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2,513 09
$93,540 15
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Cost of plant Dec. 31, 1909, depre- ciation off to June 30, 1909 :
Dr.
Cr.
Globes, 8 25
Distribution wages 384 56
Steam plant repairs 1,045 65
General salaries
375 00
Electric plant repairs
239 30
Real estate repairs
137 08
Stable account
2,287 19
Office, furniture and fix- tures
239 01
Station wages
3,114 82
Water account 194 57
Station tools and appli-
ances
508 60
Distribution, do 364 59
Lamp account
399 45
Oil and waste.
282 25
Carbons 56 18
Repairs for lines and lamps 2,797 96
Fuel account 1,634 30
Wiring account
436 81
$14,505 57
Inventory of stock :
On hand Dec. 31, '09.$5,783 80
Accounts not charged off 8,721 77
Profit and loss account.
38,950 53
Sinking Fund Commissioners 9,368 09
Interest account 30 23
Consumers' account
7,683 25
Depreciation Fund
4,887. 05
Notes payable
Appropriation for construction
7,500 00 13,826 81
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Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation for note payments ...
56,500 00
Manufacturing account
10,585 60
Bonds
16,500 00
Accrued interest
195 50
Overdraft for construction
47,890 20
Cash account
9,086 76
Sinking Fund account.
6,880 00
$168,964 87 $168,964 87
The following explanation is made at the request of the Town Treasurer :---
The manager, in his Trial Balance of the Electric Light De- partment, shows notes payable of $7,500.00. This includes $5,000 of notes due June 30, 1910, and $2,500 note dated March 22, 1899, given by the Town for cash received from the trustees of the Thayer Public Library, called the "Caleb Stetson note," which note is still outstanding. As instructed by vote of the town to use this money in payment of some unmatured debt, the Town Treasurer on April 27, 1899, paid the State Treasurer $2,000 and a premium of $18.40, taking up an Electric Light note of $2,000 due May 1, 1900 ; also on May 5, 1899, he paid Mrs. Mary A. Prescott $500 and a premium of $7.50, taking up an Electric Light note for $500, due October 26, 1903. From 1899 to June 30, 1903, the Caleb Stetson note was included in the liabilities of the Electric Light Department, and then was dropped out by advice of the Town Counsel; but the State Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners have continued to include it as a liability of the Department, and at the demand of the State Board the Municipal Light Board have instructed the manager to again include it in the liabilities. The Town Treasurer does not include this indebtedness as a liability of the Department.
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CASH ACCOUNT.
For Cash received from the following charges from Light, Power, Meter Rents :
1909.
June 30, from Dec. 31,
Dr. . Cr. 1908, accounts. $5,535 52
June 30, from Mar. 31, 1909, accounts. . 4,434 66
June 30, wiring account to date 1,933 55
June 30, prepay meters to date 807 50
$12,711 23
1909.
Dec. 31, from June 30, 1909, accounts $3,057 66 ... Dec. 31, from Sept. 30, 1909, accounts. 3,359 07 . . Dec. 31, wiring account to date 780 69
Dec. 31, prepay meters to date 1,529 50
$8,726 92
Cr.
1909. June 30, Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treas- urer, for receipts in Receipt Book to date Dec. 31, Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treas- urer, for receipts on Receipt Book to date $8,726 92
$12,711 23:
$21,438 15
$21,438 15.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1909.
DANIEL POTTER, Manager ..
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CONSUMERS' REGISTER FOR YEAR 1909.
For Light, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring.
1908.
Dr. Cr.
Dec. 31. Balance due from Con-
$7,321 72 sumers
Charges :
March 31.
For light. $4,950 90
For power. 113 16
For meter
rent .. 159 70
$5,223 76
June 30.
For light. $2,761 40
For power. 68 28
For meter
rent 155 50
$2,985 18
Sept. 30.
For light. $2,999 23
For power. 72 18
For meter
rent . . . 162 60
$3,234 01
Dec. 31.
For light. $5,684 92
For power. 104 46
For meter
rent 171 20
$5,960 59
$17,403 54
Less abatements.
100 06
$17,303 48
From prepay meters. . 2,337 00
Summons for 1909. . 9 00
$19,649 48
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Wiring accounts : 1909.
Dr.
Cr.
Jan., Feb'y, March, 3 mos. $587 00
Apr., May, June, 3 mos ... 915 67
July, Aug., Sept., 3 mos ... 334 60
Oct., Nov., Dec., 3 mos. 321 93
$2,159 20
Cr.
1909
June 30, Paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer.
$12,711 23
Dec. 31, Paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer.
8,726 92
Dec. 31, Balance from Consumers ...
7,692 25
$29,130 40
$29,130 40
Dr.
1909.
