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French's Common.
Here the Board has kept the grass cut and the field clean, has trimmed up some of the trees and installed sand boxes in the grove, also a few plank seats. The rear of the common, back of the grove, is in a very unfortunate condi- tion, having been used as a dump and also as a gravel pit. There is adequate room there for two double tennis courts, which we feel would be of distinct benefit to the people of that locality. We believe that these courts could be con+ structed at an expense of approximately $300.00. They would provide not only a fine means of recreation, but would also eliminate what is now an eyesore to all. We would rec- ommend that in the grove further plank seats be installed, and that swings, rings and teeter-boards for the smaller chil-
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dren, be provided. The bleachers on the south side of the field are very much in need of rejuvenation, but we feel that the same can be passed for the present year. The drinking fountain given to the Town by the Friendly Aid Society has been placed near the Town Hall and is easily accessible to the Playground.
Hollis Field.
In conference with Mr. Wetherbee we have made a plotting of this field, providing for two baseball diamonds, one for the men and one for the boys; a football field ; basket-ball; running track, the center of which can be used for skating purposes; two tennis courts; and an area re- served for children, which now contains sand boxes, and with the help of the Hollis School Association will provide same with rings, swings and teeter-boards during the present year.
From its size and location, the Hollis Field appeals to your Board as being the place to locate a general athletic field. Owing to the slope of the field from the Hollis School to the railroad track, a difference of approximately 25 ft., it will be necessary for this field to be developed in probably two, and possibly three, levels. While we appreciate that this will involve some little cost, we are confident that when the field is completed it will more than repay the expense incurred. We do not expect, nor desire, to complete the work on this field in one year or two, but would like to have an assured annual appropriation, which will permit work be- ing planned from year to year.
East Braintree Playground.
Soon after the organization of the Park Commission, a public meeting was held at the Jonas Perkins School to dis- cuss the advisability of development of the East Braintree Playground, there having been apparently considerable op- position to the location. The vote of the meeting-40 to 5- in favor of the retention of the playground and of its devel- opment, left no doubt in the minds of your Board as to the
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advisability of proceeding with this playground as far as our funds permitted. Thanks to many business firms, as well as individuals, we were enabled to lay out a baseball diamond, remove several trees that were in the center of the field, dispose of a considerable amount of rock, and build a back-stop. Sand boxes and swings were also installed, and one Sunday afternoon a band concert was provided, this latter through the help of the Fore River Ship & Engine Corporation. In addition to the appropriation voted by the Board from its limited funds, public spirited citizens of East Braintree have contributed about $60.00
We would ask for the co-operation of all citizens of the Town, believing that the more people are acquainted with the playground idea, the more they will appreciate the value of such institutions.
Respectfully submitted,
J. FREDERICK KEMP, RAY S. HUBBARD, JAMES H. STEDMAN, Board of Park Commissioners.
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. TOWN OF BRAINTREE. Treasurer's Report for Year Ending December 31, 1915.
Commissioners' Division of Accounts.
French Common.
Hollis Field.
E. B. Playground.
Total. Receipts.
RECEIPTS.
$75.00
$202.23
$75.00
$352.23
Town of Braintree, appropriations Donations
50.00
153.30
203.30
From cleaning up after Field Days
16.00
9.00
2.00
27.00
Totals
$91.00
$261.23
$230.30
$582.53
EXPENDITURES. Improvement to Grounds.
$45.00
Robert Gibson, removing trees and stone wall
6.43
William May, grading, making walks, etc.
74.55
William Rowell, digging for fountain, etc.
8.65
George H. Wetherbee, for laying out grounds
60.00
10.00
. Totals
$134.55
$70.08
$204.63
Equipment.
$5.88
Morss and Whyte, netting for back stop Fellows & Co., swings
11.76
Rhines Lumber Co., lumber for sand boxes
$6.33
$6.34
Dodge Sales Co., teeter-board fixtures .
3.11
Lynn Sporting Goods Co., baseball bases .
