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Grace May Morrison,
21
Hull.
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Married by Rev. A. A. Ellsworth, 6; Rev. A. Field, 4; Rev. S. E. Ellis, 3; Rev. L. B. Hatch, 2; Rev. W. H. Alexander, 2; Rev. L. O. Williams, 1; Rev. A. H. Ross, 1; S. A. Bates, J. P., 2; Rev. L. J. Dean of Hudson, N. Y., 1., for which he is liable to a severe penalty, he residing out of the State.
Males married for the first time, 48; second, 6.
Females, first, 51; second, 3.
Average age of males, 28.6; females, 25.
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DEATHS IN 1895.
-AGE ---
DATE.
NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 3, Gordon C. Berry,
Randolph,
6
4, Joel Sampson,
Leeds, Me.,
85
0
7
6, Squire J. Allen,
Sanford, Me.,
74
12,
Michael Tenney,
Boston,
53
3
9
12,
Katie (Shay) Clark,
Nova Scotia,
42
4
23
19,
Elizabeth (Nash) Crane,
Weymouth,
83
2
27,
Hazel E. Woodworth,
Braintree,
7
6
30, Joseph Fortier,
Braintree,
-
15
30, Ruth M. Lindsay,
Boston,
3
7
15
31, Sarah (Moulton) Kelley,
Hampton, N. H., 83
4
13
5, Elisha Pratt,
Weymouth,
83
11
8
7, Ella M. (Howard) Hayden,
Randolph,
35
-
10
7, Benjamin J. Loring,
Boston,
77
3
2
14, Alice W. Wyman,
Braintree,
-
20
17,
Frank V. Robbins,
Boston,
34
10
30
20, Miriam F. Holbrook,
Braintree,
6
0
13
25,
Sarah (Downey) Freel,
Ireland,
81
6
13
27,
Sarah E. (Gile) Lincoln,
Boston,
44
4
8
Mar. 3,
Delia A. (Marsterson) Cronin,
Ireland,
62
0
26
Braintree,
1
7
6
11, Timothy Levangie,
Braintree,
2
3
12
18, Lauretta Kennedy,
Northbridge,
4
7
18
Braintree,
84
0
23
23, Edward M. Margerson,
Reading,
42
5
19
23,
Elizabeth P. (Thayer) Arnold,
Randolph,
81
7
10
24, Ethel Platt,
Braintree,
2
6
4
31, Sanford P. Ware,
Windsor, Me,
68
2
22
Apr. 7,
9, Frank E. Sherman,
Quincy,
4
0
24
17,
Nellie A. (Glover) Tupper,
Canada,
24
4
23
19, Harold V. Goodspeed,
Braintree,
2
9
15
19, John Q. A. Thayer,
Braintree,
70
1
9
24,
Lucinda F. (Alger) Kane,
Bridgewater,
48
5
17
27, Alexander Bennett,
Braintree,
6
28,
Iram F. Vinton,
Braintree,
48
2
28
30, Louise K. (Lengland) Wilber,
Norway,
38
-
-
-
-
Feb. 3,
James Sullivan,
Braintree,
-
-
8,
Catherine (Brady) O'Rourke,
Ireland,
77
9, Henry G. Howland,
10, Jennie M. Stone,
Braintree,
1 10
19, Mary (Holbrook) Penniman,
Dedham,
66
2
27
Luther O. Crocker,
-
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-AGE-
D'ATE. NAME.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y.
M.
D.
