Town of Franklin annual report 1889, Part 4

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 106


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ART. 14. To vote by ballot, "Yes" or "No" in answer to to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town ?"


ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize their treasurer, under the direction of the selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of taxes.


ART. 16. To see what action the town will take relative to a police force.


ART. 17. To hear the reports of committees appointed at prior town meetings.


ART. 18. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in Franklin for the year ensuing.


ART. 19. To see in what way and manner the town will vote to light its streets the year ensuing.


ART. 20. To see if the town will grant the use of the Town Hall each Thursday evening for the current year to the Sons of Temperance.


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ART. 21. To see what action the town will take to supply needed accommodation for the High School, either by building a new school house or otherwise.


ART. 22. To see what action the town will take to build a fence in whole or in part around the Arlington street school- house.


ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to print the valua- tion list for the year 1889.


ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to adopt chapters 50 and 51 of the Public Statutes and all acts amendatory there to, the same being known as the betterment law.


ART. 25. To see if the town will adopt a system of sewer- age, or take any action in relation thereto.


ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to take as a place for the erection of a town hall, a piece of land in said town, situated at the corner of Main and School streets belonging to Joseph H. Daniels and Emory Pond, and bounded by said streets, land of F. Leslie Metcalf, J. P. & J. G. Ray and Davis Thayer, Jr., or take any other action in relation to procuring said land for said purpose.


ART. 27. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to appoint a board of health.


ART. 28. To hear a report of the selectmen laying out a town way from Union street to Fisher street, and act thereon.


ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to repair and paint the buildings on the poor farm.


ART. 30. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to establish the lines of all town ways in Franklin, or take any action in reference thereto.


ART. 31. To see if the town will take any and what action to amend its By-Laws.


ART. 32. To raise and appropriate sucli sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles, or as may be required to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year : and especially to


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act upon all the appropriations recommended by the selectmen, or by any town officers or committees. .


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the town clerk on or before the hour of said meeting.


Given under our hands this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.


HENRY R. JENKS. WILLIAM ROCKWOOD, ASA A. FLETCHER, Selectmen of Franklin.


A true copy. Attest :


LEWIS R. WHITAKER,


Constable of Franklin.


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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


TO PARENTS AND HOUSEHOLDERS.


TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE,


FRANKLIN, February, 1889.


The attention of parents and householders is hereby called to the provisions of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, with reference to the duty of their making returns of births and deaths which occur in their families.


"Parents shall give notice to the Clerk of their city or town, of the births and deaths of their children. Every householder shall give like notice of every birth or death happening in his house. The eldest person next of kin shall give such notice of the death of his kindred.


"Whoever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth or death shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars."-Public Statutes of Massachusetts, Chapter 32, Section 2.


These returns should be made as promptly as possible, and in all cases on or before the first day of January of each year. The proper blanks for the purpose may be had free at the Clerk's office.


CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Town Clerk.


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VITAL STATISTICS.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN FRANKLIN DURING 1888.


DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


Jan. 5 Blanche Caroline Carron .. 8 George Gay


10 Bertha Elizabeth Bragg


20 Bernard Stowell Cleveland


Feb. 2 Lucy Hunter


2 Arthur Henry Barrett


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2 Hazel Blanche Furgeson


3 Wendell Phillips Lloyd


4 Robena Morrell


5 Darling


10 George Arthur Fulton


10 Harold Reed Metcalf


66 11 Charles Daniel McKennon


18 -- Norton


23 Margaret Kerr Furgeson 24 Frank Ford


March 1 Clara Belle Dalton


29 Ethel Emma Wales


April 8 Alice Marion Cox


11 Frederic Snow Spurr


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12 Beatrice Florence Roger


6. 15 Elizabeth Eleanor Power


66 19 Mabel Louise Snow


22 Thomas Morris-ey


66 22 - -Eastman


May 3 May Gertrude Pedon 5 James McGroary


66 5 (Still born) Connor


6 Harriet Mabel Webber


66 9 Flora May Leland


10 Harry Grafton Hutchinson


17 Urban Chester Holmes


18 Grace Carpenter Waterman


June 5 William Elmer Harrison 5 Anna Bourasse


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7 Edbury Raymond Enegren


66 12 Eva Snow


14 Emily Irene Griffin


66 17 Alice Victoria Merrill


66 21 Frederic Bishop Weeks


22 Irene Ladd Slosson


66 24 Bertha Jane Palmer


July 6 Elizabeth May Bonsall


66 8 William Henry Spence


12 Leo McCarty


06 15 William Youso


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Thomas W. and Cora


David A. and Mary L.


