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Stevens, George W., 75 Tremont Street, Salesman. Taber, Seward W., 27 Commercial Street, Auto Dealer. Tagen, Thomas H., 2 Liberty Street, Auditor.
Tardiff, Philemon, 23 Hobart Street, Painter. Tarbox, Charles S., 22 Miller Avenue, Teamster. Thayer, Herbert A., 22 Thayer Place, Carpenter. Till, Horace G., 145 Edgehill Road, Wool Grader. Tobey, Charles H., 15 Central Street, Accountant. Tracey, Edward I., 82 Central Avenue, Painter. Vallas, Louis J., 35 Sterling Street, Merchant. Venuti, Nicholas, 463 Pond Street, Undertaker. Vining, John F., 28 Willard Street, Architect. Vinton, Harry F., Sr., 30 River Street, Real Estate. Wentworth, Earl T., 422 Elm Street, Mech. Engineer.
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West, Charles K., 28 Brookside Road, Clerk. Weston, N. Lloyd, 102 Tremont Street, Iron Worker. White, Hartley E., 43 Maple Street, C. E. Wilder, John C., 20 Shephard Road, Machinist. Young, Ira R., 50 Waldron Road. Yourell, John H., 25 Hobart Street, Shoe Worker.
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WARRANT For Annual Town Meeting
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elec- tions 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, 1932, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring into the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Moderator, Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, one Selectman for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Auditors, one Water Commis- sioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, two members of the School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Municipal Light-
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ing Board for a term of three years, one Park Commis- sioner for a term of three years, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Planning Board for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Trustee of Thayer Public Li- brary for a term of two years, one Sewer Commissioner for a term of three years, and fifteen Constables.
The Polls will be open at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at three o'clock in the after- noon.
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, 1932, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon 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 bor- row 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 for 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.
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Article 4. To see if the Town will hold its Collector 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 designed by the Selectmen.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the report of the several boards of Town Officers, and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Reserve Fund for extraordin- ary or unforeseen expenditure during the current year.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use out of the Excess and Deficiency Account in fixing the tax rate for 1932.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to employ counsel to represent the Town at hearings before committees of the General Court.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for GENERAL GOVERNMENT for salaries and expenses of the following departments and other purposes, the present year :-
1. Finance Committee.
2. Selectmen.
3. Accountant.
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4. Town Engineer.
5. Assessors.
6. Treasurer.
7. Tax Collector.
8. Town Clerk.
9. Election and Registration.
10. Law.
11. Insurance.
12. Planning Board.
13. Care Taker of the Dumps.
14. Maintenance of Municipal Buildings :- Town Hall, Central Fire and Police Station, and Public Li- brary.
15. Auditors.
16. Moderator.
17. Miscellaneous Expense.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the protection of persons and property the present year :-
1. Fire Department. Fire Alarm System.
2. Police Department. Traffic Signals.
3. Wire Department.
4. Tree Warden's Department.
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5. Moth Department.
6. Street Lighting.
7. Building Inspector.
8. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
9. Life Guard at Sunset Lake.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Health and Sanitation the present year :-
1. Health-General.
2. Contagious Diseases.
3. Collection of Garbage.
4. Dental Clinic.
5. Tuberculosis Clinic.
6. Inspector of Plumbing.
7. Inspector of Animals.
8. Vital Statistics.
9. Inspector of Milk.
10. Inspector of Meat and Provisions.
11. Sewer Maintenance.
12. Maintenance and Repairs, Norfolk County Hos- pital.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to establish and create the position of Health Officer; to appoint such official with the ap-
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proval of the Selectmen, and to appropriate a sum of money for the salary of such Health Officer, and act on anything relating thereto.
Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the collection of Gar- bage and ashes the current year.
Article 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Water Department the present year, to be expended by the Board of Water Commissioners, and act on anything relating thereto.
1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the extension of Water Mains on Granite Street, from the Five Corners to the Quincy Line, or take any action relative thereto.
2. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department including interest and debt on Water Loans, the same to be taken from the revenue of the De- partment and the unexpended balance of 1931.
Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to expend for the construction of sewers for sanitary purposes, and for sewage disposal and to raise and ap- propriate money for the same.
1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate any sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Sewer Commissioners for revision of plans or other necessary purposes or will vote to raise
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and appropriate any sum or sums of money for the pur- pose of paying any necessary or proper expenses and liabilities incurred under Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1930, as accepted by the Town, and to 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 purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Electric Light De- partment the present year, to be expended by the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, and act on anything relating thereto.
1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department, the sum of $20,464.76 for Depreciation Fund; and the sum of $304,- 535.24, together with the unexpended balance of $5,428.42 of the year of 1931 for operating expenses, renewals, re- pairs and new construction.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Pub- lic Schools, the present year.
1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sum of money as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct Three for the purpose of constructing a school building thereon, or take any action relative thereto.
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2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sum of money as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct Two for the purpose of constructing a school building thereon, or take any action relative thereto.
3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate such sum of money as may be necessary for the pur- pose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct One for the purpose of constructing a school building thereon, or take any action relative thereto.
4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate sums of money for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping an addition to the High School, and for the making of necessary additions and altera- tions to the present building incidental thereto, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow all or any part of said sums, in accordance with any General or Special Act authorizing the Town to borrow money for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate sums of money for the purpose of constructing the new school buildings and for the original equipment and furnishing of same. And to 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 Acts authorizing the Town to borrow for said purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
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6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate money for the purpose of purchasing or taking land fronting on Cleveland Avenue and adjoining the present Penniman School ground, or take any action relative thereto.
7. On Petition. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the pur- pose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct Two and construct, furnish and equip a new grade school build- ing thereon, and authorize the Treasurer, with the ap- proval 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.
Article 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Public Library, the present year.
1. To see if the Town will vote to erect and equip a Branch Library Building in Precinct Three, and ac- quire land therefor by gift or otherwise and raise and appropriate money therefor and act on anything relat- ing thereto.
2. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article VI of its By-Laws to read: "The Town shall each year at the Annual Meeting elect by ballot three trustees of the Thayer Free Public Library who shall be resi- dents of the Town and shall hold office for the term of two years."
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PUBLIC WELFARE
Article 19. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Public Welfare Department, the present year.
1. Board of Public Welfare.
2. Visitor.
3. Temporary Aid.
4. £ Mothers' Aid.
5. Old Age Assistance.
6. Infirmary.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Soldiers' Relief the present year.
Article 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for State Aid and Military Aid under Chapter 200, General Acts of 1919, the present year.
Article 22. 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, No. 1702, in defraying expenses of Memo- rial Day.
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CEMETERIES
Article 23. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement of the Cemetery the present year.
1. Superintendent.
2. Maintenance.
HIGHWAYS
Article 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Street Department the present year.
1. General Expenses.
2. Materials and Supplies.
.3. Permanent Construction.
4. Sidewalks and Curbing.
5. Salaries of Permanent Men, including Supt.
6. New Equipment.
7. Removal of Snow.
8. Maintenance and Repairs to Bridges.
). Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept part of Storrs Avenue, as and for a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen.
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Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept part of Townsend Avenue, as and for a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen.
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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, relative to the relocation and widening of the following named streets :-
Arbutus Avenue-between Standish Avenue and Wild- wood Avenue.
Wildwood Avenue-between Park Avenue and Liberty Park Avenue.
Liberty Park Avenue-between Wildwood Avenue and Liberty Street.
as shown on a plan dated June 22, 1929, and on file in the office of the Town Clerk; and to authorize the Select- men to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase, land necessary for such widening, and to provide a sum or sums of money necessary to pay the cost of damages thereof, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to take by Eminent Domain, or otherwise, land necessary for the purpose of improving the street lines at the intersection of Allen Street and Shaw Street, as shown on a plan dated January 30, 1932, drawn by George N. Watson, Town Engineer; and to provide a sum or sums of money necessary to pay the cost of dam-
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ages thereof, direct how the said money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation and alteration of Liberty Street between Nor- folk Road and Plain Street, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to establish building lines, as laid out by the Selectmen, on Washington Street between South Braintree Square and the corner of Franklin Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay such dam- ages as may be assessed in consequence of the establish- ment of such a lay-out.
