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ART. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department, purchase of new hose, etc., and for painting of the three houses.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new ladder truck for use in the north part of the Town and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for operating expenses of the Electric Light Department, for connecting new consumers, etc.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to continue its Night Police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Hydrant Service.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of notes, and for the payment of interest on the same.
ART. 17. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of library books.
ART. 19. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for supplies and repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a janitor.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement of taxe's.
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ART. 22. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the support of the insane in hospitals; for the payment of State Aid and Military Aid, and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
ART. 24. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and expenses in criminal cases.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will accept the jnry list as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Academy street, so called, as a town way, as made by the Select- men leading westerly from Washington street to Tremont street and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Bellevue Road so called, as a town way, as made by the Select- men leading southerly from Commercial street to Stetson street and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
ART. 29. To see if the Town desires to take any action in relation to building concrete sidewalks and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of removing rubbish from the high- ways under the direction of the Board of Healih.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 37 of Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws and apply the provisions of Chapter 19 and the rules thereunder to the police and fire forces of the town, said Chapter 19 being entitled " Of the Civil Service."
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water
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:system in and through Mayflower Park to the Holbrook town line and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on French's Common for a playground and for the protection of adjoining property.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each precinct in said Town of Braintree seven days at least before said second day of March, 1903, and by publishing the same once in the Brain- tree Observer and Reporter.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the twenty-eighth day of February, 1903.
Given under our hand at Braintree this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. PARKER HAYWARD, WARREN B. KEITH, Selectmen of Braintree.
BRAINTRRE, MARCH 2, 1903.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the voters as- sembled in their respective precincts to cast their ballots for town officers for the ensuing year and also on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town. The polls were opened at six o'clock A. M. and were closed as follows : Precinct One at one o'clock and thirty min- utes P. M. ; Precinct Two at one o'clock and thirty minutes P. M; Precinct Three at one o'clock and thirty minutes P. M.
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The following Election officers were present in the various; Precincts, namely :---
Precinct One, Deputy Warden, Acting Warden, Charles G. Anderson, Clerk, Wilford F. Woodsum, Deputy, Edward W. Hobart, John W. Cuff, Elbridge F. Porter, W. H. Howland, Carroll A. Holbrook, Richard L. Arnold, Albert F. Hollis, Constable, Charles A. Hobart.
Precinct Two, Hartly L. White Warden, Eben Prescott Deputy Warden, W. A. McKean Clerk, Wm. R. Frampton Deputy Clerk, Harry L. Patten, Daniel J. Gallivan, Inspectors, Daniel F. Ahearn, James E. Cavanagh, S. F. Pratt, John L. Delano, Deputy Inspectors, Conrad Mischler, Constable.
At the close of the counting of the votes the returns were made up by the Precinct Clerks and forwarded to the Regis- whom they were canvassed. The result of the ballot as determined by the Registrars and so declared was as follows :
Whole number of ballots deposited was eight hundred and thirty eight (838) and were for the following persons, namely :
FOR TOWN CLERK
Henry A. Monk .
660
M. F. Drinkwater
.
2
James R. Qualey .
1
Blanks
175
Henry A. Monk was declared elected and sworn.
FOR TOWN TREASURER
Benjamin F. Dyer
647
John Hannon
. 2
Blanks ·
189.
Benjamin F. Dyer was declared elected and sworn.
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FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF POOR AND HIGH- WAY SURVEYORS.
Ansel O. Clark
423
William H. Cronin
309
Edgar. W. Gerry .
172
J. Parker Hayward
403
Warren B. Keith .
470
Paul Monaghan
79
Daniel Potter
36
Louis W. Thayer
51
B. Herbert Woodsum
132
.. . anks .
439
Ansel O. Clark, J. Parker Hayward and Warren B. Keith were declared elected and sworn.
TREE WARDEN
Elmer E. Abercrombie
445
Edwin B. Arnold
·
218
Chester H. Gage .
1
Blanks
174
Elmer E. Abercrombie was declared elected and sworn.
WATER COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER OF SINKING FUNDS FOR
THREE YEARS
William O. Pinckney
241
James T. Stevens .
430
John Westland
1
Horace French
1
M. F. Drinkwater
1
Blanks
164
·
James T. Stevens was declared elected and accepted.
