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Article 33. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild Union Street, from the location of Washington Street in South Braintree to Commercial Street in East Brain- tree, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of sai .! sums in accordance with the provisions of law, authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 34. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairing and
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rebuilding of Pond Street west of Glendale Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the repairing and re- building of Park Avenue, from Brewster Avenue to Putnam Avenue, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 36. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the repairing and re- building of Arbutus Avenue, from Standish Avenue to Washington Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 37. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of sidewalks on Summer Street in South Braintree, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair Granite Street from Five Corners in a southerly direction about 2,000 lineal feet or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and rebuild May Avenue, with a sidewalk on one side of the street. from Hollis Avenue to Washington Street.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise. and appropriate a sum of money to repair and rebuild Hollingsworth Avenue from West Street to a private way-Western Avenue-so-called.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and rebuild Holmes Street from Fairfield Street to Washington St.
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Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and rebuild Walnut Street from Monatiquot Avenue to Hollis Ave.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct and build a sidewalk on the westerly side of Independence Ave- nue from Quincy Line to Center Street.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a drain with catch basin on Morrison Road.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install catch basins and drain Hollinsworth Avenue.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a drain with catch basins on Cleveland Avenue and Union Street.
Article 47. To see what sums of money the Town will vote toraise and appropriate for the construction of a suitable sidewalk on Quincy Avenue from Allen Street to the Quincy Line.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to widen, straighten and relocate Liberty Street, beginnig at the Charles Buker Estate and extending as far as the Mabel C. Lyons Estate on said Liberty Street, running north.
Article 49. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the rebuilding and re- pairing of Liberty Street from No. 385 Liberty Street to a point 1,800 feet south.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen to take by eminent domain for highway purpose land on Plain Street between the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. bridge and Liberty Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
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Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way Bellevue Avenue, from Washington Street to Phillips Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, or otherwise.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Standish Avenue, so-called, from Ar- butus Avenue to Myrtle Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a tow nway, Brow Avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a, sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Brow Avenue Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to accept :as a town way, Wampatuck Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ppropriate a sum of money, for the improvement of said way to be ex- pended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Massachusetts Avenue, so-called, from
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Washington Street to Arbutus Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate ¿: sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Waldron Road, so-called running westerly from Washington Street as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said Waldron Road, to be ex- pended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Hillview Road, so-called, running west- erly from Washington Street, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said Hillview Road, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Ellsworth Street, so-called, leading from Mt. Vernon Street, easterly, then turning north- erly to West Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise. 1
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Common Street, so-called, from Wash- ington Street to Sunnyside Park, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
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Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to accept .as a town way, Gardner Terrace, so-called, leading westerly from Washington Street, as laid out by the »Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept .as a town way, Walnut Street Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, the northerly Extension of Oak Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Ellsmore Terrace, so-called, off West Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said "way to be expended under the provisions of law auth- ·orizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Hilltop Road, so-called, off West Street, "as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept "as a town way, Marshall Street, so-called, or any part thereof, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and
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appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the · assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Miller Street, so-called, or any part thereof, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expennded under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments or therwise.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Abbot Street, so-called, 600 feet west- erly from Storrs Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the im- provement of said way to be expended under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of better, ments, or otherwise.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Cabot Avenue, so-called, 320 feet west of Cleveland Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Drinkwater Avenue, so-called, 450 feet from Elm Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Devon Road, so-called, leading easterly and southerly from Drinkwater Avenue, 500 feet, as
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laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to accept. as a town way, Burroughs Road, so-called, 440 feet from Elm Street, as laid out by the Selecimen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to accept. as a town way, Dobson Road, so-called, from Commer- cial Street to Hobart Street, as laid out by the Select- ment, andraise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to accept. as a town way, Pleasant View Avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, from Quincy Avenue to the water front and make an appropriation of a sum of money to resurface the said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to accept. as a town way, Inglewood Street, so-called, as laid out. by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be ex -. pended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to accept. as a town way, Argyle Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of
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money for the improvement of said way, to be ex- pended under the provisions of law authorizing the as- sessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Edge Hill Road Extension, from Edge Hill Road to Vinedale Road, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, or otherwise.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, that part of Elmlawn Road, as laid out by the Selectmen, and not heretofore accepted, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Wilkins Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be ex- pended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to in- . struct its Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Harding Avenue, so-called, 350 feet westerly from Cleveland Aveneu.
