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Penniman School Notes, 1 yr. on $4,500.00 to Sept.
1,1908 157 50
Noah Torrey School Notes, 6 mos. on $27,000.00 to Dec. 1, 1908 489 37
Electric Light Notes, 1 yr. on $7,300.00 to Sept. 1, 1908 255 50
Electric Light Notes, 1 yr. on $5,000.00 to Dec. 30, 1908 ·
175 00
Electric Light Bonds, 1 yr. on $16,500.00 to Oct. 5, 1908 660 00
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Noah Torrey School Notes, 6 mos. on $30,000.00 to June 1, 1908 543 75
Discount on Notes to be issued in anticipation of Taxes .
2,300 00
ART. 32. Voted to appropriate for pay of Town Officers, to include $25 for Moderator of Annual Meeting, $3,810.00.
ART. 33. Voted to appropriate for miscellaneous expenses, $4,000.00.
ART. 34. Voted to appropriate for Memorial Day, $175.00.
ART. 35. Voted to appropriate for Thayer Public Library, $1,200.00. Voted to appropriate for Distribution of Books, $100.00.
Voted on motion of Mr. May that this meeting continue in session until the completion of the business under the warrant.
ART. 36. Voted to appropriate:
For Janitor of Town Hall and Library Buildings . $650 00 For Supplies and Repairs of Town Hall in addition to revenue from letting 300 00
For repairs on Water Service in Town Hall . 400 00
For fitting up room for books in Town Hall 200 00
For repairs on Piano in Town Hall
100 00
ART. 37. For Insurance on Town Buildings 656 50 .
ART. 38. For Abatement of Taxes
1,000 00
ART. 39. For Suppressing Gipsy and Brown Tail Moths
2,256 42
ART. 40. For Board of Health 525 00
ART. 41. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 42. Voted to appropriate for Care of Plain Street Cemetery 50 00
ART. 43. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 44. Voted to charge interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after December 1st, 1908.
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ART. 45. Voted, that the Town accept the legacy given to it in trust in the will of the late Nathaniel H. Hunt and hold the sum in trust for the purpose set forth in said will.
Voted, that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sell such part or the whole of the real estate left the Town in trust under the will of Nathaniel H. Hunt; the proceeds to be held in trust by the Town for the purposes set forth in said will; with authority to sign and execute such deeds and papers as may be. deemed necessary.
Voted to appropriate in the aggregate the sum of $113,780.11, and that $105,333.86 of that amount be raised by taxation.
Voted, that all departments of the Town are hereby in- structed not to exceed their appropriations and that no money be expended by any department for any other purpose than that for which it has been especially appropriated by the Town at the Annual Meeting.
Voted, that this meeting now adjourn sine die.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed 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 eleventh day of May, 1908, at 7.45 o'clock P. M., to act on the following arti- cles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of that part of Hobart Avenue, so-called, leading westerly from
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Washington Street to Tremont Street, and that part of Lakeview Avenue, so-called, leading westerly from Hobart Avenue to Tremont Street, as Town ways, as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of that part of Sherbrooke Avenue, so-called, leading easterly from its present terminus as a Town way as made by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will construct a sidewalk on Shaw Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the main water pipe from its present termination in Washington Street southerly to the Braintree and Holbrook Town line, and authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money to perform the work under the Acts of the Legislature of 1905 and 1906 granted for this purpose.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to perfect a plan for the care and disposal of sewerage.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate $200 for the use of the Board of Health.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the act rela- tive to the appointment of a School Physician.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for medical inspection in the public schools.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for repairs on the Jonas Perkins School House.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 24 of Chapter 32 of the Revised Laws relating to the setting of fires.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting 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
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meeting 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 doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this twenty-ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM,
Selectmen of Braintree.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
BRAINTREE, May 11, 1908.
The Town met in accordance with the foregoing warrant at the time and place specified. The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. By ballot with the use of the check lists, John Kelley was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Voted to accept Hobart Avenue and that part of Lakeview Avenue from Hobart Avenue to Tremont Street as town ways, as laid out by the Selectmen, provided no appropri- ation of money is required for the same.
ART. 3. Voted to accept that part of Sherbrooke Avenue leading easterly from its present terminus, as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen and appropriate the sum of $250 for the same.
ART. 4. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 3. Voted to reconsider the vote just passed under this Article. Motion to appropriate $250 not passed, a sufficient number of votes not being obtained, only 36 in the affirmative.
Voted to accept as laid out by the Selectmen.