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AUDITORS
George G. Ellsworth
.
273
Nathaniel F. Hunt
,
473
Alva S. Morrison .
468
Daniel Potter
455
Isaac Jones .
1
Joseph Crickmay
1
Blanks .
843
Nathaniel F. Hunt, Alva S. Morrison and Daniel Potter were declared elected and sworn.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
C. F. Hill Crathern
432
James E. Downs .
189
Rufus C. Turpel .
150
Thomas A. Watson
503
Daniel F. Ahearn .
1
John Westland .
1
Blanks . ·
400
C. F. Hill Crathern and Thomas A. Watson declared elect- ed and sworn. 4)
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
Frank W. Brett .
581
Charles Lothrop
1
Charles M. Lothrop
1
Joseph Crickmay .
2
Willis S. Marstin .
1
Blanks . ·
252
.
.
.
.
.
Frank W. Brett was declared elected and sworn.
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TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOR TWO YEARS
Robert E. Belcher
.
. 501
Nathaniel H. Hunt
.
558
F. R. Griffin .
1
Edgar Norris
1
J. C. Starkie
1
James Sullivan
1
Daniel F. Ahearn
1
Blanks .
612
Robert E. Belcher and Nathaniel H. Hunt were declared elected and accepted.
FENCE VIEWERS
J. Marcus Arnold .
547
Charles S. Hannaford
508
Alverdo H. Mason
539
Carroll Holbrook .
1
D. J. Gallivan
1
A. C. Drinkwater .
1
A. G. Ledwith
1
M. F. Drinkwater
1
Franklin Arnold .
1
William Frampton
1
Blanks .
913
J. Marcus Arnold, Charles S. Hannaford and Alverdo H. Mason were declared elected and sworn.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
J. Franklin Bates .
228
Frank A. Smith
491
Fred Adams .
1
George Sampson Jr
1
Blanks .
117
Frank A. Smith was declared elected and sworn.
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FOR CONSTABLES
Henry Dugan Jr.
Jeremiah F. Gallivan
.
.
.
482
Horace F. Hunt
530
John Kelly
492
James H. King
467
Benjamin J. Loring
513 442
John H. Lyons
520 491
Conrad Mischler
443
William H. Moir .
435
Thomas Slavin
462
Frank O. Whitmarsh
510 120
William Garde
25 23 3
B. T. Dyer .
1
J. E. Hayden
1
W. A. Torrey
1
M. J. Sullivan
2
J. B. Dyer .
5
H. W. Mansfield
1
Michael Sullivan
2
William Levangie
1
J. A. Qualey .
1 2
Frank Gannon
1
Thomas Downey
2
John Dyer
1
John Cuff
1
Daniel Potter
1
Frank A. Gannon
1
Whit Stetson
1
.
.
530
521
Charles A. Hobart
William E. Maybury
Joseph Mohan
James R. Qualey .
John B. Dyer
George D. Finnegan
Fred Adams .
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Herbert G. White
1
Brainard T. Dyer .
1
William Hesselton
2
Thomas Mulligan .
1
William S. Levangie
1
Stafford F. Bridgham
1
Harry W. Bosworth Joseph Hayden
1
1
J. L. Sheppard
1
Joseph E. Hayden
1
F. Eugene Dyer
1
Douglas A. Brooks
1
D. C. Haseltine
1
Michael J. Sullivan
1
George H. Woodworth .
1
Wm. H. H. Bailey
1
Stillman F. Pratt .
2
Daniel McNeil
1
Murthy Callivan
1
Alfred H. Holbrook
1
James Sullivan.
1
Joseph Crickmay .
1
George S. Hussey .
1
Albert E. Hobart Jr
1
John Daily
2
Freeman Thayer
1
T. F. Mulligan
1
John Griffin .
1
Blanks .
5505
Henry Dugan Jr, Jeremiah F. Gallivan, Charles A. Hobart, Horace F. Hunt, John Kelly, James H. King, Benjamin J. Loring, John HI. Lyons, William E. Maybury, Conrad Mischler, Joseph Mohan, William H. Moir, Thomas Slavin, Frank O. Whitmarsh and James R. Qualey were declared elected and sworn.
On the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
Yes, 179. No, 390.
