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The Committee renews its recommendations of last year as follows:
1. That the Town vote to accept Chapter 535 of the Acts of 1910 together with the amendments of 1920 which was obtained by vote of the Town.
This act in no way commits the Town but provides authority to construct a sewage system; to elect three sewer- age commissioners to brorow not exceeding $500,000 outside the debt limit [increased from $300,000 by 1920 amendment] and other necessary details. This act was obtained by a Committee on Sewerage headed by Judge Avery which reported in 1909.
2. That under this act the Town elect [3] Sewer Com- missioners.
These sewer commissioners then would continue the studies of this committee; and carry out any sewerage or drainage work which the Town might authorize.
3. That the Town vote to accept Chapter 546 of the Acts of 1910 granting the Town the right to dis- charge sewage into the South Metropolitan System.
This right is one of the greatest assets which the Town has. It provides not only the best method for the Town to get rid of the sewage, but also the cheapest method. The Town is permitted not only to enter a System built at pre-war prices, but also to pay for this privilege on the basis of the valuation of the Town compared to the valuation of the
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District. The fact that Braintree is perhaps the poorest Town in the district is in this instance an advantage.
To enter this Metropolitan Sewerage District the Town must pay a fee of $1000 plus its proportion of the existing sinking fund. This total sum is estimated as $27,250 which is payable in 5 annual installments. The Town must also pay its proportion of the interest and sinking fund charges which are estimated at $6800 a year. (Note: this is less than Braintree's share for Metropolitan Parks.)
4. Appropriate and authorize the expenditures of not over $300,000 for sewerage construction.
MERTON L. EMERSON C. A. SULLIVAN - HERBERT A. BRYANT WALTER B. SKINNER . WALTER E. THOMPSON FRANK S. BAILEY NORTON P. POTTER GEO. H. HOLBROOK BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM EDWARD AVERY
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HIGHWAY REPORT
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Highway Surveyors of the Town of Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the 1921 report of the operations of the Department of Streets and Highways: The report shows the different kinds of work done during the year and the amounts.
Total expenditures for General Highways 'and Bridges.
Labor
Hauling
Stock
Total
Supt. . . . .
$1,833.35
Maintenance
3,985.50
$3,348.97 $3,748.63 $11,083. 10
Rails, fences sign boards
85.20
72.00
110.25
267.45
Bridge repairs
52.00
24.00
287.00
363.00
Quincy Ave., Bridge . . .
300.00
300.00
Drains and
C. basins
1,627.88
435.23
2,027.50
4,090.61
Tarvia, sanding applying
2,334.77
1,784.63
11,265.32 15,384.72
Reshaping &
resurfacing
3,804. 88
2,349. 58
4,281.09
10,435.55
Sidewalks, repairs 299.41
73.55
115.59
488.55
St. cleaning
645.83
257.67
903.50
Telephone .
20.00
Office supplies
80.00
Ford maintenance.
141.00
Gasolene .
760.27
Oils
769.75
Gravel pit
2,000.00
Repairs to equipment
210.84
Expressing .
12.08
Stock on hand
247.91
$47,558.33
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EQUIPMENT OWNED BY THE TOWN
24 acres of land, located on Liberty Street
Town barn, building 50x30 (near Braintree Home) Combination truck with dump body and hoist
Cressy tar-spraying outfit
Austin bucket loader
Austin cube mixer
Buffalo Pitts Steam roller, ten-ton, with scarifier attached
One Adams grader
Gasolene pump
New England 21" by 11" Jaw crusher, complete
Crusher power, 45 H.P. General Electric slip-ring motor One spring tooth arrow
One set of drain pipe cleaners
One set of two-ton falls
One set of three-ton falls
One Van Dorn Electric Drill, complete
20 feet of 3/4" chain
20 feet of 12" chain
24 lanterns, and various small tools, etc.
Value of Equipment, without depreciation $20,520.00
Kinds of roads accepted by the Town: Length in miles
Bituminous surface. 7.9
Water-bound macadam Tarvia B treated. .
