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306.84
$1,177.26
Expenditures.
Albert H. Hall
$630.57
The Palmer Co.
213.75
Yale University Press
35.00
The H. W. Wilson Co.
22.00
Geo. W. Prescott Pub. Co.
21.50
The America Press
3.00
R. R. Bowker Co.
2.00
The F. W. Faxon Co.
2.00
A. L. A. Pub. Board
1.00
Cash on deposit in State St. Trust Co., Dec. 31, '18
246.44
$1,177.26
We have examined the account of William C. Harding, Treasurer, showing the income receipts of the Nathaniel H. Hunt Legacy Income Account, and find it correct and prop- erly vouched, with balance on hand of $246.44 on December 31, 1918, in State Street Trust Co., Boston.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX. RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, Auditors for 1918.
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THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY. William C. Harding, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1918.
Receipts.
Cash on deposit Jan. 1, 1918, in State St. Trust
Co., Boston
$737.29
Braintree Water Bond No. 30
1,000.00
Town Note No. 47
750.00
Town Note No. 58
500.00
From Town Treasurer
1,600.00
Interest on Town Note
290.00
Fines, lost books, etc.
164.61
Distribution of books
150.00
Weymouth Savings Bank interest
19.34
N. E. Telephone Co. refund
4.35
Interest on bank balance
1.50
$5,217.09
Expenditures.
Lucretia F. Hatch, librarian
$820.00
Alice A. Holbrook, assistant librarian
518.00
Braintree Savings Bank deposit
1,000.00
Town Note No. 47
750.00
Town Note No. 57
500.00
Librarian's expenses for the year
151.66
N. Michelson Co.
137.39
C. H. Hobart & Son
124.00
Town Note No. 58 and interest
520.00
Geo. W. Prescott Pub. Co.
21.75
Edward Avery
24.00
John Heaney
50.00
Electric Light Dept.
54.10
Frank Diauto
23.00
J. F. Sheppard & Son
59.45
Woodsum Coal Co.
10.50
A. J. Richards & Son
8.75
Bradford Gallagher
7.50
Braintree Water Dept.
4.50
Granite Trust Co.
5.00
Stamps
5.67
Library Art Club
6.00
H. W. Borden
5.45
Library Bureau ..
4.35
Braintree Highway Dept.
7.25
F. L. Chandler
1.75
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H. W. Bailey & Co.
1.25
1 Thos. H. Gould
1.00
Cash retained by librarian
12.95
Cash on hand Dec. 31
381.82
$5,217.09
We have examined the account of William C. Harding, Treasurer of the Trustees of Thayer Public Library, and find it correct with all bills properly 'vouched, and balance of $381.82 in State Street Trust Co.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, Auditors for 1918.
William C. Harding, Treasurer.
STATISTICS.
*Number of books in the Library. 17,734
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*Number of books added during 1918. 669
Number of books circulated during 1918. 25,270 Number of books circulated during 1918 in E. Braintree 3,990
Largest daily circulation, Feb. 23. 278
Average daily circulation 99.48+
Percent of fiction circulation · 63.04+
Total number of days library was opened 254
Total number of borrowers 3,344
Number of new borrowers in E. Braintree 78
Number of new borrowers during 1918 326
* This number includes bound magazines.
PERIODICALS.
The library receives regularly the periodicals on the fol- lowing list:
America
American City (town edition)
American Cookery
American Magazine
American Poultry Journal
Art World and Arts and Decoration
Atlantic Monthly
Bird Lore
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Book Review Digest
Booklist Bookman Boston Evening Transcript Braintree Bee
Braintree Observer
Bulletin of Bibliography
Bulletin Massachusetts Audubon Society. Gift Carnegie Pittsburg Bulletin
Catholic World
Century
Christian Register. Gift
Christian Science Journal. Gift
Christian Science Monitor. Gift
Christian Science Sentinel. Gift Collier's
Congregationalist. Gift
Cumulative Book Index
Current Events Current Opinion Delineator
Dial
Education
Etude
Everybody's Forum
Garden Magazine
General Federation Magazine. Gift
Good Government. Gift
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Monthly
Hibbert Journal House Beautiful
Illustrated London News
Illustrated World Independent
Ladies' Home Journal
Library Journal Life Literary Digest
Living Age Living Tissue. Gift London Punch McClure's Magazine
Missionary Review Modern Priscilla Mother's Magazine Musician
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Nation
National Geographic Magazine
New Country Life in America
New England Division Bulletin American Red Cross. Gift New Republic
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Current History
Nineteenth Century and After
Norfolk County Agriculture and Home Making Bulletin. Gift North American Review
Our Dumb Animals. Gift
Outing Outlook
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science Monthly
Protectionist. Gift
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Remonstrance. Gift
Review of Reviews, American
St. Nicholas
Scientific American
Scientific American Supplement
Scribner's Magazine
Springfield Republican
Survey System
Temperance Cause. Gift
Universalist Leader. Gift
War Work Bulletin. Gift Woman Citizen
Woman's Home Companion
World's Work
Yale Review
Youth's Companion
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JURY LIST
As prepared by the Selectmen, February 1, 1919.
