Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1926, Part 13

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17 years


Sept. 1924


Household Arts


Ruth J. Bennett


Framingham Normal


11 years


Sept. . 1919


Household Arts


Marion D. Williams University of New Hampshire


3 years


Sept. 1924


Science and Mathematics


Commercial


Raymond L. Strangford


Northeastern University


9 years


Sept. 1922


Commercial


Olive M. Avery


University of Maine


9 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Margaret C. Kirby


Salem Normal


12 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Hazel M. Fitts


Salem Normal


4 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Mildred B. Ahlgren


Salem Normal


7 years


Sept. 1923


Commercial


Beulah J. Smith


Boston University


2 years


1


Sept. 1925


310


HOLLIS SCHOOL


Department


Oct. 1, 1926 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Principal


430


Elmer E. Ellsworth


Columbia University


8 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 8


34


Marian Peabody


Gorham Normal


10 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 7


43


Ruth W. Thrasher


Framingham Normal


5 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 6


41 Kathryn Kirby


Westfield Normal


4 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 5


36


Doris G. Norton


Newburyport Training


7 years


Nov. 1921


Grades 4 and 5


12 - 22


Helen R. Page


Castine Normal


2 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 4


40


Mildred S. Nickerson


Bridgewater Normal


13 years


Sept. 1913


Grade 3


35


Rosalie S. Bayley


Thayer Academy


27 years


Sept. 1899


Grades 2 and 3


21 - 12


Doris B. Purdy


Castine Normal


2 years


Sept. 1926


311


Grade 2


32


Hannah C. Whelan


Weymouth Training


34 years


Sept. 1890


Grade 1


33


Anna E. Gorman


Salem Normal


4 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 1


32


Rena E. Hemenway


Salem Normal


8 years


Sept. 1922


Kindergarten


37


Ann R. Howard


Page Kindergarten


22 years


Sept. 1910


PENNIMAN SCHOOL


Principal


237


Norman D. Bailey


Boston University


4 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 8


22


Emma G. Davis


Washington Normal


5 years


Sept. 1923


Grade 7


25


Helen M. Sprague


Bridgewater Normal


2 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 6


23 Juliet Douty


Framingham Normal


3 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 5


26 Eleanor G. Brown


Bridgewater Normal


512 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 4


24 Mary E. Mills


Castine Normal


16 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 3


35 Ethel M. Towse


Machias Normal


5 years


Sept. 1926


Department


Oct. 1, 1926 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grade 2


27


Grace A. Bell


Bridgewater Normal


4 years


Sept. 1923


Grade 1


35


Gladys Iliffe


Lesley Normal


5 years


Nov. 1926


Kindergarten


20


Cecilia C. Whelan


Wheelock Kindergarten 10 years


Sept. 1916


JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL


Principal


313


Alberto M. Eldrige


Bridgewater Normal


28 years


Sept. 1918


Grade 8


35


Ella M. Jude


Castine Normal


18 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 7


45


Bertha E. Hinchcliffe


Salem Normal


11 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 6


45 Nellie E. Bolles


Braintree High


37 years


Sept. 1889


Grade 5


29


Ida M. Cromwell


Castine Normal


12 years


Sept. 1916


Grade 4


29


Irma M. Killian


Bridgewater Normal


12 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 3


30


Harriet C. Taylor


Hyannis Normal


30 years


Sept. 1900


Grade 2


38 Helen C. Dignan


Bridgewater Normal


8 years


Sept. 1921


Grade 1


35


Marguerite L. Sumner


Page Kindergarten


30 years


Sept. 1924


Kindergarten


27


Clara G. Colton


Wheelock Kindergarten


6 years


Sept. 1924


THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL


Principal


344


Charles W. Brooks


Bridgewater Normal


11 years


Sept. 1916


Grade 8


37


A. Eugenia Wilbas


Bridgewater Normal


8 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 7


35


Ruth I. Clarke


North Adams Normal


3 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 6


42 Doris Minah


Keene Normal


5 years


