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50.00
Slaughtering Inspector
320.84
Plumbing Inspector
1,465.20
237
Agent
Garbage Collection
Dental Clinic
350.00
237.00
200.00
50.00
Sewer Department:
Salary-Commissioners
300.00
Superintendent's Salary
3,850.00
Clerk's Salary
1,033.50
Maintenance:
Office Expense-Postage
$
205.50
Labor
7,348.60
Auto Expense-Compressor
439.29
Materials-Tools
247.45
New Equipment, Repairs, Replacements ..
510.53
Telephone, Light, Water, Power
1,071.14
All Other
12.17
9,834.68
House Connections :
Labor
$ 8,425.64
Trucks
520.96
Materials-Equipment
4,709.80
All Other
672.01
14,328.41
1945 Construction :
Labor
$ 3,051.85
Material
66.88
All Other
618.46
1946 Construction :
Labor
$ 6,508.35
Trucks
416.53
Material
1,935.28
Contract
20,368.69
All Other
292.27
29,521.12
1/2 Ton Truck
1,000.00
11/2 Ton Truck
1,500.00
HIGHWAYS
Superintendent's Salary
3,850.00
General Maintenance:
Office Expense
$ 197.08
Patching
13,973.92
Repairs to Equipment.
12,384.91
Gasoline and Oil
5,227.01
Tarvia and Sanding
8,139.35
Sidewalks
380.92
Street Cleaning
7,959.73
Drains and Catch Basins
3,477.79
Supplies
2,756.44
Rubbish Collection
8,408.54
Snow . Removal
9,465.72
Clothing Collection
223.45
Street and Traffic Signs
2,505.70
Cutting Brush
2,064.04
All Other
8,500.94
85,665.54
238
3,737.19
Animal Inspector Milk Inspector Diphtheria Clinic Lease of Dump Land
7,024.95 2,696.85
482.91
1946 New Equipment
5,168.57
Dump Maintenance
3,099.40
1945 New Construction
768.72
1945 New Construction-Miscellaneous:
Blanchard Blvd.
1,130.85
Abbott Street
117.96
Parkside Ave.
122.56
Staten Road
129.74
1946 New Construction-Miscellaneous:
Elliot Street Drain
214.62
Beach and Magnolia
2,501.29
Hawthorn Road
222.70
Harbor Villa
161.51
Trefton Drive
453.87
Torrey Road
715.29
St. Michael's Road
856.85
Wayne Ave.
896.20
Newton Ave.
1,181.42
1946 New Construction :
Commercial St. Drain.
$ 7,985.58
Standish Ave.
3,673.02
Storrs Ave.
928.10
Jersey Ave.
808.03
Grove St.
2,008.47
Walnut Ave.
1,947.03
Sheraton Ave.
1,628.25
Washington St. at Brow
597.97
19,576.45
Chapter 90:
Maintenance
$ 6,028.33
Liberty St. Construction
4,597.50
10,625.83
Moth:
Labor and Trucking . . . $ 1,498.96
Expenses
299.58
1,798.54
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Welfare:
Salary Board
594.57
Agent
3,025.00
Visitor
1,590.00
Clerk
910.78
Office Expense and Supplies :
Postage-Office Supplies $ 121.68
Telephone
87.90
Gasoline and Oil
29.12
Auto Expenses
110.40
349.10
Temporary Aid:
Groceries and Provisions $ 4,527.35
Fuel
269.09
Rent, Board and Care.
3,081.10
Medicine and Medical Attendance
4,330.32
State Institutions
2,941.50
Cash Grants
3,569.50
Shoes and Clothing
162.61
239
1945 New Equipment
Light
Accts. Pay .- Other Cities and Towns
98.84 1,667.43 94.79
All Other
20,742.53
A. D. C. "118":
Cash Grants
25,388.25 758.24
Old Age Assistance:
Supervisor
1,037.50
Clerk
1,710.00
Office Expense :
$ 124.11
Telephone
116.08
Town Car Expense
197.49
Supervisor's Car Expense
100.00
Assistance:
Cash Grants
$165,601.94
Accts. Pay .- Other Cities and Towns 3,127.37
168,729.31 366.00
Visitor
Federal Grant Admr.