Anderson, Joseph H., West street, linotyper.
Andrews, Gorge W., 43 Pleasant street, salesman.
Annis, Harry L., 740 Washington street, R. R. employe. Avery, Stetson, 265 Commercial street, sales manager. Bates, William, 35 Franklin street, shoeworker. Battles, Wendell P., 358 Elm street, real estate. Blewett, Howard B., 363 Tremont street, buyer. Bond, Francis D., 35 Spruce street, clerk.
Bridson, Thomas E., 25 Taylor street, retired.
Briggs, John C., 19 Smith terrace, salesman.
Buker, Charles F., 332 Liberty street, teamster. Burke, Jeremiah, 75 Plain street, car inspector. Cain, Ralph C., 2070 Washington street, farmer. Carson, Walter K., 46 Hollis avenue, salesman. Catlin, Seth, Jr., 381 Washington street, broker. Chamberlain, Edward W., 202 Middle street, clerk. Converse, Harold B., 76 Park street, boy scout exec. Croke, Thomas F., 36 Hobart street, engineer. Denton, Warren E., Jr., 180 Hayward street, electrician.
Devine, John H., 32 Dewey avenue, shoeworker. Dolbeare, Harry E., 289 Pond street, piano worker. Dow, Alva M., 46 Lemoyne street, machinist.
Downey, Alex., 1397 Washington street, St. R. R. employe. Drinkwater, Joseph S., 68 School street, bookkeeper.
Dwyer, Edward T., 24 Elmwood park, merchant.
Dyer, F. Eugene, 1102 Washington street, bank treasurer. Ellsworth, George G., 117 Adams street, clerk. Eno, Herbert J., 102 Tremont street, shoeworker. Frazier, John H., 31 Lisle street, pipe fitter. Gavin, George B., 125 School street, editor. Gazan, Samuel E., 30 Oak street, salesman. Geiger, Walter, 38 Union street, shoeworker. Gillette, Marion C., 21 Hancock street, shoeworker. Gould, Thomas H., 1461 Washington street, painter. Hannaford, Charles H., 4 Hancock street, real estate. Heal, George, 314 Middle street, merchant. Heinlein, Benjamin, 116 Adams street, plumber. Hobart, Charles A., 691 Washington street, painter. Holbrook, Alfred H., 56 Harrison avenue, carpenter. Hollis, Albert F., 39 Taylor street, reporter. Hollis, Henry M., 157 Middle street, farmer. Holmes, George W., 22 Myrtle street, gardener. Hull, Richard, 136 Allen street, carpenter. Hunt, Horace F., 92 Tremont street, retired.
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Illingworth, John W., 1724 Washington street, lineman. Jennings, George W., 317 Washington street, engineer. Johnson, Victor B., 332 Commercial street, clerk. Jordan, Charles G., 155 Allen street, grain dealer. Keating, Edward C., 7 Wilson place, bank teller. Kehr, Frederick, 40 Pearl street, driver. Keith, Arza H., 8 Washington place, Fore River. Landrey, Urban T., 110 Pond street, piano worker. Learned, Frank E., 507 Washington street, real estate. Levangie, Wilfred C., 308 Franklin street, chauffeur. Loring, Edwin S., 684 Washington street, printer. Lothrop, Charles M., 12 French avenue, merchant. Luce, Charles F., 14 Fountain street, shoeworker. Lyons, Thomas, 303 off Commercial street, mason. Macdonald, Frank A, 58 Hancock street, shoeworker. MacDonald, George O., 175 Franklin street, salesman. Macomber, Harry W., 39 Hollis avenue, claim agent. Marsh, Moses, 72 Franklin street, machinist. Matthews, Charles W., 244 Liberty street, merchant. McCue, Daniel E., 71 Hobart street, iron worker. McInnis, George A., 169 Hancock street, carpenter. McMahon, John R., Hobart street, electrician. McRae, Joseph M., 124 Hobart street, machinist. Mulligan, Thomas F., Jr., 221 Commercial street, R.R. employe. Ness, Thomas W., 95 West street, machinist. Osborne, Arthur J., 16 Brookside road, timekeeper.