Charles B. and Chloe


George L. and Ella F. Martin and Mary A.


Henry D. and Winona E. William G. and Blanche Joseph and Kate


Raymond G. and Victoria Albert A. and Martha A.


Alfred and Catherine E.


Nahum F. and Eva F.


James B. and Maggie Edson H. and Nellie A.


James and May James and Mary


Benjamin W. and Allie A.


Adelbert and Lizzie


Harry T. and Mary


William S. and Nellie S.


William C. and Ella C.


Morris W. and Bridget M.


Walter H. and Melvina


Lawrence E. and Hannah George W. and Annie John and Elizabeth Cornelius and Bridget Anthony and Sarah J. John and Anna M. John and Clea Robert and Emma Urban and May E.


John A. and Grace


William H. and Hattie J.


Lewis and Anna


William L. and Sadie E. Frank and Eliza Clarence E. and Addie A. Charles S. and Emma J. Leander E. and Sarah J. Myron H. and Catherine John G. and Abbie E. William H. and Eliza A. Harry and Sarah Jeremiah and Jennie J. Thomas and Rosie


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DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


July 19 Lillian Belle Coleman


21 Adelia Clark Osgood


Frank M. and Emma


Daniel and Margaret


Aug. 6 (Stillborn) Cook


66 6 Ethel Marian Smith


James A. and Minnie P.


66 S Mary Ann Lundy


James and Ella.


George M. and Blanche L.


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12 Marion Whitney Cleveland


Frank E. and Ella A.


.. 14 Albert Howard Razee


Arthur and Addie


6. 19 Eleanor Webster Greene


Henry W. and Mattie


66 20 David Chester Malloy


John and Annie


Sept.


66 25 Carrie Seed Vanarsdalen 8 John Francis McCarty 9 Walter Olney Chilson


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13 Mary Etta Conrov


Matthew and Mary E.


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18 Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur


Clarence A. and Mary C.


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23 Edward Russell


Christopher R. and Maria L.


66


23 Winslow Everett Stowers 5 Rosa Laport


William and Cadie


6.


10 Bertha Louise Grant


George H. and Margaret F.


66


11 Frank Herbert Ledbury


John and Maria A. Harry and Bridget


66


21 Albert Dunn


James and Margaret


66


30 John James Brogan


James and Bridget


Nov. 2 -- Greenup


John and Mary


66 3 Etta Frances Cody


William H. and Catherine


66


7 May Veronica Cody


William G. and Nora M.


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20 Charles Edward Feeley


Timothy E. and Lena


Dec. 1 Louis Govan


Lewis and Selina


4 Margery Louise Selleck


Willard C. and Mary L.


7 Willard Parker Cook


Bliss and Eliza A.


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7 (Stillborn) Cook


Bliss and Eliza


9 Elizabeth Bruiso


Lewis and Lizzie


10 -- Hollis


M. W. and Ella R.


60 17 Michael Joseph McCue


Patrick and Bridget


66 19 George Bouchee


Augustus and Selina


66 30 Herbert T. Blake


Lewis A. and Eliza L.


66 31 Edna May Jewett


Kerwin R. and Ella


1886. July 4 Eva Maud Palmer


John G. and Abbie E.


1887.


Aug. 11 Adelia Brown


John and Kate


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James O. and Melansa G. M.


Herbert M. and Elizabeth E.


Oct.


15 Maud Lillian Granger


20 Eunice Cutler Kimball


Henry B. and Minnie A.


21 Myrtie Maud McFaden


Melvin W. and Nettie J.


28 Stanley Hildreth Fernald


Robert P. and Jennie F.


Males, 40 ; females, 49 ; total number, 89.


George B. and Maria


31 Daniel Joseph Buckley


Nahum H. and E. R.


11 Nelson Ephraim Power


Charles D. and Nellie S.


Michael and Sarah J.


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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FRANKLIN DURING 1888.


DATE.


NAMES OF PARTIES.


| AGE.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Jan.