11.6
Gravel Tarvia B treated.
18.3
Gravel. 18.8
Dirt 19.0
Total
75.6
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS GRANTED DURING THE YEAR 1921
SHAW STREET BRIDGE, work done according to the Shaw Street Bridge Committee.
Labor Stock
Hauling Total
$622.42 $903.80
$64.88 $1,591.10 317.60
$1,908.70
MIDDLE STREET. Owing to the condition of the loam surface, we had only enough money to half complete the job.
Hauling Total $622.77
Labor Stock $252.28 $224.95 $1,100.00
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GROVE STREET. This work made a much needed im- provement and gives an outlet to South Weymouth, of which I considered more beneficial to the Town by using gravel on the road, then scraping the mud into the center of the street and covering it with tarvia for which the money was appropriated. The road is about two-thirds covered and needs consideration to complete the job at the coming Town Meeting.
Labor $1,320.14
Stock $671.30
Hauling Total
$508.56. $2,500.00
HAYWARD STREET. Is without a doubt a great im- provement to this community, as it gives an easy access to Quincy Avenue and Shaw Street for vehicles and heavy loads, without the necessity of either going around Allen Street or the lower end of Shaw Street.
Labor
Hauling . Total
$994.13
Stock $624.82 $331.05 $1,950.00
MAINTENANCE. Maintenance consists principally of patching the seal coating and the water bound macadam, gravel and dirt roads. This work is an absolute necessity and if it was not for the maintenance to the roads of the character we have got in the Town more money would have to be put to the disposal of the department to rebuild more than 90% of them, wherein no particular place shows a great deal of yardage, yet the general repair work spread over the entire town requires a great deal of time and money to keep the roads in anything like condition.
DRAINS. The work on drains carrying surface water from the streets comes under the general maintenance work, though a considerable amount of work has been done in this respect with one exception which was Dewey Road, where a special appropriation was granted.
BRIDGES. Repairs were made to a few bridges at a total cost of $363.00. Owing to the heavy travel the bridges will need strengthening in order to carry the heavy loads, which they are called upon to do these days. I recommend that in the future, the repairs to bridges be made of steel and concrete, for which the maintenance cost is practically nothing.
GRÁNTING OF PERMITS. 47 permits have been is- sued to dig trenches in the streets during the year. The Gas Company, Water Department, Telephone Company and drain pipe layers are the principal parties who apply for permits to lay their pipes in the streets. This trenching
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is one of the biggest causes toward the destruction of street surfaces and it requires considerable time and money to get the street back into anything like condition as before it was opened up. The different parties applying for permits, not having any interest in the street surfaces, that the street department has, naturally do not give it the detailed attention that they should to get the required results. Therefore, I recommend that a Town ordinance be adopted whereby anyone may secure a permit for the trenching of a street when it is necessary, but the street department do the back filling, and surfacing and the parties or person applying for the permit pay the cost for the same. Streets which are about to be resurfaced or rebuilt shall be posted in Braintree newspapers not later than ten days before the work is commenced, after being completed no permit shall be given for at least twelve months.
If this is done it will be a great asset to eliminate all unnecessary permits and expense to the Town.
SIDEWALKS BEING BUILT BY ABBUTTERS.
I therefore recommend that a town ordinance be adopted whereby any persons building permanent sidewalks on their own initiative without building to a town sidewalk speci- fication shall keep the same in repair without any cost whatever to the town.
ROADS TREATED THIS YEAR
Penetration surface . 9 miles @ $1.35 per sq. yard
Tarvia B treated 15.0 miles @ .07 per sq. yard
Scraping
4.5 miles @ 50.00 per mile
Seal coating
. 7 miles @ . 08 per sq. yard
Graveling
4.2 miles a . 15-21c. per sq. yd.
