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Precinct 5 for a term of two years to fill vacancy; twelve Town Meet- ing members in Precinct 6 for a term of three years; one Town Meeting member in Precinct 6 for a term of two years to fill vacancy.
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at eight o'clock in the evening.
You are further directed to notify, and warn the said inhabitants qualified to vote' as Town Meeting members, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the seventeenth day of March, 1941, 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 hear and act upon the report of the several boards of Town Officers, and committees, and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1941, and to issue a note or notes therefor; payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning, January 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general municipal purposes under the authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund for extraordinary and unforeseen expenditures during the current year.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Interest and Maturing Debt the present year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Liability Insurance, Insurance on Town property and Workmen's Compensation, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the Norfolk County Hospital As- sessment, for maintenance and repairs.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT. 1
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government for salaries and expenses for the following departments and other purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
1. Moderator.
2. Finance Committee.
3. Selectmen.
4. General Government Incidentals.
5. Accountant.
6. Town Engineer.
7. Assessors.
8. Treasurer.
9. Tax Collector.
10. Town Clerk.
11. Election.
12. Registration.
13. .Law.
14. Maintenance of Municipal Buildings.
15. Contributory Retirement System.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the protection of persons, and property or take any action relative thereto.
1. Life Guard at Sunset Lake.
2. Building Inspector.
3. Board of Appeal under the ZONING BY-LAWS.
4. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
5. Tree Warden's Department.
6. Moth Department.
7. Fire Department.
8. Police Department.
HEALTH AND SANITATION 1
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Health and Sanitation, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to secure a suitable location to be used as a Town Dump, and appropri- ate a sum of money for the same or take any action relative thereto. ,
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to eradicate rag-weed and poisonous ivy in the Town of Braintree or take any action relative thereto.
Article 15. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department, the same to be taken from the revenue of the Department, and the unexpended balance of 1940, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income of the Water Department, the sum of $300.00, for the salaries of the Water Commissioners.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the income: of the Electric Light Department, the sum of Three Hundred dollars ($300.00); for the salaries of the Electric Light Commissioners.
Article 18. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Street Lighting.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to include in the Tax Levy for electricity used for street lighting, the sum of Eight Thousand dollars ($8000.00) as appropriated under Article 18 of the Warrant for the 1941 Annual Town Meeting, and that said sum together with the income from sales of electricity to private consumers, or for cur- rent supplied to Municipal Buildings or for Municipal Power, and from sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year, to be appropriated for the use of the Municipal Light Plant, the whole to be expended under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for repairs, renewals, new construction and operating expenses of the plant for the fiscal year, as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, and that, if said income shall exceed the expense for the fiscal year, such excess shall be transferred to the construc- tion fund of said plant and appropriated and shall be used for such addi- tions to plant as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board.
Article 20. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purposes of the Sewer Department, to be expended by the Board of Sewer Commissioners, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate any sum or sums of money for the construction of Sewers for Sanitary purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
HIGHWAYS
Article 23. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, in- cluding labor, repairs and building sidewalks, stone roads and removal of Snow, repairs to highways, Town ways and Bridges; Oiling and Tar- ring of Streets; purchase of equipment for said department; and col- lection of rubbish; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for Town Ways, the following streets, as laid out by the Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto :- WAYNE AVENUE, from Pond Street to Logan Road; ARTHUR STREET, from Arborway Drive to Audubon Avenue; GLENROSE AVENUE, 410' east from Quincy Avenue; ARGYLE ROAD, from Pleasant View Avenue to Glenrose Avenue; FAULKNER PLACE, from Washington Street-740 feet west; PUTNAM AVENUE, from Cleveland Avenue-300 feet east; VER- ANDA ROAD, from Marietta Avenue 200 feet west, MAY STREET- from No. Bowditch Street to Hobart Street; OREGON AVENUE, from Cedar Avenue 570 feet south.
