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ART. 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chap- ter 79 of the Revised Laws, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
ART. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department and for the purchase of new hose.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a. sum of money, to put in a repeater in connection with the fire alarm.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to extend its fire alarm system to the corner of Plain and Grove streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 12. 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. 13. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable' street lights on Sampson Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Charles Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to place a street light East of the Railroad Crossing on Elm Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Commercial Street to the Quincy line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
. ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to continue its night police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and ex- penses in criminal cases.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for hydrant service.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend its Water System South in Washington Street from its present termina- tion to the Holbrook and Braintree Town line and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
ART. 22. 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 Town debt, and .on loans in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
ART. 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in de- fraying the expenses of memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 26. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of books.
ART. 27. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for supplies and for repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
ART. 28. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
ART. 29. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement of taxes.
ART. 30 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be, expended by the Board of Health.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
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ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on Plain Street Cemne- tery.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to sell the land on the East side of Middle Street, known as the Middle Street Schoolhouse lot, and authorize the Treasurer to sign in behalf of the Town all necessary deeds and papers to transfer a good title thereto.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Art. 36. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen.
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 fifth day of March, 1906, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your duings thereon to the Town Clerk before the third day of March, 1906.
Given under our hands at Braintree this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE. HENRY M. STORM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy, Attest :
CHARLES A. HOBART.
Constable of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, February 10, 1906.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expresssed, to meet at the time and place for the pur- poses therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART,
Constable of Braintree.
Fury List
As prepared by the Selectmen, January 20, 1906.
Allen, William, 408 Commercial st., stone mason. Arnold, J. Marcus, 444 Washington st., merchant. Arnold, Richard L., 444 Washington st., clerk. Bates, Frank Albert, 390 Washington st., merchant. Bates, Louis F., 71 Commercial st., plumber. Bailey, William H. H., 20 Union st., retired. Blanchard, Joseph W., 47 Quincy ave., agent. Bond, Francis D., 35 Spruce st., clerk. Cain, Thomas J., Randall ave., stable keeper. Cavanagh, Charles F., 111 School st., building mover. Cavanagh, James E., 72 Cedar st., real estate. Clark, Edward W., 103 Hollis ave., carpenter. Cook, Alfred A., 40 Mount Vernon ave., tile mason. Connell, James, 524 Commercial st., farmer. Cummings, Charles B., 30 Pond st., clerk. Cutting. James M., Grove st., farmer. David, Solon, Franklin st., janitor. Doane, Henry W., 367 West st., bookkeeper. Drinkwater, Horace R., Park st., superintendent. Drollett, Joseph P., 320 Granite st., manufacturer. Dyer, Jacob A., 1295 Washington st., farmer. Estes, Lewis E., Grove st., farmer. Finnegan, George D., 165 Hancock st., editor. French, Azel R., 144 Franklin st., salesman. Gardner, Francis A., 18 Elm Knoll st., janitor. Gore, Henry W., 34 Vine st., bookkeeper. Gutterson, William B., 15 Bellevue rd., clerk. Hannaford, Charles S., Pearl st., real estate and insurance. Harlow, Clifton D., 42 Quincy ave., druggist. Hayward, Francis E. 445 Quincy ave., florist Hayward, J. Parker, Quincy ave., retired. Heath, Vernon S., 66 Franklin st., shipper. Hobart, Arthur L., 2 Elm Knoll st., electrician. Hobart, Edward W. Hobart ave., inspector. Holmes, William L. Myrtle st., retired. Howland, Walter H. 10 Central ave., machine operator.
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Hunt, Nathaniel F. 431 Quincy ave., retired. Joy, Adoniram F., 4 Allen st., shoe worker. Keith, Arza H., Washington pl., manufacturer. Keith, Warren B. 393 Washington st., civil engineer. Knight, Bradford Y., 195 Shaw st., carpenter. Leben, L. Francis, Howard st., machinist. Ludden, George E. 226 Shaw st., leather worker. Macgregor, William H., 47 Liberty st., machinist. Matthewson, Emor H. 826 Washington st., shoe worker. McNabb, James, Jr., 371 Quincy ave., gardener. McKean, William A., 63 Ash st., merchant. McOsker, James T., 27 Tarlor st., barber.
McRae, Augustus, Sheppard ave., carpenter. Morgan, Frank H., 125 Allen st., broker.
Morrison, L. Willard, 115 Adams st., clerk. Mulcahy, John W., 122 Tremont st., engineer.
Newcomb, Willie A., 31 Hollis ave., shoe worker.
Penniman, N. Allen, 277 Union st., superintendent.
Pennock, Frederick G., 741 Washington st., machinist. Pierson, Edward O., 485 Washington st., clerk. Pratt, Stillman F., Washington st., editor. Prescott, Eben, 230 Middle st., editor.
Potter, Daniel 12 French ave., electric light manager. Record, Sanford P., commercial st., secretary. Robery, John P., 5 Liberty st., farmer. Ross, William A., 21 Hancock st. manufacturer.
Sampson, George E., 640 Wash'n st., real estate and insurance.
Shaw, Willie HI., 50 Maple st., salesman. Smith, Frank A., 20 Maple st., druggist.
Smith, Thomas M., 4 Plymouth street., auctioneer.
Stark, William F., River st., electrician.
Storm, Henry M., 336 Commercial st., selectman. Sullivan, Edward J., 654 Washington st., merchant. Sullivan, John F., 44 Hobart st., painter. Thayer, Elmer F., 279 Pond st., farmer. West, John W., 234 Commercial st., salesman. White, Hartley L., 133 Hollis ave., civil engineer. Whitman, Henry B., Pond st., harnessmaker.
INDEX
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Abatement of Taxes
125
Almshouse .
89
Appropriations of 1905
59
Assessors' Account
59
Assets of Town
135
Auditors' Report .
156
Births of 1905
3 .
Collector's Account
154
Court Fees and Expenses
88 -
Deaths of 1905
13 .
Debt of Town
139
Dog Tax Account
55
Electric Light Department, Report of
163
Electric Light Loans
139,
Expenditures of 1905 .
67
Financial Statement of Town
139
Financial Summary
150
Fire Department, Report of
218
Fire Department Expenditures
68
Health, Report of Board of
215
Highway Surveyors, Report of
75.
Highway Expenditures
75
Incidental Expenses
114
Insurance Account
153.
Insurance Expenditures
121
Interest Account
137
Jury List Prepared for 1906
261
Liabilities of Town
137
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
219.
Library, Gifts to
221
Night Police
88
Notes Outstanding
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137
Marriages of 1905
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9
264
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Orders drawn
132
Outside Aid
97
Foor Department Expenditures
88
School Committee, Report of
205
School Statistics .
209
School Expenditures
100
School Fund
147
Selectmen, Report of
57
Sinking Fund Accounts
142
Soldiers' Relief
122
Stone Road, Expenditures
84
State Aid Account
125
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
207
Snow Account
84
Tax Collector's Account
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154
Thayer Public Library, Report of ..
219
Town Clerk's Report .
3
Town Hall Expenditures
125
Town Officers of 1905
2
Town Officers, Pay of
128
Town Records
17
Town Debt .
139>
Town Treasurer's Report
134-
Tree Warden .
112:
Vote of Representative District .
49)
Vote at State Election
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47
Vote at Town Election
23:
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1906
257
Water Commissioners, Report of
191
Water Department, Report of Superintendent
206.
Water Extensions
207
Water Finances-Treasurer's Report
213
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