The following streets treated with non-asphaltic oil: Elm Street from Drinkwater Road to Commercial Street. President Road from School Street to Washington Street. Stedman Avenue from School Street to Commercial Street. Storrs Avenue from Washington Street to Cochato Road. West Street from Franklin Street to 900 ft. west. Grove Street from Liberty Street to Town line. Webster Road from Washington Street to Railroad track.
The following streets treated with Tarvia B: Pond Street from Torrey School to Town line. Hancock Street from Cart Bridge to Washington Street. Pearl Street from Fountain Street to Washington Street.
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Union Street from Cleveland Avenue to Washington Street. Frederick Road from Washington Street Hancock Street. Washington Street from Franklin Street to, Hancock Street. Washington Street from Central Avenue to Monatiquot Ave. Washington Street from Hollis Avenue . to Quincy line. Georgianna Road from Washington Street to Railroad track. Sampson Avenue from Washington Street to Railroad track. Sherbrooke Ave., from Washington Street to Railroad track. Robinson Ave., from Washington St., to Mt. Vernon St. Mt. Vernon Avenue from Washington St., to Mt. Vernon St. Mt. Vernon Street from Robinson Avenue to West Street. West Street from Franklin Street to Washington Street. Tremont Street from West Street to Academy Street. Monatiquot Avenue from Walnut Street to Washington St. Hollis Avenue from Walnut Street to Washington Street. Oak Street from Hollis Avenue to West Street,
Ash Street from Hollis Avenue to West Street.
River Street from Washington Street to Railroad track. Railroad Street from River Street to Elm Street.
Independence Avenue from Washington Street to Quincy line Elm Street from Washington Street to Adams Street.
Adams Street from Elm Street to Commercial Street.
Commercial Street from Elm Street to Norfolk Square line.
Cleveland Avenue from Union Street to Middle Street. Front Street from Commercial Street to Allen Street.
Allen Street from Front Street to Shaw Street.
Shaw Street from Allen Street to Quincy line.
Shaw Street from Commercial Street to Railroad track.
Liberty Street from Stetson Street to Lincoln Heights.
Dyer Hill from Hancock Street to Sheppard Place.
Bowditch Street from Front Street to 500 ft. north. Prospect Street from Hobart Street to Hayward Street. Edge Hill Road from Quincy Avenue to Argyle Road. Beechwood Road from Quincy Avenue to Argyle Road. Arborway Drive from Quincy Avenue to Argyle Road. Ardmore Street from Arthur Street to Argyle Road. Arthur Street from Arborway Drive to Edge Hill Road. Hayward Street from Shaw Street to Commercial Street. Hobart Street from Prospect Street to Hayward Street. Cochato Road from Hollis Avenue to 500 ft. north.
Streets reshaped and treated with Tarvia X and crushed stone:
Washington St .. from Summer Street to Town Hall entrance.
Washington Street opposite High School.
Washington Street from Monatiquot Avenue to Hollis Ave. Commercial Street from Mill lane to Shaw Street.
Prospect Street from Hobart Street to 200 ft. east.
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Scraping done on the following streets : Pearl Street from Bridge to 300 ft. west.
Mt. Vernon Street from Robinson Avenue to West Street. Hollis Avenue from Oak Street to Walnut Street. Storrs Avenue from Washington Street to Cochato Road. Cochato Road from Storrs Avenue to 300 ft. south. Elm Street from Commercial Street to Drinkwater Road. Willard Street from Atherton Street to Stetson Street. President Road from Elm Street to School Street.
Stedman Road from School Street to Washington Street.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend that the following appropriations be made for the ensuing year:
General repairs to Highways
$10,500.00
Street cleaning
1,000.00
Repairs to Bridges .
2,000.00
Operating Bridge, E. Braintree
300.00
Drains & catch basins
4,000.00
Tarvia, sanding & applying
15,000.00
Reshaping
2,000.00
Resurfacing
10,000.00
Sidewalk repairs
2,000.00
Telephones, office expenses
150.00
Guard rails and fences
200.00
$47,150.00
EQUIPMENT
Combination truck, with dump '
body, hoist spare wheels, (rcar)
$6,000.00
Five-ton sidewalk roller . 3,500.00
One twenty-ton auto truck scale, and setting up .
