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Article 4. Voted that the Town Treasurer be, and hereby is made custodian of all moneys of the several De- partments of the Town; the Board of Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to elect the Town Treasurer, treas- urer of the Water Department; the Selectmen are hereby instructed to require from the Treasurer such a bond as is in their judgment is necessary for the safety of such moneys; that the Treasurer be held harmless on his bond from any loss caused by the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. Recommendations of Appropriation Com- mittee, presented in print.
Voted to receive the report and to consider all articles
in their numerical order.
Voted, to consider article 5 in connection with all other articles.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 6. Voted to appropriate:
For Salary of Moderator $ - 25.00
For Salary of Selectmen 1650.00
For expenses of Selectmens Dept. 725.00
For Salary of Accountant.
1500.00
For expenses
150.00
For salaries of Auditors
225.00
For salary of Collector
1050.00
Plus fees (estimated) 635.00
250.00
For bond and expenses
For purchasing property at Tax Sales
400.00
For salary of Treasurer
1000.00
For bond and expenses 510.00
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For salaries of Assessors 1800.00
For expenses of Assessors Dept. 1250.00 For salary of Town Clerk . 650.00
For expenses of Town Clerk Dept. 570.00
For salary of Town Counsel 600.00
For Court cases 200.00
Article 7. Salaries of Registrars 1920-$150.00 1921-$300.00 450.00
For Election Officers and expenses 680.00
TOWN HALL
Article 8. For services of janitors, regular $800. Assistant $600.00. 1,400.00
For maintenance and support 2,125.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Article 9. For salary of Chief 1,825.00
For salary of present force.
4,800.00
For salary of 2 additional men from May 1 2,132.00
For motorcycle equipment. 500.00
For general and Court expenses 700.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Article 10. For salary of Chief 2,000.00
For salary of engineers
100.00
For salary of stewards
150.00
For salary of two regular permanent men
2,990.00
Items 5,6, and S laid on the table
For extra pay of firemen
800.00
For general expenses .
3,600.00
For Qualey's Truck .
1,300.00
For alterations on Franklin Street House to provide sleeping quarters . 1,400.00
For hydrant service .
500.00
For maintenance of Fire Alarm
1,400.00
For overdraft.
1,865.33
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Article 11, 12, 13. Laid on the table, until after the matters of Schools and Sewerage have been considered.
Article 14. Voted to reappropriate from 1920- $150.00 and raise and appropriate $100.00 250.00 for a Fire Alarm Box on the Harbor Villa Section.
INSPECTION
Article 15. For salary Sealer of Weights and .
Measures 400.00
For'expenses Sealer of Weights and Measures 300.00
FORESTRY
Article 16. For suppression of gypsy and
brown tail moths
6,000.00
For care of trees . 800.00
For forest fires 450.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Article 17. For salaries Board of Health 700.00
For telephone and expenses 150.00
For fumigation 300.00
For collection of garbage
600.00
For care of dumps.
100.00
For printing and postage
200.00
For contagious diseases.
2,000.00
For vital statistics
50.00
For inspection of animals.
100.00
For inspection of meats and slaughtering 300.00
For inspection of milk . 100.00
For inspection of plumbing 298.54
For overdraft 526.00
Article 18. For maintenance Tuberculosis Hospital 4,580.15
Article 19, 20, 21, 22. Laid on the table, to be first on calendar at the next adjourned meeting.
HIGHWAYS
Article 23. For salary of Superintendent of Streets. .
1,833.34
For salary of Highway Surveyors. 150.00
For clerical assistance 200.00
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For general repairs on highways, bridges, side- walks, stone roads, watering and oiling streets. 49,065.02
For removal of snow
6,000.00
For street lighting . 6,822.00
For special repairs:
Grove Street (Plain Street to Weymouth Line 2,500.00
Middle Street (Union Street to Arnold Farm) 1,100.00
Hayward St., (from Quincy Ave. to Shaw St.) 1,950.00
For new equipment. 16,720.00
Article 24. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 25. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way that part of Storrs Avenue westerly about 400 feet from Cochato Road.
Article 26. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Clark Street, so called, running from Wahington Street to Wyman Road.
Article 27. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Shaw Avenue, so called, running from the northerly end of Soper House Lane to the Murphy Estate.
Article 28. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Soper House Lane, so called, from the northerly end of Wyman Road Extension to the southerly end of Shaw Avenue.
Article 29. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Wyman Road Extension, so called, run- ning from the northerly end of Wyman Road to Soper House Lane.
