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Given under our hands at Braintree, this tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
ALBERT E. ROBERTS, Chairman HARRY H. BOUSQUET
Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest:
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., April 14, 1936.
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 mentinoed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
PARTY PRIMARY
Braintree, Mass., April 28, 1936.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the Party Primary was held on the above date.
The polls were opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and were closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The following Election Officers served:
PRECINCT 1. J. Frank Lane, Warden; Homer L. Walters, Clerk; Edward J. Sullivan; Louis V. Govoni; Paul C. Heron; George H. Cain; Charles H. Tobey; Frank H. Borden; Frank M. O'Rourke; Michael P. Novelline; Everett F. Russell; Patrick L. Dalton; Florence M. Dries; Inez K. Monaghan; Joseph D'Arigo and John B. Dyer, Constable.
PRECINCT 2. Herbert F. Stackhouse, Warden; Joseph W. Sul- livan, Clerk; Barbara J. Hixon; Clayton J. McKeough; Grace M. Blake; Arthur Powers; Francis J. Mahar; Amy A. Getchell; Harold T. Drinkwater; Mabel C. Hastings; Harry F. Vinton; Mabel L. Cox; Michael Pantano; Ruth E. Nelson; Frank Mischler and George K. Moorhead, Constable.
PRECINCT 3. Charles D. Sheehy, Warden; William J. Quinlin, Clerk; William C. Brooks; James Fontoni; Vincent F. Lucid; Peter B. Mead; George Davenport; Inez L. McIsaac; John J. Barrett, Jr .; Mary G. Johnson; Daniel J. Cregan; Ethel Rudolph; Ruth E. Che- nette; Albert E. Jones and William D. Levangie, Constable.
At the close of the polls, the ballots were assorted, the vote for each candidate of each party counted separately, recorded and sealed according to law, after which they were forwarded to the office of the Town Clerk, where the figures were tabulated and the result announced.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Number of Democratic ballots cast 236
Number of Republican ballots cast 2274
Total number of ballots cast 2510
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
David I. Walsh
175
Marcus A. Coolidge 154
James M. Curley 165
William J. Granfield 151
Joseph McGrath
153
Margaret M. O'Riordan
149
Elizabeth L. McNamara
146
Grace Hartley Howe 150
Timothy E. Carroll 68
Alexander F. Sullivan
67
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Clementina Langone 130
Mary Maliotis
121
Golda R. Waters
116
Sadie H. Mulrone
119
Louise B. Clark
121
H. Oscar Rocheleau
115
Stanley W. Wisnioski 119
Julian D. Rainey
121
DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Leo J. Halloran 162
Lawrence J. Crowley 112
James Leo O'Connor 40
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Anna M. Whelan 109
Joseph H. Downey 127
Mary A. Dean 31
Noel C. King 30
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PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Franklin D. Roosevelt 69
James M. Curley
2
Fr. Coughlin 4
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STATE COMMITTEE
Alfred Gargaro 20
Leo J. Halloran 101
John R. Shaughnessy 54
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Joseph P. Barrett 129
Joseph S. Drinkwater 111
Kenneth J. Kelley 108
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TOWN COMMITTEE
Harry F. Vinton
124
George J. Welch
125
Joseph S. Drinkwater 122
Joseph P. Barrett
128
George W. Mooney
121
John J. Hanley
129
Michael Smith
123
Philip H. Sullivan
117
John A. Ryan
122
Frank Tully
111
Charles D. Sheehy
132
Sarah Silver 120
Virgie M. Sears
122
John F. Leetch
114
Francis M. O'Rourke
124
Leo E. Halpin
118
Michael P. Novelline
118
Andrew A. Nichols
114
Thoas J. Murphy
125
Arthur J. Cavanagh
121
John H. Yourell
128
Martin J. Hayes
119
George A. Shortle
121
William L. Newell
119
REPUBLICAN PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Charles F. Adams 1490
George F. Booth 1396
Joseph W. Martin
1422
Allen T. Treadway
1407
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ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Mary Phillips Bailey 1333
Florence H. LeFevre
1325
Wallace Stearns
1346
Anna C. M. Tillinghast
1345
DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Charles W. Hedges 663
George P. C. Olsson
514
George L. Barnes 867
784
Leslie B. Cutler
145
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Mildred W. Raeder 571
Henry P. McLaren
540
Edna B. Austin 832
