Sinking Fund.
108
Estimates
228
Financial Statement of the Town, Dec. 31, '94
80
Fire Alarm, Committee, Report of
50
Fire Department .
57
Chief Engineer's Report
87
Inventory of Property
89
List of Fires in 1894
90
Grand Army, Appropriation
31
Hospital Account
31
Incidental, Town Expenses
60
Sinking Fund, Electric Light Bonds
53
130
236
Insurance Account, Amount of
77
Insurance on Public Buildings
57
Jury List
Liabilities of the Town, Dec. 31, 1894
78
Night Police, Pay of 54
Poor of other Cities and Towns 29
Poor out of Almshouse .
25
Recapitulation
65
Schools, Annual Report of the School Committee
139
Conveying Pupils .
I5
Fuel Account
I6
Heating and Ventilating Pond and Union School- houses 15
Incidentals for Schoolhouses . 17 ·
Incidentals for Schools . 1.
16
Jonas Perkins Schoolhouse
. 31, 155
Pay of Janitors
14
Pay of Teachers
11
Re-appropriated to pay Sundry School Bills ·
19
Rent for Kindergarten
18
Report of Building Committee, The New Schoolhouse.
188
Report of Heating, Ventilating Committee, Pond and Union Schoolhouses 191
Report of Superintendent
147
Report of School Fund .
75
Salary of Superintendent of Schools 15 .
Text Books and Supplies
18
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, Report of, 3
Soldiers' Aid, Chapter 279
31
Soldiers' Relief .
29
State Aid, Chapter 301 . .
30
Streets, French's Avenue
49
Hall Avenue and Thayer Place .
49
Highways, A. O. Clark, Surveyor . [36
Highways, Wm. W. Mayhew, Surveyor
37
Highways, John V. Scollard, Surveyor
.
33
Lisle Street . .
.
35
Removal of Snow . 49 .
.
·
237
Steam Road Roller
41
Stone Roads
. 40, 47
Summary of Highways .
39
Taxes, Collection and Abatements Collector's Account
73
Thayer Public Library, Appropriation
57
Distributing Books
57
Librarian's Report
84
Treasurer's Report
85
Trustee's Report
84
Town Clerk, Report of
193
Births, 1894
197
Deaths, 1894
201
Marriages, 1894
195
Town Records, 1894
204
Town Hall Account
55
Town Lands
54
Town Officers, 1894
2
Town Officers, pay of .
64
Town Warrant
Treasurers Account
69
Water Damages, Glover Estate
54
Water Commissioners' Report
93
Chemical Examination .
122
Engineers' report on Connecting the two Ponds
106
Extensions of Mains, cost of
112
General Summary of Expenditures
116
Hydrants and Repairs
113
Hydrant Service
53
Interest on Water Bonds
53
Maintenance
113
Meters .
111
Miscellaneous Expenses
116
Night Pumping
112
Pumping Station, Cost of
,
111
Report of Water Registrar
118
Salaries of Water Commissioners
114
Service Construction
153, 123
.
.
56
238
Statistics relating to the Consumption of Water in
various Cities and Towns
· 120
Superintendent, Pay of .
.
.
112
Superintendent's Report
95
Tools, etc
113
Treasurer's Report
116
Treasurer's Reports of the Sinking Funds, Water Boards
109,110
Twelve-inch Suction in Pond
114
Water Loan, Sinking Fund
57
Water Supply of Braintree
.
121
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