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct its Selectmen, to lay out as a town way, Staten Road, so-called.
Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct its Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Bower Road, so-called.
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Article 83. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct its Selectmen, to lay out a town way, Brookside Road, so-called, running southerly from Commercial Street to Stetson Street.
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen, to lay out as a town way, Prim- rose Street, so-called (off Arborway Drive) to Aud- ubon Road, so-called.
Article 85. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen, to lay out as a town way, Audu- bon Road, so-called, from Quincy Avenue to Vinedale Road, so-called.
Article 86. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen, to lay out, as a town way, Tref- ton Drive, so-called, from Quincy Avenue to Vinedale Road, so-called.
Article 87. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen, to lay out as a town way, Fern- croft Road, so-called, from Glenrose Avenue, so-called, to Arborway Drive, so-called.
Article 88. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairing and rebuilding of West Street, and in addition to the money heretofore appropriated at the annual Town Meeting of 1924 and 1925.
LIBRARY
Article 89. To see what sums of money the Town will 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 90. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate to be expended upon Parks,
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Playgrounds and Public Lands of the Town, under the direction of the Park oCmmissioners.
Article 91. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense of organized play or take any other action relative. thereto.
Article 92. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to remove from the lower part of Hollis Feld enough loam to grade the. ball field.
Article 93. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain for park or play- ground purposes, land on the shore of Sunset Lake, contiguous to that now owned by the Town at the- corner of Pond and Washington Streets and raise and. appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 94. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain, land of Mary Lea- therbee on the easterly side of Tremont Street, border- ing on French's Common, and raise and appropriate a. sum of money for the purchase or taking of this land, or take any other action relative thereto.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 95. To see if the Town will vote to ap -. propriate from the income of the Electric Light De- partment the sum of $12,923.07 for Depreciation Fund ; the sum of $300.00 for the salaries of the Municipal Light oBard; the sum of $10,000.00 for the Bonds, and the balance together with the unexpended balance of $5,815.00 of the year 1926 for operating expenses, re- newals, repairs and new construction.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 96. To see if the Town will vote to ap -- propriate from the income of the Water Department.
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the sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Water Commis- - sioners, and the balance for operating expenses, ex- tensions, renewals, repairs, new construction, and expenses of said department.
Article 97. To see if the Town will vote to ap- propriate a sum of money to continue the six-inch water main from dead end on Lakeview Avenue, through to Franklin Street, a distance of about 150 feet.
Article 98. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the extension of the water mains on Grove Street, from Plain Street to" Liberty Street.
EDUCATION
Article 99. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools.
Article 100. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equiping the. new high school.
Article 101. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of furnishing the Penniman School.
Article 102. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the pur- chase or taking by eminent domain of land for school purposes as recommended by the Sites Committee.
Article 103. To see if the Town will vote to re- scind so much of the vote under article 104 of the annual town meeting of 1926 as pertained to the tak- ing by eminent domain of land in Braintree Highlands, known as Popple Island.
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Article 104. To see if the Town will vote to raise - and appropriate a sum of money to purchase or take- by eminent domain, land for school purposes in that part of Braintree known as Braintree Highlands, or take any other action relative thereto.
CEMETERY
Article 105. To see if the Town will vote to raise . and appropriate a sum of money for the care and pro -- tection of the Plain Street Cemetery and for the laying out and grading of lots in said Cemetery.
Article 106. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of a superintendent of the Plain Street Cemetery.