Sept. 1923


Grade 5


41 Mary T. Madden


Bridgewater Normal


7 years


Sept. 1923


Grade 4


34 Hazel E. Gould


Keene Normal


7 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 3


35 Karolyn R. Finck


North Adams Normal


3 years


Sept. 1926


312


Department


Oct. 1, 1926 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grade 2


40


Aileen L. Kingsbury


Plymouth Normal


3 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 1


33


Norma R. Brown


Bridgewater Normal


7 years


Sept. 1922


Kindergarten


47


M. Frances Fobes


Bridgewater Normal


10 years


Sept. 1920


ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL


Principal


173


Grade 5


21


Anna V. Gilligan


Bridgewater Normal


18 years


Sept. 1916


Grade 4


27


Emily A. Landry


Bridgewater Normal Wheelock Kindergarten


312 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 3


27


Helen M. Linnehan


Grade 2


30


A. Gladys Herring


Lowell Normal


8 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 1


35


Emma Lally


Lesley Normal


3 years


Sept. 1924


Kindergarten


33


Lorena Young


Perry Kindergarten


4 years


Sept. 1923


NOAH TORREY SCHOOL


Principal


672


F. Allan Chapman


Salem Normal


17 years


Sept. 1918


Grade 8


31


Josephine B. Colbert


Bridgewater Normal


39 years


Sept. 1892


Grade 8


30


Gertrude E. Saunders


Salem Normal


8 years


Sept. 1919


Grade 7


46 Blanche Hinds


Boston Normal


14 years


Dec. 1924


Grade 7


45 Margaret MacDonald


Gorham Normal


2 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 6


51


Florence E. Richardson


Gorham Normal


23 years


April 1926


Grade 6


49 E. Aldana Coleman


Castine Normal


16 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 5


33 Elizabeth G. Rogers


Framingham Normal


28 years


Sept. 1915


Grade 5


31


Dorothy Fessendon


Bridgewater Normal


6 years


Sept. 1921


Grade 5


33 Clara W. Bickford


Gorham Normal


10 years


Feb. 1926


313


10 years


Sept. 1918


Department


Oct. 1, 1926 Membership


Name


Education


Experience


Service Began


Grade 4


34


Mildred E. Hutchinson


Plymouth Normal


22 years


Sept. 1919


Grade 4


33


Margaret E. Perkinns


Colby College


7 years


Sept. 1922


Grade 4


33


Edna R. Howland


Lowell Normal


8 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 3


43 Grace E. Rowe


Salem Normal


3 years


Sept. 1924


Grade 3


42


Gertrude H. Falt


Gorham Normal


3 years


April 1926


Grade 3


42 Ruth F. Chase


Plymouth Normal


4 years


Sept. 1926


Grade 2


35 Lucia Plumer


Keene Normal


6 years


Sept. 1925


Grade 2


31


Ida E. Stratton


Newburyport Training


15 years


April 1926


Grade 2


30


Helen Decker


Gorham Normal


2 years


Sept. 1926


1


POND SCHOOL


Principal


118


Grade 1


25 Claire E. Shay


Thayer Academy


23 years


Sept. 1903


Grade 1


25


Cora M. Coffill


North Adams Normal


13 years


Sept. 1918


Grade 1


26


Leta M. Weston


Brookfield High


15 years


Sept. 1909


Kindergarten


42


Harriet M. Hill


Shaw Normal


33 years


Sept. 1893


SOUTH WEST SCHOOL


Grade 1


25


Clara N. M. Holbrook


Thayer Academy


17 years


Sept 1909


Kindergarten


12


Ethella M. Nichols


Perry Normal


10 years


Sept. 1916


SOUTH SCHOOL


··· Kindergarten Grade 1


4


15


Josephine M. Foster


.


Braintree High 23 1/2 years


Sept. 1905


314


Department


Oct. 1, 1926 Membership


Name


Education Experience


Service Began


CONTINUATION SCHOOL


Boys


Richard W. Johnson


Fitchburg Normal


6 years


Sept. 1922


Girls


Elizabeth P. Cobb


Framingham Normal 1 year


Sept. 1925


SPECIALS


Music (Vocal)


Ingrid E. Ekman


New England Conservatory Boston University Mass. Normal Art


16 years


Sept. 1919


Music (Instrumental)


Frederick W. J. Lewis


19 years


Sept. 1923


Drawing


Athalie Hobell


7 years


Sept. 1921


Physical Education


H. Percy Hermansen


Savage School of Phys. Ed. Long Island Hospital


7 years


Sept. 1924


Special


Bertha L. Jennings


Bridgewater Normal


18 years


Sept. 1925


Special


Roma Bergami


Lowell Normal


8 years


Sept. 1925


Special


Alice Crocker


Bridgewater Normal


18 years


Sept. 1925


School Carpenter


Edward O. Long


June 1922


Attendance Officer


Charles S. Hannaford


Jan. 1918


Superintendent


C. Edward Fisher


St. Lawrence U., Brown U.