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ART. 5. Voted to refer the matter to the Board of Water Commissioners with instructions to confer with the Water Commissioners of Holbrook in regard to their furnishing water to the Mayflower Park District and report at an adjournment of this meeting four weeks from tonight.
Voted, that when this meeting adjourn it be to four weeks from tonight at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
ART. 6. Voted, that a committee of three citizens, one of which shall be a lawyer, be appointed to act with the Board of Health as a Sewerage Committee, the Chairman of the Board of Health to be Chairman of said Committee, and they are hereby instructed to confer with the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, obtain all information possible and report at an adjournment of this meeting.
ART. 11. Taken up. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
ART. 7. Voted to appropriate the sum of $200 for the use of the Board of Health, 50 votes in affirmative.
ART. 8. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
ART. 9. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
ART. 10. Voted to appropriate the sum of $350 to carry out the vote of the Town passed at the annual meeting relating to making schoolhouses safer in case of fire.
Voted to adjourn to June 8, 1908, at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, June 8, 1908.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from May 11th. The meeting was called to order at 7.45 o'clock P. M. by Moderator John Kelley.
ARTICLE 5. Under consideration, the Board of Water Commissioners, to which this matter was referred at the last meeting, with instructions to confer with the Randolph and Holbrook Water Boards, asked the Secretary to read two letters addressed to said Boards and their replies to the same in
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which they refuse to consider the matter of furnishing water to the Mayflower Park District.
Voted on motion of Hon. A. E. Avery, that the question be divided and a vote taken on the first part of the Article.
Voted to allow Mr. Hubbard the privilege to speak on the question.
Voted to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the main water pipe from its present termination in Washington Street southerly to the Braintree and Holbrook Town line.
ART. 6. Taken up. Dr. Dearing for the Committee on Sewerage reported progress.
Voted to adjourn to Monday, June 22, at 7.45 o'clock P. M. A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, June 22, 1908.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from June 8th. The meeting was called to order at 7.55 o'clock P. M., by the Town Clerk, the Moderator not being present.
Voted to proceed to the election of a Moderator, pro tem.
By ballot Elmer E. Abercrombie was elected and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, that this meeting adjourn sine die.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the Polling Places in their respective Precincts, to wit:
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Polling Place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling Place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue. Polling Place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Tuesday, the third day of November, 1908, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for Electors of President and Vice-President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Representative in Congress, Councillor, Senator, Representative in the General Court, County Commissioner, Register of Probate and Insolvency.
The polls will be kept open until 1 o'clock in the after- noon.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in not less than three public places in each Precinct in said Town seven days at least before the said third day of November, 1908, 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 doings thereon to the Selectmen before the time of said election.
Given under our hands at Braintree this twenty-first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM, Selectmen of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, November 3, 1908.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters as- sembled in the several Precincts to cast their ballots for Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States ; State and County Officers as enumerated in the warrant.
All of the Election Officers of Precinct One and the Wardens of Precincts Two and Three were sworn by the Town Clerk, the other officers were sworn by their respective Wardens.
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The official ballots were delivered to each of the Wardens by the Town Clerk, and their receipt taken therefor.
The polls were opened in each Precinct at six o'clock A. M. and were closed in Precincts One and Two at one o'clock and thirty minutes, P. M .; closed in Precinct Three at one o'clock P. M.
The ballots were counted, record made of the vote for each office and person, and the result declared in each Precinct; the ballots, check-lists, etc., were sealed according to law, the returns forwarded to the Town Clerk where they were can- vassed by the Board of Selectmen, and Town Clerk, and the result of the total vote publicly announced.
At the opening of the polls all the ballot boxes registered . 0
At the close of the polls the ballot box in Precinct One
registered 513
Number of names checked on the voting lists 550
Number of ballots counted by the Tellers 550
At the close of the polls the ballot box in Precinct Two registered 427
Number of names checked on the voting lists . 427
Number of ballots counted by the Tellers 427
At the close of the polls the ballot box in Precinct Three registered 334
Number of names checked on the voting lists 334
Number of ballots counted by the Tellers
334
The whole number of ballots cast was thirteen hundred eleven (1311) and were for the following persons:
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE- PRESIDENT.
AT LARGE.
Richard Olney
of Boston D. 253
James E. Cotter
" Hyde Park, D.
253
Hervey S. Cowell
" Ashburnham, P.
7
John M. Fisher
" Attleborough P.
7
Patrick Mahoney
" Boston S. 66
26
Eliot White
of Worcester, S. 66
Thomas F. Brennan
" Salem,
S. L.
2
Herman Koepke,
" Pittsfield S. L.
2
Michael C. O'Neill.
" Boston I. L. . 65.