Article 25. To see if the Town' will vote to accept as and for A Town Way, PARKSIDE AVENUE, so-called, from Walnut Street to Lakeside Circle, approximately 920 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen; or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, LAKESIDE CIRCLE, so-called, from Parkside" Avenue to Parkside Avenue, approximately 954 feet, as laid out by the Select- men; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, PERRY ROAD, so-called, from Burroughs Road to Bower Road, a distance of approximately 172 feet, 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 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, NEWPORT AVENUE, so-called, 510 feet westerly from Franklin Street; as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the said way; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept LINCOLN STREET, east from Liberty Street, a distance of six hundred ninety (690) feet, as laid out by the Selectmen; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of MAY AVENUE, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 31. ON PETITION. "To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, VINEDALE ROAD, so-called, from Glenrose Avenue to Pleasant View Avenue, a distance of approximately 200 feet; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improve- ment of said way under a W.P.A. Project; or take any action relative thereto."
Article 32. ON PETITION. "To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, FERNCROFT ROAD from Pleasant View Avenue to Glenrose Avenue, a distance of approximately 200 feet; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project or take any action relative thereto."
Article 33. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, GLENROSE AVENUE, so-called, from Ferncroft Road to Venus Road; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 34. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, HIGHLAND AVENUE, so-called. from Howard Street, a distance of approximately 225 feet northerly; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, WILLIAMS STREET, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 36. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, STERLING PARK, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 37. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, NORTH BOWDITCH STREET, from Hayward Street to Wilkins Road, as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, under a W.P.A. Project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, CIRCUIT ROAD, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 39. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept for and as a Town Way, DICKERMAN LANE, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 40. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, PORTER AVENUE, so-called, running in a westerly and northerly direction from Glendale Road; as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way under a W.P.A. Project, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 41. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, GLENDALE ROAD, so-called, run- ning in a northerly direction 330 feet from Pond Street, as laid out by the Selectmen; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the im- provement of said way under a W.P.A. Project; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 42. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as and for a Town Way, NEWTON AVENUE, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, from Shaw Street to Bickford Road; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the same under a W.P.A. Project or otherwise; or take any action relative thereto.
PARK DEPARTMENT
Article 43. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Park Com- missioners, or take any action relative thereto.
CEMETERIES
Article 44. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement of the Cemetery, or take any action relative thereto.
SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES
Article 45. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, for the support of the Public Schools, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise, or borrow, and , appropriate sums of money for the purpose of constructing, furnishing,
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and equipping an addition to the High School, and for the making of additions, alterations and repairs to the present building, and to obtain authority to use land necessary for said purposes, 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 purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to set aside for school purposes as part of the Highlands School grounds, under the control of the School Committee, such portions of lots A and B, on a plan prepared by the Town Engineer, dated January 15, 1941, and on file in his office, as may be now, or hereafter, acquired by the Town through tax title foreclosure proceedings, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 48. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of erecting a suitable fence on the Westerly, Northerly and Easterly boundaries of the Jonas Perkins School grounds, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 49. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Public Library, or take any action relative thereto.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 50. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief, State Aid and Military Aid, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day, or take any action relative thereto.
PUBLIC WELFARE
Article 52. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Public Welfare Department, including Aid for Dependent Children, and Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Persons under the provisions of Chapter 118A, Acts of 1931; or take any action relative thereto.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money in addition to sums of money already appropriated, to cover the Town's share for materials, trucking and other necessary ex- penditures in connection with W.P.A. activities or other Special Aid projects in conjunction with State or Federal Government; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 54. To see what sums of money, in addition to that ap. propriated under any other article, the Town will vote to raise or bor. row and appropriate for Land Damages.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of printing and distribution of the An- nual Report of the Town of Braintree for 1940.
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Article 56. To see what distribution the Town will vote to make of the income of the Thayer Fund.
Article 57. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Planning Board, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 58. TO SEE IF THE TOWN WILL VOTE TO AC- CEPT THE GIFT OF THE BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS NEIGH- BORHOOD CLUB IN THE AMOUNT OF $2000.00 AND LAND OF ESTIMATED VALUE-$1500.00, subject to the provisions of said gift and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3500.00 to fulfill the provisions of said gift; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 59. To see what action the Town will take relative to the acceptance and disposition of a bequest of $50,000.00 received under the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 8 of the Will of the Late Eliis Hollingsworth.