1,200.00
Air-compressor & air drills
960.00
Steam shovel
7,500.00
Small tools 250.00
$19,410.00
The Highway Surveyors recommend the salary of Superintendent of Streets $2,600.00
The following estimates for proposed special work are submitted at the request of various citizens of the town.
Grove Street from Liberty to town line . $1,000.00
Franklin & Washington Streets intersection to be paid to
State Commissioners 1,000.00
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Sidewalks on Franklin St., from Lakeview Ave., to Wash'ton St., (on condition the abutters sign off all land damages to the Town. Work to be done subject to the approval of the Town Surveyors.)
2,500.00
Lakeview Ave., drain to carry surface water from Hobart
Avenue and Tremont Street to Franklin Street. .
1,500.00
Standish Avenue, from Wash'ton Street to 900 feet east .. 2,000.00
Center Street from Capen's bridge to Quincy line . 3,500.00
Middle Street, to complete work started last Spring
1,100.00
Storrs Ave. from Washington St., to Cochato Road
2,000.00
East side of Norfolk Sq. from R. R. track to Weymouth line.
2,500.00
Hillcrest Road from Shaw St., to Hayward Street
2,500.00
Allen Street from Shaw Street to Quincy Avenue .
2,000.00
Adams St., from Fore River R.R., track to Tannery .. .
North sidewalk on Holbrook Ave.,
from French Ave., to Wash'ton St., Summer Street north side- walk, Washington Street to Franklin Street.
Danger Signals and guard lines. . 500.00
In conlusion, I ask that serious consideration be"given the appropriation of General Highways and Bridges, also the equipment required to build roads that will last for a few years, instead of for one season, which has been the custom in the past.
Respectfully submitted, FRED AUSTERBERRY, Superintendent of Highways.
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JURY LIST
As prepared by the Selectmen, February Ist, 1922
Abercrombie, Elmer E. Jr., 244 Elm Street, student. Allen, Horace E.,935 Washington Street, R.R. Employe. Allen, Morrill R., 21 Atherton Street, bank clerk. Angier, George A., 46 Central Avenue, shoeworker. Balance, Thaxton, 38 Lowell Street, salesman. Barbour, Eugene A., 26 Fairmount Avenue, machinist. Bean, Irvin W., 459 Washington Street, manager. Bean, Orland J., 315 Commercial Street, electrician. Bennett, Charles M., 33 Cochato Road, clerk. Blewett, Howard B., 363 Tremont Street, buyer. Bousquet, Albert E., 307 Hancock Street, shoeworker. Buker, Edward F., Liberty Street, thread dresser. Burke, Thomas E., 1 Meadowbrook Road, carpenter.
Burrill, William F., 28 Commercial Street, clerk. Call, Frank J., 12 Williams Avenue, plumber. Carson, Walter K., 46 Hollis Avenue, salesman. Cavanaugh, Charles F., 111 School Street, contractor. Clark, Edward W., 103 Hollis Avenue, cabinet maker. Cohoon, Andrew, Allen Street, bleacher.
Connors, Joseph N., 1031 Washington Street, shoeworker. Converse, Harold B., 76 Park Street, clerk. Creegan, Daniel J., 16 Berwick Street, shipfitter. Croke, Thomas F., 36 Hobart Street, engineer. Day, Archibald G., 33 Sherbrooke Avenue, die sinker.
Demerritt, George A., 34 Mt. Vernon Avenue, salesman.
Dosenberg, Carl, 4 Marietta Avenue, machinist.