A true record,-Attest :
HI. A. MONK,
Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, March 9, 1903.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant and agreeable to the provisions of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, the Town met at the time and place specified. It was voted that the read- ing of the warrant, except the opening portion and the officer's return, be dispensed with.
ART. 1. On ballot, with the use of the check list, B. Her- bert Woodsum was elected Moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Voted to choose five (5) surveyors of wood and weighers of hay. J. Marcus Arnold, Charles G. Sheppard, Wilford F. Wodsum, Edward M. Wight and Edward W. Hobart were chosen and sworn.
Voted to choose three (3) surveyors of lumber. Herbert. W. Borden, Charles O. Miller and George H. Holbrook were chosen and sworn.
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to appoint one measurer of leather, one pound keeper, and three field drivers. 1
ART. 3. Voted that a committee of fifteen (15) be ap- pointed to serve for the ensuing year, to be known as the Appropriation Committee.
The Appropriation Committee presented their report.
Voted that when the report is acted upon it be by each item separately and that they be taken up in consecutive order ..
Voted that the report be accepted and laid on the table.
ART. 4. Voted that for the purpose of procuring a tem- porary loan to and for the use of the Town of Braintree in antic- ipation of taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treas- urer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate. seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) and to execute and de- liver the note or notes of the town therefor payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts in- curred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
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Voted that the Town Treasurer be and is hereby made custodian of all moneys of the several Departments of the Town and of all the securities of the several "Sinking Funds " of the Town. The Board of Water Commissioners are hereby in- structed to elect the Treasurer of the Town, Treasurer of the Water Department. The Selectmen are hereby instructed to require from the Treasurer, such a bond as in their judgment is necessary for the safety of such moneys and securities. That the town pay for said bond and that the Treasurer be held harm- less on his bond from any loss from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the town may be on deposit, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 20. Voted to appropriate one hundred five dollars ( $105) to pay for the Treasurer's bond.
ART. 5. Voted to charge interest on all taxes remaining unpaid after December first, 1903, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
· ART. 6. Taken up.
ART. 3. Taken up. The committee appointed at the last Annual Meeting to investigate the needs of the Union school- house reported in writing. (See public document No. 2, on file in Town Clerk's office.)
Voted to receive the report. Voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
ART. 6. Voted to appropriate for Schools :
For pay of Teachers in addition to dog tax and school fund nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000).
Superintendent of Schools fourteen hundred dollars (1,400) Janitors, including care of houses during summer vacation two thousand one hundred seventy-two dollars ($2,172).
Text books and supplies, nineteen hundred dollars ($1,900). Incidentals for Schools, five hundred and fifty dollars ($550).
Schoolhouse repairs and incidentals, one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Fuel, reappropriation of $1,339.34 and an appropriation of $460.66 making a total of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800).
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Conveyance of pupils, twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).
Repairs on Pond school, which includes two new floors, new ceilings, repairing stairs, etc., five hundred fifty dollars ($550).
Repairs of Union schoolhouse, nine hundred fifteen dollars ($915).
ART. 3. Voted that a committee of seven be appointed to take into consideration the whole matter of school accommoda- tions and report at an adjournment of this meeting. Moderator appointed C. F. Hill Crathern, Elmer E. Abercrombie, Albert E. Avery, Frederick R. Griffin, George F. Hussey, Otis B. Oak- man and Philip H. Sullivan as that committee.
ART. 7. Voted to appropriate for highways, town ways and bridges, in addition to amount received from State for that purpose, four thousand dollars ($4,000).
Construction of new stone roads in addition to excise tax, five hundred dollars ($500).
Construction and repair of sidewalks, two thousand dollars ($2,000).
Watering streets, in addition to assessment on abutters of 1 cent per lineal foot, seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
Removal of snow, one thousand dollars (1,000).
ART. 29. Concrete or granolithic sidewalks on any accep- ted street of the town when asked for by an abutter, the latter to pay one-half of the cost, when not exceeding five feet in width, and in excess of that width the abutters to pay the whole of such excess, all work to be done by and the width to be ap- proved of by the highway department, four hundred sixty-eight and 75-100 dollars ($468.75).
Voted that at 10 o'clock this meeting adjourn until two weeks from to-night at 7.30 o'clock.