1,979.75
Infirmary :
Superintendent
1,600.00
Matron
450.00
Labor
714.20
Repairs 1945
975.00
Repairs 1946
341.44
Expenses :
Groceries and Provisions $
3,111.72
Shoes, Dry Goods, Clothing
66.05
Upkeep of Buildings
791.95
Gas, Fuel and Light
862.48
Automobiles
51.17
Medical
104.42
Livestock-Garden
32.10
House Equipment
260.73
Telephone
103.32
Water
41.08
All Other
198.76
5,623.78
Soldiers' Relief:
Agent's Salary
2,172.54
Clerk's Salary
1,050.00
Expenses :
Auto
$ 270.67
Office
414.60
Aid:
State Aid
$ 260.00
Fuel
964.62
Groceries and Provisions
2,241.06
Rent
2,749.00
Medical
3,829.68
Shoes and Clothing
388.97
Light
48.45
Cash Grants
14,113.23
War II Allowance
289.50
All Other
23.00
24,907.51
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685.27
Administration
Expenses
240.19
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools:
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 6,778.27
Secy's. to Supt.
3,393.18
Truant Officer
1,650.00
Health Director
2,160.00
Teachers
331,022.44
High School Secretarys
2,020.00
Grammar School Secretarys
3,518.44
Janitors
29,020.22
Maintenance Salaries
1,155.00
Repairmen
5,437.50
Physicians
1,342.00
Nurse
1,957.78
Misc. Salaries
174.00
389,628.83
Text Books and Supplies:
Text Books
$ 4,756.82
Supplies
15,846.89
20,603.71
Other Expenses:
Adv., Printing, Postage, Office Supplies $ 1,009.97
Telephone
1,057.39
Traveling Expenses
1,390.68
Tuition
4,228.54
Transportation
11,884.97
Fuel
11,169.69
Light
2,285.30
Repairs
28,325.51
Operating Expense
2,365.24
Outlay
1,158.13
Health Supplies
304.71
Graduation Expenses
393.19
Retirenient Special
2,867.97
Water
980.29
All Other
38.10
69,459.68
School Grounds Hollis
1,053.36
Hollis School Boiler
6,030.20
Emergency Lighting
2,326.53
Libraries:
Salaries
11,705.93 949.80
Expenses :
Books
$ 2,281.78
Periodicals
399.20
Water
12.00
Binding
686.78
Fuel
692.72
Light
240.10
Repairs
173.39
Rent
1,080.00
Office Expenses
464.73
Telephone
200.36
Transporting Books
160.00
All Others
75.55
Janitors
6,466.61
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RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreation :
Parks and Playgrounds:
Prec. 1 & 2
$ 1,047.26
Prec. 3 & 4
996.25
Prec. 5 & 6
998.88
Organized Play
1,489.88
Hollis Field Improvement.
2,360.41
Hollis Field Materials and Equipment.
1,991.06
Hollis Field Extra Care.
500.00
French's Common
· 643.19
Swift's Beach
823.87
Sunset Lake Chlorination
1,311.39
Sunset Lake Float Repairs
99.52
Sunset Lake Lifeguard
279.76
Swift's Beach Lifeguard
200.00
Unclassified:
State Guard Unit.
138.50
E. Braintree Parking Lot Land.
8,200.00
E. Braintree Parking Lot Improvement
1,647.27
Committee on Town Development.
71.41
Street Lighting
8,500.00
Unpaid Bills Prior to 1946.
109.43
Weymouth Fore River Bulkhead
9,309.78
Veterans' Project:
Sewer
$ 10,049.50
Highway
2,403.13
Miscellaneous
420.00
12,872.63
Veterans Foreign Wars
660.00
Printing Town Reports
900.10
General Government Incidentals.
1,267.41
Legion Building Maintenance
1,474.51
Insurance:
Auto Liability
$ 1,026.36
Auto Fire and Theft
138.12
Buildings and Contents
4,020.00
Workmen's Compensation
2,540.43
7,724.91
Rationing Board:
Administrator
$ 600.00
Clerk
400.00
1,000.00
Memorial Day:
Sons of Union Veterans $ 99.95
Veterans of Foreign Wars
250.00
American Legion
250.00
War Bond Reserve
599.95 3,242.25
Withholding Tax Reserve.
84,534.03
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
Enterprises:
Water Department:
Improving Water System-New Mains .. .
$149,289.26
Replacing Pump, Valve Great Pond.
3,584.88
Booster Station Braintree Highlands.
9,499.63
Laying Main, Great Pond to West St.
507.32
Maintenance
106,366.78
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Electric Light Department: Construction Maintenance
223,684.71 400,843.21
Cemeteries :
Plain Street Salary Supt.