May 5, Wilfred S. Rogers,
Braintree,
1
0
21
Kingston,
60
-
9, Annie H. Lane,
Braintree,
1
8
22
10, Cora M. Belyea,
New Brunswick, 3
8
13
17, Isaac Bass,
Quincy,
65
22, David McAuliffe,
Ireland,
64
June 1, Julia T. Sweeney,
Stoughton,
25
-
-
5, Anna (Jordan) Dyer,
Litchfield, Me.,
62
9
12
5, Ruthy (Belcher) Holbrook,
Holbrook,
80
0
13
13, Michael Bentley,
Ireland,
70
3
0
17, Margaret White,
Braintree,
3
6
17
28, Jessie F. Tripp,
Braintree,
4
6
18
30, Mary E. Bates,
Salem,
65
11
July 14, Susie L. (Guild) Mann,
Dedham,
34
10
26
Aug. 5, Leroy W. Williamson,
Boston,
6
10
12, Mary E. (Stevenson) Woodworth,
· Canada,
27
2
29
19, Margaret McGuile) Downey,
Ireland,
68
19, Thomas Briody,
Ireland,
56
3
-
-
2
26
6, Elsie W. Warburton,
Randolph,
9
2
23
11, Florence C. Williams,
Braintree,
11
29
11, Ralph Allen,
Braintree,
7
28
18, Jane (McDuffie) Rennie,
Scotland,
75
6
12
18, Lois B. Mason,
Braintree,
1
2
28, Samuel W. Jennings,
Boston,
68
6
3
30, Mary H. (Kittrell) Bates,
Kingston,
75
10
21
Oct. 1, John Graves,
Nova Scotia,
68
4, Catherine F. (Kenncy) Gethro,
Milford,
35
10
9
5, Martin Greenough,
Nova Scotia,
54
2
3
12, Harold G. Lothrop,
Braintree,
1
6
14
18, Charles H. Abell,
Braintree,
3
7
25
20, Martha L. Dow,
Charlestown.
7
8
1
20, Jane (Simpson) Roche,
Ireland,
68
-
-
-
19, James K. Young,
Turner, Me.,
73
10
11
26, Mary J. (Spinney) Moir,
Nova Scotia,
41
5
20
Dec. 4, Eliza T. (Arnold) .Bates,
Braintree,
81 4
28
7, Charles Dejon,
Braintree,
-
-
11
19
22, Calvin Thayer,
Braintree,
77
8
14
23, Mervyn C. Colton,
Adams,
12
S
8
27, David S. G. Doane,
Cohasset,
68
-
-
Sept. 5,
Albertus B. Sherman,
Duxbury,
-
-
26, Elizabeth O. Penniman,
Braintree,
85
10
10
Nov. 15, John S. Whittaker,
New Hampshire 71~
21
12, Earl Bertram Mann,
Braintree,
-
-
8, Lucy P. Soule,
188
Whole number of deaths in 1895, 83. Males, 40; females, 43. Single, 39; married, 30; widowed, 14.
Birthplace :- Braintree, 29; other places in Massachusetts, 30; Ireland, 8; British Provinces, 7; Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Scotland and Nor- way, 1 each.
Ages :- Under 1 year, 13; between 1 and 10, 19; 10 and 20, 1; 20 and 30, 2; 30 and 40, 5; 40 and 50, 66; 50 and 60, 3; 60 and 70, 13; 70 and 80, 10; 80 and 90, 10. Average age, 38.7 years.
Burials in Braintree, 37; Weymouth, 10; Randolph, 8; Quincy, 6; Holbrook, 2; other places; 20.
Birthplace of parents :- Fathers-Braintree, 9; other places in Massa- chusetts, 32; Ireland, 14; British Provinces, 12; Maine, 5; Rhode Island, 3; New Hampshire, 2; North Carolina, Vermont, Scotland, England, Norway and East Indies, 1 each. Mothers-Braintree, 7; other places in Massachusetts, 33; Ireland, 16; British Provinces, 11; Maine, 6; Scotland, 3; Vermont and New Hampshire, 2 each; England and Norway, 1 each.
Diseases :- Pneumonia, 16; consumption, 8; heart disease, 7; diph- theria, 6; cancer and meningitis, 5 each; dementia, 4; cholera infantum and convulsions, 3 each; accidental, gastritis, empyemia, gangrene and apoplexy, 2 each; drowning, hemorrhage, peritonitis, catarrh, septicemia, inanition, Bright's disease, old age, erysipelas, influenza arteritis, malaria, congestion of liver, paralysis, stillborn and natural causes, 1 each.
Town Records.