Dec. 31, Balance due from Con-
sumers
$7,692 25
Charges for D. and C.
lights, power, meter
rents and wiring, Dec. 31, 1909 .. $6,282 52
Charges for same ac-
counts due Sept. 30,
1909
1,091 63
Wiring account charges
due for 3 mos., Dec.
31, 1909.
318 10
$7,692 25
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1909.
Have examined the books of Daniel Potter, Manager, show- ing the amounts charged to the various accounts to be correct, with vouchers for all charges. The amount due from consumers account is $7,692 25 (seven thousand six hundred ninety-two and 25-100 dollars). The cash account showing total amount
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received to be $21,438 15 (twenty-one thousand four hundred thirty-eight and 15-100 dollars). With receipt from B. F. Dyer, Treasurer, for the same amount as paid to him for the year ending Dec. 31, 1909. W. A. McKEAN, Auditor.
Braintree, Mass., Feb. 1, 1910.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1910.
The following appropriations for the maintenance and annual charges required by the Electric Light Department for the year 1910 are hereby recommended :
Depreciation Fund :
Notes payable issued $66,500 00
Bonds
16,500 00
Appropriation for construction. 13,826 81
Overdrafts for construction ... 47,890 20
$144,717 01 at 3% $4,341 51
Payment of notes due in 1910 5,000 00
Payment of interest on notes and bonds
947 50
Sinking funds for 1910.
430 00
Reappropriation of the unexpended balance in
the treasury .
2,870 46
$13,589 47 Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1908.
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD.
The Municipal Light Board entered upon its duties with the determination of placing the Electric Light Department on an economical and sound business basis.
The changes in the management and conducting of the plant were made carefully considering the needs of same.
The plant has been operated during the day (except Sun- days and holidays) since Nov. 15th, 1909, the increased revenue more than offsetting the additional expense,-thus giving the
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consumers the comfort and convenience to which they have long been entitled.
The purchasing of supplies has been done on a competitive basis to the best of our ability. Pocohontas coal is now being purchased at $3.85 per ton, a saving of 50 cents per ton over the price paid by the former management.
Cylinder oil, that formerly cost the department 50c. per gallon, is now purchased for 28c., and engine oil, that formerly cost 27c., is now purchased for 16c. per gallon.
Poles are at present purchased for 20 per cent. less than formerly, and other supplies in a like advantageous manner.
Relative to the enlargement of the plant, as proposed at the last annual town meeting, the Board is convinced that the pres- ent equipment is ample for our present needs, with the excep- tion of the single phase generator, which we would recommend changed for a two phase machine, making the entire plant uni- form so that in case of a breakdown in the large engine or gen- erator the two small ones could be used as a unit and a substi- tute for the large machine. This change would entail an ex- penditure not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00).
The Board would recommend as an economy to the town the gradual removal of the arc lights, substituting Tungsten series lamps. This is admitted the most approved method of street lighting.
The objection to the arc lights is the excessive consumption of current and the continuous expense involved in trimming and caring for same.
Should this change be adopted we would recommend on the principal streets the placing of the series lamps on every other pole, with extra lights in the squares.
This change could be made by degrees and extend over a period of one or two years.
Could the results of the last quarter be segregated from the year's business the citizens would more readily understand what the Board has accomplished.
CHAS. T. CRANE, ALEXANDER A. CARSON, NORTON P. POTTER.
February 1, 1910.
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WARRANT. FOR ANNUAL 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 elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall ;
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Ave .; Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen St .;
on Monday the seventh day of March, 1910, at five-forty-five 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 a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Overseers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sink- ing Funds for a term of three years, and fifteen Constables, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years. j'
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"'
The polls shall be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock P. M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhab- itants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in- said Braintree on Monday, the fourteenth day. of March, 1910, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes and issue notes of the Town there- for. Also to see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and of any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of the Town Officers and the expenses of the several departments, including the bond of the Town Treasurer.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to pay for the bond of the Tax Collector, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Registration and Elections.
TOWN HALL.
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to build a vault in the Town Hall and make the necessary changes and repairs.
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PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
POLICE DEPT.
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for its Night Police and for the necessary expenses required for the enforcement of the law.
Article 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Court Fees and Expenses.
FIRE DEPT.
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will . vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Department, for the purchase of new hose and Hydrant Service.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for extra pay of firemen on the 30c. per hour basis.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $100 for a life net for the south part of the Town.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to locate a Fire Alarm Box in the vicinity of Cedar, School and Pleasant Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
INSPECTION.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of Weights and Meas- ures.
FORESTRY.
Article 18. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, Care of Trees and Forest Fires.
HEALTH.
Article 19. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of
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the Board of Health, including contagious diseases, also for the Inspection of animals, milk and provisions.
SANITATION.
Article 20. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for street cleaning, surface drains and disposal of refuse and garbage.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Article 21. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Depart- ment, repairs of highways, town ways and bridges, also for repairs and building sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, watering and oiling streets.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purchase and erection of sign boards for the different streets of the Town.