3 Wm. N. R. McDougall Mary Julia Albertin


20 21 Charles and Julia A. Ernest T. and Ann


48 Goldsbury and Julia A. 25 Isaac W. and Jane


32 Levi and Margaret John F. and Adelia


25 1 29 32


Lyman and Sarah E. Lyman and Catherine


26 22 John and Sarah Patrick and Hannah


32 Patrick and Hannah


28 Patrick and Belle Murray


26 22 Patrick and Belle Dennis and Mary


66 21 George H. Freeman Ruth A. Allen


35 34


Francis and Phebe Joshua and Nancy Burgess


28 George H. Allen Jennie L. Pond


25 George and Maria 23 Albert and Hattie


April 5|Percy G. Holmes Mima E. Allen


24


30 Peter and Perphtue 27 Felix and Mary


14 Rufus F. White Abbie L. McGoty


40 Lysander and Susan 40 Patrick and Mary


May 22 Albert J. McWilliams Nellie Connolly


27 28


John and Sarah Patrick and Mary


June 10 Joshua P. Howard Lizzie A. Dudley


49 Joshua and Lydia B.


29 Edward W. and Hannah Morse


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16|Arthur G. Hopkins Sarah E. Hill


24 Jesse B. and Ellen F. 21 Joshua P. and Caroline


66 21 Abbott Davis Whiting Nellie S. Dascomb


27 Daniel P. and Lydia A. 28 Moody K. and Martha R.


66 24 Peter James McMahon Mary Bouchee


21 18


Peter and Margaret Augustus and Mary


66 27 Edwin L. Wolley Mary S. Stevens


39 21 Edwin A. and Mary H. Nathaniel and Mary J.


July 4 Edward E. King Jennie I. Davis


20 20


Warren N. and Julia Theodore and Bertha


66 4 Edwin J. Pond Mahala E. Greenup


66 18 Kerwin R. Jewett Ellen Adeliza Lesure


66 26 Wallace Spencer Adams Mary Helen Moran


Feb. 13 John H. Gormely Mary Feeley


66 13 John F. Healy Maggie Brogan


.6 13 James Murray Rosie Ward


24 Charles F. and Julia H. Thomas B. and Martha M.


7 Victor Bellan Emma Beileville


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DATE.


NAMES OF PARTIES.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


July 11 Thomas A. Clark E. Annie Chapman


21


William H. and Prudence Frank W. and F. M.


25 Patrick and Kate


15 Everett J. and Isabella L.


25 21 William A. and Frances A. Julien and Laura


45 29


Thomas and Eliza James and Sarah Ann


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17 Handley S. Christopher Mary K. Josselyn


22 Zenas and Martha 22 Francis and Roxanna


66 17 Victor Bellon Emma Bellville


30 Peter and Perphtue 27 Felix and Mary


29 Stillman and Sarah M.


24 George B. and Sarah C.


'Sept. 11 Paul H. Papineau Celia Darwin


22


Louis and Addie


66 11 Bartholomew E.Murphy Maria Cleary


18 28 28


Michael and Hannah Michael and Mary


66 22 Charles Holstrom Laura Wecktorine


27


Alfred and Eusephina John and Hannah


25 Fred A. Cotton Abbie A. Douglass


26 30


Charles E. and Emma T. Henry H. and Josephine


66 25 Henry A. Talbot Sarah F. Hancock


22


29 Warren A. and Laura A. Frank E. and Hannah M.


66 30 Daniel A. Darling Susie J. Mann


23 19 Milton A. and Phebe A. Elijah J. and Jane


25 20


Richmond and Caroline Joseph and Mary A.


28 William H. and Prudence Harrison P. and Ruth E.


6. 23 William A. Cotton Ella M. Hamilton


66 28 John McDonnough Lizzie H. Cahill


40 Martin and Penelope 42 James and Susanna Henry


24


28 Michael and Elizabeth Timothy and Ann.


Nov.


3 Louis Paruiso Elizabeth Barro


25 18


Michael and Eliza Edward and Margaret


20 | AGE.


" 28 Martin Ryan Ellen Louise Power


Aug. 8 William E. Coman Kate A. Curtis


11 Thomas Hallam Mary Jane Jones


54 22 H. Arthur Sanderson A. Daisy Dorr


Xavier and Ermine


27


Oct. 10 Albert Hosmer Carrie Eva Hills


18 Brenton W. Clark Carrie A. Taber


22 29 25 Daniel C. and Abbie John and Esther


66 29 James H. Carney Lizzie V. Callahan


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DATE.


NAMES OF PARTIES.


NaMES OF PARENTS.


40 Alfred and Polly W.


43 Isaac and Eliza Roberts


25 Matthew and Margaret


26 Michael and Johanna


27 Daniel and Margaret A.


20 William D. and Annie N.


32 John and Elizabeth


34 William C. and Eliza Johnson


21 Lewis and Eliza G.


22 Ezekiel P. and Hannah J.


26 Ezekiel P. and Hannah J. Herman S. and Lucina B.


66 25 Timothy E. Kane Mary J. Sweeney


26 Edgar L. Smith Mabel S. Haywood


26 Frederic E. Mann. Jennie Blanche Haslam


ㅎ | AGE.