Article 31. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen, that portion of Judson Street, so-called, which has not yet been accepted by the Town, and raise and appropri- ate 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 32. On Petition. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drains and catch basins on Fountain Street from Boscobel to Sagamore Streets.
Article 33. On Petition. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the con-
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struction of a drain on the westerly side of Quincy Ave- nue, beginning at Bickford Road and entering drain that now exists near the junction of Quincy Avenue at 140 Quincy Avenue and Edgemont Road.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate the unexpended balances of the follow- ing appropriations of the year 1931 to repair, resurface, widen, drain and rebuild Hayward Street, to help in pro- viding work for the Unemployed of the Town of Brain- tree as follows :-
Balances-1931
Shaw St. (Allen to Nelson) 1930 13.17
Trefton Drive 1.86
Stedman Ave. 5.45
Pond St. 10.14
Wash. St. (K. C. Hall to Hancock) 1930
2.78
Fairview Ave. 279.02
Edgemont Rd. Ext.
455.91
Edgehill Rd. 1930
55.01
Walnut St. Ext.
20.90
Dyer Hill
23.71
Fire & Police Station
.05
Pearl St.
None
West St.
29.44
Cedar St. 88.21
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Liberty St. (Unemployed)
81.93
Traffic Lights
900.00
Hawthorne Rd. & Elm St.
250.00
Land Highway Purposes
200.00
Pension-Employee Light Dept.
375.02
Assessors-Block Plan System 26.00
Fire & Police Station
6,246.22
Total-$9,064.82
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Article 35. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Park Commissioners the present year.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Park Commissioners, in roping off the Foot Ball Field at Hollis Playground.
Article 37. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Pensions and Annuities the pres- ent year.
1. Police Department.
a. Former Chief of Police Gallivan.
b. Former Patrolman Johnson.
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2. Laborer.
To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a pension for John Cullinan, a for- mer employee of the Braintree Water Department.
Article 38. To see what sums of money, in addition to that appropriated under any other article, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Land Damages.
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Article 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Interest and Maturing Debt the present year.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to make ap- plication to the General Court to erect and constitute in the Town, representative Town Government, by Limited Town Meetings, and act on anything relating thereto.
Article 41. On Petition. To see if the Town will in- struct the Committee which was appointed at the 1931 Annual Town Meeting to prepare a plan for the conduct of the Town's business embodying the Town. Manager Form of Government,-to petition the Legislature for an act enabling the Town to adopt the Town Manager Form of Government.
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Article 42. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to permit Sunday Sports to be played in the Town of Braintree, complying with the Laws governing Sunday Sports in Massachusetts.
Article 43. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote "That the office of Town Auditors be abolished, and the yearly audit of all Town departments be done under the direction of the Director of Accounts, Department of Corporation and Taxation."
Article 44. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Code of By-Laws by adding and adopting thereto a new article, said new article to read as follows: "Article. The books and accounts for all departments of the Town shall be audited annually under the direc- tion of the Director of Accounts, Department of Corpora- tions of the Commonwealth."
Article 45. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to make "Memorial Hall" so-called, a permanent "Memo- rial Hall."
Article 46. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to change Section 1 of Article 1 of the Town of Brain- tree By-Laws, so that it will read: "The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the first Monday of November."
Article 47. On Petition. To see if the Town will ac- cept Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1930 entitled "An Act
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relative to reserve police forces in certain towns," and to take action thereunder.
Article 48. On Petition. To see what action the Town will take in regard to giving preference to Braintree resi- dents in employment on all construction work or any other action relative thereto.
Article 49. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote too amend Article 7, Section 2 of the Revised By-Laws, by adding the following: "The Town Engineer will also be a member ex-officio."
