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Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
Tuesday, the Twenty-third Day of September, at 4 o'clock P. M., for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the follow- ing Offices:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General. Auditor of the Commonwealth, Attorney-General, Councilor for 2nd Councilor District, Senator for Norfolk Senatorial District, Representative in General Court for 6th Norfolk Representative District, County Commissioner for Norfolk County, Two Associate Commissioners for Norfolk County, District Attorney for Norfolk-Plymouth District, County Treasurer for Norfolk County to fill vacancy.
And for the Election of the following officers:
District Member of State Committee for each political party for Norfolk Senatorial District, 15 Members of the Democratic Town Committee, 24 Members of the Republi- can Town Committee, Delegates to State Conventions of both Political Parties.
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All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The Polls will be open from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this eighth day of September, A. D. 1919.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
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.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Sept. 23, 1919.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the State Primary was held by Precincts:
The Polls were opened at 4 o'clock P. M. and closed at 8 o'clock P. M.
The Election Officers serving were all sworn and were as follows:
Precinct One - Edward Shay, Warden; Courtenay Atkinson, Clerk; Dudley P. Howland, F. R. Carmichael, C. S. Hannaford, A. F. Hollis, Harry S. Snow, C. A. Hobart, Constable.
Precinct Two - G. H. Wetherbee, Jr., Warden; John H. Kirby, Clerk; S. F. Pratt, H. F. Stackhouse, Geo. A. Arnold, Geo. E. Sampson, C. R. Bestick, Constable.
Precinct Three - Chester L. Howe, Warden; Clinton J. Scollard, Clerk; C. W. Matthews, Leo Starr, A. R. Hobart, William B. Morgan, John A. Ryan, F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable.
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At the close of the Polls the ballots of each party were counted separately, declared, sealed and recorded according to law.
The result of the ballot was as follows: 460
Whole number of ballots cast 417
Republican
Democratic . 43
FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
Calvin Coolidge .. .
R
347
Frederick S. Deilrick . . D. 1
Eugene N. Foss.
D
2
Richard H. Long ..
D
33
George F. Manahan. . . D 3
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Channing H. Cox .
.R
342
John F. J. Herbert . . . . D. .31
SECRETARY
Albert P. Langtry. . . . . R
322
Charles H. McGlue . . . D 29
TREASURER
Fred J. Burrell
R
130
Charles L. Gifford. R 43
Fred P. Greenwood ..
.R
66
Frederick N. Kerr.
R
11
Frank S. Perkins.
R
77
Frederick E. Pierce. . .R 19
Chandler M. Wood ... . D
29
AUDITOR
Alonzo B. Cook .....
.. R.
302
Arthur J. B. Cartier. . . D.
28
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
J. Weston Allen. . . .
. . R
193
Robert J. Bottomly . . . R 30
James Mott Hallowell . R. 29
William Harold Hitchcock R
60
Clarence W. Rowley .. . R
14
David Stoneman.
R
15
Joseph A. Conry. D 31
COUNCILOR - SECOND DISTRICT
Horace A. Carter R 323
1
Edward Hassan .
D
.
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SENATOR
Frank G. Allen . R 325
Josiah Babcock, Jr. . R 80
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
Benjamin H. WoodsumR 322
William Cullinan. .... . D . 6
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Everett M. Bowker . . . R. 302
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS
Arthur B. Hayward . . . R. 54. . D.1 55
Charles O. Miller .
R
13 .. D.1
14
Hartley L. White .
.R
1
DISTRICT-ATTORNEY
Frederick G. Katzman.R .310
COUNTY TREASURER
Frederick C. Cobb .
R.
173
Clarke P. Harding R 33
G. Frank Kemp .
R
127
Frederick C. Cobb
D
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ELECTED
STATE COMMITTEE NORFOLK DISTRICT Harlie E. Thompson .. . R 289
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Charles C. Mellen R .297
Otis B. Oakman R 301
Hartley L. White R 291
F. Herbert Gile.
R
301
Charles G. Jordan. R 306
Joseph E. Ludden. R 303
REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE
John E. Arnold 306
Benjamin H. Woodsum 310
Roger Lakin. 294
Fred R. Carmichael 297
Benjamin Hawes . 295
Walter B. Skinner 294
William P. Kelly 302
Joseph E. Ludden 300
F. Herbert Gile 300
Henry H. Storm . 299
George T. Miller 302
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Parker W. Richards
292
Walter B. Robbins. 294
Ernest C. Woodsum 301
James E. Folsom 295
Alva M. Dow
291
Henry C. Lake
291
John W. Harding 293
Albert R. Qualey 293
Hartley L. White 297
Charles W. Matthews 287
Allen Lawson 307
Shelly A. Neal
289
William D. Dyer
294
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the twentieth day of October, 1919, at 7.45 o'clock, P. M. to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town officers or any committee, and to choose any com- mittee the Town may think proper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to purchase additional portable school buildings and raise and approp- riate a sum of money for the same.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to purchase or take land for school purposes and erect and furnish a new High School Building thereon, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $16,717.56 assessed upon it August 5, 1919, under Chapt. of the Acts of 1916 for the construction of the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital.