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Osborne, Walter S., Liberty street, shoeworker.
Parsons, James, Prospect street, paper hanger.
Powers, Charles E., 80 Town street, R.R. employe. Pratt, Stillman F., 365 Washington street, editor. Reed, Bert H., 17 Academy street, agent. Remick, Clifton P., 20 Lisle street, R.R. Employe. Sampson, George E., Hollis avenue, real estate.
Sears, Thomas E., 35 Mt. Vernon street, engineer.
Senecal, Alfred J., 15 Frederick road, shoeworker.
Scollard, Nicholas F., 11 Bowditch street, shoemaker. Stackhouse, Edward, 257 Commercial street, carpenter. Starr, Leo F., 318 Commercial street, clerk. Stevens, George W., 75 Tremont street salesman.
Sullivan, John F., 36 Oak street, painter. Swinimer, B. H., 20 Somerville avenue, salesman. Tardif, Philemon, 23 Hobart street, painter. Thayer, Elmer F., 279 Pond street, farmer.
Thayer, Louis W., 71 Tremont street, cement worker. Vinton, Harry F., 38 River street, engineer. Waite, Winfred G., 20 Elmwood park, salesman.
Watkins, Edwin F., 569 Washington street, R.R. employe. Welch, George, Jr., 105 Tremont street, shoeworker. White, Hartley L., 40 Maple street, civil engineer.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Braintree, Mass, December 31. 1918.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :.
I herewith submit the report of the Police Department for the year 1918:
. Total number of arrests 149
Total number of cases at court
165
Residents
81
Non-residents
68
Male
134
Female
15
Lost children
7
Insane
6
Causes of arrest as follows :-
Assault and Battery
13
Assault with intent to rob
2
Breaking and entering
3
Defaults
2
Delinquent girls
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4
Disorderly conduct
4
Disturbing the peace
Drunkenness
64
Evading Carfare
5
Gambling
7
Larceny
10
Malicious Mischief
11
Neglect
1. .
1
Statutory Offience
3
Violating Auto Laws
14
Violating Fish and Game Laws
1
Violating Food Laws
4.
Violating Liquor Laws
2
Violating Milk Laws
. 4
Warrants and Summonses served for out of town Police
33
3
Receiving Stolen Property
2
Trespassing
1
J. F. GALLIVAN, Chief of Police
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1918 1
Moderator, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM.
Town Clerk, Henry A. Monk.
Treasurer, Otis B. Oakman
Selectmen, Highway Surveyors and Overseers of the Poor, GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY.
Assessors,
EDWARD AVERY, HENRY W. MANSFIELD, ALBION C. DRINKWATER,
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1920 Term expires 1919
Auditors,
C. FRED TARBOX,
PAUL MONAGHAN,
RALPH W. ARNOLD.
Water Commissioners and Commissioners of Sinking Funds. JAMES T. STEVENS, GEORGE H. WALKER,
WILLIAM C. HARRISON, -
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1919 Term expires 1919
Municipal Light Board,
ALEXANDER A. CARSON, NORTON P. POTTER,
CHARLES T. CRANE
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1920 Term expires 1919
Board of Health
F. HERBERT GILE, WALTER B. SKINNER, JOSEPH G. BAILEY,
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Term expires 1921 Term expires 1920 Term expires 1919
School Committee,
BENJAMIN HAWES, FRANKLIN H. MERRIAM, CARRIE F. LORING, GEORGE WETHERBEE, FRANK W. COUILLARD, ALIDA N. STEVENS,
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1921 Term expires 1920 Term expires 1919
Term expires 1919 Term expires 1919
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Trustees of the School Fund. Term expires 1919,
HERBERT F. KNEELAND,
ARTHUR L. HALE,
ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE, OTIS B. OAKMAN.