Article 23. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Atherton Street, so-called (leading easterly from Liberty Street), as a Town way as made by the Selectmen.
Article 24. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Willard Street, so-called (leading southerly from Stetson Street), as a Town way as made by the Selectmen.
Article 25. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Sampson Avenue, so-called (leading east from Washington Street about 500 feet), as a Town way as made by the Selectmen.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for building the necessary fences to protect travel on the highways.
CHARITIES.
Article 27. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Poor and the main- tenance of the Almshouse.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Article 28. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State Aid and Soldiers' Burials, Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
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EDUCATION.
Article 29. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
Article 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for such repairs at the Penniman School as are required by State Law.
Article 31. To see if the Town will choose a committee of nine to consider the location of a new schoolhouse in Precinct 2 and report at some adjournment of the Annual Meeting.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a lot of land in Precinct 2 and erect a schoolhouse thereon, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
LIBRARY.
Article 33. 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.
RECREATION.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
UNCLASSIFIED.
Article 35. To see what sums of money the Town will vote co raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Expenses.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to erect five or more bulletin boards in the different sections of the Town, for the posting of public notices and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defray- ing expenses Memorial Day.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to assist the Braintree Firemen's Relief Association in defraying the expenses of Firemen's. Memorial Day.
Article 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement of taxes.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPT.
Article 40. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Operating Expenses of the Electric Light Department, Connecting New Consumers, Sinking Fund, Depreciation Fund, Extension of Lines, Repairs and Renewals.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to re-appropriate $2,870.36, the amount of the unexpended balance of 1909.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Commercial Street, from the corner of Hayward Street to the Quincy line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to place a street light at the corner of Franklin Street and Hollingsworth Ave- nue; also one at the corner of Franklin Street and Newport Avenue, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
WATER DEPT.
Article 44. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of water mains.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to extend the water main on Town Street.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system west on Union Street from its present termination to Edson Hill, socalled, and raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
Article 47. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise or borrow a sum of money to purchase new pumping machinery for the Water Department, and to properly filter the water of Great Pond.
CEMETERY.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Plain Street Cemetery.
INTEREST. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the pay-
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ment of notes and for the payment of interest on Town debt and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
SINKING FUNDS.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the Elec- tric Light and Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of Chapter 103 of the Revised Laws in relation to supervision of plumbing.
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 seventh day of March, 1910, 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 twenty-eighth day of February, 1910.
Given under our hands at Braintree this third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Feb. 3, 1910.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place for the purposes therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART,
Constable of Braintree.
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JURY LIST. As prepared by the Selectmen, January 18, 1910.
Ahearn, Daniel F., 145 Railroad st., operator.
Aitkin, William D., Shaw st., salesman.
Allen, Joseph M., 395 Commercial st., carpenter. Annis, James L., 11 Sherbrooke ave., bridge worker. Arnold, George A., 242 Middle st., farmer.
Arnold, John R., 1024 Washington st., retired. Beals, George C., 355 Tremont st., retired. Bestick, Clarence R., 287 Washington st., farmer.
Bond. Harry W., 159 River st., bank clerk.
Cavanagh, Charles F., 111 School st., building mover.
Chase, Harry L., 63 Tremont st., shoeworker. Connell, James, 524 Commercial st., farmer. Cook, Alfred A., 40 Mt. Vernon ave., tile mason.
Cowing, William H., 22 Quincy ave., druggist.
Dalton, Thomas J. F., 46 Elliot st., shoeworker.
Dennehey, John H., 18 Thayer place, shoeworker. Dodge, Lewis H., 36 Shaw ave., machinist. Dow, M. Alva, 126 Middle st., electrician.
Dutton, Worthen S., Hooker ave., salesman.
Dyer, F. Eugene, 1102 Washington st., retired.
French, Azel R., 144 Franklin st., janitor.
French, George A., 660 Washington st., retired. Fuller, George C., 270 Middle st., clerk.
Gage, Harold M., Washington st., contractor. Gammons, Stephen B., 11 Pond st., clerk.
Gillette, Eugene W., 531 Middle st., cigar maker.
Goodspeed, N. Herbert, 75 Commercial st., leather worker.
Green, Worth A., 1016 Washington st., clerk. Harding, Charles E., 62 Walnut ave., paper hanger.
Hill, J. Samuel, 239 Washington st., provision dealer.
Hobart, Albert R., Commercial st., roofer.
Hobart, Edward W., Hobart avenue, inspector. Holbrook, Alfred H., Cleveland ave., carpenter.
Hollis, Henry M., Middle st., farmer. Holmes, William L., 22 Myrtle st., retired.
Howland, Walter H., 10 Central st., shoeworker.