ART. 26. Voted to appropriate for construction of Acad- emy street as laid out by the Selectmen, seventeen hundred fifty dollars ($1,750).
ART. 27. Voted to appropriate for construction of Belle- vue road as laid out by the Selectmen twelve hundred dollars ($1,200).
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ART. 8. Support of Poor and maintenance of Almshouse, including insane hospital account, six thousand dollars ($6,000).
ART. 9. For Fire Department : For pay of firemen, en- gineers and stewards, including poll taxes, 72 members at $15 each, 3 stewards at $65 each, and three engineers at $110 fifteen hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,525).
General expenses and repairs, including all sums to be paid for care of fire alarm, one thousand dollars ($1,000).
New hose, five hundred dollars ($500).
Painting 3 engine houses, two hundred dollars ($200).
Meeting adjourned to Monday, March 23, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
.A true record. Attest :
II. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, March 23, 1903.
The Town met in accordance with adjourment from March 9th. The meeting opened at 7.40 o'clock. Moderator Wood- sum in the chair.
Voted that the meeting take a recess until 7.50 o'clock.
ARTICLE 10. Voted to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a new Hook & Ladder Truck for the nortlı part of the Town.
ART. 3. Voted that a committee of three be appointed consisting of the two Selectmen and the Manager of the Electric Light Department who shall draft appropriate re- solutions recognizing the honorable services of the late Ansel O. Clark, Selectman of the Town of Braintree for 25 years; said resolution to be submitted to the Town for adoption, and if adopted to be spread upon the records of the Town and copies furnished to the local papers and to the family of the deceased.
ART. 11. Voted to appropriate for the Electric Light
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Department for operating expenses in addition to income the sum of eighty five hundred dollars. ($8,500)
Voted that the revenue derived from domestic and com- mercial lights, meter rents and jobbing for the year 1903 be ap- plied to pay four hundred and thirty dollars ($430.00) for sink- ing fund, and the balance for operating expenses and connect- ing new users.
Voted that the Manager of the Electric' Light Plant be re- quested to present to the Town a detailed statement of the cost of Street lighting and Commercial and Domestic lighting separately and also of the entire operation of the Plant.
ART. 12. Voted to appropriate the sum of twenty one- hundred and ninety dollars for night police. ($2,190)
ART. 13. Voted .to appropriate the sum of one hundred seventy five dollars to assist Post 87 of G. A. R. in the ob- servance of Memorial Day. ($175)
ART. 14. Voted to appropriate the sum of four thousand eight hundred dollars for hydrant service. ($4,800)
ART. 15. Voted to appropriate the sum of five thousand one hundred twenty dollars for the Water Loan Sinking Funds. ($5,120)
ART. 16. Voted to appropriate for the payment of notes Schoolhouse notes; the sum of forty one hundred dollars ($4,100)
Electric Light notes; the sum of four thousand dollars ( $4000)
Widening Washington Street notes forty eight hundred and fifty dollars (4,850)
For payment of interest on Schoolhouse notes, Thayer Academy notes, and Library notes (not including the Stetson note) and interest on demand notes the sum of fourteen hundred dollars. ($1,400)
For interest on loans in anticipation of taxes fifteen hundred dollars. ($1,500)
For interest on Electric Light Department notes one thou- sind nine hundred eighty two and 50-100. ($1,982.50)
For interest on Stetson Fund note one hundred dollars.
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ART. 17. Voted to appropriate for Town Officers Select- men, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors nineteen hundred and fifty dollars. ($1,950)
Town Clerk, five hundred dollars. ($500)
Town Treasurer, five hundred twenty five dollars. ( ${ 25) Water Commissioners, three hundred dollars.($300)
Auditors, one hundred dollars. ($100)
Registrars' of voters, one hundred and five dollars ($105) Constables, one hundred dollars. ($100)
Collector of taxes for collecting the entire commitment of 1903, together with the unpaid balance of 1901 and 1902, to be paid at the discretion of the selectmen in proportion to the amount of tax collected six hundred dollars. ($600)
Moderator of annual town meeting twenty five dollars ($25.)
