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Article 75. Voted, to accept as a town way, May Avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 76. Referred to next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 77. Voted, to accept as a town way, Edgemont Road, so-called, from Quincy Avenue to Shaw Street, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 78. Voted, to accept as a town way, Bickford Road, so-called, from Quincy Avenue to the Nelson Estate as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 79. Referred to next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 80. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Azel Road, from its present northerly termination to Lakeview Avenue.
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Article 81. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Abbott Street, so-called.
Article 82. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Burroughs Road, so-called, 900 feet north from Elm Street.
Article 83. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Townsend Avenue, so-called, 320 feet west of Cleveland Avenue.
Article 84. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Drinkwater Avenue, so-called, leading southerly from Elm Street to Adams Street.
Article 85. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Devon Road, so-called, leading easterly from Drinkwater Avenue.
Article 86. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Inglewood Street, so-called, from Argyle Road to Vinedale Road.
Article 87. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Argyle Road, so-called, from Gordon Road to Harbor Villa Avenue.
Article 88. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Edge Hill Road Extension from Edge Hill Road to Vinedale Road.
Article 89. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out, as a town way, Wilkins Road, so-called, from Dobson Road to N. Bowditch Street, to-called.
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Article 90. For General Expenses $4,500.00
For Janitor' 300.00
For Repairs to Roof 1,500.00
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RECREATION
Article 91. To be Expended upon Parks Playgrounds and Public Lands of the Town under the direction of the Park Commis- sioners 1,333.00
Article 92. Voted, on motion of Mr. Trainor, to defray the expense of organized play the sum of 800.00 be appropriated.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 93. Voted, that the Town appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of $11,613.55 for the Depreciation Fund; the sum of $300.00 for the salaries of the Municipal Light Board; the sum of $11,400 for bonds and interest; and the balance of the earnings for 1926 together with the unexpended balance $2,059.49 of the year 1925 for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new con- struction for the coming year.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Article 94. Voted, to appropriate from the in- come of the Water Department the sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Water Commissioners and the balance for operating expenses, extensions, renewals, repairs, new construction and expenses of the Department.
Article 95. Voted, that there be raised and ap- propriated the sum of $70,000 for the purpose of lay- ing street water mains, to be six inches or more in diameter and for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing a stand-pipe thereon, and that to meet the said appropriation the sum of $20,000 shall be taken from the surplus water revenues, and the treas-
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urer, with the approval of the Selectmen and Water Commissioners, be and he is hereby authorized to bor- row the sum of $50,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor the said bonds or notes to be is- sued pursuant to the General Laws, Chapter 44 and to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the treasu- rer with the approval of the Selectmen may determine.
Further voted that the Water Commissioners shall fix sufficient rates to meet the expense of maintaining and operating the water supply system including the interest and the debt charges as they mature and the indebtedness herein authorized.
300 voted in the affirmative, none in the negative.
Article 96. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 97. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 98. Voted, to lay this Article on the table.
Article 99. Voted, that the present policy of the Water Board be continued.
At 10:30 o'clock P. M., it was voted to adjourn to Monday, March 15, 1926, at 7:45 o'clock, P. M.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Town House.
Braintree, March 15, 1926.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 8th, Moderator Rogers in the chair.
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Article 6. On the item of clerical help for Town Clerk, the Finance Committee recommended an ap- propriation of $410, and that $300 from the Assessor's Department, and $90 from the Selectmen's Depart- ment, be transferred to the Town Clerk's Department.
Voted to adopt the recommendation of the Finance Committee.
Article 9. Voted to increase the appropriation for expenses of Visitor $270.15 making a total for ox- penses of $621.50. $50 not to be included in tax levy.
Article 14. Voted to take this article from the table.
Voted, that the Town, through its board of Selec- men, purchase or take by eminent domain for Fire Department or Municipal purposes, a lot of land about 6000 square feet, lying on each side of, and in the rear of the Fire Engine House in Precinct 3, and that the town appropriate the sum of $175.00 to be expended by the Selectmen, so far as necessary to pay for the same.
Article 77. Voted to reconsider previous action under this article.
Voted to accept as a town way Edgemont Road, so-called, from Quincy Avenue, to a point 1200 feet west from Quincy Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 98. Voted to take this Article from the table.
Voted, to indefinitely postpone.