460.00
Expenses
1,194.25
Dyer Hill Cemetery
50.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest:
Sewer
$ 12,102.50
Water
138.75
Premium on Water Bonds
Maturing Debt:
Sewer
$ 33,000.00
Water
5,000.00
38,000.00
TRUSTS, REFUNDS, TRANSFERS
Trusts :
N. H. Hunt
$ 604.84
Ann Penniman
8.85
Avis A. Thayer
12.00
Charles E. French
48.62
James Colbert
25.74
James Colbert Trust Fund.
Refunds:
1945 Taxes $ 24.00
1946 Taxes
640.94
1946 Excise
92.82
1944 Poll
10.00
1943 Poll
6.00
1942 Poll
6.00
1941 Poll
4.00
Estimated Receipts
38.25
822.01
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Transfers:
Selectmen's Expense
$ 150.00
Election Officials and Janitors
394.00
Registration Expense
100.00
Engineering Dept. X. Labor
260.00
Town Hall Maintenance
950.78
Maint. Fire and Police Station
39.68
Police Dept. 18 Patrolmen
587.50
Police Dept. Vacations - Sickness
300.00
Police Dept. Inhalator
100.00
Police Dept. Officer Sunset Lake
420.00
Police Dept. Radio Maintenance
150.00
Fire Dept. Vacations - Sickness
601.50
Fire Dept. Civilian Defense Property
600.00
Fire Dept. New Hose
792.00
Appeal Board
100.00
Tree Warden-General Care
403.07
Tree Warden-Trees at Taylor St.
35.00
Tree Warden-Elm at West St.
150.00
Health Dept. Milk Testing
40.00
Health Dept. Plumbing Inspector
125.00
12,241.25 631.90
700.05 40,143.76
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Health Dept. Expense
25.00
Sewer Dept. Maintenance
1,050.00
Dump Maintenance
450.00
Welfare Dept. Temporary Aid
700.00
A.D.C. "118" Aid.
1,300.00
Old Age Assistance Aid.
900.00
Infirmary, Labor
150.00
Infirmary, Matron
50.00
Infirmary, Expenses
505.00
Parks and Playgrounds Pr. 1 & 2
50.00
Repairs Float Sunset Lake
100.00
General Government Incidentals
275.00
Veterans' Housing
36.00
11,889.53
State Tax
$ 23,050.00
County Tax
33,424.47
Dog Licenses County
2,519.00
County Hospital Assessment
10,782.70
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,608.37
Auditing Retirement System
135.96
Charles River
2,719.16
Metropolitan Parks
7,511.80
Nantasket Maintenance
874.13
Metropolitan Park Series 2
188.98
Metropolitan Sewerage
19,399.07
Smoke Inspection
360.87
Agency Account
2.66
Stabilization Fund
40,000.00
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1946:
General Cash
$430,641.25
Water
97,754.68
Electric Light Department.
138,604.69
Electric Light Depreciation
391,348.68
1,058,349.28
$3,632,701.09
UNPAID BILLS PRIOR TO 1947
Soldiers' Relief Department:
Mrs. Josephine T. Doherty,
New England Deaconess Hospital $ 28.50
First National Stores, Inc ..
10.00
Estate of W. B. Robbins, D.M.D.
142.50
$ 181.00
Health Department:
Reuben H. Frogel, M.D.
$ 6.00
Paul L. Hecht, M.D.
3.00
9.00
Street Lighting:
Braintree Electric Light Dept.
1,044.71
$ 1,234.71
Respectfully submitted, R. W. MAGLATHLIN, Town Accountant.
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102,574.51
Report of the Highway Department
January 23, 1947.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Braintree, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my annual report upon the activities of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
STREET CLEANING
All streets that received surface treatment-
Main and through streets viz .:
Washington - Hancock - Independence Ave. - Liberty - Pond - Elm - Adams - Hayward - Commercial - Union - West - Pearl - River - Middle - Cleveland Ave. - Church - Center Storrs Ave. - Hollis - Oak Monatiquot Ave.
Considerable extra cleaning necessitated due to the hurricane June 8th.
Extra cleaning also due to overloading of trucks hauling sand and gravel for various contractors, same, spilling at the intersections.
Cleaning squares daily (except So. Braintree one week); this man on his vacation and his relief not found right away. Another thing, cart that is used needs new tires, so relief man just left the debris in piles for the man from the other square to pick up. Evi- dently the man in the other square wasn't contacted.