ART. 18. Voted to appropriate for Thayer Public Library one thousand dollars. ($1000)
For distribution of books one hundred dollars. ($100)
ART. 19. Voted to appropriate for supplies and repairs of Town Hall in addition to revenue from letting five hundred dollars. ($500)
Janitor whose duty it shall be to care for the Town House sweep and heat the Library Building and care for the grounds around the same, six hundred fifty dollars. ( $650)
For painting Town House on the outside, two hundred and seventy five dollars. ($275)
ART. 20. Voted to appropriate for miscellaneous expenses twenty five hundred dollars. [$2,500]
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to draw orders on the Treasurer to the amount of twenty-six hundred dollars to pay State Aid and six hundred dollars for Hospital expenses.
Voted that at 10 o'clock this meeting be declared adjourned to two weeks from this evening at 7.45 o'clock.
ART. 21. Voted to appropriate for Abatement of Taxes one thousand dollars. ($1000)
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ART. 22. Voted to appropriate for Insurance on Town Buildings eight hundred twenty-eight dollars. [$828]
ART. 23 Voted to appropriated for Soldier's Relief under Chap. 79 of Revised Laws seven hundred dollars. [$700]
For State aid under Chap. 79 of Revised Laws one hundred and forty-four dollars. [$144]
ART. 3. Moved by Mr. Monaghan, that the board of Assessors in making their next Annual Report, publish a full statement of each Tax Payer's posesssions real and personal, describing each parcel of property, its location and valuation, keeping separate, resident, non resident and those assesed only. a Poll Tax.
Voted that the foregoing motion be laid on the table.
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee' of 9 to take into consideration the matter of changing the schoolhouse heating apparatus so as to heat by steam and to burn soft coal also the matter of using soft coal in every Public Building of of the Town wherever feasible; also to consider the matter of fitting up a wharf at the Electric Light Station so as to have a landing place in case the Town desire to buy coal at wholesale : Also the matter of operating the Electric Light Plant in the day time to furnish power for pumping water, running stone crushers and other public business requiring the use of power; said com- mittee to be composed of citizens not holding any Town office, and to report at next Annual Meeting.
Moderator appointed Henry M. Storm, Horace R. Drink- water, Charles H. Hayward, C. Harrison Hobart, William A. McKean, William Orr, Edward Shay, Edward J. Thomas. Foster F. Tupper as that committee.
The Moderator under the vote passed at the last meeting appointed the following gentlemen to serve for ensuing year as the "Appropriation Committee" Charles C. Mellen, William H. Cuff, F. Eugene Dyer, George D. Finnegan, Walter S. Osborne, William H. Dam, Albert A. Drollett, William May, George E. Sampson, Hartley L. White, William Allen, David G. Doane, Nathaniel F. Hunt. Charles G. Jordan and Charles G. Shep- pard.
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Voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
ART. 24. Voted to re-appropriate for Court Fees and Ex- penses one hundred and seventy five dollars. [$175]
ART. 28. Motion that the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated instead of one hundred as reported by the Approp- riation committee.
Meeting declared adjourned until Monday April 6th at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
A true record. Attest : II. A. Monk. Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, April 6, 1903.
The Town met in accordance with the adjournment from March 23d, the meeting was called to order at 7.50 o'clock by Moderator Woodsum.
ART. 28. Voted to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the expense of Tree Warden's Department ..
ART. 30. Voted to appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the use of the Board of Health.
ART. 33. Voted that the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) be appropriated to be expended on town lands on French's Common and the entire matter referred to the Select- men with full power to make such improvements on the town lands as they deem necessary.
Voted that the various town officers and heads of Depart- ments in publishing notices or advertisements shall insert the same in both local newspapers the Braintree Observer and the Braintree Bee.
ART. 3. The committee on school accommodations re- ported in part and asked for an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars to further prosecute the work.
The following resolutions were offered by the committee appointed for that purpose and the same were unanimously adopted.
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RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to re- move from among us our respected and beloved citizen and town official, Ansel O. Clark, and
WHEREAS, The town of Braintree and the people thereof have lost an honored and faithful servant, be it
RESOLVED, That in his death Braintree loses a most efficient and faithful public official and honorable citizen, one whose example both in public and private life is worthy of emulation. During nearly a quarter of a century of service as Selectman he had always been faithful to the best interests of the town, and in his decease the town has suffered a great loss ..
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