EDUCATION
Article 100. Voted to appropriate
For Salaries of Teachers $157,572.50 For General Expenses, including Repairs to Buildings 72,727.20
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Article 101. Voted, that the Building Committee be and hereby is authorized to contract for extra con- struction which it deems advisable and includes bal- cony in auditorium and special brick for the new. High School Building up to $1,500.00.
Article 103. Motion that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $49,624 for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Penniman School, such addition to increase the floor space of the said School, and to meet the said appropriation $4,624 dollars thereof shall be included in the tax levy of the current year and the Treasurer with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and he is hereby. authorized to borrow the sum of $45,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, the said bonds or notes to be issued pursuant to the General Laws, Chapter 44, and payable in ac- cordance with Section 19, thereof so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years, from the date of issue of the said bonds or notes, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen shall determine, and that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ archi- tects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town, and to do any and all acts necessary to construct and equip said buildings within the aforesaid appropri- ations, and that said committee shall endeavor to have aforesaid construction carried to completion before September 15, 1926.
Above motion carried, 200 voting in affirmative; none in the negative.
The Moderator appointed H. F. Arnold, W. H. J. Fitzgerald, Ralph Woodsum, C. O. Miller and Walter R. Howland as the Committee.
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Article 104. Voted, that the Town through its Board of Selectmen, purchase or take by eminent do- main for Park, School or Municipal purposes, all or such part as they deem necessary, of a lot of land of about five (5) acres, situated at Braintree Highlands said land being owned by one Roulston and lying be- tween Washington Street and Liberty Street, and hereby raises and appropriates the sum of twenty five hundred dollars ($2,500) to be expended by the Se- lectmen so far as necessary to pay for the same.
250 voting in the affirmative ; none in the negative.
At 10:30 o'clock P. M., the meeting voted to ad- journ to Monday, March 22, 1926, at 7:45 P. M.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. Monk, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Braintree, March 22, 1926.
The Town met in accordance with adjournment from March 15. The meeting opened at 7:50 o'clock P. M., Moderator Rogers in the chair.
Article 104. Under consideration.
Motion to reconsider the vote passed under this article at the last meeting, not carried.
Voted, that the Town through its Board of Select- men, purchase or take by eminent domain for School or Municipal purposes a lot of land adjacent to the south line of the present Penniman School lot, ninety (90) feet wide and extending from Cleveland Avenue
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to Monatiquot River, and it hereby raises and appro- priates the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be expended by the Selectmen so far as necessary to pay for the same.
150 voting in the affirmative; none in the negative.
Voted, that the Town through its Board of Select- men, purchase or take by eminent domain for School or Municipal purposes, a lot of land about twenty-six thousand (26,000) square feet lying between the Jonas Perkins School lot and Faxon Street, and it hereby raises and appropriates eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) to be expended by the Selectmen so far as necessary to pay for the same.
100 voted in the affirmative; 2 in the negative.
Article 105. Voted, that the Town allow a drain to be constructed in the Hollis Field, so-called, to take care of the ground water or drainage from the pro- posed new High School Building to be erected on Washington Street.
CEMETERY ,
Article 106. Voted, to appropriate the sum of $14,900.0 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund, for the care and protection of Plain Street Cemetery and for the laying out and grading of lots in said Cemetery.
Article 107. For Salary of Superin- tendent
$500.00
INTEREST-MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Article 108. For Payment of Debts
Town Hall .
$ 2,000.00
Norfolk County Hospital. .
1,000.00
Schools
19,500.00
$22,500.00
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For Payment of Interest
Town Hall
520.00
Norfolk County Hospital
450.00
Schools
9,998.75
Anticipation of Revenue
5,000.00
$15,968.75
PLANNING BOARD
Article 109. Voted, that the Moderator appoint a Committee of six, two from each precinct, to work with the Planning Board on Zoning, and that the sum of $1,700 be raised and appropriated to pay the ex- pense of this work.
Herbert A. Bryant
Merton L. Emerson
Paul Monaghan Joseph W. Parker, 106 Standish Ave.
Charles O. Miller
J. Caleb Justice
Appointed by the Moderator.
Article 110. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 111. Voted, that the Town through its Board of Selectmen purchase or take by eminent do- main for highway or municipal purposes about 900 square feet of land located on the four corners at the junction of Tremont Street and Central Avenue and hereby raise and appropriate $90.00 to be expended by the Selectmen so far as necessary to pay for same.