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 fol- lowing articles, namely :
ART. 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 ensu- ing year ; also to vote on the following question, as required by Chap. 54 of the acts of 1881, namely : "Shall license 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 high- ways 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 en- suing 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 sys- tem 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 system to Mayflower Park.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to extend the water system through Pond street to the town line of the town of Ran- dolph.
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 system 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 com- bination hose wagon for the east section of the town.
ART. 26. To see if the town will provide drainage for Franklin 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 engine at East Braintree, and also the unused hose wagons.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to extend the water system 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 doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time for said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this eighth day of February, 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.
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NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 20, 1895.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by post- ing up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be pub- lished in the Braintree Reporter once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
Atrue copy,
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, March 4, 1895.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the town clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Upon ballot, Francis A. Hobart was elected moderator by a unanimous vote, and sworn by the town clerk.
ART. 3. Albert F. Hollis was appointed to check the voting list and sworn.
Voted to proceed to the choice of town clerk, town treasurer, three selectmen (who shall be assessors, overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways), two members of the school com- mittee for three years, one water commissioner for three years, three auditors, a school fund committee, two trustees of Thayer Public Library, three fence viewers, and fifteen constables ; and also to vote on the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" That the polls be closed at 1 o'clock, and that after the election of officers as on the ballot, and the appointment by the moderator of a com- mittee on appropriations for the ensuing year, the meeting stands adjourned for one week from this day at 9 o'clock A. M., and at that time the polls were declared closed. Richard L. Arnold, E. A. Belcher. Charles O. Miller were appointed by the moderator
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as tellers to assort and count the votes, and they were sworn by the town clerk.
The moderator appointed as the committee on appropri- ations E. E. Abercrombie, G. D. Willis, L. W. Morrison, C. H. Hobart, G. H. Arnold, D. Potter, W. E. Morrison, A. J. Bates, N. F. Hunt, John Kelley, Elisha Thayer, J. F. Sheppard and H. A. Monk.
At the close of the ballot the moderator declared the result as follows; Whole number of ballots, 761.
Town Clerk-blanks 3; Samuel A. Bates, 758, and he was declared elected and sworn by the moderator.
Town Treasurer-Peter D. Holbrook, 761, and he was de- clared elected and sworn.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways-Ansel O. Clark, 714; W. W. Mayhew, 711; J. Parker Hayward, 448; John V. Scollard, 315, and F. P. Lothrop, 1, and Ansel O. Clark, J. Parker Hayward and Wil- liam W. Mayhew were elected and sworn by the town clerk.
School Committee for three years-Albion C. Drinkwater, 759; and Ann M. Brooks, 755; and were declared elected and sworn.
Water Commissioner for three years-T. Haven Dearing, 754 ; and he was declared elected and accepted.
Auditors-Charles G. Sheppard, 759; Daniel Potter, 755; L. W. Morrison, 728; and they were declared elected and sworn by the town clerk.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library for two years-E. Wat- son Arnold, 761; Nathaniel H. Hunt, 755; and they were declared elected and accepted the office.
Fence Viewers-George H. Holbrook, 761; Albert R. Hobart, 758; William A. Kane, 753; and they were declared elected and sworn by the town clerk.
School Fund Committee-P. D. Holbrook, 760; A. S. Mor- rison, 760; Will W. Mayhew, 760; Francis A. Hobart, 758; James D. Leatherbee, 758; G. D. Willis, 756; and they were declared elected and sworn.
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Constables-Horace Faxon, 725; Lewis E. Beverly, 731, Thomas Downey, 656; Leonard M. Hobart, 737; James R. Qualey, 724; Henry Dugan, Jr. 707; Charles H. Loring, 736 ; John H. Macandrew, 676; John Gallivan, 604; Charles R. Damon, 596; Conrad Mischler, 731; John Kelley, 725; Ben- jamin J. Loring, 733; James A. Reynolds, 730; were declared elected and sworn. George H. Holbrook, 738, but declined to serve. F. Alton Oliver received 492, Peter Norton, 34, George T. Dee, 15, all others 20.