CHARITIES
Article 30. · Voted to appropriate:
For salaries of Overseers of Poor 600.00
For expenses . 1,005.00
For maintenance of Braintree Home (plus credits from Weymouth) 3,500.00
For outside relief . 5,200.00
Article 31. Chapter 763 Acts of 1913. 10,500.00
SOLDIER'S BENEFITS
Article 32. For State Aid and Burials $2,000.00. 2,000.00
For Soldier's Relief 1,650.00
For Military Aid $50.00 100.00
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SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Article 33. For salary of superintendent. 3,000.00
For salary of clerk . . 1,040.00
For salary of attendance officer
500.00
For salary of nurse [including traveling expenses].
1,050.00
For salaries of teachers, High School .
18,750.00
For salaries of teachers, Elementary Schools, including teachers' services at noon lunches and substitutes
76,190.00
For salaries teachers Domestic Science, draw- ing and music . 4,250.00
For reserve for contingencies in High and Elementary Teachers-salaries
500.00
For census 80.00
For Janitors' salaries
7,595.00
For tuition
1,500.00
For six new typewriters
480.00
For transportation
2,600.00
For text books, High School
800.00
For text books, Elementary
1,050.00
For school supplies, High School
1,000.00
For school supplies, Elementary and Domestic .
2,000.00
For coal for High School
1,120.00
For coal for Elementary Schools
5,905.00
For wood for High School
48.00
For wood for Elementary Schools
144.00
For gas and light, High School .
125.00
For gas and light, Elementary Schools
125.00
For water 235.00
For removal of ashes
150.00
For cleaning vaults
125.00
For telephones
350.00
For advertising
40.00
For postage.
50.00
For freight, cartage and express
125.00
For traveling expenses 100.00
· For graduation expenses and diplomas
250.00
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For printing and stationery, exclusive of school supplies. 200.00
For tuning pianos. 30.00
For janitors supplies 500.00
For ordinary repairs 600.00
For ground rent Quincy Ave., portable 120.00
For domestic science equipment . 60.00
For fire extinguishers, for portable Schools 67.00
For other items of expense . 300.00
For payment of unpaid bills 1920. 3,449.31,
For overdraft, Pond School sanitals etc. 1,382.00
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
For salaries of teachers 2,280.00
For all other expenses. 350.00
Voted to discontinue the Continuation School.
Article 34. Voted that at 10 o'clock this meeting stand adjourned to Monday, March 21st, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
Motion offered by Mr. Longley [written] see files. Voted to indefinitely postpone all action under this article.
Motion of Mr. Lakin, to reconsider the above vote, not carried.
Article 35. Motion of Mr. Longley [written ;.
Voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 36. Laid on the table.
Article 37. Part of article relating to Abraham Lincoln School laid on the table.
At 10 o'clock meeting was declared adjourned to Mon- day, March 21st, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Braintree, March 21, 1921.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 14th.
Meeting called to order at 7:35 by Moderator Rogers. Article 20. Taken from the table.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kelley to refer this Article to the next Annual Town Meeting.
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Article 19, 21 and 22. Taken from the table.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kelley that these Articles be also referred to the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 35. Voted on motion of Mr. Kelley to take up article 39 in connection with article 35.
Voted on motion of Mr. Longley to take up the motion made at the last meeting, viz., that $72,000.00 be appro- priated for an addition to the Abraham Lincoln School.
Mr. Fitzgerald moved indefinite postponement, not carried. Mr. Emerson moved. as an amendment to this motion or any motion before the house: that all action regarding additional schoolhousing, be referred to the School . Committee, with instructions to report on the same at the next Annual Town Meeting, carried.
Article 36. Motion of Mr. Longley that the. Town appropriate the sum of $17,500.00 for repairs to the Abraham Lincoln School, not carried.
Motion of Mr. Kelley that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for above purpose, not carried.
Article 40. Indefinitely postponed.
Motion of Mr. Trainor for reconsideration of the vote on Mr. Emerson's motion under article 35, not carried.
Article 41. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.11 for repairs and alterations of the Legion Building.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $12,500.00 for the purchase of a triple combination, pump, hose wagon and chemical, with a capacity of not less than 750 gallons per minute, the same to be purchased by a committee of three to be appointed by the Moderator.
Thomas E. Sears, John M. O'Connell and George A. Walker, appointed.
Article 10. Mr. Kelley moved to take up article 10.
Voted to adjourn to Tuesday, Mar. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Braintree, March 29, 1921.
The town met in accordance with adjournment from March 21.
Meeting called to order at 7:40 P.M. by the moderator.
Article 36. Mr. Kelley moved a reconsideration of action taken under this article at a previous meeting. Mr.