3.25
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, teeter-boards
2.25
S. H. Davis Co., lawn mower .
3.55
7.09
Board of Water Commissioners, connecting fountain
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F. L. Chandler, scythe and whetstone
.62
1.23
Johns-Manville Co., drinking fountain
26.45
James O. Sypher, sand J. A. Ryan, entrance gate
2.50
3.75
3.00
Rhines Lumber Co., lumber for drinking fountain base
.82
Harry T. Tarbox, sand
4.00
F. L. Chandler, oiler (and oil)
.35
.10
Braintree Hardware Co., rake Totals
$13.35
$19.01
$60.52
$92.88
Expenses.
Pratt & Pratt, printing .
$5.25
Pratt & Pratt, advertising
$1.66
$1.67
1.67
George W. Prescott Publishing Co., advertising
1.00
1.00
1.00
George H. Slade, labor
71.95
18.10
Berkeley Press, printing
1.29
1.28
1.28
Cash, postage stamps.
.50
.50
1.00
Thorpe & Martin, record book
33
33
.34
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, stationery
.17
.17
.16
P. J. Williams, erecting band stand
10.00
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, band expenses
25.00
Henry L. Kincaide, rent of chairs
2.52
William Rowell, labor
1.00
R. Allen Gage, labor
5.00
Braintree Water Department, water
47.89
Totals
$76.90
$75.94
$49.22
$154.17
Grand Totals
$90.25
$229.50
$179.82
$499.57
Cash on hand
$82.96
$582.53
Unexpended balance of $82.96 is from donations received for specific purposes.
J. FREDERICK KEMP,
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE For the Year Ending December 31, 1915
Printed by Order of the Town
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Braintree, January 1, 1916.
To the Citizens of Braintree :
The following table gives the number and variety of reportable diseases existing in Braintree in 1915 :
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Carcinoma of
Intestines
1
1
Diphtheria
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
10
Scarlet Fever 1
2
5
8
Measles
1
31
69
26
4
1
1
133
Tuberculosis 2
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
13
1
1
31
Chicken Pox
5
7
1
13
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
1
1
2
Whooping Cough
4
1
1
6
German Measles
2
1
2
₣
Typhoid Fever
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
11
Mumps
3
1
1
5
Septic Sore Throat
1
1
Cerebrospinal Meningitis
2
2:
Totals
4 10 42
74 34
7
9
5
9
26
3
3
The only epidemic during the year occurred in March, April and May, when 126 cases of measles were reported. During the seven months beginning with May, eleven cases of typhoid fever were reported. Of these, four cases all found employment in one outside manufacturing plant. Three were evidently contracted in outside towns during the vacation season. The cause of the remaining four could not be determined. These four cases, scattered over a period of seven months, indicated, on examination, no common source of infection. The number of cases of diphtheria and scarlet-fever were far below the usual yearly average.
The production and distribution of milk has been carried on in an improved manner. Most dealers have accepted and acted on suggestions in a spirit of co-operation. One dealer was fined $25 for selling milk in Braintree after
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he had been ordered to discontinue doing so. Three others were prohibited until certain conditions were remedied. As a whole, the milk situation in Braintree compares very favorably with outside towns.
The following number and class of animals were slaugh- tered during 1915, the Inspector being present the entire time from the beginning of slaughter to the stamping. The work has been carried out in a very thorough and conscien- tious manner.
Sows.
Calves.
Hogs.
Sheep. 0
Collections.
January
2
1
43
February
5
37
33
0
March
3
231
35
1
April
6
192
21
0
May
5
230
2
0
June
2
132
0
5
July
0
56
0
0
August
1
49
0
0
September
3
21
6
0
October
3
36
32
0
November
4
16
59
0
December
9
18
134
0
Totals
43
1019
365
6
$265.00
Diseases .- January 1, tuberculosis; April, 1, pneumonia; May, 1, poor, worn-out and bruised.
Whole number inspected, 1433.
Whole number inspected and stamped, 1430.
The plumbing regulations have been strictly enforced and the general standard is improving from year to year.
Two hundred and fourteen complaints of nuisances have been investigated: Practically all were remedied without legal procedure.
The board wishes to thank the citizens for the generally fair treatment and consideration which they received.
Respectfully,
F. HERBERT GILE, M.D., Chairman, WALTER B. SKINNER, Secretary, JOSEPH G. BAILEY.
WILLIS H. MARTIN, Agent.
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To the Board of Health : Braintree, January 1, 1916.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit the following report of the Department of Inspector of Meats and Provi- sions.
