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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.
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 12th day of March, 1923, 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 borrow 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 see if the Town will hold its Tax Collec- tor harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the reports of the sev- eral boards of Town Officers and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of the Town Officers and the expenses of the several departments, includ- ing Town Counsel, the bond of the Town Treasurer, and the bond of the Tax Collector.
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Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Registration and Elections.
TOWN HALL.
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and mainte- nance of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
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 Court Expenses.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 48, Chapter 31, General Laws, as to its regular or permanent police force.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Article 11. 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 maintenance of the Fire Alarm System.
INSPECTION.
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of Weights and Measures.
FORESTRY.
Article 13. 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.
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HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Article 14. 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, and dental clinic.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,556.33, being the portion of the ex- pense incurred and apportioned by the County Commission- ers upon the Town for the care, maintenance, and repairs of the Tuberculosis Hospital in accordance with Chapter 286 of the General Acts of 1916.
Article 16. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 535 of the Acts of 1910 and any amendment to said Act author- izing the construction of a system of sewerage.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 546 of the Acts of 1910, providing for the addition of the Town to the South Metropolitan Sewerage System.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate such sums as may be necessary for the construction of sewerage and drainage systems within the Town and au- thorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accordance with the provisions of any general or special act, authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to issue the necessary permits or licenses to use as a cemetery a tract of land containing 176 acres, more or less, on the north side of West Street, adjacent to and near the Blue Hill Cemetery.
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HIGHWAYS.
Article 20. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, including salaries, repairs of highways, town ways and bridges; also for repairs and building sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, oiling streets, and street light- ing.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Brow Avenue, so called, running northerly 335 feet from Academy Street and turn. ing westerly 816 feet.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Azel Road, so called, lead- ing from and returning to Franklin Street.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Columbus Avenue, so called, leading easterly from Fountain Street.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Walnut Street, so called, leading northerly from West Street to Hollis Avenue.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Sunnyside Park Road, so called, leading westerly from the westerly end of Com. mon Street to Sunnyside Park, so called.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Ellsworth Street, so called, leading from Mt. Vernon Street, easterly, then turning north- erly to West Street.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Marietta Avenue, so called, running from Hayward Street to Dewey Road.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Wellington Street, so called, leading easterly from Shaw Street.
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Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept Arbor. way Drive from Argyle Road to Braintree Point Welfare Club, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept Shep- pard Avenue, 520 feet from Allen Street, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to rebuild and repair Hillcrest Road.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to repair the sidewalks on Holbrook Avenue, Summer, Pearl, Taylor and Tremont Streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on Franklin Street, from Lakeview Avenue to Five Corners, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to change the grade of the northerly end of Middle Street, from the River Bridge to Elm Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
CHARITIES.
Article 35. 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 to the Braintree Home.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under Chapter 763 of the Acts of 1913.
SOLDIERS' BENEFIT.
Article 36A. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State aid, military aid, soldiers' burials and soldiers' relief.
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EDUCATION.
Article 37. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take land in Precinct One and erect and furnish a new Grade School Building thereon, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 39. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of con- structing, furnishing and equipping a new high school build- ing, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accord- ance with the provisions of any general or special Act author- izing the Town to borrow for such purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take land adjoining that occupied by the Monatiquot School Building, or take any action relative thereto.
LIBRARY.
Article 41. 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 42. 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 Commissioners.
UNCLASSIFIED.
Article 43. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Article 44. 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 of Memorial Day.
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Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Braintree Post, No. 86, American Legion, in defraying expenses of Memorial Day.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide suitable headquarters for the Lennon-Murray Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the insurance under the Employees' Compensation Act.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to act on a reso- lution requesting legislation: (1) to fix the maximum price at which coal may be sold in any congressional district or part thereof; (2) to provide for prior sales and shipments to consumers and to retailers of coal.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Article 49. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of $5,695.81 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, $2,578.64, of the year 1922, for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new con- struction.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Article 50. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Water Department a sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Water Commissioners and the balance for operating expenses, extensions, renewals, repairs, new con- struction, and expenses of said Department ..
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water main from the dead end on Commercial Street to the Quincy line.
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Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the 6-inch main on Granite Street, north from West Street to the property of Mrs. Ralph Davis, a distance of about 2,000 feet.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to replace the 11/2-inch pipe on Standish Avenue with a 6-inch main, a distance approximate- ly 900 feet, extending easterly from Washington Street.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,907.18 to complete the 12-inch main on Tremont Street.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to reappropri- ate the $2,000.00 unexpended from the revenue of the De- partment as voted under Article 48 of last year for the pur- pose of developing additional water supply.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,478.10 to complete the 6-inch main on Plain Street, from Grove Street to Nelson's farms, a distance of about 2,425 feet.
CEMETERY.
Article 57. 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 58. 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 anticipa- tion of revenue.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money toward defraying the expenses of the District Nurse.
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Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money in accordance with Chapter 654 of the Acts of 1913, as a Reserve Fund.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors for a term of three years, under the provisions of Section 1, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for an Engineering Department.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to take or purchase the land at the corner of Washington and Pond Streets, known as the Dyer property.
Article 64. To see if the Town will take appropriate action to combine, beginning with the next annual Town Meeting, the present duties of the Tax Collector with those of the Treasurer.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in nine public places in said Town of Brain- tree, three in each Precinct, seven days at least before said fifth day of March, 1923, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer and the Braintree Citizen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the third day of March, 1923.
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Given under our hands at Braintree, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM, EDWARD AVERY,
Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN,
Constable of Braintree. Braintree, Mass., February 23, 1923.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN,
Constable of Braintree.
INDEX
Accountant's Report
83
Assessors' Report.
76
Balance Sheet.
124
Births in 1922.
52 157
Board of Health, Report of
Deaths in 1922.
70
Dog License Account
51
Expenditures
88
Fire Department, Report of
116
Friendly Aid Association.
159
Funded Debt of the Town.
112
Highway Department, Report of Superintendent.
163
Hunters' License Account.
51
Inspector of Animals, Report of
130
Inspectors of Plumbing
160
Jury List.
234
Marriages in 1922.
59
Municipal Light Board, Report of the.
171
Nursing Department.
231
Park Commissioners, Report of Board of
229
Planning Board, Report of the. 233
Police Department.
131
Receipts
83
School Committee, Report of.
189
Sealer of Weights and Measures
122
Selectmen, Report of
83
Tax Collector's Report.
114
Thayer Public Library
183
Town Clerk's Report.
3
Town Officers for 1922.
237
Treasurer's Report.
105
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1923 240
Water Commissioners, Report of. 133
Welfare Worker 232
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