Article 50. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to appoint, rather than choose by ballot, from its inhabitants, one or more Constables, commencing in the year 1933, and thereafter.
Article 51. On Petition. To hear the report of the committee appointed by vote of the Special Town Meet- ing of July 20th, 1931, to study all activities of the High- way Department, or to take any action relative thereto.
Article 52. On Petition. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the general expenses of the Highway Committee appointed to study the activities of the Highway Department.
Article 53. On Petition. To see what sum, or sums of money, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to
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reimburse Edward D. and Dorothy R. Cahill for Land Damages, to their property at 109 Bellevue Road, East Braintree, caused by raising of grade and construction of cement curbing and asphalt sidewalk.
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, 1932, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree Observer, the first publication to be at least eight days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty two.
EDWARD AVERY, HARRY H. BOUSQUET, JOHN H. CAHILL,
Selectmen of the Town of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Mass., February 11 ,1932.
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.
JOHN J. HEANEY, Braintree, Mass., Feb. 1, 1932. Constable of Braintree.
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Town Officers for 1931
Moderator WILLIAM F. ROGERS
Town Clerk ERNEST C. WOODSUM
Town Treasurer OTIS B. OAKMAN
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare EDWARD AVERY 1932 HARRY H. BOUSQUET 1933 JOHN H. CAHILL 1934
Assessors
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Term expires 1932
WALTER B. SKINNER
Term expires 1933
NORRIS H. PINAULT
Term expires 1934
Auditors
RALPH W. ARNOLD HERBERT W. CURTIS
CHARLES W. EVANS
Water Commissioners and Commissioners of Sinking Funds
GEORGE A. WALKER JOSEPH LANDERS THOMAS E. SEARS
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
School Committee
RALPH B. WOODSUM
Term expires 1932
HARRIET B. KIMBALL
Term expires 1932
C. FREDERICK TARBOX
Term expires 1933
WILFORD P. WOODSUM
Term expires 1933
ALIDA N. STEVENS
Term expires 1934
HENRY D. HIGGINS
Term expires 1934
Municipal Lighting Board
NORTON P. POTTER ALEXANDER A. CARSON CHARLES G. JORDAN
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934
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Park Commissioners
ALBERT F. HOLLIS JOHN N. RODGERS WILLIAM C. MITCHELL
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934
Collector of Taxes OTIS B. OAKMAN
Tree Warden CLARENCE R. BESTICK
Planning Board
JOHN F. CLINTON
Term expires 1932
JOSEPH W. PARKER
Term expires 1933
SAMUEL M. ELLSWORTH
Term expires 1933
THERON I. CAIN
Term expires 1934
J. CALEB JUSTICE
Term expires 1934
Board of Health
PERCY T. RICHARDS JOHN H. CAHILL JOSEPH G. BAILEY
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
ALBERT E. AVERY
Life Member
JOHN W. HARDING
Life Member
STACY B. SOUTHWORTH
Life Member
CLARA G. WETHERBEE
Term expires 1932
MABEL S. ROGERS
Term expires 1933
Sewer Commissioners
JOHN E. PALMER
Term expires 1932
WALTER R. HOWLAND
Term expires 1933
CHARLES S. MARSHAL
Term expires 1934
Constables
HARVEY J. ANNIS
JOHN J. HEANEY
WALTER S. BELYEA
MARK HENNEBURY
CLARENCE R. BESTICK
AUGUST JOHNSON
ALBERT F. BUKER
WILLIAM J. McGRANN
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN
N. ERIC NELSON
CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND
GEORGE L. NOVELLINE
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
EARLE A. PRARIO
JOHN P. SHAY
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Trustees of the School Fund
WILLIAM D. AITKEN
Term expires 1934
HENRY F. ARNOLD
Term expires 1934
ARTHUR L. HALE
Term expires 1934
JOHN W. HARDING
Term expires 1934
WILLIAM H. HEATH
Term expires 1934
OTIS B. OAKMAN
Term expires 1934
GEORGE A. WALKER
Term expires 1934
Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay CHARLES G. SHEPPARD WILFORD F. WOODSUM R. ALLEN GAGE
Measurers of Lumber
HERBERT W. BORDEN SHELLEY A. NEAL CHARLES O. MILLER
APPOINTED OFFICERS Police Department JOHN J. HEANEY, Chief N. ERIC NELSON, Deputy Chief EVERETT A. BUKER, Sergeant EDWARD D. CAHILL, Sergeant EARL A. PRARIO, Sergeant
HARVEY J. ANNIS CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND
WALTER S. BELYEA
JOHN W. ILLINGSWORTH
JAMES F. BURNS ALBERT R. KLAY
HENRY A. COHOON
GEORGE L. NOVELLINE
ARTHUR C. FORST JOHN F. O'ROURKE
WILLIAM GALLIVAN
JOHN P. SHAY
GEORGE E. WILSON, JR.