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Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000. toward the construction of the State highway on Washington, Franklin and Granite Streets, the Town to be reimbursed this sum by the County of Norfolk.
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Article 7. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Police Department, Collector's Department, Assessor's Depart- ment, Fire Department, Town Hall Maintenance and Repairs of Highways.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chap 293 of the General Acts of 1916 and acts in amendment or addition thereto, being an "Act to authorize the licensing by cities and towns of Motor Vehicles Carrying Passengers for Hire."
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Water Board for the extension of a 4 inch main on Arborway Drive and Argyle Road.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water main on Granite Street from West Street to near the Dr. Simonds place, so called.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water main on Plain Street from Liberty Street about 2000 feet to property of F. W. Nelson.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this Town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
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.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN. Constable of Braintree.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Braintree, October 20, 1919.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the place specified.
The meeting was opened at 7:45 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk who read the warrant.
Article 1. By ballot Mr. William F. Rogers was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2. Voted that article 2 be considered in con- junction with all other articles.
Voted that a committee of five be appointed to investi- gate the old Union School Building, consider whether it can be utilized for any purpose by the Town, make any suggestion to the town of what can be done with it and report at some adjournment of this meeting or at a special meeting.
Moderator appointed E. E. Abercrombie, H. F. Knee- land, E. L. Emerson, P. H. Sullivan and Herbert Curtis.
Voted that when this meeting adjourn it be to December 1st next at 7:45 o'clock P. M.
Article 3. Voted to appropriate the sum of $3,000. for the purchase of additional Portable School Buildings.
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Article 4. The committee appointed at the Annual Meeting to consider the matter of a new High School Building reported with recommendations (see files in Town Clerk's office.)
Voted to receive the report and tender the thanks of the town to the committee.
Voted to divide the question and first consider the matter of the purchase of land.
Voted to purchase the estate of Mr. N. E. Hollis on Washington Street for the sum of $16,000. according to his proposition made to the committee if the same can be done under the Revised Laws.
Voted by ballot to appropriate the sum of $16,000. for the above purpose.
Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $16,000. for the purpose of purchasing land upon which to erect a new schoolhouse and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor; said bonds or notes to be pay- able in accordance with Sec. 14, Chap. 719 of the Acts of 1913 as amended, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
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Voted to refer the remainder of the report to the same committee with instructions to reconsider the plan for the building with view to future accomodations.
Voted to add to the committee Benjamin Hawes, F. H. Merriam, F. W. Couillard as voting members and C. M. Flood, Superintendent of Schools as a non voting member.
Article 5. Voted by ballot that there be appropriated the sum of $16,717.56 to pay the town's share of the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital and that the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $16,500. and to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable Two Thousand Dollars annually for seven years and $2,500. on the eighth year, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first note or bond.
The balance of said sum appropriated shall be taken from the surplus funds of the town. More than 50 voting in the affirmative.
Article 6. Voted to appropriate the sum of $5,000. towards the construction of the State Highway on Wash- ington, Franklin and Granite Streets, the town to be re- imbursed this sum by the County of Norfolk.
Article 7. Voted to appropriate the following addi- tional sums of money:
For the Police Department . $100.00
For the Collectors Department . 86.00
For the Assessors Department. 45.00
For the Fire Department . 750.00
For maintenance of Town Hall. 450.00
For Highway Department .. 4,200.00
At 10:40 o'clock the meeting voted to adjourn to Dec. 1st next at 7:45 o'clock P. M.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit:
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Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Tuesday, the Fourth day of November, 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 Governor, Lieutenant-Governor Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Councilor, Senator, Representative in General Court, County Com- missioner, Associate County Commissioners, County Treas- urer, (to fill vacancy.)
Also to vote on the following questions on the same ballot.
Acceptance of the rearrangement of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, submitted by the Constitutional Convention.