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" Whole number of votes, 545. Yes, 170. No, 375.
Voted to choose 5 surveyors of wood and weighers of hay, and J. Marcus Arnold, Peter B. Lawson, Martin L. Tupper, William Allen, Edward M. Wight were chosen and sworn.
Voted to choose 3 surveyors of lumber and Martin L. Tupper, Henry Gardner and George H. Holbrook were chosen and sworn.
Voted that a measurer of leather, a pound keeper and 3 field drivers be appointed by the selectmen.
Voted to adjourn this meeting to Monday, March 11, 1895, at 9 o'clock A. M.
S. A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, MARCH 11, 1895.
The town met in accordance with the adjournment from March 4, 1895. Moderator in the chair. .
ART. 2. Voted, to accept the report of the selectmen as reported in print.
ART. 4. Voted, that the repairs of highways and bridges be done under the direction of three surveyors of highways, who shall appoint a competent person to take charge of the same, and said person not to hold any elective office.
ART. 7. Voted, that the jury list as prepared by the select- men be accepted.
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ART. 8. Voted, that all taxes assessed the current year shall be payable on or before the first day of December, 1895, and on all taxes not paid on or before said first day of December, 1895, 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, 1896, to exert all the power vested in him by law for the collection of all unpaid taxes.
ART. 6. Committee on appropriations made their report through Daniel Potter, Secretary of said Committee, and the fol- lowing appropriations were voted, namely :
ART. 10. Compensation of members of the Fire Department
$975 00
To be divided as follows :
Chief engineer $25 00
2 assistant engineers, each $15 30 00
75 men, each $10 750 00
2 stewards, north and south, each $65 130 00
1 steward, east, $40 40 00
ART. 11. For hydrant service $3,950 00
ART. 12. Water loan sinking fund 5,000 00
ART. 13. Conveyance of pupils to public schools 1,020 00
ART. 23. Voted, that the selectmen are hereby directed to dispose of the East and Iron Works school property which has been vacated, at public auction, and convey the same to the purchaser.
ART. 32 was laid on the table.
Voted, to adjourn until one o'clock P. M., at which time it was again called to order by the moderator.
ART. 6. Voted, to appropriate the following sums of money : Salaries of teachers in addition to dog tax and
school fund
$11,000 00
Superintendent
1,200 00
Janitors
1,200 00 ·
Fuel
·
1,500 00
Text books and supplies
500 00
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Incidentals for schools 250 00
Incidentals for schoolhouses · 350 00
Voted, that it is the sense of this meeting that the school committee furnish in their annual report the amount of coal used for heating each schoolhouse.
ART. 15. That we appropriate the sum of $6,146 for street electric lighting plant and recommend no increase of salaries in the Electric Light Department this year.
Voted, that the thanks of the town be extended to Thomas A. Watson for his very valuable services rendered gratuitously in successfully inaugurating and overseeing the town's electric light plant from its establishment down to the close of the last year.
ART. 24. Voted, to appropriate for grading grounds of the Jonas Perkins schoolhouse the sum of $400.
ART. 6. Connecting new users of light
$1,200 00
Support of poor
4,000 00
State aid, Chap. 279 .
200 00
Steam road roller
2,300 00
Removal of snow
600 00
General expenses Fire Department
825 00
Janitor of Town Hall, etc.
650 00
Town lands
50 00
Town hall
300 00
Thayer Public Library ·
950 00
Of which $150 is to be expended for furnish-
ing sanitary arrangements.
Distribution of books 100 00
Abatement and collection of taxes
1,500 00
For sundry notes : electric light
2,000 00
Jonas Perkins schoolhouse
3,100 00
Monatiquot schoolhouse
3,300 00
Insurance
.
600 00
Incidental expenses
2,000 00
Town officers .
2,430 00
Interest on town debt
5,000 00
Highways and bridges
4,000 00
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Voted, that the selectmen shall compel the Braintree Street Railway Co. to put the highway over which they passed in a safe condition immediately, and in all other respects comply with the conditions of their franchise.