Article 60. To hear the report of the Committee appointed under Article 75 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1940; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase or taking by Eminent Domain of certain lands for Parking Places in the business centers of the Town, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws by substituting for Article 11A of the 1925 revision, a new article to be known as 13A BUILDING CODE, the substance of said article to be the Building Code as revised by the committee for that purpose and contained in its report now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 62. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the payment of certain bills contracted prior to January 1st, 1941, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care and maintenance of property acquired by the Town under Tax Title Foreclosure Procedure, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Assessors to use any sum or sums of money from Free Cash toward the reduction of the 1941 tax rate.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to sell and convey to James A. Jensen a certain parcel of land, including approximately 56,000 square feet, as shown on a plan drawn by the Town Engineer and dated January 8th, 1941, in lieu of any sums which may be due from the Town to said Jensen, on account of a Taking by the County Commissioners, for the widening of Liberty Street; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept a bequest under Article Fourteen of the will of James W. Colbert providing a sum of $25,000 for the purpose of building a unit to the Josephine B. Colbert School, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept the bequest under Article Sixteen of the will of James W. Colbert providing the residue of said estate to be used for a building, books, and other equip-
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ment of a public library, to be known as the Colbert Public Library, upon the terms and conditions set forth in said will, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appoint- ment of a committee to study the necessity for, and report possible locations, for the establishment of a new Highway Department Garage_ or take any action relative thereto.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to lease to the Govern ment of the United States of America for the term of one year from October 18, 19,40, and from year to year thereafter, two small rooms on the second floor of the Police Station, for Selective Service Headquarters -Local Board No. 39, for the sum of $6.00 per month; and authorize the Selectmen to execute on behalf of the Town, a lease for that pur- pose; or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XIII of the By-Laws by adding thereto the following section:
Section 18: No person or corporation shall erect or maintain a billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising device, except as provided in Section 32 of Chapter 93 of General Laws, on any location within three hundred feet of any public park or playground or Metropolitan Park or Parkway, if within public view from any portion of such parks, playgrounds or parkways; or within three hundred feet of any other public way and within public view from any portion of the same, if such billboard, sign or device exceeds five feet in height or eight feet in length, and no billboard, sign or device placed within three hundred feet of any such public way and within public view shall be nearer than fifty feet to any other such billboard, sign or device; or at the corner of any public ways and within the radius of one hundred and fifty feet from the point where the center lines of such ways intersect; or in any place unless the lowest portion of such billboard, sign or device is at least three feet from the ground, and the entire structure, includ- ing its braces and supports, is maintained in good repair, painted, and free from accumulation of rubbish and filth and from the pupae, eggs and caterpillars of gypsy and brown-tail moths and other tree and shrub destroying pests; provided that this section shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises in question or the business transacted thereon, or advertise the property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law and the Zoning Map dated May 2, 1940, by providing that the following described areas shall be included in either the Industrial or Business Zones :-
1. An area bounded easterly by Quincy Avenue; northerly by the Quincy City Line; westerly by Howard and Shaw Streets; and southerly by a line parallel to and 100 feet distant from the north- erly side line of Dewey Road.
2. An area bounded northerly by the Quincy City Line; easterly by Howard Street; southerly by a line running in a westerly di- rection from the junction of Howard and Shaw Streets; and west- terly by a line parallel to and 200 feet distant from the westerly side line of Howard Street;
or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law and the Zoning Map, dated May 2, 1940, by providing that Lots No. 1, 2, and 3 located between Independence Avenue, and Center Street and adjoining the Traffic circle at the intersection of said streets, shall be a business district instead of a Residence B. district as originally designated on said map; or take any other action relative thereto .
Article 73: . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law and the Zoning Map dated May 2, 1940, by providing that the area within 200 feet on either side of the center line of the Fore River Branch line R.R. shall be included in the Industrial Area or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law and the Zoning Map dated May 2, 1940, by providing that the fol- lowing described areas originally designated on said map as a Business District shall be a Residence B. District :- the areas on both sides of Granite Street between the Town Line of Braintree and Quincy and a line formed by the northerly sideline of Chickatawbut Road and the projection thereof, said areas being 100 feet in depth except for the portion on the westerly side of Granite Street lying between said north- erly sideline of Chickatawbut Road and a line 190 feet northerly thereof and parallel thereto, said portion being 180 feet in depth; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the installa- tion of a Water Main on Olympia Avenue, South Braintree, approxi- mately 530 feet southerly from the end of the present 6" main on Oregon Avenue; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 76. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to. raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct and maintain during the current year, toilet facilities at the bathing beach at Sunset Lake, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 77. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will, as a W.P.A. project or otherwise, erect a safety island in So. Braintree Square.