Acceptance of Chap. 311, General Acts of 1919, en- titled, "An Act relative to the establishment and main- tenance of continuation schools and courses of instruction for employed minors."
Acceptance of Chap. 116, General Acts of 1919, entitled "An Act to authorize savings banks and institutions for savings, and trust companies having savings departments, to place deposits on interests monthly." (Referendum.)
The polls will be closed at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in not less than three public places in each Precinct in said Town seven days at least before said fourth day of November, 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 Selectmen before the time of said election.
Given under our hands at Braintree this 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Mass., October, 25, 1919. 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.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Nov. 4, 1919.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters assembled in the several Precincts to cast their ballots for State and County Officers enumerated in the warrant. Also to vote "Yes" or "No" on three questions submitted.
The official ballots were delivered to the Wardens of the several Precincts and their receipt taken for the same.
The Polls were opened at 5:45 o'clock A. M. in all Precincts and were closed at 1:30 o'clock P. M.
The following Election Officers served:
Precinct One - Edward Shay, Warden; Courtenay Atkinson, Clerk; A. F. Hollis, D. P. Howland, James Cutting F. R. Carmichael, C. S. Hannaford, E. F. Porter, H. P. Hobart, Arthur Levangie, Guy E. Wood. C. A. Hobart, Constable.
Precinct Two- G. H. Wetherbee Jr., Warden; New- ton H. McKean, Clerk; Geo. E. Sampson, S. F. Pratt, G. A. Arnold, H. F. Stackhouse, O. W. Hollis, C. F. Cavanagh. C. R. Bestick, Constable.
Precinct Three - Chester Howe, Warden; Clinton V. Scollard, Clerk; John A. Ryan, W. B. Morgan, Albert R. Hobart, Charles Matthews, Leo Starr, John Rafferty, Thomas Marshall, F. O. Whitmarsh, Constable.
John C. Wilder Deputy, reported but did not serve.
At the close of the Polls the ballots were counted, record made of the vote for each Office and person and also the vote on the several questions submitted.
The ballots, check-lists, etc. were sealed, labeled according to law and the returns forwarded to the Town Clerk's Office where they were tabulated by the Selectmen and Town Clerk and the result of the total vote declared in open meeting.
The number of names checked on the Voting Lists as follows:
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Precinct One. 599
Precinct Two 550
Precinct Three 556
Number of ballots counted by the Tellers:
Precinct One 599
Precinct Two 550
Precinct Three
556
Ballot boxes registered :
Precinct One .
601
Precinct Two
550
Precinct Three 559
Total vote of the Town, .
seventeen hundred five
1705
Detail of vote follows:
FOR GOVERNOR
Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec. 3. Total
Calvin Coolidge .. .R
399
441
336
1176
Charles B. Ernst. .P
2
0
1
3
William A. King. .. S
11
3
8
22
Richard H. Long .. . . D
177
100
199
476
Ingvar Paulson .. . S. L.
2
1
6
9
Blanks.
8
5
6
19
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Charles J. Brandt . . . S
18
3
16
37
Channing H. Cox ... R
388
433
337
1158
H. Edward Gordon .. P
6
4
6
16
John F. J. Hebert. . . D
155
91
162
408
Patrick Mulligan. . S.L.
5
0
6
11
Blanks.
27
19
29
75
SECRETARY
Harry W. Bowman. . P
12
8
18
38
James Hayes ..... S. L.
4
7
18
29
Albert P. Langtry. . . R
391
429
345
1165
Charles H. McGlue. . D
132
71
114
317
Herbert H. ThompsonS.
18
5
16
39
Blanks.
42
30
45
117
TREASURER
Fred J. Burrell . ... R
371
355
327
1053
David Craig. .
.S. L.
5
4
12
21
Charles O. Fletcher . . P
8
6
6
20
Louis Marcus.
.. .. S
17
2
16
35
Chandler M. Wood .. D
155
161
149
465
Blanks
43
22
46
111
40
AUDITOR
Prec. 1. Prec. 2. Prec. 3. Total
Arthur J. B. Cartier . D
134
93
125
352
Alonzo B. Cook. ... . R
380
408
327
1115
Oscar Kinsalas ... . S. L.
3
3
7
13
Walter P. J. Skahan .. S
15
3
14
32
Henry J. D. Small . . R
6
5
9
20
Blanks
61
38
74
173
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
J. Weston Allen .. . . . R
392
418
340
1150
Morris J. Becker. . S. L.
4
4
6
14
Joseph A. Conry ... . D
126
72
115
313
Conrad W. CrookerP. I. P.