Article 107. To see if the Town will vote to ac -- cept a legacy of $200.00 provided for in the will of George W .Kelley, late of Rockland, or take any ac -. tion relative thereto.
INTEREST-MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Article 108. To see if the Town will vote to raise . and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- . sary for the payments due on the Municipal Indebted- ness and for the payment of interest on Town debt and on loans in anticipation of revenue.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 109. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscella- neous expenses.
Article 110. To see if the Town will vote to raise . and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87,. G. A. R., Braintree Post 86, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lennon-Murray Post No ... 923, in defraying expensces of Memorial Day.
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Article 111. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the insurance under the Employees' Compensation Act.
Article 112. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay pre- miums on insurance policies of fire and liability.
Article 113. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to put a curbing around the driveway, regrade the lawn, and set out trees in front of the Legion Building on Washington Street.
PLANNING BOARD
Article 114. To see if the Town will vote to ac- cept the report of the Zoning Committee, appointed in accordance with the vote of the Town under Article. 109 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1926, and adopt the zoning by-law as recommended in said report, or take any action with reference thereto.
Article 115. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the ex- penses of the Planning Board in the preparation of a comprehensive town plan.
Article 116. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 2, Article VII of the Town By-Laws for the purpose of changing the length of term of office of members of the Planning Board so that the members of said board shall hold office for a term of three years and in such a manner that the terms of not more than two members shall expire in any one year.
UNCLASSIFIED
Article 117. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for engineering.
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Article 118. To see what sums of money, in ad- dition to that appropriated under any other article, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for land damages resulting from taking of any land for high- way purposes.
Article 119. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for suitable street signs and signals.
Article 120. To see if the Town will vote to re- value properties throughout the Town and to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to defray the expense of a Commission of five, which shall be appointed by the State Tax Commissioner, and which shall consist of three non-resident experts and two residents of the Town, whose duty it shall be to re-value properties in the Town of Braintree.
Article 121. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to have printed and published in book form the assessd value of all prop- erty in the Town of Braintree, as the same appears in the Assessors' books for the year 1926, and to see if the town will appoint a committee of three who shall have full access to the Assessors' books, no one of said committee to be chosen from those now holding an elective town office.
Article 122. To see what action the Town will take under Article XLVIII of the amendments to the constitution covering the proper initiative, namely II, Section 3, for "An Act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day."
Article 123. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain, certain land on the northerly sie of Wynot Road, in part for school and in part for Park purposes and raise and appropriate a
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sum of money fo the same, and for the taking of land by eminent domain on said Road for highway purposes.
Article 124. To see if the Town will vote to auth- orize the Selectmen, to dispose of a piece of land in South Braintree Square, now belonging to it, and ac- cepted as a gift under article 99 of the Annual Town Meeting of the year 1924.
Article 125. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for dredging the channel of the Fore River, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 126. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of electric lights from Five Corners to a point about 2,000 feet south of said Five Corners, or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
Article 127. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to erect one pole, and install one street light half way between Franklin Street and the present light at the corner of Lakeview Avenue and Sumner Avenue.
Article 128. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain for highway pur- poses land on Pond Street belonging either to Avis A. Thayer or the heirs of Moses Dyer, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 129. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain for cemetery pur- poses land bordering on the present Plain Street Cemetery and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 130. To see if the Town will vote to re- peal Section 17 of Article 10 of the By-Laws which
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now provides :- "Section 17. Whenever an existing private way, the fee of which is in the abuttors, shall be laid out for the acceptance of the Town as a Town way, the documents relating to such laying out shall be accompanied by a letter from the Selectmen, which shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk, together with said documents, before such way shall be ac- cepted. This letter shall state that such private way is well built; and that, as constructed, it is equal to the average construction of the existing highways of the Town."
Article 131. 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.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in three public places in each voting Precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said seventh day of March, 1927, and by publishing the same one each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree Observer, first publi- cation to be at least eight days before said meeting.
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