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Hussey, George F., Liberty st., retired. Johnson, Lester A., Crescent ave., bowling alley. Kilbrith, James H., 891 Washington st., shoeworker. Kingsbury, George D., 115 River st., bookkeeper. Knight, Bradford Y., 195 Shaw st., carpenter. Leben, L. Francis, Howard st., machinist. Levangie, James, 350 Franklin st., shoeworker. Ludden, George E., 226 Shaw st., leather worker. Macdonnell, Frank A., Hancock st., shoeworker. McDowell, John N., Front st., bookkeeper. McKenney, Frank E., Monatiquot ave., retired. McNabb, James, Jr., 371 Quincy ave., gardener. McRae, Augustus, Sheppard ave., carpenter. Morrison, L. Willard, 115 Adams st., clerk. Newcomb, Willie A., 31 Hollis ave., shoeworker. Odom, John, 102 School st., letter carrier. Pennock, Frederick G., 741 Washington st., machinist. Reviere, George W., Granite st., farmer. Ross, William A., 21 Hancock st., salesman. Shaw, Frederick W., 659 Washington st., retired. Slade, George H., 312 Middle st., shoeworker. Smart, Charles E., 259 Washington st., laborer. Smith, Frederick R., Hayward st., salesman. Spear, Joseph G., 95 Hayward st., farmer. Stark, William F., River st., electrician. Stevens, James, 54 Liberty st., machinist. 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. Thayer, Louis W., 71 Tremont st., shoeworker. Thomas, Edward J., Hillside road, stucco worker. Torrey, L. Thurlow, Tremont st., chauffeur. Tupper, William A., 52 Franklin st., carpenter. Turner, Azro, 384 Washingtoh st., real estate. Watkins, Edwin F., 533 Washington st., R. R. employee. White, George H., Town st., farmer. White, Hartley L., 133 Hollis ave., civil engineer. Whiton, Marshall L., 9 Allen st., retired.
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BRAINTREE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Braintree, January 15, 1910.
Second annual report of the Inspector of Meats in the Town of Braintree :
To C. A. Sullivan, Clerk of said Board.
Dear Sir and Gentleman :- I hereby respectfully submit the following report :
I have dressed and stamped at my place during the year 1909, thirty-eight (38) veal cattle, five (5) calves, one (1) sheep and one hundred and eight (108) hogs.
Two (2) cows and six (6) calves have been condemned and sold to the Butchers' Ren'd Company.
I have stamped for different persons :
337 Veals, 108 Hogs, (326 Cattle, 52 Veals).
During the Spring of 1909 there was dressed in my slaugh- ter house and stamped by me, 326 head of cattle and 52 calves by different dealers. This was something very unusual and probably will never be done again.
During the winter and at the present time nearly all the offal from beef cattle and hogs is taken away by the Butchers' Rendering Co. and sent to Fall River. ,
During the year I have visited two and three times at least (some places more) every provision store in the Town of Brain- tree. Have always been received in a very courteous manner ; have found that these places were kept neat and clean and the meat as a rule of good class. Have also looked into every Butchers' wagon, especially those dealing in cheaper meats ; have found their meat bearing the stamp of Massachusetts and many the U. S. stamp.
Among the things I very much disapprove is the selling of poultry with entrails remaining in and heads on. This may be allowed by law or a lawful procedure, but it is not on the line - of health. Any dressed fowl with indigested food remaining in and kept for any length of time will bear in some measure the-
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"flavor of the same. This can all be prevented by keeping them without food for one day then the stomachs will be entirely "empty which need not then be removed. The entrails being nearly in same condition can be easily drawn in such a manner that no air to any amount can gain admission, therefore leaving them in fine condition for market.
This fact should be brought to the notice of those interested in Pure Food Law, and by them brought before the Legislature, and the law so amended that all goods offered for sale should be dressed in this manner.
JOSEPHUS SAMPSON,
Inspector of Meats.
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INDEX.
Abatement of Taxes 100
Almshouse
84
Appropriations of 1909
55
Assessors' Account
57
Auditors' Report
130
Births of 1909
39
Deaths of 1909
48
Debt of Town 123
Dog Tax Account
38-
Electric Light Department, Report of
197
Expenditures of 1909
61
Fire Department, Report of .
147
Health, Report of Board of. 149
Insurance Account 127
Jury List Prepared for 1910. .
217
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
173"
Marriages of 1909.
44
Poor Department Expenditures
83
School Committee, Report of.
136
School Fund
112
Sealers of Weights and Measures
106
Selectmen, Report of.
53
Sewerage Report
157
Sinking Fund Accounts
118
Superintendent of Schools, Report of. 140
Tax Collector's Account 129
Town Clerk's Report 3
Town Officers of 1909. Cover
Town Treasurer's Report
107
Tree Warden's Department 103
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1910 210
Water Commissioners, Report of 179
Water Department, Report of Superintendent 190-
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