William F. Aiken,
" Greenfield I. L.
65
John L. Bates,
" Boston
R.
839
August H. Goetting,
" Springfield
R.
· 839.
Blanks
79
Total
2,622
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Luke J. Minehan,
of Pittsfield D. 253
Wilbur M. Purrington,
" Williamsburg P.
7
Henry O. Brigham
" Westfield S. 66
Henry Noffke,
" Holyoke S. L.
2
Simon J. Griffin,
" W. Springfield I. L.
65.
Charles S. Shattuck, Blanks
" Hatfield R.
839
79
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Theobald M. Connor,
of Northampton D.
253
Oliver W. Cobb,
" Easthampton P.
7
Alva E. Fenton,
" Springfield S. 66
Frederick A. Nagler,
" Springfield S. L.
2
Charles F. Warner,
" Northampton I. L.
65
Athol R.
839
Almond Smith, Blanks
DISTRICT NO. 3.
John O'Gara,
of Spencer D.
253
Christen Peterson,
" Worcester P.
7
James Cronin,
" Worcester S. 66
Gustave S. Peterson,
" Worcester S. L. 2
William Crosbie,
" Worcester
I. L.
65
Frank Hartley, Blanks
" Webster
R. 839
.
79
.
.
79
.
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DISTRICT NO. 4.
Charles A. Babbitt,
of Fitchburg D.
253
Quincy Adams,
" Townsend P.
7
Timothy Richardson,
" Leominster S. 66
James Hayes,
" Leominster
S. L.
2
" Hudson
I. L.
65
" Lancaster
R.
839
79
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Humphrey O'Sullivan,
of Lowell
D.
253
John B. Lewis, Jr.,
" Reading P.
7
William E. Sproule,
" Lowell S.
66
Gilbert G. Smith,
" Lawrence S. L.
2
Michael A. Lee,
" Lowell
I. L.
65
James R. Berwick, Blanks
Methuen
R.
839
79
DISTRICT NO. 6.
William Stopford,
of Beverly
D.
253
Robert M. Martin,
" Salem P.
7
John Quincy Adams,
" Amesbury, S.
66
Jeremiah P. McNally,
" Salem
S. L.
2
" Haverhill
I. L.
65
Roland D. Sawyer, Ulysses G. Haskell, Blanks
" Beverly
R.
839
79
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Dennis H. Tyrrell,
of Chelsea
D.
253
Jonathan S. Lewis,
" Stoneham P.
7
Ambrose Miles
" Lynn
S.
66
Michael J. Quirk,
" Saugus
S. L.
2
George W. Casavant,
" Saugus
I. L.
65
" Lynn
R.
839
Charles N. Barney, Blanks
.
79
.
William A. Pierson, Allan G. Buttrick, Blanks
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DISTRICT NO. 8.
Warren T. Morse,
of Medford
D.
253
Alfred A. Wright,
" Cambridge P.
7
Clayton S. Hunt,
" Somerville S.
66
Andrew Mortenson,
" Somerville
S. L.
2
Grenville S. MacFarland, “ Cambridge
I. L.
65
John Read,
" Cambridge
R.
839
Blanks
79
.
DISTRICT NO. 9.
William F. McClellan,
of Boston
D.
253
Charles E. Eaton,
" Boston
P.
7
Samuel Lorn,
" Boston S.
66
Joseph C. Dunnack,
" Boston
S. L.
2
James P. Hayes,
" Boston
I. L.
65
Jerome A. Petitti,
" Boston
R.
839
Blanks
79
DISTRICT NO. 10.
William T. Shea,
of Quincy
253
Moses D. Monroe,
" Milton
7
A. Hale Kingsley,
" Quincy
66
Andreas L. Wallin,
" Quincy
2
Charles O. Power,
" Boston
65
" Boston
839
1
.
.
DISTRICT NO. 11.
Josiah Quincy,
of Boston
D.
·
. 253
Solon W. Bingham,
" Boston P.
7
George W. Galvin,
" Boston S.
66
Patrick Mulligan,
" Boston
S. L.
2
John A. Coulthurst,
" Boston
I. L.
65
James N. Thompson, Blanks
" Boston
R. 839
.
79
.
.
.
.
Milton C. Paige, Blanks
79
.
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DISTRICT NO. 12.
Jeremiah J. Comba,
of Milford
D. 253
Napoleon B. Johnson,
" Milford, P.
7
Michael J. Moore,
" Newton S.
66
Carl F. Fredrickson,
" Hyde Park S. L.
2
Eugene L. Murphy,
" Norwood I. L.
65
Jesse S. Wiley,
" Brookline R.