Park Commissioners,
SHELLEY A. NEAL, J. FREDERICK KEMP,
L. THURLOW TORREY,
Term expires 1921 Term expires 1919 Term expres 1919
Trustees of Thayer Public Library,
ALBERT E. AVERY, TYLER E. GALE, HERBERT F. KNEELAND WILLIAM GALLAGHER, 1
Term expires 1919
WILLIAM C. HARDING, Term expires 1919
Fence Viewers, 1
GEORGE E. FOGG, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, ALBERT R. QUALEY.
Tax Collector, ALLEN LAWSON.
Tree Warden, CLARENCE R. BESTICK.
Constables,
CLARENCE R. BESTICK, JOHN KELLEY,
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN,
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY,
HORACE F. HUNT,
CHARLES A. HOBART, JOSEPH F. MOHAN, JAMES R. QUALEY, JOHN W. ILLINGWORTH, JOHN P. SHAY, THOMAS SLAVIN, EDWARD F. STARR,
AUGUST JOHNSON,
ISAAC L. JONES,
HARRY S. TARBOX.
Surveyors of Wood and Weighers of Hay,
. J. MARCUS ARNOLD, CHARLES G. SHEPPARD, WILFORD S. WOODSUM.
Surveyors of Lumber,
HERBERT W. BORDEN, GEORGE H. HOLBROOK,
CHARLES 0. MILLER.
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OFFICERS APPOINTED.
Police, JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Chief,
AUGUST JOHNSON
JOHN J. HEANEY.
JOHN P. SHAY.
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Extra Patrolmen,
PHILIP J. KROHN, AUGUST JOHNSON.
Measurer of Leather, EDWARD H. DRINKWATER,
Field Drivers,
JOSEPH ALLEN, CLARENCE R. BESTICK, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Engineers of Fire Department,
FRED A. TENNEY, Chief,
J. SAMUEL HILL,
FRANK O. WHITMARSH,
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Clerk.
Superintendent of the Fire Alarm, FRED B. LAWRENCE
Board of Registrars.
WALTER N. MCKEAN,
Term expires 1921
Term expires 1920
WILLIAM ALLEN, CHARLES B. CUMMINGS,
Term expires 1919
Sealer of Weights and Measures, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD.
Inspector of Animals, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, EDWARD O. PEARSON. Inspector of Plumbing, J. EDWARD LUDDEN. Forest Warden, JAMES M. CUTTING. Local Moth Superintendent, CLARENCE R. BESTICK.
Superintendent of Plain Street Cemetery, JAMES M. CUTTING. Burial Agent, HENRY A. MONK.
Superintendent of Braintree Home, AMOS L. JOHNSON.
Pound Keeper, AMOS L. JOHNSON. 184
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 3, 1919.
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 third day of March, 1919, 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 e Auditors, 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 School Committee for a term of one year to fill vacancy, 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 Water Commissioner and Com- missioner of Sinking Funds for a term of one year to fill vacancy, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, one Park Commissioner for a term of one year to fill vacancy, 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.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabi- tants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the tenth day of March, 1919, 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 vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial 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 several 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, the bond of the Town Treasurer and the bond of the Tax Collector.
Article 7. To see what sums 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 maintenance of the Town Hall, for services of a Janitor, and the purchase of seats for the Lower Hall.
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, including Couri expenses.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and mainte- nance of the Fire Department, for hydrant service, and main- tenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to purchase additional Motor Fire Apparatus and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for repairs on the Engine House in Precinct 3.
INSPECTION.
Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of Weights and Measures.
FORESTRY.
Article 14. 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 15. 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, vital statistics, inspection of milk, animals, slaughtering, meat and provisions and plumbing.
SANITATION.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to enlarge, extend and place under ground the drain running through the property of Asa P. French et al, and French Avenue.
HIGHWAYS.