100 voting in the affirmative; none in the negative.
Voted, to raise and appropriate for the widening and construction of the highway at the junction of Tremont Street and Central Avenue $810.00
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Article 9. Taken up.
Voted, to amend the records of the adjourned meeting held on March 15, 1926, so as to read that the sum of $621.50 be added to the appropriation for ex- penses of visitor, instead of $270.15 as recorded.
UNCLASSIFIED-MISCELLANEOUS
Article 112. Voted to appropriate
For Miscellaneous Expenses $4,220.00
Article 113. Voted to appropriate
For Expenses of Memorial Day, to Post 87,
G. A. R.
$200.00
Post 86, American Legion
100.00
Post 923, Veterans For'n Wars
100.00
$400.00
Article 114.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 115.
Voted to appropriate
For Repair Legion Building $ 500.00
Article 116.
Voted to appropriate
For Insurance under Employees' Compensa-
tion Act
2.200.00
. Article 117. Voted to appropriate
For Fire and Liability
3,952.98
Article 118. Voted to appropriate
For Engineering 2,700.00
Article 119. Voted, that the Selectmen continue the house to house distribution of Town reports.
Article 120. Voted to appropriate
For Land Damage taken for May Avenue .......
50.00
Article 121. Cared for under Article 41.
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Article 122. Voted to appropriate
1,438.70 For Street Signs and Signals
Article 123. Voted, to authorize the Selectmen to release to the Estate of Norton E. Hollis, the interest of the town in and to the real estate known as the "Town Pound" located on West Street, in Braintree, Mass.
Article 124. Voted, to amend that part of Sec- tion 4, Article 11A of the By-Laws, so to read as follows: Such fees as shall from time to time be de- termined by the Selectmen shall be charged for all building permits issued by the Inspector of Buildings for the erection and alteration of buildings within the limits of the Town. Fees to accompany the applica . tion; to be refunded if permit is not granted .
Voted, that on buildings or alterations costing $5,000 or less, a fee of $5.00.
On buildings or alterations costing more than $5,000, a fee of $5.00 plus an additional fee of fifty cents for each $1,000 or fraction thereof, by which the cost of such buildings or alterations exceeds $5,000. The total amount of the fee in no case to exceed $500.
Vote unanimous. Disapproved by the Attorney- General.
Article 125. Voted, to amend Section 7, of Art. of the By-Laws, so as to read as follows :
No personal property of the Town shall be sold by any officer or board unless by vote of the Town or , by the joint authorization of the Selectmen and of the' Chairman of the Finance Committee, except that if its initial cost or value was $200, or less, it may be sold by the authorization of the Selectmen; such auth- orization shall' in each case; (a) be in writing, (1)
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certify that the proposed selling price is fair, and (c) be filed with the Town Accountant.
The vote unanimous. Approved by the Attorney- General.
Article 126. ยท Indefinitely postponed.
Article 127. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 128. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 129. Voted, to appropriate
For the Purpose of having the name of the Town of Braintree with' the date of its incorporation inscribed on the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, Mass. $130.00
Article 130. Voted, to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Ford Coupe purchased for the Welfare De . partment in 1923, and the Buick Roadster purchased for the Fire Department in 1923.
Article 131. Voted to appropriate
For the Construction of a four-car garage to be attached to the rear of the Town
. House $2,500.00
Article 132. Voted, that a Citizens Committee of six be appointed by the Moderator to make a study of the methods by which the system of governing the Town's Affairs may be improved and to make a report of its findings at the next Annual Town Meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following com- mittee : George L. Anderson, John W. Harding, J. Her- bert Walsh, Joseph A. McCusker, Edward J. Sullivan, and Charles G. Newcomb.
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Article 133. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Watson Street, so-called, in Precinct 2.
Article 134. Voted, to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, Caswell Street, so-called, in Precinct 2.
Article 102. Voted, that there be raised and ap- propriated the sum of $40,000 dollars for the purpose of constructing the new High School Building includ- ing the cost of original equipment and furnishings and to meet the said appropriation, $4,200 thereof shall be included in the tax levy of the current year, and the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and he is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $35,800, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, the said bonds or notes to be issued pursuant to the Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 44, and payable in accordance with Section 19, thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the said bonds or notes, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen shall determine.