I have inspected from Jan. 15 to Dec. 31, 1915, 1433 carcasses and have stamped 1430 carcasses, as follows: 365 hogs, 1019 calves, 40 neat cattle, 6 sheep, 3 cows.
I condemned as follows: Jan. 16, 1 cow badly affected with tuberculosis; April 15, 1 cow badly affected with pneu- monia; May 20, 1 cow, poor, worn out and badly bruised. The hoof and mouth disease, which was prevalent in certain counties of the State, worked to the advantage of Braintree. Quite a few calves which would have been shipped to the Brighton cattle yards, were slaughtered in Braintree, owing to the quarantine being on at that place, which somewhat increased the revenue, it being more than double that of last year. Five licenses have been granted in place of seven the year previous. A close watch has been kept on those who would be likely to break the law.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD O. PIERSON,
Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen : We submit herewith our report as In- spector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1915. There have been issued from this office 149 permits to per- form plumbing in old and new buildings. Of this number 147 have passed inspection, 6 remain unfinished, to be done in year 1916; 4 of that number were on file January 1, 1915. as unfinished for 1914.
The value of plumbing installed for 1915 was $25,505. We wish to thank the master plumbers for their great help in putting into effect the plumbing laws, which have so greatly raised the standard of the sanitary conditions of our dwellings.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. LUDDEN, Inspector. L. F. CHANDLER, Deputy.
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REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Braintree, Mass., January 26, 1916.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- Books were furnished me, as usual, for making my annual report as Animal Inspector for the year 1915. After having already made an inspection of 26 herds. of cattle, I received orders, on Feb. 11, 1915, from Lester M. Howard, State Commissioner of the Board of Animal Industry, to discontinue my inspection until further notice .. I did not receive any further notice until Jan. 22, 1916, so no general inspection was made last year, for at this time the State of Massachusetts was held in quarantine on account. of the hoof and mouth disease being so prevalent in some portions of the State, although not a single case of said dis- ease was discovered in the Town of Braintree. I have had a. general supervision of the animals in this town on my own account during the past year. I have been called upon several times to visit the different places where animals such as neat cattle were kept, also hogs, sheep and goats. The disease of glanders has very largely decreased in the past year, in comparison with former years, and no special case has come under my observation. But very little tuber- culosis has been found during the year, as I have had only one case to quarantine. I also quarantined one case of cancer in the eye, but the quarantine was lifted per order of Lester M. Howard, State Commissioner of the Board of Animal Industry, it not being considered a contagious dis- ease.
The quarantine of the State of Massachusetts so affected this town during the month of November, 1915, that no. animals could be removed from one place to another, not even for the purpose of dressing for own family uses. In some cases, both beef cattle, hogs and calves which could not be removed, were dressed on the farms where they were raised for own family use. As this quarantine has now been
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lifted in the town and throughout the state and by the order of the State Commissioner, a general inspection is now being made, which will appear in the Town Report for the year 1916.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOSEPHUS SAMPSON, Inspector of Animals in Braintree.
AUDITORS' REPORT APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1915.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Miscellaneous.
Overdrafts.
Payments by Orders.
Unexpended Balance.
No Order Drawn.
Legislative Expense
Moderator
$25 00
$25 00
Executive.
Selectmen's salaries
487 50
487 50
Clerical help and other expenses
400 00
$3 00
$38 02
441 02
Financial.
Auditors' salaries
150 00
150 00
Treasurer's salary
525 00
109 38
634 38
Other expenses
50 00
44 12
$5 88
Treasurer's bond
120 00
120 00
240 00
Tax Collector's salary
600 00
600 00
Other expenses
150 00
12 00
45 32
207 32
Bond ...
100 00
100 00
Assessors' salaries
487 50
487 50
Clerical help and other expenses .
750 00
33 12
783 12
Other General Departments.
Town Clerk's salary
650 00
650 00
Other expenses
250 00
230 91
19 09
Law
250 00
106 00
144 00
Election and Registration.
Registrars' salaries
150 00
150 00
Other expenses
700 00
61 09
761 09
Town Hall.
Janitor
550 00
550 00
Maintenance
500 00
976 56
1,284 77
191 79 55 00
Insurance
75 00
20 00
Boiler Insurance
30 50
30 50
Police Department.