Fire Department
FRED A. TENNEY, Chief HARRY T. SEARS, Deputy Chief
Board of Registrars
ROGER LAKIN VIRGIE M. SEARS CHARLES D. SHEEHY ERNEST C. WOODSUM
Field Drivers
THOMAS SLAVIN
THEODORE M. FOGG
MANSFIELD A. BELYEA
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Fence Viewers
THOMAS CROKE ALBERT R. QUALEY STANLEY R. SYLVESTER
Inspectors of Plumbing
J. EDWARD LUDDEN WALTER B. SKINNER
DWIGHT A. CHANDLER ISRAEL P. WESTON
Measurer of Leather, EDWARD H. DRINKWATER Superintendent of Fire Alarm, FRED A. TENNEY Superintendent of Braintree Home, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN Superintendent of Streets, FRED AUSTERBERRY Superintendent of Elec. Light Dept., FRED B. LAWRENCE Superintendent of Water Dept., JOHN W. MULCAHY Superintendent of Plain St. Cemetery, NORRIS H. PINAULT Sealer of Weights and Measures, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD Inspector of Animals, WALTER J. MATTIE Inspector of Meats and Provisions, HARRY F. VINTON Inspector of Wires, J. JEFFREY BOUCHER Moth Superintendent, EDWARD T. DWYER Forest Warden, FRED A. TENNEY Burial Agent, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD Pound Keeper, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN
Appropriation Committee
GEORGE L. ANDERSON, Chairman, 1934 W. CHESTER CONNELL 1932 WALLACE H. PRATT 1933
WARREN R. CORLISS 1932 ALBERT L. RICE 1933
CHARLES O. MILLER 1932 CHARLES C. TEMPLE 1933
EDWARD E. PALMER 1932 LEWIS M. BOUND 1934
HENRY H. STORM 1932 MERTON L. EMERSON 1934
RICHARD A. HUNT 1933 DUDLEY P. HOWLAND 1934
CHARLES G. NEWCOMB 1933 GEORGE T. WOODSUM 1934
INDEX
Accountant's Report 322
Assessors' Report
285
Balance Sheet
365
Births in 1931
69
Board of Health, Report of
300
Deaths in 1931
91
Dental Clinic, Report of
307
Dog License Account
67
Electric Light Department, Report of .
159
Engineering Department
171
Expenditures
331
Fire Alarm Department, Report of
128
Fire Department, Report of
119
Funded Debt of Town
116
Highway Department, Report of 379
Hunters' License Account
68
Inspector of Animals, Report of
311
Inspector of Meats, Report of 303
Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 298
132
Jury List
402
Marriages of 1931
79
Milk Inspector
305.
Park Commissioners, Report of Board of 289
317
Planning Board, Report of
265
Police Department, Report of 133
312
Recapitulation Table
371
Receipts
322
School Committee, Report of
199
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
315
Selectmen, Report of 312
Street Directory 178
Sewer Commissioners, Report of 292
Tax Collector's Report
100
Thayer Public Library, Report of Trustees of .