26 years


Oct. 1921


Secretary


Emily Lawley


Braintree High


5 years


Jan. 1922


School Physician


Dr. F. W. Gale


School Physician


Dr. H. W. Ripley


School Physician


Dr. C. A. Sullivan


315


8 years


Sept. 1926


Nurse


Josephine D. Carson


316


JANITORS


Albert F. Hollis, 39 Taylor Stree, South Braintree. Joseph E. Hayden, 55 Pearl Street, South Braintree. Omer W. Hollis, 282 Union Street, Braintree. Edward C. Holyoke, 24 Liberty Road, East Braintree. James Cassidy, 47 Bellevue Road, East Braintree. Willard P. Brown, 23 Willow Street, East Braintree. Foster F. Tupper, 44 Central Avenue, South Braintree. J. Herbert Annis, 2 Grove Street, South Braintree. William A. McCabe, 101 Central Avenue, South Braintree.


Nelson E. Hayden, 305 Pond Street, South Braintree. Margaret O'Rourke, 29 Peach Street, South Braintree.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Teacher's Salaries $156,650.50


Superintendent 4,000.00


Clerk 1,140.00,


Attendance Officer


500.00


Nurse and School Physicians


2,940.10


Janitors' Salaries


10,163.61


Fuel, Light and Water


9,250.63


Other Operating Expenses


1,901.82


Text Books and Supplies


12,255.60


-


Transportation


7,640.00


Tuition


1,905.47


Repairs


13,422.25


Outlay


1,852.47


Miscellaneous


3,264.59 .


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Total


$226,887.04


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RECEIPTS BY THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE: SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Massachusetts School Fund $18,508.00


Continuation School (State Reimbursement)


1,799.96.


Continuation School (Tuition of Non-


Residents) 704.64


Continuation School (Smith-Hughes Fund)


337.96


State Tuition (Wards)


516.72


City of Boston (Wards)


60.80


Miscellaneous


338.56


Total


Net


$22,266.64 $204,620.40


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Electric Light Department


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


FROM


Dec. 31, 1925 to Dec. 31, 1926


Printed by Order of the Town


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1640.


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Printed by THE BRAINTREE OBSERVER PRATT & PRATT, Publishers 1927


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MANAGER'S REPORT


Braintree Electric Light Department


Municipal Light Board, Braintree, Massachusetts. Gentlemen :


I herewith submit the annual report of this de- partment and include the financial statement as prescribed by the department of Public Utilities.


Three hundred and fifty one new service accounts were opened in 1926 making the present total (4019) four thousand inineteen.


Pole line extensions were made on forty five streets using 129 - 35 foot poles.


Replacements of old poles were made on forty streets using 96- 35 foot, 27- 40 foot, 3- 45 foot, and 2- 50 foot poles.


WIRE USED IN STREETS


Primary :


26,936 ft., No. O; 59,190 ft., No. 4; 18,180 ft., No. 6; 104,306


Secondary :


600 ft., No., 00; 37635 ft., No. 4; 33,465 ft., No. 6; 71,700


Street Lighting:


26,390 .ft, No. 6; 2,440 ft., No. 8, Twin Arc; 28,830


House Connection :


300 ft., No. 2; 1,110 ft., No. 4 ;; 42,381 ft., No. 6 ;. .. 43,791


Upward of 47 miles or total feet. 248,627


Installation of street lights in Braintree Square, and also those at the Junction of Liberty and Commer- cial Streets have been held up by our inability to ob- tain material, but all 1926 applications will be installed before March 1, 1927. New Lights totaling 14,390 watts have been distributed over thirty four streets, making a total of 1264.


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Street Lighting used 208,803 Kilo- watts @ .029c


$6,055.28


Lamps renewed :


1460-60 Watt @ 66c. $963.60


32-250 Watt @ $1.17 37.44


3-1000 Watt @ 2.56 7.68


9-400 Watt @ 1.68


15.12 1,023.84


Fixtures replaced :


12-Novalux @ 10.24 122.18


60-G. E. Type @ 7.45


447.00 569.88


Wire Cable and Hardware used in repair 78.84


Labor-Repair 1200 hours @ 80c ..


960.00


Patroling and care of system 537.16


Total


$9,225.00


In reference to the propaganda recently given much publicity in the Boston papers and also in some of the local sheets relative to excessive lighting rates at this plant, we wish to state that it has always been the policy of the Municipal Lighting Board to give Service without partiality at the lowest possible cost, and as the business has grown in volume producing a material increase in Surplus it has been given back to the citizens in reduced rates, and as time goes by this policy will undoubtedly be continued and eventually in the near future it will result in Braintree Citizens having as cheap lighting rates as any other town in the state.