Salary of Police
3,741 25
3,728 75
12 50
Extra Patrolmen
348 00
333 00
15 00
Court and other expenses
350 00
571 47
Unexpended Fines Returned
832 26
90 98
Fire Department.
Pay of Engineers and Firemen
2,586 00
2,574 00
12 00
Extra pay of Firemen
400 00
394 05
5 95
General expenses
900 00
13 50
459 03
1,372 53
Hydrant service
6,450 00
6,450 00
New hose
560 00
539 00
21 00
Platform, Hose No. 2
70 00
70 00
Maintenance of Fire Alarm
300 00
48
300 48
Painting Hose Wagon No. 3
50 00
50 00
Weights and Measures.
200 00
200 00
Other expenses
75 00
108 00
104 98
78 02
Forestry.
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppres- sion
2,400 00
1,782 28
1,241 70
Moth Tax
5,368 40
55 58
Care of trees
500 00
476 68
23 32
Forest fires
400 00
9 58
40 46
450 04
Health and Sanitation.
Board of Health, salaries
300
00
300
00
Other expenses
100
00
31 29
26 76
133 25
66 75
Fumigation
200 00
170 50
29 50
Contagious diseases
500
00
218 50
281 50
· Inspection of animals
100
00
100 00
Inspection of meat and provisions ..
300 00
328 35
Fees
283 33
345 02
.
.
200 00
22 00
Licenses
158 05
22 (
Printing
..
1 77
.‘
Sealer's salary, fees and license
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1915 .- Continued.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Miscellaneous.
Overdrafts.
Payments by Orders.
Unexpended Balance.
No Order Drawn.
Inspection of milk
100 00
100 00
Inspection of plumbing
300
00
153 60
453 60
Vital statistics
50 00
4 50
54 50
Care of dumps
100 00
97 00
3 00
Highways and Bridges.
Highway Surveyors' salaries
487 50
487 50
Clerical help and other expenses
175 00
773 22
2,412 30
St. R. R. Tax
21,765 74
84 49
139 76
General repairs
15,000 00
2,376 10
St. R. R.
1,428 37
ExciseTax
Abb'trs Tax
Snow
1,000 00
1 50
639 91
1,641 41
Street lights
6,264 00
6,264 00
Victoria Avenue
500
00
499 24
76
Standish Avenue
390
00
378 10
11 90
Oak Street
250
00
247 95
2 05
Robinson Avenue and Mt. Vernon St.
400 00
400 00
Union Street sidewalk
300 00
280 00
20 00
State highway, Washington St.
5,000 00
5,000 00
Charities.
Overseers of Poor, salaries
487 50
487 50
Clerical help and other expenses
225 00
16 99
241 99
Braintree Home maintenance
1,600 00
962 06
2,539 70
Insurance
60 00
74 39
Repairs .
200 00
195 50
4 50
Outside relief
5,000 00
772 71
3,654 77
2,117 94
Support under Chap. 763, Acts of 1913
1,300 00
566 88
7,788 15
78 73
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·
22 36
14 39
172 70
2 30
Soldiers' Benefits.
State Aid and Soldiers' Burials
2,700 00
2,440 00
260 00
24 00
168 00
800 00
13 78
813 78
Education.
Teachers and Superintendent, salaries
41,000 00
887 29
Dog Tax,
41,127 29
1,111 38
350 00
School
1 38
Fund Income
Janitors' salaries
4,950 00
4,890 00
60 00
Text-books and supplies
2,759 25
478 81
3,214 35
23 71
School incidentals
800 00
12 83
845 94
Buildings and grounds, repairs and incidentals
1,000 00
43 86
573 26
1,617 12
Transportation of pupils
1,700 00
424 17
335 83
2,460 00
Fuel
2,700 00
2,688 73
11 27
Insurance on buildings
353 70
499 92
Insurance on boilers
137 25
137 25
Repairs, Hollis School
2,000 00
1,981 25
18 75
Grading Abraham Lincoln School
300 00
293 10
6 90
Penniman School Hall
300 00
300 00
Library
General expenses
1,500 00
1,400 00
100 00
Distribution books
150 00
150 00
Janitor's services
250 00
250 00
Library Prin. 3
1,000 00
1,000 00
Recreation.