280
Town Clerk's Report
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Town Officers for 1931
428
Treasurer's Report
105
Tree Warden
318
Tuberculosis, Follow up work, Report of
306
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1931.
408
Water Commissioners, Report of 142
Welfare Worker 312
Wire Inspector 321
Inspector of Buildings, Report of
Plain Street Cemetery
Public Welfare
RULES AND DIRECTIONS IN CASE OF FIRE
To give an alarm of fire, open door, pull hook down and let go; then shut door, stay at box and direct the firemen to the fire.
Second alarm is to be given by the Chief or some one in authority. It is to be given by repeating the first.
Two Blows, fire all out.
Two Blows at 12:00, noon test.
Three Blows, Chief's call.
Four Blows, to open draw bridge.
One Blow, calls lineman.
2-2-2, lost child call.
Box Test, at noon Saturdays.
Five Blows, woods fire South Brain- tree district.
Six Blows, woods fire Braintree dis- trict.
Seven Blows, woods fire East Brain- tree district.
Out-of-Town calls: Quincy 55; Wey- mouth 66; Randolph 77; Holbrook 88. Vacanacy of apparatus answering call to be covered by Squad A.
Do not pull box for woods fires, call Central Station.
No School Signal on stormy days, 3-3-3 will be sounded on the fire alarm; no session for all grades at 7:30 A.M. No session for first four grades 8:00; no ses- sion for all grades 11:30; no session for first four grades 12:30.
Chief's Res. Tel. 0016.
Central Fire Station, 0315.
East Braintree Station, 0750.
NUMBER AND LOCATIONS OF BOXES
Precinct 1
41 Union and Middle Sts.
42 Union and Washington Sts.
43 Pearl and Washington Sts.
45 Pearl St., opp. Shoe Factory
46 Hancock St., Hollingsworth
47 Pond St., near Shepherd Ice House
48 Five Corners
51 Hancock St., and Highland Ave.
52 Washington St., Braintree High- lands
53 South and Washington Sts.
54 Division St., Holbrook Line
143 Washington and Pond Sts.
145 Fountain St.
146 Plain and Grove Sts.
147 Pond and Town Sts.
148 Franklin St., and Hollingsworth Ave.
151 Braintree Highlands School
411 Liberty and Middle Sts.
412 Town Infirmary, Williams Ave.
421 New Haven Roundhouse (Priv.)
441 Franklin St., and Central Ave.
442 Tremont St., and Hobart Ave.
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444 Reclamation (Private)
446 Monatiquot Rubber Co. (Priv.)
471 Pond and Granite Sts.
481 West St., (Blue Hill Cemetery)
511 Peach and Liberty Sts.
531 Norfolk County Hospital (Priv.)
Precinct 2
31 Elm and Middle Sts.
32 River and Middle Sts.
34 Washington and Elm Sts.
35 Washington and West Sts.
36 Ash St. and Hollis Ave.
37 Hollis Ave.
38 Washington St., opp. Monatiquot School
131 Cedar and Pleasant Sts.
134 Washington and Common Sta.
135 West and Mt. Vernon Sts.
136 Oak St.
137 West Street, opposite George B. White estate
311 Elm St., Drinkwaters
312 Holmes St.
321 Cleveland and Harrison Aves.
351 Clark St.
Precinct 3
21 Quincy Ave., and Hayward St.
23 Quincy Ave., and Commercial St.
24 Elliot St.
25 Allen and Commercial Sts.
26 Allen and Shaw Sts.
27 Commercial St., and Factory Hill
28 Laing Bros. (Private)
29 Commercial and Elm Sts.
123 Beechwood and Arthur Sts.
125 Liberty and Lisle Sts.
221 Hayward and Howard Sts.
223
Pleasant View Ave.
225 Liberty St. (Rhines Green House)
226 Shaw St. and Cotton Ave.
227 Hobart and Prospect Sts.
231 Commercial St. and Elm Knoll Rd.
211 Edgemont Rd.
232 Union St., Cottage Hospital
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