20
24
25
69
William P. Henry. . . S
14
2
12
28
Blanks
43
30
58
131
COUNCILOR (SECOND DISTRICT)
Horace A. Carter. . . R
426
456
368
1250
Blanks
173
94
188
455
SENATOR NORFOLK DISTRICT
Frank G. Allen . . . . . R
446
454
395
1295
Blanks
153
96
161
410
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SIXTH NORFOLK DISTRICT
Henry N. Longley . .. I
135
262
307
704
Benjamin H. Woodsum R
441
263
229
933
Scattering
1
1
Blanks.
23
25
19
67
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, NORFOLK
Everett M. Bowker .. R
409
453
362
1224
Blanks
190
97
194
481
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS, NORFOLK
Scattering
8
Blanks.
599
3 547
548
11 1694
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT
Frederick G. Katzman R
409
446
353
1208
Blanks.
190
104
203
497
COUNTY TREASURER, NORFOLK (To fill vacancy)
Frederick C. Cobb. . D. R.
391
443
348
1182
Blanks.
208
107
208
523
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"Shall the Rearrangement of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, submitted by the Constitutional Con- vention, be approved and ratified?"
Prec. 1. Prec. 2
Prec. 3 Total
Yes
311
364
300
975
No.
77
66
59
202
Blanks .
211
120
197
528
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act relative to the establishment and maintenance of continuation schools and courses of instruction for employed minors," be accepted?
Yes
304
366
332
1002
No.
53
57
38
148
Blanks
242
127
186
555
Shall Chapter 116, General Acts of 1919, approved by the General Court without division, which provides that deposits in savings banks and savings departments of trust companies may be placed on interest once a month and not oftener; that dividends on such deposits may be declared semi-annually and not oftener, and that interest shall not be paid on any such deposits withdrawn between dividend days, be approved?
Yes
238
328
269
835
No.
155
107
108
370
Blanks .
206
115
179
500
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED . SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Braintree, Dec. 1, 1919.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from Oct. 20th. Meeting called at 7:45 P. M. by the Moderator. Article 8. Taken up.
> Voted that this meeting adjourn until after the organi- zation of the Special Meeting called at 7:45 o'clock P. M.
Meeting again called at 7:55 P. M.
"Voted to lay Article 8 on the table. 3
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Articles 2 and 4. Taken up. The committee on Hi: h School to whom the report and plans presented at the meeting of October 20, were recommitted with instructions to' reconsider the same.
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The committee presented new plans for a High School Building and exhibited the same by lantern slides, and rendered its report with recommendations (see files). Mr. Graham moved that the Town adopt the Plans and Specifi- cations as presented by the architect and recommended by the committee. A long discussion ensued and various motions were made and rejected or withdrawn.
The following substitute motion, for any motion now before the meeting was made by Mr. Abercrombie.
That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to petition the Legislature for an Act to enable the Town to borrow money in excess of its Statutory Limit and that the plans of the proposed School Building and the report be returned to the committee with instructions to have the same printed and distributed to the voters.
Voted that the above question be divided.
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they are hereby instructed to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth for the passage of an Act, to authorize the Town of Braintree to borrow such sums of money in excess of the Statutory Limit as said Board of Selectmen may deem necessary for the construction and equipment of a new High School Building.
Voted that the plans and the report be returned to the committee with instructions to have the same printed and distributed to the voters.
Voted to extend the thanks of the Town to the com- mittee for its faithful services.
Meeting adjourned, sine die.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the first day of December, 1919, at 7:50 o'clock P. M, to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
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Article 2. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to be contributed to the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company for the purpose of continuing the operation of the South Braintree- Randolph line, so called.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than three public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same one in the Braintree Observer-Reporter.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest:
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., November 21, 1919.
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 mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Braintree, Dec. 1, 1919.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the place specified.
At 7:50 o'clock P. M. the meeting was called and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. By ballot, Mr. W. F. Rogers was chosen Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted that this meeting adjourn until after the comple- tion of the business of the adjourned meeting of Oct. 20.
Meeting again called at 10:40 o'clock P. M.
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Article 2. Voted to indefinitely postpone all action under this article.
Voted that this meeting adjourn, sine die.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree.
On Monday, the 29th day of December 1919, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $16,717.56 assessed upon it August 5, . 1919 under Chapter 286 of the General Acts of 1916 for the construction of the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital and rescind all action taken on this matter at the Special Meeting of October 20th, 1919.
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