Dyer, John B., 29 Academy Street, shoeworker. Ellis, William G., 7 Somerville Avenue, engineer. Ericson, Julius, 20 Boscobel Street, shoeworker. Evans, Arthur L., 125 School Street, publisher. Fisher, Edwin S. G., 54 Hancock Street, machinist. Fitzpatrick, Joseph, Shaw Street, engineer. Gogan, George L., 30 Robinson Avenue, clerk. Hall, Drew B., 20 Georgianna Street, auditor. Hannaford, Charles S., 32 Summer Street, real estate. Hayden, Douglas, 137 Franklin Street,. electrician. Hayden, Fred., 1881 Washington St., Government employe. Heal, George, Harrison Avenue, machinist. Hiltz, Harold F., 26 Highland Avenue, fireman. Holbrook, Alfred H., 56 Harrison Avenue, carpenter. Holmes, George W., 22 Mrytle Street, gardner.
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Howe, Chester L., 415 Commercial Street, auto business. Howes, George H., 404 Union Street, machinist. Howland, Louis S., 21 Summer Street, electrician. Jones, Jesse W., 161 Hancock Street, electrician. Jordan, Percy E., 29 Stedman Avenue, machinist. Kennedy, Carlton L., 30 Franklin Street, electrician. King, Raymond J., Meadowbrook Road, clerk. Klay, Jacob W., Commercial Street, laborer. Levangie, William D., 311 Commercial Street, electrician. Lord, Frank P., 11 Stetson Street, clerk.
Mac Bain, James E., 8 Pond Street, manager. Maguire, George C., 20 Bowditch Street, draftsman.
Mahan, Clarence W., 284 Washington Street, druggist.
Marshall, Thomas F., 206 Com'cial Street, candy merchant. Marston, Henry H., 230 Pond Street, piano worker. McCusker, William J., 16 Oak Street, manufacturer. Morgan, Frank H., 125 Allen Street, druggist.
Morton, Chester C., 22 Franklin Street, R. R. Employe.
Mulligan, Thomas F. Jr., 221 Com'cial St., R.R. Employe. . Noonan, John A., 6 Cavanaugh Road, fireman.
Parker, William H., 17 Vine Street, engineer. Pollock, Frank S., 175 Franklin Street, designer.
Powers, William J., 84 Front Street, plumber. Pratt, Edward F., 575 Washington Street, R. R. Employe.
Prescott, G. Arnold, 15 Dewey Avenue, Electrician.
Richards, Parker W., 1318 Wash. Street, R. R. Employe. Ronnquist, Charles L., 1281 Washington Street, supt. Roulston, Robert, 53 Fountain Street, R. R. Employe. Ryan, Daniel A., 55 Franklin Street, shoeworker. Saunders, Howard M., 130 Hancock Street, shoeworker. Slavin, George F., Myrtle Avenue, R. R. Employe. . Smith, Joseph, 7 Howard Court, Smyth, Edward, off Allen Street, coachman.
Southwick, Frank G., 286 Pond Street, shoeworker.
Stevens, James E., 23 Highland Avenue, broker.
Sullivan, T. Edward, 36 Oak Street, clerk.
Taylor, Clifford, 50 Taylor Street, salesman.
Thayer, Frederick. H., 5 Thayer Avenue, shoeworker.
Thayer, Louis W., 71 Tremont Street, cement worker.
Thayer, Percy L., 89 Plain Street, clerk.
Tyler, Ralph E., 226 Pond Street, shoeworker. Tyson, Thomas, Jr., Quincy Avenue. Waters, Carleton E., Standish Avenue, salesman.