DRAINAGE
Pond Street-Canal to meadow.
Pand Street-Ditch rear of Nel. Hayden's property.
Pond Street-Basin outlet near corner of Granite Street.
Smelt Brook-Stetson to new drain extension.
Cleaned out brook on Abbott Street.
Common Street. Culvert.
Debris cleaned from under bridges-Adams Street |2) ; River Street (1); Stetson (1).
Harrison Avenue. Outlet from swamp and rebuild basin.
Hancock Street, opposite Frederick Road. Relay 6 feet pipe and re- build basin.
Hall Avenue. Installed check valve trap in cellar.
Washington Street, opposite Hall Avenue. Rebuild basin.
Drain work off Shaw, Hobart Avenue, Middle Street.
Elmwood Park. Drain work at Muir's property.
Extension of drainage, Webster to Wilmarth, to take care of Hollis School Yard.
Relieved plugged drains, viz .:
Old Union Street. Edgehill Road. Charles Street.
Corner Brewster and Washington Streets.
Hobart Avenue. Two new manholes built.
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Central Avenue. New basin to replace old one that collapsed. Basin tops cleaned off after heavy rains.
Basins cleaned out-all precincts once, some two, and some three times.
REPAIRED SIDEWALKS AND GUTTERS
Hollis Avenue, Pleasant View Avenue, Cabot Avenue, Glenrose Avenue.
TRAFFIC MARKINGS
All squares and main cross walks including Bus Stops Taxi Stands - Parking Lines - Braintree Parking Space.
FENCES AND GUARD RAILS
Repaired fences-Middle Street Bridge, Shaw Street, Union Street.
PATCHING
Department used 5721/2 tons asphalt concrete and 295 cu. yds. gravel.
Frost boils removed on various streets, replaced with 12" gravel and patched.
Considerable compressor work required to split and remove heaved stones.
Surfaces broken and raveled due to war time restrictions on bituminous materials and labor shortages.
Condition existed in all sections of the Town.
STREETS SURFACE TREATED
Department used 79,303 gals. tarvia and asphalt, 1,004 tons sand on the following:
Magnolia - Beech - Cypress - Linden - Holden Commercial St. - Penns Hill - Adams - Hawthorn Haven Rd. - Lowell - Charles - Bushnell - Pleasant Fairfield - Blanchard Blvd. - Staten - Abbott - Acorn Parkside Ave. Fountain Victoria - Boscobel Columbus - Sagamore - Pearl - Rose - Walnut - Jef- ferson - Highland - Sheppard - Ellery - Washington - Smith St. Smith Ter. - Liberty (Bukers to beyond Pearl) - Marshall - Hamilton - Watson - Morrison - Hunt - Jersey - Vine - Wynot Rd. - Miller - Kew - Totnes - Strathmore - Wildwood - Plymouth - Wam- patuck - Ellsworth - Brewster - Storrs Ave. - Wayne - Trefton Dr. - Torrey - St. Michael - E. Braintree Parking Lot.
SIGNS
Street Signs 32 New installed
Street Signs 23 Repainted and repaired
Warning Signs
44 Installed
Stop Signs 4 Installed including posts
Children Signs
6 Installed including posts
RUBBISH COLLECTION
1 week's work for entire outfit each month.
DUMP MAINTENANCE
Spread the rubbish.
Haul and spread gravel over the rubbish.
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Commercial St. Braintree-Weymouth Line to R. R. tracks on Quincy Ave. Liberty St. from Route 128 to R. R. bridge.
SNOW REMOVAL
We handled 30" of snow during the year. Spread 1,633 tons of sand and 16 tons of salt and calcium.
MAINTENANCE OF ISLANDS WEEKLY
Installed new island at intersection of West and Washing- ton Sts. Above, also Union St. and Hollingsworth Blvd. maintained.
QUINCY AVE. DRAWBRIDGE Bridge open 6 times to allow passing of boats.
MOTH SPRAYING
All Town ways that were infested with moths. 177 private sprayings.
POISON IVY SPRAYING
Main Streets - Around Schools - sidewalks and fences that were reported.
ELECTION WORK
Polling Booths erected and removed. Meals transported.
CUTTING BRUSH AT INTERSECTIONS & ALONG ROADSIDES
Peach St.
Entire Length
Town St.
Entire Length
Wildwood Ave.
Entire Length
Plymouth Ave.
Entire Length
Cleveland Ave.
Entire Length
Union St.