839
Blanks
79
DISTRICT NO. 13.
John W. Coughlin,
·of Fall River D. 253
David Morrison,
" Fall River P.
7
William Olmesorge,
" New Bedford S.
66
Dennis McGoff,
" New Bedford S. L.
2
Matthew Hart,
" New Bedford I. L. 65
Benjamin H. Anthony,
" New Bedford R.
839
Blanks
79
DISTRICT NO. 14.
Charles C. Paine,
of Barnstable D. 253
Herbert L. Chipman,
" Sandwich P.
7
George A. Beedem,
" Brockton S. 66
Charles H. Tobin,
" No. Attleborough S. L. ..
2
Herbert E. Bryant,
" Kingston I. L.
65
Alfred B. Williams, Blanks
" Taunton R.
839
79
FOR GOVERNOR.
James F. Carey, Socialist
67
. Eben S. Draper, Republican
733
Walter J. Hoar, Socialist Labor .
11
William N. Osgood, Independence League
85
James H. Vahey, Democratic
287
Willard O. Wylie, Prohibition
7
Blanks
121
Total
.
.
.
. 1,311
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FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Charles J. Barton, Democratic
.
226
Joao Claudino, Socialist Labor
.
8
Louis A. Frothingham, Republican
773
John Hall, Jr., Socialist
58
Robert J. McCartney, Independence League
78
Frank N. Rand, Prohibition
9
James J. O' Keefe
1
Blanks
158
Total
1,311 ·
FOR SECRETARY.
James F. Aylward, Democratic
177
Herbert B. Griffin, Prohibition
9
George Nelson, Socialist Labor
11
William M. Olin, Republican
802
Squire E. Putney, Socialist
52
John F. Williams, Independence League
54
Blanks
206
Total
1,311 .
FOR TREASURER.
Charles E. Butterworth, Independence League .
60
Arthur B. Chapin, Republican
797
Henry C. Hess, Socialist Labor
6
Charles C. Hitchcock, Socialist
56
Edward Kendall, Prohibition
7
Erwin H. Kennedy, Democratic
172
Blanks
213
Total .
. 1,311 ·
FOR AUDITOR.
Frank Bohmbach, Socialist Labor
4
John E. Dempsey, Independence League .
56
George G. Hall, Socialist
59
Wilbur D. Moon, Prohibition
.
9
.
.
31
Henry E. Turner, Republican
778
Simeon Viger, Democratic
168
Blanks
237
Total
1,311 .
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Henry M. Dean, Prohibition
16
Elliot C. Harding, Socialist Labor
12
Dana Malone, Republican
749
John McCarty, Socialist
62
Richard J. Talbot, Independence League .
59
John Alden Thayer, Democratic
196
Blanks
217
Total
1,311
CONGRESSMAN (TWELFTH DISTRICT.)
Albert E. George, Independence League
82
Jesse C. Noy, Democratic
206
John W. Weeks, Republican
803
Blanks
220
Total
1,311
COUNCILLOR (SECOND DISTRICT.)
Albion F. Bemis, Republican 818
Charles G. Kidder, Independence League
141
Blanks
352
Total
1,311
SENATOR (FIRST NORFOLK DISTRICT.)
James E. Foley, Democratic
225
John J. Gallagher, Socialist .
.
64
Eugene C. Hultman, Republican
789
Blanks
233
Total
. 1,311
.
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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT. (EIGHTH NORFOLK DISTRICT.)
Charles C. Mellen, Republican 720
Frederick W. Whitcomb, Independent Citizens, Dem. . 507
Blanks 84
Total 1,311
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (NORFOLK.)
Daniel J. McDonald, 2d, Socialist 136
John F. Merrill, Republican 855
Blanks 320
Total
1,311
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY. (NORFOLK COUNTY.)
John D. Cobb, Republican 862
Albert Hess, Socialist
135
Blanks
314
Total
1,311
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Tuesday the fifteenth day of December, 1908, at 7.45 P. M., to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
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ART. 2. To see if the Town will take any action on the question of the abolition of Grade Crossings, and to appropriate any sum of money that may be needed for the preliminary work.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting 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 the same once in the Braintree Observer- Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof fail not, and make due 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 eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM,
Selectmen of Braintree.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
BRAINTREE, Dec. 15, 1908.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the time and place specified. The Town Clerk called the meeting to order at 7.48 o'clock P. M., and read the warrant.
ARTICLE 1. By ballot, with the use of the check list, Mr. Herbert A. Rhoades was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Taken up. Plans proposed by thè Committee of the Town on grade crossings, and also that proposed by the Railroad Company were exhibited, and the opening introduction of the grade crossing matter by Chairman B. H. Woodsum.