Article 78. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the necessary sums to erect traffic signals at these points; Grove and Liberty Streets-Plain and Grove Streets-Granite and Pond Streets.
Article 79. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will, as a W.P.A. project, widen Pearl Street at the point where the Monatiquot River crosses, to a width of 50 feet.
Article 80. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of not less than seven persons to consider the matter of consolidating into one department and to be known as the Dept. of Public Works, the following departments: Engin- cering, Highway, Water, Sewer, Tree Warden and Moth, and to report their recommendations at the next annual meeting.
Article 81. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to provide additional Police protection in the Braintree Highlands section of Braintree, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 82. ON PETITION. To see what action the Town will take on the report of the Committee appointed pursuant to a vote of the 1937 Annual Meeting under Article 68 to consider a War Memorial;
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and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for a memorial to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the men and women of Braintree who served in. the Spanish and World Wars, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 83. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate a sum or sums of money to construct an enclosed Athletic field on the Hollis Field, so-called, to be known as the World War Memorial Stadium or to provide the sponsor's con- tribution on a W.P.A. or other Federal Aid Project for the same pur- pose, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 84. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to permit the use of the Allen Street Fire Sta- tion by the Braintree Post, V.F.W., after the abandonment of said prem- ises by the Fire Department, said premises to be used only at the risk and expense of said Post.
Article 85. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to construct a Skating Rink on Watson Park, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of the same; or take any action relative thereto.
Article 86. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to purchase, at a price not to exceed $3000.00, or take by Eminent Domain, a parcel of land with the buildings thereon, being shown as Lot No. A-5 on Land Court Plan No. 2086-k, for the purpose of maintaining a Branch of the Thayer Public Library thereon; or take any action rela- tive thereto.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in one or more public places in each Voting Precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said third day of Marclı, 1941, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the "Braintree News-Item," 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 third day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one.
HENRY D. HIGGINS, Chairman HENRY H. STORM, Clerk ALBERT E. ROBERTS Selectmen of the Town of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest:
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., February 10th, 1941.
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 men - tioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Mass., February 10th, 1941.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have hereby notified and warned 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.
INDEX
Annual Town Election
25
Annual Town Meeting
31
Annual Town Warrant, 1940
15
Annual Town Warrant, 1941
287
Animal Inspection
221
Aid to Dependent Children
222
Births
101
Board of Assessors', Report of
153
Braintree School Fund
.248
Building Inspector, Report of
.276
Cemetery Department, Report of
.280
Deaths
118
Division of Accounts
125
Dog Licenses
123
Electric Light Department, Report of
243
Engineering Department, Report of
.241
Fire Department, Report of
.263
Fire Alarm Report .269
211
Highway Department, Report of
229
Indian Deed
3
Inspection of Plumbing
220
Inspector of Slaughtering
220
Jury List, 1941
283
Marriages
107
Meat and Provision Inspection
220
Milk Inspection
219
Moth Department, Report of
.233
Old Age Assistance
.225
Park Commissioners, Report of
.277
Police Department, Report of
271
Presidential Primary
57
Public Welfare
223
Recapitulation, 1940
168
Report of Selectmen
5
Sealer of Weights and Measures
279
School Department, Report of
135
School Dental Clinic 217
255
Soldiers' Relief
.224
Special Town Meeting, Warrant For
62
Sporting Licenses
123
State Election
88
State Primary
80
Tax Collector's Report
195
Tercentenary Committee Report
7
Thayer Public Library, Report of
149
Town Accountant, Report of 161
Town Clerk, Report of
15
Town Counsel's Report
209
Town Infirmary, Report of
222
Town Officers for 1940
9
Town Treasurer's Report
203
Tree Warden's Report 281
Tuberculosis Prevention Work
216
Water Department, Report of
.249
W.P.A. Office Report
227
Sewer Commissioner, Report of
Planning Board, Report of
235
Health Department, Report of
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