Entire Length
Plain St.
Entire Length
Hobart St.
Hayward to Prospect
Common St.
Narrows and blind curves
Cherry St.
Narrows and intersections
Cavanaugh Rd.
Narrows and intersections
Liberty and Middle Sts.
Intersection
Liberty and Pearl Sts.
Intersection
Liberty and Plain Sts.
Intersection
Pearl and Middle Sts.
Intersection
Cleveland and Union Sts.
Intersection
Stetson and Faxon Sts.
Intersection
Faxon and Commercial Sts.
Intersection
Elmknoll and Commercial Sts.
Intersection
Prescott Lane and Commercial St ... Intersection
Hayward and Marietta Sts.
Intersection
Hayward and Shaw Sts.
Intersection
Hayward and Hillcrest Sts.
Intersection
Hayward and Fairmount Sts.
Intersection
Hayward and Hobart Sts. Intersection
Common and Cavanaugh Sts. Intersection
Common and Cherry Sts. Intersection
Common and Hedlund Sts. Intersection
Edgemont and Cedarcliff Sts. Intersection
Jefferson and Sheppard Sts. Intersection
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NEW CONSTRUCTION
1945 new work completed in 1946 viz .:
Commercial St. Penns Hill drain. Blanchard Blvd. Abbott St. - Parkside Ave. - Staten Rd.
1946 new work completed:
Walnut Ave. drain
Standish Ave. drain 810 ft.
Standish Ave. drain 340 ft. Wash. St. at Brow Ave. drain
Drain Elliot to brook
Commercial St.
E. Bra. Parking Lot
Repaired and painted Lake Boat
Repaired River St. bridge cave-in
Storrs Ave. drain
Jersey Ave. drain
Commercial St. drain
Sheraton Ave. drain
Drain end of Beech and Mag- nolia Sts.
Grove St.
Hawthorn Rd. sidewalk 300 ft.
Rebuilt raft for lake
1946 new work still in progress:
Swift's Beach Trefton Drive Wayne Ave. Harbor Villa Roadway
Veterans' Project Torrey Rd. St. Michael Rd. Newton Ave.
We are working on the Newton Ave. project at the present time.
In conclusion I wish to thank the Selectmen and all members of the Department for their loyal and sincere efforts.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN Q. WENTWORTH, Superintendent Highway Department
Report of the Board of Appeal Under the Zoning By-Law
To the Citizens of Braintree:
We submit herewith the report of the activities of the Board of Appeal under the Zoning By-Law for the year 1946.
Mr. Ralph B. Woodsum was appointed as an alternate member of the Board in March. Early in September, Mr. Charles C. Temple resigned as a member of the Board and Mr. Woodsum was appointed a regular member to fill this vacancy. On October 22nd, the Select- men appointed Mr. C. Frederick Tarbox as an alternate member.
A total of thirty-one petitions for relief under the Zoning By-Law were received and after public hearings eighteen petitions were granted, ten rejected, one withdrawn and two dismissed.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK A. EWART, Chairman EARL R. GRANT, Clerk RALPH B. WOODSUM, Board of Appeal under the Zoning By-Law
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Report of the Tree Warden
Braintree, Massachusetts, December 31, 1946
Honorable Board of Selectmen
and Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
Your Tree Warden herewith respectfully submits the following report of the Tree Department for the year 1946.
To
Classification
Appro- priated
Expended
Fund
General Care
$1,000
$ 999.88 $ .12
Listed Trees:
Opposite 631 Middle-Elm
50.00
50.00
70 Hollis-30" Maple
50.00
50.00
Union and Washington-12" Cherry.
15.00
15.00
77 Holbrook Ave .- 20" Maple
40.00
40.00
61 Tremont-22" Maple
40.00
40.00
Opp. 179 Cedar-16" Elm
40.00
40.00
Comm. & Beach-14" Hickory
25.00
25.00
Comm. & Beach-30" Ash
60.00
60.00
34 Pleasant View-30" Beech
100.00
100.00
61 Sterling-40" Maple
25.00
25.00
40 Sterling-16" Maple
25.00
25.00
718 Union-22" Elm
30.00
30.00
593 Middle-Elm Butt
75.00
75.00
85 Walnut Ave .- 12" Ash
25.00
25.00
12 Front-Elm
40.00
40.00
46 Marshall-24" Poplar
50.00
50.00
51 River-Elm butt
25.00
25.00
32 Hollis-Maple butt
25.00
25.00
46 Hollis-14" Maple
30.00
30.00
449 Wash .- 30" Ash
75.00
75.00
Opp. 766 Wash .- 22" Elm
40.00
40.00
133 Hancock-40" Elm
125.00
125.00
161 Hancock-40" Elm
100.00
100.00
Monatiquot at Ash .- 24"