Town Lands
150 00
150 00
Hollis Playground
202 23
202 23
Unclassified.
Miscellaneous expenses
2,000 00
428 65
1,926 00
502 65
Memorial Day
200 00
200 00
.
146 22
33 11
Military Aid Soldiers' Relief
144 00
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1915 .- Continued.
Appropriations.
Credits.
Miscellaneous.
Overdrafts.
Payments by Orders.
Unexpended Balance.
No Order Drawn.
Overlay Account.
Bal.
Tax of 1913
1,553 68
Jan. 1, 1915
1,553 68
Tax of 1914
3,173 99
905 12
2,268 87
Tax of 1915
4,184 51
1,880 58
2,303 93
Insurance against Injury to Employees
350 00
349 10
90
Electric Light Department.
Lighting Board, salaries
300 00
300 00
Depreciation fund
4,670 62
4,670 62
Street light extension
503 38
503 38
Operating expenses
401 68
401 68
Cemetery
Plain Street
150 00
30 00
173 50
6 50
Water Department.
Extension of mains
4,000 00
4,000 00
Sinking funds
Electric light loan
430 00
430 00
Water loans
5,120 00
5,120 00
Interest on Funded Debts.
General
800 00
800 00
Playgrounds
130 00
130 00
Schools
2,425 00
2,425 00
Town Hall
1,700 00
1,700 00
Electric Light
660 00
660 00
Water
10,860 00
10,860 00
On Loan in anticipation of revenue .
2,400 00
494 27
1,905 73
Municipal Indebtedness.
General
2,500 00
2,500 00
Playgrounds
500 00
500 00
Schools
5,500 00
5,500 00
Town Hall
3,000 00
3,000 00
*Water
1,000 00
1,000 0C
General
2,250 00
2,250 00
$183,966 86
$9,702 54 $16,370 65
$2,779 87 |$161,151 71
$14,492 04
$37,176 17
Amount of Appropriation
$183,966 86
Amount of Credits
9,702 54
Amount of Payments by Orders
.$161,151 71
Amount of Misc. Credits and Taxes
16,370 65
Amount unexpended 14,492 04
Amount of Overdrafts
2,779 87
Amount, No Orders Drawn 37,176 17
$212,819 92
$212,819 92
Bills Receivable Dec. 31, 1915 $978 47
Bills Payable Dec. 31, 1915 (estimated) .. 1,207 53
We wish to explain in reference to the statement attached to the report of the Water and Electric Light Departments, that we could find no way of auditing the incomes of these Departments without spending weeks in verifying the consumers' accounts.
*Note for $1,500.00 paid from revenue of Water Department.
C. F. TARBOX, F. W. COUILLARD, Auditors for 1915.
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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 Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Monday the sixth day of March, 1916, 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 Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years, and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at one-thirty o'clock p.m.
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You are further directed to notify and warn said in- habitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, 1916, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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 vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current finan- cial year.
Article 4. 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 5. To hear and act upon the reports of the sev- eral boards of Town Officers and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Article 6. 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, in- cluding the bond of the Town Treasurer and the bond of the Tax Collector.
Article 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Registra- tion and Elections.
Town Hall.
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and main- tenance of the Town Hall, and for the services of a Janitor.
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Police Department.
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of its Police Department and for the necessary expenses re- quired for the enforcement of the law.
Article 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Court expenses.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to add one more member to the regular police force, to be located in Precinct One.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to provide a conveyance for the Police Department.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the part of Section 37, Chapter 19, of the Revised Laws and amendments thereto, that applies to placing the Police force under the Civil Service.
Fire Department.
Article 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and main- tenance of the Fire Department, and for Hydrant service.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for extra pay of firemen.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of new hose.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Combination Pumping engine, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to add more permanent men to the Fire Department, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay the same.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to build a Central Fire Station, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs to the engine house on Franklin Street.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to recompense Fred W. Piercy for the loss of his horse in October, 1914, in the service of the Town Fire Department.
Article 22. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and main- tenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a fire alarm box, near the junction of Middle and Liberty Streets.
Inspection.
Article 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of weights and measures.
Forestry.
Article 25. 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 26. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Health and salary of a Secretary; also for Vital Statistics, and for the Inspection of Milk, Animals, Slaughtering, Provisions and Plumbing, and Care of Dumps.
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