Article 27. Voted to appropriate
For Removal of Snow $20,000.00
For Automobile for Superintendent Streets 919.66 ($250 of which not included in tax levy.)
317 voted in the affirative and 49 in the nega- tive. Mr. Higgins moved to reconsider; not carried.
Article 135. Voted to appropriate
For Reserve Fund under Chapter 654, Acts of 1913. 6,000.00
In accordance with the By-Laws, the Moderator
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appointed the following Finance Committee: James H. Maxwell, for one year (to fill vacancy) ; Charles S. Marshall, for two years (to fill vacancy) ; Albert E. Bentham, Walter R. Howland, George L. Anderso , Charles O. Miller and Charles W. Laing for a term of three years.
Voted to appropriate in the aggregrate $834, 518.67, and that $607,518.66 of that sum be raised by taxation in the current year.
At 9:40 o'clock 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 Massachu- setts, 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 twenty-sixth day of July, 1926, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 1. To hear and act upon the report of any committee and to choose any committee the Town. may think proper.
Article 2. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed under article 103 at the annual town meet -. ing of 1926, relating to an addition to the Penniman School and to see if the town will authorize the ac- quisition of land in the town by eminent domain or otherwise for the construction of a school building and to see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring the said land and for the costruction of a school building thereon, includ -. ing the cost of original equipment and furnishing 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 any general or special act authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3. To see what further sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the. purpose of making an extension or addition to the Penniman School and for the original furnishing and equipping of said extension or addition, 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 autho- rizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 4. To see what sums of money in addi -- tion to any appropriated in the preceding article or at any prior meeting the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs to and replacements or altera -- tions in the Penniman School Building or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will amend the vote passed under Article 95 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1926 relating to the acquisi- tion of land and the constructing of a standpipe and the extension of water mains thereto, so as to provide that the moneys raised and appropriated by the said vote shall be used for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing a stand-pipe thereon and extending the water mains of the town of six inches or more in diameter, to the said standpipe, or take any other ac- tion relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for grading the Noah Torrey School site or take any action relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate 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 Ave- nue to the Weymouth Town Line or act in any manner in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for repairs to and maintenance of the Monatiquot River Bridge, so-called, on Quincy Avenue.
Article 9. 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 Pleasant View Avenue.
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Board of Health.
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Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the removal and planting of trees.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct a water main on Sagamore Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for grading the Hol- lis Playground.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase or take by eminent domain land of Mary Leatherbee on the easterly side of Tremont Street, bordering on French's Common, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purchase or taking of this land, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise for pensions to be paid to any per- sons by virtue of Section 77 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for the passage of a special act, permitting the Town to pension Frank O. Whitmarsh, for many years a call member of the Fire Department.
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 twenty-sixth day of July, 1926, and by publishing the same once each week for two
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successive weeks in the Braintree Observer, first pub- lication to be at least eight days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
JONATHAN W. FRENCH, SHELLEY A. NEAL, EDWARD AVERY Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree. Braintree, Mass., July 9, 1926.
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 place mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Town House,
Braintree, July 26, 1926.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the Town met at the place specified.
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 o'clock,
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P. M. by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator being absent, the Town elected by ballot, Mr. William P. Kelley as Moderator, pro tem.
Reading of the warrant except the officers ser- vice, was by vote despensed with.
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The Town also by vote waived the reading. the records of the previouse meeting.
Article 1. Voted to consider article 1" in conjunc- tion with all other articles of the warrant.
The Finance Committee reported by a printed document which was received and considered by items.
Article 2. Relating to Penniman School; voted that no action be taken.
Article 3. Moved by Mr. Arnold, that in addition to the moneys heretofore raised and appropriated by a vote passed at the annual town meeting in 1996, under Article 103 of the warrant, there is hereby raised and appropriated the sum of $16,000 for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Penniman School, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings; such addition to increase the floor space of the said building, and to meet the said appropria- tion, the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and he is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum and to issue bonds or notes of the town to the amount of $16,000 therefor, the said bonds or notes to be issued pursuant to the General Laws, C. 44 and payable in accordance with Section 19 thereof so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the said bonds or notes, or at such earlier dates as the treasurer, with the ap- proval of the selectmen, shall determine.
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