KILOWATTS GENERATED AT STATION, 1926


January


554,000


February


494,000


March


589,000


April


524,000


May


548,060


323


June 567,000


July 544,000


August 628,000


September


559,000


October


597,000


November


646,000


December


645,000


6,895,060


Power Purchased-Weymouth Light & Power Co. 21,000


Total


6,916,060


Distributed Thus :


General Lighting .1,038,508


General Power 1,050,063


Stedman Products-Power 2,428,030


Cities Service Refining-Power


1,102,000


Weymouth Light & Power- Power 48,960


Street Lighting 208,803


Power Factor Correction 146,000


Excitation Main Generator Motor


175,000


Circulating Water Motor


143,500


Station & Office Estimate Light


15,000


Line Loss .0904 per cent


560,195


Total 6,916,060


OPERATING EXPENSE


Operation :


601- Superintending


$


12,400.54


606-Boiler Fuel 63,862.45


607-Water For Steam


1,117.58


324


608-9-Miscellaneous Expenses 1,424.27


Maintenance: :


611-Station Structure 1,538.47


612-4-Steam Equipment 2,477.00


615-6-General Equipment


266.36


634-Electric Energy Purchased 226.80


78,804.84


4,508.63.


Transmission and Distribution


Operation :


638-Trans. and Dist. Lines $ 3,162.00


639-Supplies and Expenses


127.49


640-2-Meter and Transformer


repair Labor


1,067.59


4,357.08:


Maintenance : 647-Trans. and Dist. Lines . . 37,429.63


650-1-Meters and Trans.


1,257.60


38,687.23:


Utilization


Operation :


654-Street Lights


537.16


Maintenance :


657- Street Lights


2,632.56


3,169.72


666-Salaries Municipal Board and Manager 5,300.04


667-Salaries Office Clerks


7,442.12


668-Office Expense 1,293.98


671-Insurance


3,665.81


675-Transportation Expenses 6,223.63


677-Maintenance Structure


3.00


678-Depreciation 12,923.07 36,851.65


Total


$ 166,379.15


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Electric Operating Revenue


Commercial and Domestic :


Light


100,415.90


Power 111,579.56


Flatt Rate Sales to Private


Consumers


1,040.83


213,036.29


Municipal Revenues :


Power 875.82


Light 2,394.10


Street Lighting


9,225.00


12,494.92


Total


$ 225,531.21


Income Statement


500-Operating Revenues .. 225,531.21


600-Operating Expenses . . 166,379.15


59,152.16


Interest Income


379.17


Merchandise and Jobbing 3,888.89


4,268.06


Total


$ 63,420.12


Interest on Bonds


1,400.00


Miscellaneous Deductions 206.91


1,606.91


Income balance transferred to


Profit and Loss


$ 61,813.21


Profit & Loss Statement


401-Credit Balance, January 1,. 1926 190,573.80 402-Credit Balance transferred from Income 61,813.21


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403-Less Bonds Paid 20,000.00


Total


$ 232,387.01


Investment Account


Land 1,065.00


Structure


13,539.24


Boiler Plant Equipment 59,761.09


Prime Movers Auxiliaries


78,671.71


Turbines


2,361.15


Electric Plant Steam


36,655.04


Overhead Lines, Poles & Fix- tures


71,563.04


Consumers Meters


34,970.78


Transformers


37,397.27


$ 335,984.32:


Utilization Equipment


Street Lighting Equipment 10,370.98 10,370.98;


General Equipment


Office Equipment 2,547.62


Transportation Equipment 4,784.18


Laboratory Equipment 940.54


Total Plant Investment . $ 354,627.64


Balance Sheet Account


Assests


Investment:


Plant Investment


$ 354,627.64


Current Assests :


Cash Operating FFund


5,815.00


Cash Depreciation Fund .


22,154.01


$ 27,969.01


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.Accounts Receivable


Electric Material


571.69


Light Consumers


6,976.46


Power Consumers


10,202.19


17,750.34


Inventories


Material & Supplies 20,059.27


Prepaid Accounts


Prepaid Insurance


2,425.86


Total


$ 422,832.12


Liabilities


Appropriations :


Appro. for Construction


46,168.74


Current Liabilities :


Bills Payable 11,276.37


Appropriate Surplus : :


Loans Repayment


103,000.00


Bonds


30,000.00


Profit & Loss


232,387.01


Total


$422,832.12


OPERATION FUND


Debit


Balance of December 31,


1925


2,059.49


Receipts-Consumers


213,863.72


Sundries


10,244.04


Street Lighting


9,225.00


Interest Receipts


156.35


$ 235,548.60


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Credit


Bills Payable December 31,


1925


18,090.22


Transferred to Depreciation


Cash


11,613.55


Plant Renewals "Additions"