Permission was asked and privilege given Mr. Barbour, the Consulting Engineer of the Committee, to explain the plans exhibited. Moved by Mr. Kelley that it is the sense of this meeting to instruct the Grade Crossing Committee to advocate the depression of the railroad tracks as shown on the plan pre- sented by the Committee.
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Voted, on motion of Mr. Emerson, to divide the foregoing question.
Voted unanimously, that it is the sense of this meeting that the Committee be instructed to advocate the depression of the railroad tracks before the Commission on Grade Crossings.
The other part of the motion of Mr. Kelley viz .: "as shown on the plans of the Committee was not adopted."
The following motion was offered by Mr. Bryant:
That it is the sense of this meeting that the matter of the removal of the station is not yet involved, but that if the removal of the station is found to be necessary it shall not be moved further north than is shown on the plans of the Committee tonight and that the Committee shall be so instructed.
Voted to adjourn until next Monday at 7.45 o'clock P. M. A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, December 21, 1908.
The Town met in accordance with the adjournment from December 15th. Moderator, H. A. Rhoades, in the chair. The motion of Mr. Bryant offered at the last meeting under consideration.
Voted to substitute and adopt the following in place of the motion before the meeting. That it is the sense of this meeting that the plans submitted by the Committee and endorsed by its Consulting Engineer shall be presented to the Grade Crossing Commission as the plans of the Town with the understanding that the Railroad Station shall be kept as near the location shown on the plan as possible, and under no circumstances to go even as far north as the present School Street.
Voted to take up the matter of Union Street Crossing.
Voted that it is the sense of this meeting that the plan presented by the Committee and recommended by its Engineer shall be the plan to be presented to the Grade Crossing Com- mission as the plan of the Town.
Voted to adjourn sine die.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS IN 1908.
Date.
Name.
Parents' Names.
1 Miriam Long Brooks,
3 Helena Marie Alton,
5 Gladys Elizabeth Hearn,
7 Ernest Byron Newcomb,
8 Stillborn.
9 Jerald Edwin Frazier,
10 - - Larson,
12 Harlow Dudley Thayer,
18 Hildean Edwin Lilgestrom,
18 Grace Imogene Johnston,
27 Illegtimate.
29 Frank Wallace Hobart,
30 Stillborn.
JANUARY.
Edward and Annie (Wadsworth) Arthur E. and Elizabeth (Bulmer) James R. and Ellen J. (Rotch) Ernest B. and Carrie S. (Leth)
Jeremiah P. and Catherine (Frazier) Andrew F. and Anna T. (Olson) Harry C. and Lena P. (Russell) Andrew and Hilda (Carson) Frank E. and Ethel M. (Joyce)
George A. and Sarah J. (Hollinshead)
FEBRUARY.
1 Robert Michael Burke,
4 Marguerite Nora McCarthy,
5 Mildred Mary Elizabeth MacDonald, Neil A. and Elizabeth (Scally) 7 Frangesea Degregoria, Michael A. and Carmena (Trojana) Joseph P. and Mary A. (Bennett)
8 Evelyn Margaret Levangie,
10 Illigitimate.
13 Margaret Priscilla Green,
14 Esther Evelyn Leth,
14 Alfred Tyson,
16 Ethel Louise Harnish, Johnson,
20 Edward Burton Dacey,
22 George Warren Johnson,
24 Kenneth Prescott Illingworth,
25 Elsie Lillian Edwards,
Michael and Mabel L. B. (O'Donnell) Jeremiah and Maggie (Quill)
James E. and Margaret M. (Leary) Gustaf E. and Esther (Erickson) Thomas and Mary (McKeag) Fitzgerald and Annie (Sullivan) Richard and Julia (Pike) William F. and Emma (Smith) Albert and Olga (Nelson) John W. and Annie E. (Waters) Ernest F. and Mary A. (Dunn)
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1 McGunagle,
3 Beatrice Teressa Julien,
4 Elizabeth Reardon,
9 Joseph Robert Whiting,
10 Frank Bouchard,
14 Dorothy Edna Simonds,
14 Marguerite Levangie,
15 Chester William Brow,
John and Mary E. E. (Lewis) Joseph and Elizabeth (Pillimin) Timothy J. and Mary (Donohue) George A. and Ruth A. (Golladay) · Joseph H. and Mary E. (Richardson) Carl G. and Hilda C. (Lawson) Benjamin and Eliza (De Young) Thomas C. and Louise J. (Pitts)
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