Helen Megathlin
693
John Richardson
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PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
622
Landon
84
Hoover
Borah 35
Roosevelt 20
Vandenberg
19
Knox
11
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STATE COMMITTEE
Neil A. McDonald 1433
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
Edward D. Brown
727
Horace T. Cahill
1348
Norris H. Pinault
1184
Albert E. Roberts
936
TOWN COMMITTEE
Walter B. Skinner 1474
Thomas H. Tagen 1382
Thomas B. Hutchinson 1395
Jessie MacGregor 1401
1456
Frank C. Allen
1316
Howard B. Blewett
1416
William R. Long
1394
Albert L. Rice
1403
John H. Stenberg
1416
Clarence S. Cassidy
1380
Horace T. Cahill
1468
Helen M. Ellsworth
1395
Edward D. Brown
1410
James E. Folsom
1419
John H. Cahill
1411
Mary M. Wynot
1408
Harry A. Simonds
1391
W. Homer Melville
1428
Casper L. Le Varn
1380
Belle L. Palmer
1384
Henry C. Lake
1368
Laurence A. Trainor 1405
Geroge B. LeLarge
1397
George A. Walker
1411
Andrew H. Morrison
1408
Mary D. Learned
1422
Edward J. Schroth
1405
Clifton H. Eadie
1350
Durant E. Lathrop
1388
Frank R. Santosuosso
1420
Fred K. Simon
1356
Harold L. Quimby 1406
Mabel L. Kinna 1369
Richard A. Hunt
1425
Julia S. French
1436
A true Copy. Attest
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Clerk.
Norris H. Pinault
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PETITION FOR RECOUNT FOR DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION
April 30, 1936.
To The Registrars of Voters of the Town of Braintree:
We, the undersigned voters of Braintree represent that we have reason to believe and do believe that the records or copies of records made by the election officers of said Town, of the ballots cast at the preprimary election on April 28, for the office of Delegate to the Democratic State Convention are erroneous in this respect: that Joseph P. Barrett and Joseph S. Drinkwater were credited with more and Kenneth J. Kelley was credited with less votes than were cast for them respectively and we believe that a recount of ballots cast in said town will effect the election of Kenneth J. Kelley.
We therefore ask, that the votes cast for Joseph P. Barrett, Joseph S. Drinkwater and Kenneth J. Kelley be recounted.
(Signed)
George C. Kelley Vincent F. Lucid
Anna Sullivan
Charles D. Sheehy
Michael J. Hogan
Martin J. Kelley
Mary T. Sheehy
Andrew A. Nichols
William Ryan Ellen G. Collins
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
May 1, 1936.
Then personally. appeared Henrietta P. Ryan one of the above subscribers and made oath that the above statement by him sub- scribed, is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
Before me
ARTHUR E. BOYNTON,
Justice of the Peace.
RECOUNT
In accordance with the foregoing petition, May 4, 1936, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon at the Town Hall, was the date, time and place set for the recount.
Said recount was conducted by the Board of Registrars.
The result was as follows:
Original 236
Recount 236
PRECINCT OFFICERS RETURNS:
Joseph P. Barrett 129
Joseph S. Drinkwater 111
Kenneth J. Kelley 108
Blanks
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RECOUNT BY BOARD OF REGISTRARS:
Joseph P. Barrett 129
Joseph S. Drinkwater 112
Kenneth J. Kelley Blanks 123
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A true Copy. Attest:
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in
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 at five forty-five o'clock, A. M., for the following purposes:
TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1936
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the nomina- tion of Can tidates of Political Parties for the following officers:
GOVEI NOR, for the Commonwealth; LIEUTENANT GOVER- NOR, for the Commonwealth; SECRETARY OF THE COMMON- WEALTH, for this Commonwealth; TREASURER AND RECEIVER- GENERAL, for this Commonwealth; AUDITOR OF THE COMMON- WEALTH, for this Commonwealth; ATTORNEY GENERAL, for this Commonwealth; SENATOR IN CONGRESS, for this Commonwealth; REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, for 13th Congressional Dis- trict; COUNCILLOR, for 2nd Councillor . District; SENATOR, for Norfolk Ser.atorial District; 1 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, for 6th Norfolk Representative District; REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY, for Norfolk County; COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (2), for Norfolk County; COUNTY TREASU- RER, for Norfolk County.