36,302.89


Operation


153,456.08


Bonds


10.000.00


Stock


270.86


Balance on Hand Dec. 31,


1926


5,815.00


$ 235,548.60


Depreciation Account


Debit


Balance January 1, 1926


10,317.64


Amount Transferred from


Income


11,613.55


Income from Interest


222.82


22,154.01 $


Credit


Balance on Hand Dec. 31, 1926


Balance on Hand Dec. 31, 1926


$ 22,154.01 $ 5,815.00


AUDITORS' REPORT


We have examined the accounts of Fred B. Law- rence, Manager, of the Braintree Electric Light De- partment; and approve same. Cash received and paid to Town Treasurer as per cash Book $ 235,548.60. We


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have examined the inventories in the report and com- pared same with stock on hand and approve them as rendered.


Bills Payable Dec. 31, 1926 $ 11,276.37


Bills Receivable 571.69


Consumers Light Account 6,976.46


Consumers Power Account


10,202.19


$ 17,750.34


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, HERBERT W. CURTIS,


Auditors 1926.


January 29, 1927.


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February 1, 1927.


INORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massach- setts, 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 1, Town Hall.


Polling place in Precinct 2, Legion Building, Hollis Avenue.


Polling place in Precinct 3, Hose House, Allen Street.


On Monday, the seventh day of March, 1927, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then an.1 there to bring in to the wardens of their respective Prencincts 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 School Committee for a term of three


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years, one member of the School Committee for a term of two years to fill vacancy, two Trustees of the Thayer Public Library for a term of two years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one member of the Municipal Lighting Board for a term of three years, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, five members of the Planning Board for a term of one year, and fifteen Constables.


The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.


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 fourteenth day of March, 1927, at seven forty-five 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 autho- rize 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 Treas- urer 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 Collector harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or


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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 report of the several boards of Town Officers, and any com- mittee, 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 salaries of the Town Officers and the expense of the several depart- ments, including Town Counsel, the bond of the Town Treasurer and the bond of the Tax Collector.


Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of 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 maintenance of the Town Hall and for the services of Janitors.


CHARITIES


Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor, maintenance and repairs of the Braintree Home, the salaries of the superintendent and matron of the Braintree Home, the salary of the Visitor, sala- ries of the Overseers of the Poor, and the purchase of equipment for the Welfare Department.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under Chapter 118 of the General Laws.


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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


Article 11. 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.


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries, pen- sions and expenses of its Police Department, and for the necessary expenses required for the enforcement of the law, including court expenses, and the purchase of equipment for said department.


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Department, for the purchase of new apparatus or equipment therefor, and for hy- drant service.


Article 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire alarm system, and for the purchase and in- stallation of the new fire alarm boxes.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to ap- point a committee to report to the next Annual Town Meeting on the subject of the construction and erection of a building to house the Police Department and the Headquarters of the Fire Department, or either of said departments.


INSPECTION


Article 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of weights and measures.


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Article 17. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of the Inspector of Buildings and expenses of his depart- ment.


Article 18. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of the Inspector of Wires, and for the expenses of his de- partment.


FORESTRY


Article 19. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, care and planting of trees, and forest fires.


Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to investigate the possibility of the Town having a forest.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to pay for its share of the expense of erecting the Fire Observation Tower on Turkey Hill in Holbrook.


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Article 22. 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, den- tal clinic and tuberculosis nursing, the collection of garbage and the collection of ashes.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,179.97, being the por- tion of the expense incurred and apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the Town for the care,


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maintenance and repairs of the Tuberculosis Hospital, in accordance with Chapter 286 of the General Acts 4 of 1916.


Article 2.4 To see if the Town will accept Chap- ter 535 of the Acts of 1910, authorizing the construc- tion of a system of sewerage.


Article 25. 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 26. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate such sums as may be necessary for the con- struction of sewerage and drainage within the Town and authorize 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 purpose or take any action relative thereto.


HIGHWAYS


Article 27. 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 purchase of equipment for said de- partment.


Article 28. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction. of permanent sidewalks.


Article 29. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for street lighting.


Article 30. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild


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the whole or any section or sections of Washington Street, from Capen's Bridge to Central Avenue, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accordance with the provisions of law, authorizing" the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 31. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding Independence Avenue from the Quincy Line to Capen's Bridge, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to bor- row all or any part of said sums in accordance with the provisions of law, authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to ap- propriate or raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow such further sums for the purpose of carrying out Decree No. 607 of the County Commissioners in regard to the widening and relocation of Commercial Street and Quincy Avenue to the Weymouth Town Line or act in any manner in relation thereto.




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