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Hunt moved to lay on the table, carried. Mr. Hunt moved that when this meeting adjourns it be to reconvene at the adjournment of the Special Meeting called for Monday April 4, 1921, carried.
Article 10. Taken up:
Voted that the number of call men be (45) and including 51 poll taxes there be appropriated $2,055.00, one perman- ent man from April 1st $1,170.00, New Hose $1,320.00.
The following Resolve presented by Mr. Kneeland, viz: Resolved: it is the sense of this meeting that in accordance with Section 14 of Chapter 39 of the General Laws, the Mod- erator should be elected for the term of one year commencing with the next Annual Meeting and that under the provisions of said Statute the Moderator should be elected by Official Ballot at the next Annual Election of Town Officers. Voted.
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Article 42. Voted to appropriate:
For general Expenses $2,600.00
For distribution of Books (East Braintree) 150.00
For salary of janitor. 300.00
RECREATION
Article 43.
For Parks and Playgrounds . 550.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Article 44. For miscellaneous expenses .... 5,000.00
Article 45. Post 87 G.A.R.(Memorial Day) 200.00
Article 46. Employees Compensation Act .. 1,300.00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 46a. Voted to appropriate from the income of the Department the sum of $4,313.82 for Depreciation Fund, the sum of $300.00 for salariesof the Municipal Board and the balance together with the unexpended balance $1,369.11 of the year 1920 for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new construction.
Article 47. Voted to install an electric light at the intersection of Plymouth and Arbutus Avenues, to be paid for from the revenue of the Electric Light Department.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 48. Voted to appropriate from the income of the Water Department
For salaries of the Water Commissioners . $ 300.00
For interest requirements . 3,240.00
For Debt requirements . 1,500.00
and that the balance of the income be appropriated for ex- tension, renewals, repairs and expenses of said department.
Article 49. Voted to reappropriate $4,800.00 unexpen- ded from last year's appropriation for extension of main on West Street to Five Corners.
Article 50. Voted to reappropriate $396.71 unex- pended balance of last year for upkeep and improvement of water system.
Article 51. Voted to appropriate $1200.00 from in- come to extend the main on Cedar Street from dead end to Park Street.
Article 52 Voted to appropriate from the income of the water department $900.00 to extend 6" main from dead end on Dewey Road to dead end on Shaw Street.
Article 53. Voted to appropriate $4,000.00 to develop an additional water supply; $2,000.00 to be taken from the income of the water department and $2,000.00 be raised by taxation.
Article 54. Voted to appropriate the sum of $7,635.50 for extension of water main on Grove Street from Plain Street to Liberty Street.
Article 55. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 56. Voted to appropriate from the income of the water department $3,400.00 for extension of 6" main on Plain Street between Liberty and Grove Streets.
Article 57. Voted to appropriate from the income of the water department $696.00 for extension of main on Dobson Road Extension at the discretion of the Water Board.
Article 58. Indefinitely postponed.
CEMETERY
Article 59. Voted to appropriate:
For care of Plain Street Cemetery. 350.00
For development of lots 100.00
Article 60-61. Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 62. Voted to appropriate:
For payment of debts (plus premiums) 18,250.00 For payment of interest (plus accrued int.) 13,821.27
Voted on motion of Mr. Lakin that at 10 o'clock this meeting adjourn to April 4th.
SINKING FUND
Article 63. Voted to appropriate $5,000.00 and thr Sinking Fund Commissioners be authorized to use whatevee additional money is necessary in order to liquidate the $150,000.00 due June 1, 1921 of the 1891 Sinking Fund.
Voted to appropriate $120.00 for Sinking Fund of 1896.
MISCELLANEOUS
· Article 64. Voted to appropriate for expenses of District Nurse $1,000.00.
Article 65. Voted on motion of Mr. Avery to instruct the Selectmen to secure the necessary legislation to enable the town to reimburse Mrs. Louis N. Goodhue.
Article 66. Indefinitely postponed.
· Article 67. Voted to appropriate $5,000.00 as a re- serve fund.
Article 68. Indefinitely postponed.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kelley that the Town Counsel be instructed to prepare a set of By-Laws to be submitted to the Town for approval, at a meeting called for the pur- pose not later than October 15, 1921 and that all committees heretofor appointed regarding the by-laws be and are hereby discharged.
Article 69. Mr. Smith moved to accept Chapter 240 Acts of 1920 relating to sports and games on the Lord's Day.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kneeland to rescind the vote whereby the town voted to adjourn at 10 o'clock, and the meeting sit until this article is disposed of.
