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FORESTRY
Article 22. 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 23. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Health, including contagious diseases; also for · Vital Statistics and for the Inspection of Milk, Animals, Slaughtering and Provisions.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of chapter 103 of the revised laws in relation to supervision of plumbing.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $318.00 for the inspection of plumbing for 1912.
SANITATION
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain from the drain on Washington Street (near the residence of H. A. Monk) to the Town Hall, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain in Hobart Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
HIGHWAYS.
Article 28. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, repairs of highways, town ways and bridges, also for repairs and building sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, watering and oiling streets, and street lighting.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to lay out as Town ways, Harbor Villa Avenue, Glen Rose Avenue and Pleasant View Avenue, loca- ted on the property known as Harbor Villa, and report said laying out at an adjournment of the annual meeting, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to lay out as Town ways the southerly end of Jersey Avenue and Hunt Avenue, so-called, and report said laying out at an adjournment of the annual meeting, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
CHARITIES
Article 31. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Poor and the maintenance of the Braintree Home.
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 32. 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.
EDUCATION
Article 33. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public schools and for transferring pupils to and from same.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to complete the Penniman School Hall and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the completion of the Hall in the Noah Torrey School.
Article 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to make the necessary changes in the San- itary arrangements of the Pond School.
LIBRARY
Article 37. 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 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500 to be expended on the Hollis Play- ground.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate . a sum of money for the purchase of a playground in Precinct three.
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Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to provide a public landing on Monatiquot river.
Article 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate $500 for a Fourth of July celebration.
Article 43. To see if the Town will elect a Board of Park Commissioners consisting of three persons, and prescribe their term of office.
UNCLASSIFIED
Article 44. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Expenses.
Article 45. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the abatement of taxes.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in de- fraying expenses Memorial Day.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 47. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department, the sum of forty-four hundred ninety and 75-100 ($4490.75) dollars for the Depreciation Fund; the sum of six hundred sixty ($660.00) dollars for interest on bonds; the sum of four hun- dred thirty ($430.00) dollars for the Sinking Fund; the sum of three hundred eighty-six and 25-100 ($386.25) dollars for construction of street lights, and the sum of three hun- dred ($300.00) dollars for the salaries of the Municipal Light Board.
Article 48. To see if the Town will appropriate the remainder of the income of the Electric Light Department, together with small remaining balance of the income of 1912, for operating expenses, repairs, renewals and new construc- tion.
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Article 49. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to extend the street lights on Commercial Street to the Quincy line.
Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to extend the street lights on West Street to the junction of Franklin and Granite Streets.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners for the purpose of Extension of Mains.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water system on Union Street, and connect between Middle and Liberty Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of mon- ey for the same.
Article 53. To see if the Town will instruct its Board of Water Commissioners to extend the water main on Middle Street, south, as far as the residence of George D. Newcomb and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,500 for the purchase and installation of one new boiler at the Little Pond pumping station.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Water Department for the extension of mains in streets on private property, under development, or to instruct the Water Department relative to what action the Department shall take on application for such extensions.
CEMETERY
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be expended on the Plain Street Cemetery.
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INTEREST. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the pay- ments due on the Municipal Indebtedness and for the pay- ment of interest on Town debt and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
SINKING FUNDS
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the Electric Light and Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to charge inter- est after November first on all unpaid taxes instead of after December first.
Article 60. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, entitled, "An Act relative to tenement houses in Town."
Article 61. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate $200.00 for the work of the visiting nurse of the Friendly Aid Association.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase an artificial leg for Michael Levangie, who was injured while in the performance of his duties as a member of the Fire Department.
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 third day of March, 1913, and by publishing the same once in the Brain- tree 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- sixth day of February, 1913.
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Given under our hands at Braintree this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and thirteen.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, B. HERBERT WOODSUM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
HORACE F. HUNT, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, February 14th, 1913. .
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 pur- poses therein mentioned.
HORACE F. HUNT,
Constable of Braintree.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1912
Town Clerk. HENRY A. MONK.
Treasurer. BENJAMIN F. DYER.
Selectmen, Surveyors of Highways and Overseers of the Poor. HENRY M. STORM. ALBION C. DRINKWATER. B. HERBERT WOODSUM.
Assessors.
HENRY M. STORM, ALBION C. DRINKWATER,
B. HERBERT WOODSUM,
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914
Auditors.