Article 17. 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.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept the laying out as a town way, as made by the Selectmen, of Holmes Street, so called, leading from Independence Avenue to Washington Street, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the laying out as a town way, as made by the Selectmen, of Fairfield Street, so called, leading from Washington Street to Holmes Street, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the water pipes and equipment in Holmes and Fairfield Streets, including the rescinding of its action of June 4, 1915, and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on Fair- mount Avenue.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the laying out as a town way, as made by the Selectmen, of May Street, so called, leading westerly from Hobart Street, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair Shaw Street, made necessary by the increased traffic caused by the construction of the Quincy Avenue Bridge.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on Elm Knoll Road to grade and construct a sidewalk thereon.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to grade Somerville Avenue.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept the laying out as Town ways, as made by the Selectmen, of Edge Hill Road, Beechwood Road and Arbor Way Drive, leading easterly from Quincy Avenue to the point where they inter- sect Argyle Road, also Arthur Street leading northerly from private way called Gordon Road, and Ardmore Street, lead- ing easterly from Arthur Street to Argyle Road, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Pleasant View Avenue, so called, leading easterly from Quincy Avenue.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Hooker Avenue, so called, leading westerly from Railroad Street.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept the laying out as a town way, as made by the Selectmen, of Morrison Road, so called, leading easterly from Adams Street.
CHARITIES.
Article 30. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor, and the maintenance and repairs of the Braintree Home.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under Chapter 763, Acts of the year 1913.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS.
Article 32. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State aid, soldiers' burials 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 transporting pupils to and from the same.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take land and erect and furnish a new High School building . thereon, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used in the erection of additions to any existing school buildings.
Article 36. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money to install modern sanitals, and to furnish settees for the hall of the Monatiquot building.,
Article 37. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for repairs at the Hollis School.
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LIBRARY.
Article 38. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Thayer Public Library, for the distribution of books and for the services of a janitor.
RECREATION.
Article 39. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate to be expended upon Parks, Play- grounds, and public lands of the Town, under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
UNCLASSIFIED.
Article 40. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defraying expenses Memorial Day. .
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for insurance under the Em- ployees' Compensation Act.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for water service at Hollis Foun- tain, Storr's, Square.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise, and appropriate a sum of money for its proportion of the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital, assessed on the Town under date of January 28, 1919, together with any other assessment that may be made.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Article 45. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of. $3,843.11 for the Depreciation Fund; the sum of $300.00 for the salaries of the Municipal Light Board and the balance together with the unexpended balance, $379.90, of the year 1918, for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new con- struction.
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Article 46. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended under the direc- tion of the Water Commissioners for the extension, renewals and repairs of water mains and expenses of said department.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water mains on Grove Street from Plain Street to Liberty Street.
CEMETERY.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on the Plain Street Cemetery and for the services of a superintendent.
INTEREST. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payments due on the Municipal Indebtedness and for the payment of interest on Town debt and on loans in antici- pation of revenue.
SINKING FUND.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the Water Loan Sinking Fund.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Article 51. To see'if the Town will vote to elect its Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for a term of three years beginning at the annual meeting of 1920 as provided by Section 339, Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws as amended.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 293 of the General Acts of 1916, being an "Act to authorize the licensing by cities and towns of Motor Vehicles Carrying Passengers for Hire."
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to petition the Bureau of Statistics of the State of Massachusetts for an audit and the installation of an accounting system in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1910, as amended.
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Article 54. To see if the Town will authorize the ap- pointment of a Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624, Acts of 1910, as amended, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money in accordance with Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1913, as a Reserve Fund for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures.
Article 56. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to celebrate the return of its soldiers and sailors.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of approxi- mately ten (10) acres of water front property on Quincy Avenue to be used as a public landing or playground.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money toward defraying the expenses of the District Nurse.
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, 1919, 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, 1919.
Given under our hands at Braintree this first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hun- dred and nineteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM; EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
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INDEX
Accountant's Report
60
Appropriations and Expenditures
94
Assessors' Report
53
Auditors' Report
92
Balance Sheet
90
Births in 1918
42
Board of Health, Report of
110
Deaths in 1918
48
Dog License Account
36
Expenditures
62
Fire Department, Report of
107
Funded Debt of the Town
103
Hunters' License Account
36
Jury List
179
Marriages in 1918
37
Municipal Light Board, Report of the
165
Park Commissioners, Report of Board of
163
Public Safety Committee
161
Police Department
181
Receipts
60
School Committee, Report of
113
Sealer of Weights and Measures
108
Selectmen, Report of
60
Sinking Fund Account
99
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
113
Tax Collector's Account
89
Thayer Public Library
172
Town Clerk's Report
3
Town Officers for 1918
182
Treasurer's Report
96
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1919 185
Water Commissioners, Report of
145
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