Maple
35.00
35.00
495 Commercial-36" Elm
50.00
50.00
$1,195.00 $1,145.00
345 West St .- Remove 48" Elm
Transferred
by Finance
Committee Expended
345 West-60" Elm removal
150.00
150.00
Taylor St. bolt split Elm
35.00
35.00
Emergency storm damage
403.07
403.07
$588.07
$588.07
E. & D.
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Classification New Planting-100 trees
Carried Over from 1945 Expended $ 500.00 $500.00
Listed Trees:
66 Central Ave .- Ash
65.00
65.00
598 Commercial-Elm
100.00
100.00
Norfolk Sq .- Elm
45.00
45.00
38 Tremont-Elm
36.00
36.00
56 Tremont-Elm
50.00
50.00
218 Middle-Ash
50.00
50.00
245 Hayward-Ash
75.00
75.00
Hobart School-Oak
50.00
50.00
Park St .- Maple
37.00
37.00
Wash. St. Town Hall-Elm
40.00
40.00
Wash. St. Town Hall-Elm
40.00
40.00
Wash. Capens Bridge-Trim Elm
25.00
25.00
Wash. St. at School-Elm
45.00
45.00
$658.00
$658.00
Total Expenditures :
General Care-1946 Appropriation
$999.88
Listed Trees-1946 Appropriation
145.00
Finance Committee Transfers
588.07
New Trees-Carried from 1945
500.00
Listed Trees-from 1945
658.00
$3,890.95
Unfortunately the Dutch Elm Disease has obtained foothold in Braintree with one known case. We have proposed measures for eradication and prevention of spread of the disease in our 1947 budget.
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We have also proposed setting out further new trees. A program I cannot too strongly urge to replace the many trees we have lost in past years.
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE R. BESTICK, Tree Warden
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Brain- tree
Greetings :
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 elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit:
Polling Place in Precinct 1-Noah Torrey School
Polling Place in Precinct 2-Town Hall
Polling Place in Precinct 3-Legion Building, Hollis Avenue
Polling Place in Precinct 4-Penniman School
Polling Place in Precinct 5-Jonas Perkins School
Polling Place in Precinct 6-Thomas Watson School
On Monday, the third day of March, 1947, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of the 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; one Water Commissioner for a term of three years; two members of the School Committee for a term of three years; one member of the Municipal Lighting Board for a term of three years; one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years; one Sewer Commissioner for a term of three years; one Park Com- missioner for a term of three years; a Tax Collector; a Tree War- den; one member of the Planning Board for a term of three years; and eighty-six Town Meeting Members as follows:
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for a term of three years;
Two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 1 for a term of one year to fill a vacancy;
Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for a term of three years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for a term of two years to fill a vacancy;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for a term of one year to fill a vacancy;
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Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for a term of three years;
Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct 4 for a term of three years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for a term of one year to fill a vacancy;
Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct 5 for a term of three years;
Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct 6 for a term of three years;
One Town Meeting Member in Precinct 6 for a term of one year to fill a vacancy;
The polls will be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon and will close at eight o'clock in the evening.
You are further directed to notify and warn the said inhabi- tants qualified to vote as Town Meeting Members, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the seventeenth day of March, 1947, 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 reports 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 beginning January 1, 1947, 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 pro- visions of 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 beginning January 1, 1948, 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 pro- visions 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 gen- eral 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 what action the Town will take to make changes, if any, in Standard Rate Ranges, so-called, and the Employ- ment Classification Plan adopted at the Annual Town Meeting of 1946.
Article 7. To see what sums the Town will raise by taxation or otherwise to pay interest and maturing debt, and for charges and expenses of the several Town Departments for the ensuing year and to appropriate the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, entitled, "AN ACT AUTHORIZING INCREASES
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OF THE AMOUNTS OF PENSIONS PAYABLE TO CERTAIN FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED."
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 6 of Chapter 576 of the Acts of 1946, entitled, "AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMIS- SION AND OF POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREMEN IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS."
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Braintree Post No. 1702, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for rent of a Hall to conduct meetings and other functions of the Post, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to provide off the street coasting, or take any action relative thereto.
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