Wilson, Wallace W., 292 Union Street, shoeworker. Wood, Guy E., 191 Pond Street, clerk. Woodsum, Ralph B., 45 Hollis Avenue, clerk. Wynott, Austin E., 12 Clark Street, carpenter.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1921
Moderator WILLIAM F. ROGERS
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
Term expires 1924
HENRY W. MANSFIELD GEORGE H. HOLBROOK
Term expires 1923
Term expires 1922
Auditors
C. FRED TARBOX
PAUL MONAGHAN
RALPH W. ARNOLD
Water Commissioners and Commisioners of Sinking Funds
JAMES T. STEVENS GEORGE H. WALKER
. WILLIAM C. HARRISON
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1923 Term expires 1922
Municipal Light Board
ALEXANDER A. CARSON
Term expires 1924
NORTON P. POTTER
CHARLES T. CRANE
Term expires 1923 Term expires 1922
Board of Health
HENRY F. ADAMS
Term expires 1924
WALTER B. SKINNER JOSEPH G. BAILEY
Term expires 1923 Term expires 1922
School Committee
J. THOMAS BALDWIN
FRANKLIN H. MERRIAM GEORGE WETHERBEE CARRIE F. LORING
FRANK W. COUILLARD ALIDA N. STEVENS
Term expires 1924 Term expires 1924
Term expires 1923
Term expires 1923
Term expires 1922 Term expires 1922
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Trustees of the School Fund Term expires 1922
HERBERT F. KNEELAND
ARTHUR L. HALE
WILLIAM H. HEATH
ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE OTIS B. OAKMAN HENRY F. ARNOLD
JAMES E.F.FOLSOM
Park Commisioners
JOHN N. ROGERS ALBERT F. HOLLIS
Term expires 1924
Term expires 1923
LAWRENCE A. TRAINOR
Term expires 1922
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
ALBERT E. AVERY
HERBERT F. KNEELAND
JOHN W. HARDING
Term expires 1923 Term expires 1923
Fence Viewers
HARRY S. TARBOX CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
ALBERT R. QUALEY
Tax Collector, SHELLEY A. NEAL
Tree Warden, CLARENCE R. BESTICK
Constables
CLARENCE R. BESTICK
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN
THOMAS H. GOULD
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD AUGUST JOHNSON
JOHN J. HEANEY
CHARLES A. HOBART
PHILIP J. KROHN
ISAAC L. JONES JOHN P. SHAY
JAMES R. QUALEY
THOMAS SLAVIN
EDWARD F. STARR HARRY S. TARBOX
AGUSTUS T. WENTWORTH
Surveyors of Wood and Weighers of Hay
CHARLES G. SHEPPARD WILFORD F. WOODSUM
FRED W. PIERCY
Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT W. BORDEN GEORGE H. HOLBROOK CHARLES O. MILLER
Planning Board
MERTON L. EMERSON JONATHAN W. FRENCH CHARLESTO. MILLER
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AMY C. MANNING
OFFICERS APPOINTED
Police JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Chief.
AUGUST JOHNSON
JOHN J. HEANEY
JOHN P. SHAY
WILLIAM R. PAYNE
HARVEY J. ANNIS
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
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK
BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM
FRANK O. WHITMARSH
EDWARD AVERY, Clerk
Superintendent of Fire Alarm, FRED B. LAWRENCE
Board of Registrars
WALTER N. MCKEAN
Term expires 1924
WILLIAM ALLEN
Term expires 1923
CHARLES B. CUMMINGS
Term expires 1922
Sealer of Weights and Measures, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Inspector of Annimals, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, EDWARD O. PIERSON
Inspector of Plumbing, J. EDWARD LUDDEN
Forest Warden, JAMES M. CUTTING
Local Moth Superintendent, WM. J. MoCUSKER Burial Agent, HENRY A. MONK
Superintendent of Braintree Home, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN Superintendent of Streets, FRED AUSTERBERRY Pound Keeper, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 1, 1922.
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, Legion Building, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street
On Monday, the sixth day of March, 1922, 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 Moderator, 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, a Tax Collector. a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Com- mittee 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, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, two Trustees of Thayer Public Library for a term of two years. three members of the Planning Board for a term of one year, and fifteen Constables.
Also, to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town"?
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at three o'clock p.m.
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You are further directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said' Braintree on Monday, the 13th day of March, 1922, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers, except those elected by ballot.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of the Town Officers and the expenses of the several departments, in- cluding Town Counsel, the bond of the Town Treasurer, and the bond of the Tax Collector.
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Regis- , tration and Elections.
TOWN HALL
Article 7. 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.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Article 8. 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 required for the enforcement of the law, including Court expenses.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
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