THE POLLS WILL OPEN FROM 5:45 A. M. to 2:00 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Branitree ten days at least before said fifteenth day of September, 1936, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree News-Item, first publication to be at least eight days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk before said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this first day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six. ALBERT E. ROBERTS, Chairman HARRY H. BOUSQUET Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Mass., September 2, 1936. 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, Constable of Braintree.
STATE PRIMARY
Braintree, Mass., Sept. 15, 1936.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the voters assembled in the several precincts to cast their ballots for the various State and County Officers enumerated on said ballot.
The polls were opened in all precincts at 5:45 A. M. and were closed at 2 o'clock P. M.
The following Election Officers served:
PRECINCT 1. J. Frank Lane, Warden; Homer L. Walters; Clerk; John B. Dyer, Constable; Edward J. Sullivan; Paul C. Heron; George H. Cain; Charles H. Tobey; Charles H. Roberts; Frank M. O'Rourke; Michael P. Novelline, Everett F. Russell; Patrick L. Dal- ton; Florence M. Dries; Inez K. Monoghan; Joseph D'Arigo and Raymond Levangie.
PRECINCT 2. Herbert F. Stackhouse, Warden; Joseph W. Sul- livan, Clerk; George K. Moorhead, Constable; Barbara J. Hixon; Mabel C. Hastings; Harold T. Drinkwater; Harry F. Vinton; Ruth Tilden; Michael Pantano; Ruth E. Nelson; Frank Mischler and Ave- lyn O. Wiggin.
PRECINCT 3. Charles D. Sheehy, Warden; William J. Quinlin, Clerk; William D. Levangie, Constable; William C. Brooks; James Fontoni; Inez L. MacIsaac; Vincent Lucid; George Davenport; John J. Barrett, Jr .; Mary C. Johnson; Daniel J. Cregan; Ethel Rudolph; Ruth E. Chenette; Albert E. Jones; Ralph Nesbit and Elizabeth A. Silver.
At the close of the polls, the ballots were assorted, the vote of each political party counted separately, recorded and sealed accord- ing to law, after which they were forwarded to the office of the Town Clerk, where the figures were tabulated and the result an- nounced.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Republican ballots cast 4059
Democratic ballots cast
572
Total ballots cast 4631
For nomination of candidates for:
GOVERNOR
John W. Haigis (R) 3395
Charles F. Hurley (D)
427
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Thomas F. Galvin (D) 91
Francis E. Kelly (D)
194
Philip J. Philbin (D) 168
Leverett Saltnstall (R) 3313 1
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SECRETARY
William J. Ahearne (D)
29
John J. Buckley (D)
71
Frederic W. Cook (R) 3259
John D. O'Brien (D) 81
Edward W. O'Hearn (D)
27
Joseph Santosuosso (D) 215
William F. Sullivan (D)
21
TREASURER
William G. Andrew (R)
328
Fred Jefferson Burrell (R)
563
James M. Hurley (R)
248
William E. Hurley (R)
2585
James C. Scanlan (D)
177
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AUDITOR
Thomas H. Buckley (D) 308
Richard Darby (R)
896
Leo D. Walsh (D)
127
Russell A. Wood (R)
2137
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Paul A. Dever (D) 433
Felix Forte (R)
3143
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SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Alonzo B. Cook (R) 414
James M. Curley (D) 254
Gy M. Gray (R) 83
Robert E. Greenwood (D)
118
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) 3010
Thomas C. O'Brien (R) 35
Thomas C. O'Brien (D)
123
CONGRESSMAN 13th DISTRICT
Harry J. Dowd (D) 376
Teresa E. Kilroy (D)
64
Albert H. Southwick (RD
609
Errol M. Thompson (D)
63
Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
2968