Voted, that Articles 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 18, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, that the selectmen remove the rubbish in the rear of the Union schoolhouse.
ART. 5. Voted, that for the purpose of procuring a tem- porary loan to, and for the use of the town of Braintree, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the town treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of the board of selectmen, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to 45,000 dollars, and to exe- cute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefore, pay- able within one year from the time the loan is made, with inter- est thereon at a rate not exceeding 5 per cent. per annum. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted, that the system of night police be continued and the sum of $1,800 be hereby appropriated to pay the expense of the same.
Voted, that the selectmen have authority to draw orders for $1,400 for state aid, Chap. 301, and $300 for court fees and expenses.
ART. 31 was referred to the Water Commissioners with full po wers.
Voted, that so much of the Bank and Corporation tax to the amount of $7,000 be applied to the payment of the foregoing.
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to advertise in the Braintree papers the last two weeks of December, that all par- ties having bills against the town shall present them on or before December 31, 1895, for settlement, and that the books shall then be closed, and no more orders drawn until all accounts are audited.
Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to order paid only
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those bills of expense in the school department which are prop- erly approved by the school committee, or by their authority.
Moved that bills in the school department for text books and supplies and incidentals for schools be charged by the treasurer into one department, referred to selectmen and school committee with full powers.
Voted, that the Water Commissioners and Highway Sur- veyors remove from the sheds in the rear of the Town Hall, all articles now stored there and that all refuse be kept off the town common.
ART. 5. Voted that the collection of taxes be let out to the lowest bidder. Nathaniel F. Hunt agreed to collect the taxes for one per cent. and he was elected collector of taxes for the en- suing year.
Voted, to pay $10 to F. A. Hobart for his services as moder- ator.
ART. 9. Voted to appropriate the sum of $175 and pay the same to Gen. S. Thayer Post 87, G. A. R., to assist in defraying the expenses of Memorial day.
A true copy,
Attest : 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 town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Wednesday, March 27, 1895, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will appropriate the sums of $2,000 from the receipts from domestic lighting and $400 from the receipts for jobbing for payment of operating expenses, and
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from the receipts for domestic lighting the sum of $1,090 for payment of interest on house lighting bonds and for sinking fund payments on said bonds, and the balance of said receipts to be used for connecting new users.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from water receipts certain sums of money to be expended by the Water Commissioners.
ART. 4. To see the town will make an additional appro- priation for the Fire Department.
ART. 5. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the Public Schools in addition to the amount appropriated at the annual meeting.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to abolish the Kinder- garten schools.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to purchase a Combi- nation Hose Wagon for the east section of the town and appro- priate money for the same.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town seven days at least before the time of said meeting and by publishing once in the Braintree Bee.
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, the nineteenth day of March, A. D., 1895.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
BRAINTREE MARCH 20, 1895.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree seven days before the
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time set for said meeting, and I have caused the said warrant to be published in the Braintree Bee once before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON Constable of Braintree.
A true copy,
Attest, SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, MARCH 27, 1895.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the town clerk.
ART. 1. Upon ballot, Asa French was unanimously elected Moderator but declined, and Ansel O. Clark was chosen and sworn by the town clerk.
ART. 2. Voted, that the sum of $2,000 be appropriated from the receipts for domestic lighting and $400 from the receipts for jobbing to pay operating expenses for house lighting plant.
Voted, that the sum of $660 be appropriated from the re- ceipts for domestic lighting to pay the interest on house lighting bonds and $430 for the sinking fund for said bonds, and the bal- ance of said receipts be appropriated to connect new users.
ART. 3. Voted, that the sum of $6,050 be appropriated from the revenue of the water system for the payment of the interest of the water bonds, and that the balance of receipts from water be appropriated for the operation and maintainance of the water system, and also for such extensions of the plant as may be con- sidered feasible by the board of water commissioners.
ART. 5. Voted, that the sum of $3,200 be appropriated for the public schools in addition to the total amount appropriated at the annual meeting for the school expenditures.
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