Voted on motion of Mr. Folsom to indefinitely postpone Article 69.
Voted on motion of Mr. Hunt that the Finance Com- mittee as it now exists, serves as the Finance Committee for. the following year.
At 10:20 meeting adjourned to Monday April 4th. after adjournment of the Special Meeting.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
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Town Hall. Braintree, April 4, 1921 ..
The Town met in accordance with the adjournment from March 29th.
Meeting called to order at 7:45 P.M. by the Moderator.
Article 36. Voted to take article 36 from the table.
Voted that no action be taken on this article until after . the completion of the Special Meeting called for Monday April 11th.
Article 54. Voted to reconsider action taken under this article at the last meeting.
Voted to instruct the Water Board to lay a water pipe on Grove Street as far as the Quimby residence for Summer service and that the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated for that purpose.
Voted that when this meeting adjourns it be to recon- verse at the adjournment of the Special Meeting called for next Monday evening, April 11th.
Article 58. Motion of Mr. Gustafson to reconsider all action taken under this article at a previous meeting, not carried.
At 8:20 voted to adjourn to Monday. April 11th, after the completion of the business of the Special Meeting.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Braintree, April 11, 1921.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from April 4th, meeting called at 9:20 P.M. by Moderator.
Article 36. Taken from the table:
Motion of Mr. Kelley that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for repairs to the Abraham Lincoln School.
Motion of Mr. Tarbox that this matter be referred to the School Committee to report at some future meeting, carried.
Voted on motion of Mr. Kelley that the Moderator be authorized to fill any vacancies that may occur on the Appropriation Committee for the ensuing year.
· Voted on motion of Mr. Miller that the School-housing Committee now be discharged, with a vote of thanks from the Town for their efficient work.
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Voted that the Town appropriate in the aggregate the sum of $410,085.06, and that $383,219.42 be raised by direct taxation.
At 9:30 P.M. 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 eleventh day of April, 1921, at seven thirty 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 hear and act upon the report of any committee and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its vote passed at the adjourned Town Meeting, held on March 21st, 1921, whereby all action regarding additional school- housing was referred to the School Committee, with in- structions to report on the same at the next annual Town Meeting.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take land in Precinct 3, and erect and furnish a new grade school building thereon and raise and appropriate money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for repairs to the Pond School Building and grounds.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof in three public places in each Precinct in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said 11th day of April, 1921, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.
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Hereof, fail not, and make due returns of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this 4th day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., April 4, 1921.
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.
Town Hall, Braintree, April 11, 1921.
The Town met in accordance with the foregoing warrant at the place specified. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Town Clerk, and the warrant read.
Article 1. By ballot, Mr. William F. Rogers was chosen Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 5. Voted, on motion of Mr. Lakin, to take up Article 5.
Voted, on motion of Mr. Kelley that the sum of $700.00 be appropriated for repairs to the Pond School building and grounds.
Article 3. Motion by Mr. Kelley that action taken at the Town Meeting held March 21, 1921, whereby the Town voted to refer all matters relating to additional school- housing to the School Committee, be rescinded. After a
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very lengthy discussion the Town refused to rescind said vote.
At 9:30 P. M. voted to adjourn without date.
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 20th day of June, 1921, 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 hear and act upon the report of any committee and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new ladder truck or to repair the old truck.
Article 4. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to purchase a tract of land for the purpose of gravel, sand and ledge to be used by the Highway Department and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 5. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of rebuilding or repairing the Shaw Street Bridge, so called.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 as its proportion of the deficit on the South Braintree-Randolph line.
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 publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.
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Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of the said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this 10th day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY,
Selectmen of Braintree
A true copy. Attest:
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, 1
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass, June 10, 1921.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qaulified as expressed therein to meet at the time and place mentioned therein for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
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 20th day of June, 1921, at eight fifteen 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 hear and act upon the report of any committee and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to take by Eminent Domain, a tract of land, consisting of twenty-four (24) acres, more or less, situated on the southeasterly side of Liberty Street, on Langley Hill, so called, for the purpose of gravel, sand and ledge, to be used by the Highway Department, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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 publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer.
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 13th day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY,
Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., June 13, 1921.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed herein, to meet at the time and place mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree.
SPECIAL MEETING NO. 1.
Town Hall, Braintree, June 20, 1921.
The Town met in accordance with the foregoing war- rant at the time and place specified. The meeting was called to order 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 to adjourn to' 8:30 P. M.
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SPECIAL MEETING NO. 2
Town Hall, Braintree, June 20, 1921.
The Town met in accordance with the warrant at 8:15 o'clock P. M. The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
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