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COUNCILLOR 2nd DISTRICT
Harrison H. Atwood (R)
1036
John Joseph Cheever (D) 63
Charles J. Fitzgerald (D)
67
Thomas F. Galvin (D)
63
John J. Gillis (D)
25
Joseph B. Grossman (R) 1801
Clayton L. Havey (R)
680
James F. Hickey (D)
11
William H. McDonald (D)
129
Thomas F. O'Donnell (D)
25
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SENATOR -- NORFOLK DISTRICT
Raymond F. Barrett (R)
1068
Alonzo B. Greene (D)
136
John D. MacKay (R)
2336
George J. McCarthy (D) Paul N. Sullivan (D)
141
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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Sixth Norfolk District
Joseph P. Barrett (D)
244
Harry H. Bousquet (R)
1096
Horace T. Cahill (R)
2774
Kenneth J. Kelley (D)
267
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REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY
James F. Reynolds (D)
3065
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Nrfolk County
Fred Austerberry (R)
1764
Edward Avery (R)
1333.
Russell T. Bates (R)
1220:
Robert R. Bishop (R)
155
James I. Forsyth (R)
64
Channing T. Furnald (R)
119
Alexander B. Holden (R)
119
James H. Hurley (D)
311
Edward W. Hunt (R)
1664
Albert J. Jordan (D)
114
Neil McDonald (R)
398
Harry Pavan (D)
148
COUNTY TREASURER Norfolk County
Dorothea M. Flynn (D)
380
Louis F. R. Langelier (R)
1123
Henry P. McLaren (R)
264
Ralph D. Pettingell (R)
A true Copy. Attest: 1822.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Clerk ..
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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 Massachusetts, 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 Wednesday, the thirtieth day of September, 1936, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for CULVERT REPLACEMENT on COMMERCIAL COURT AND COMMERCIAL STREET, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 2.
To see if the Town will vote to construct a Retaining Wall and Gravel sidewalk on BELLEVUE AVENUE and WASHINGTON STREET, BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 3.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a drain, known at FOGG'S DRAIN, as laid out by the Town Engineer, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 4.
To see if the Town will vote to remove the Car Tracks on RIVER STREET, RAILROAD STREET, and ELM STREET, and Resurface THE SAME, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the im- provement of the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 5.
To see if the Town will vote to construct SIDEWALKS on the following streets, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto :-
HOLLIS AVENUE; ADAMS STREET; ELMWOOD AVENUE; SCHOOL STREET; PRESIDENTS ROAD; CLARK STREET; HUNT AVENUE; CENTRAL AVENUE; MORRISON ROAD; ALLEN STREET; HOBART AVENUE; SHAW STREET; from Allen Street to Hayward Street; STORRS AVENUE, from Abbott Street west 1050 lin. ft .; WASHINGTON STREET, from Hawthorn Road to Quincy Line; Ash STREET.
ARTICLE 6.
To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Wey, B. V. French STREET, so-called, as laid out by the Town Engineer, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the said yay, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 7.
To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Wey, WINDEMERE CIRCLE, so-called, 450 feet southerly from Storrs Avenue, as laid out by the Selecemen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the said way, or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 8.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners for House Sewer Connections, or take any action thereto.
ARTICLE 9.
To see if the Town' will vote to amend Article 1 of the By-Laws by adding a new section to said article, to read as follows :-
Section 8.