WILLIAM A. McKEAN, C. FRED TARBOX, OTIS B. OAKMAN,
Water Commissioners and Sinking Fund Commissioners.
JAMES T. STEVENS, JOHN KELLEY, WILLIAM C. HARRISON,
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1913
Municipal Light Board.
CHARLES T. CRANE, ALEXANDER A. CARSON, NORTON P. POTTER,
Term expires 1913
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
Board of Health.
CORNELIUS A. SULLIVAN, F. HERBERT GILE, WALTER B. SKINNER,
Term expires 1913
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914
School Committee.
HERBERT F. KNEELAND, ANN M. BROOKS, ALBION C. DRINKWATER, I. WENDALL GAMMONS, BENJAMIN HAWES, CARRIE F. LORING,
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1913
Term expires 1913
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1914
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Trustees of the School Fund. Term expires 1913.
GEORGE H. ARNOLD,
OTIS B. OAKMAN,
BENJAMIN F. DYER,
GEORGE O. WALES, GEORGE D. WILLIS,
WILL W. MAYHEW, (deceased)
HERBERT F. KNEELAND, (to fill vacancy)
B. HERBERT WOODSUM
Trustees of Thayer Public Library.
ALBERT E. AVERY, BENJAMIN F. DYER, GEORGE O. WALES, WILLIAM GALLAGHER, Term expires 1913
WILLIAM C. HARDING,
Term expires 1913
Fence Viewers.
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, GEORGE E. FOGG,
EUGENE T. NOLTE,
Tax Collector, FRANK A. SMITH.
Tree Warden, OSCAR A. HUBBARD.
Moderator, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM.
Constables.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, AMOS J. LORING,
NELSON E. HAYDEN,
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY,
CHARLES A. HOBART, CONRAD MISCHLER,
HORACE F. HUNT, JOSEPH F. MOHAN,
ISAAC L. JONES, JAMES R. QUALEY, JOHN KELLEY, · JOHN P. SHAY, BENJAMIN J. LORING, THOMAS SLAVIN, FRANK O. WHITMARSH,
Surveyors of Wood and Weighers of Hay.
J. MARCUS ARNOLD, CHARLES G. SHEPPARD, WILFRED F. WOODSUM. 1
Surveyors of Lumber.
HERBERT W. BORDEN, GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, CHARLES O. MILLER
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Officers Appointed. Chief of Police, AMOS J. LORING, (resigned) HORACE F. HUNT.
Measurer of Leather, EDWARD S. DRINKWATER.
Field Drivers.
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS, CONRAD MISCHLER, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Engineers of Fire Department.
CLEMENT V. COTTRELL, (resigned) J. SAMUEL HILL,
FRED A. TENNEY, (to fill vacancy) FRANK O. WHITMARSH.
Board of Registrars.
CHARLES B. CUMMINGS,
Term expires April 30, 1913
WILLIAM ALLEN, Term expires April 30, 1914
WALTER H. MCKEAN, Term expires April 30, 1915
Inspector of Animals, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Milk Inspector, F. HERBERT GILE.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, WILLIS H. MARTIN.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, CHARLES M. LOTHROP.
Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures, CARL P. LOTHROP. Forest Warden, JAMES M. CUTTING.
Burial Agent, HENRY A. MONK.
Keeper of Lockup and Pound Keeper. N. ALLEN PENNIMAN, (deceased,)
DANIEL JAMES, (to fill vacancy.)
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INDEX
Animal Inspector's Report 225
Assessors' Report
85
Auditors' Report 158
Births in 1912
60
Board of Health, Report of
219
Deaths in 1912
72
Dog License Account
59
Electric Depreciation Fund
147
Electric Light Department, Report of 229
Expenditures
90
Fire Department, Report of
172
French Trust
146
Funded Debt of the Town
153
Hunt Trust
144
Hunters' License Account
59
Insurance Account
156
Jury List
239
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
165
Marriages in 1912
67
Municipal Light Board
148
Penniman Trust
146
Recapitulation
129
School Committee, Report of
175
School Fund
142
Sealer of Weights and Measures
157 77
Shade Tree and Moth Department
237
Sinking Funds Account
150
Superintendent of Schools, Report of 135
134
Town Clerk's Report
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Town Officers 252
Town Treasurer's Report
135
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1913 242
Water Commissioners, Report of 195
Selectmen, Report of
Tax Collector's Account
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