The following officials of the Town Hall shall be members ex-officio of the Limited Town Meeting, in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 56 of the Acts of 1936: Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Chairman of the Se- lectmen, Chairman of the Assessors, Chairman of Water Commission, Chairman of School Committee, Chairman of Municipal Light Board, Chairman of Park Commissioner, Chairman of Planning Board, Chairman of Board of Health, Chairman of Trustees of Public Library, Chairman of Sewer Commission, Chairman of Finance Committee, and. Secretary of the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 10_
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with? the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for ordinary main- tenance expenses and revenue loans under authority of and in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 11.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for the TOWN HALL MAINTENANCE, or take nay action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 12.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for INSURANCE for the Town of Braintree, or take any action relating thereto.
ARTICLE 13 ..
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for SOLDIERS' RELIEF for the balance of the year or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 14.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT, determine whether the same shall be taken from the Surplus Revenue, or take. any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15.
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To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of" money for MOTHER'S AID, in Public Welfare department, or take. any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, or take any action in relation thereo.
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ARTICLE 17.
To see what action the citizens of the Town of Braintree wish to take in to a change in the voting hours for all elections, or Primary Elections, with the idea of making said voting hours uniform, i. e. from 11 A. M. to 8 P. M.
ARTICLE 18.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to install TRAF- FIC LIGHTS - Push Button Type, on Washington Street, at Thayer Place, South Braintree, for the protection of the School Children at- tnding the Noah Torrey School and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 19.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the Braintree Infirmary, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 20.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, WESTON AVENUE, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, from Tremont Street to Norton Street, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 21.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Bellevue Road, from Hewmason Street to Stetson Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 22.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, CRAWFORD ROAD, so-called, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the said way, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 23.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the southerly side of LISLE STREET, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 24.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on ELMLAWN ROAD, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 25.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on BURROUGHS ROAD, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 26.
ON PETITION. To seee if the Town will vote to construct sidewalk on BOWER ROAD, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
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ARTICLE 27.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, WALNUT STREET, so-called, from Storrs Avenue Ex- tension to Lakeside Drive, Braintree, as laid out by the Board of Se- lectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of the sadi way.
ARTICLE 28.
ON PETITION. To see if the Town will adopt, and memorialize other Towns and Cities within the Comonwealth, and the Great and General Court, urging them to adopt the substance of the following resolutions, or see what action the Town will take with references thereto :-
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED :- That in all contemplated projects of larger proportions to be done under contract, a stipula- tion be included in each contract which shall specify what work is to be done by hand labor, and what is permitted to be done by machinery.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED :- That in all work to be carried on by the several municipalities, such means be used as will absorb those at present unemployed, and thereby release the Federal Gov- ernment from the obligation, make to restore confidence throughout the country besides curtailing the elaborate work of the administra- tion which now causes the extra burden of expenses to the people.
ARTICLE 29.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Police Department for Officers' vacations and sickness.
ARTICLE 30.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to compensate Walter J. MacDonald for legal services ren- dered in 1935 and in the case of Mellen vs Shay.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and at- tested copies thereof in three public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said thirtieth day of September, 1936, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree Observer, first publication to be at least eight days bofer 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 seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
ALBERT E. ROBERTS JOHN H. CAHILL HARRY H. BOUSQUET Selectmen of the Town of Braintree. A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., September 18th, 1936.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed
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therein, to meet at the time and place mentioned, for the purposes thereni mentioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., September 18th, 1936.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as ex- pressed therein, to meet at the time and place mentioned, for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
September 30, 1936.
A Special Town Meeting was called to order at 7:50 P. M. by Moderator William F. Rogers. Voters checked on entering the building - 453 present.
ARTICLE 2. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted.
ARTICLE 1. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 3. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 4. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 5. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. Mr. Foley offered the following resolution :
That this Town submit as a WPA Project, to continue the side- walks on either side of the street on School Street. So voted.
ARTICLE 6. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted.
ARTICLE 7. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 8. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 9. Mr. Foley moved: That this matter be laid on the table until the next Annual Town Meeting. So voted-8:28.
ARTICLE 10. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: That Article 10 be laid on the table until disposition is made of Article 14. So voted. ARTICLE 11. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted.
ARTICLE 12. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted. ARTICLE 13. Mr. R. B. Woodsum moved: No action-So voted.
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