Nov. 5 Alfred Clark Julia A. Reed


6 Archibald R. Carley Mary Ann Quinn


27 John F. Coughlin Mary A. Chisholm


Dec. 8|Elisha B. Smith Flora Peary


24 Lewis A. Arnold Flora Arletta Brown


24 Ambrose E. Brown Martha Etta Greenwood


21


23 Timothy and Catherine


20 John and Mary


21 Ruel W. and Jennie L. 17 William P. and Mary M.


22 Francis V. and Louisa L. 19 Wesley W. and Hattie B.


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DEATHS RECORDED IN FRANKLIN DURING 1888.


DATE.


NAMES OF PERSONS.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. D.


January


1 |Nancy C. Whiting.


Old age ...


87


3


7


66


5 Ella Jenks ...


Enteralgia.


41


-


5


66


18 Alice Curtis Walker


End-carditis


11


11


66


22 Henry Laport . ..


Bronchitis


1


-


18


66


23 Walter A. Blake


Marasmus


5


17


66


26 William Kane .


Suicide


27


8


-


February 4 Caroline Ballou.


Congestion of lungs


86


11


4


Acute meningitis


9


Pneumonia .


75


11


2


Heart disease.


67


-


-


March


6 Edith Straffin


Consumption


30


1


11


Phthisi


23


9


6


16


10 Diadema Chilson


Paralysis


79


10


5


Cardiac dropsy


73


11


30


66


26 Charles W. Hurd.


Scarlatinal dropsy


11


10


12


66


28 Sarah B. Akerman


Pneumonia


76


-


April


14 Benjamin D. Pond.


Pneumonia .


83


5


24


-


17 Hannah D. Pond.


Heart disease


70


Cephelltis


2.2


11


16


66


23 Katie M. Kane


Asthma


25


4


-


May 66


2 Jotham D. Williams.


Heart disease


45


4


7


4 Joseph Williams


Pneumonia


69


9


8


66


5 James Donovan


Pericardetis


52


66


7 John Doyle .


Cancer


54


4


16


66


12 James McGroary


Convulsions


7


66


24 Myrtie C. Demerritt


Scrofula.


1


11


June


9 Mary A. Hunter.


Consumption


28


9


4


July 66


3 Lyman P White


Cancer of stomach.


82


4


13


66


4 Lizzie M. King.


Gastritis


20


6 16


66


12 Elbridge M. Phipps


Cancer of rectum.


54


-


66


16 John Connor.


Cystitis


6


12


66


26 Michael J. Maroney


Railroad accident.


5


8


16


66


27| Anna Bourasse


Marasmus


1


22


66


29 Ogeleon M. Rivers.


Diarrhon


1


66


5 Edmond C. Linton


Cholera infantum.


9


66


15 Lucy Hunter .


Marasmus.


6


11


66


16 Hugh McParland.


Entro-colitis


66


30


66


27 Emily B. Stetson.


Phthisis pulmonalis


48


15


Septem.


15 George McManus


Consumption


21


-


66


16 Catherine F. Bullard


Cancer


58


5


27


66


23 Michael Gilleney


Unknown


24


4


9


Unknown


49


-


87


1


10


66


27 Edwin A. Lewis.


Heart disease ..


49


4 17


60


8


3


Chronic diarrhea


1


1


6


Bronchial catarrh.


1


11


Phthisis.


71


6


-


Novemb'r25 Louis E. Nourse.


Peritonitis.


20


6


13


Gastric ulcer


20


4


28


December 6 John Long.


Apoplexy


71


-


66


17 William Hutchinson


Consumption


28


10


-


66


17 J. Walter Fuller


Phthisis.


34


4


22


22 Francis W. Smith


Pneumonia.


48


11


4


66


25 William E. Keefe.


Accident


19


11


-


Number of males, 39 ; females, 26; total, 65. Average duration of life, 39 years, 7 months, 3 days.


-


19 Louise A. Chilson


Cerebritis


46


6


August


1 Henry R. Woolford


Meningitis


1


1


-


October 5 Ruth H. Smith. 66 6 George E. Barro.


29 Gustavus A. Eken=teen


Consumption


23


4


22


3 Sylvia Hawes.


Cancer


81


25 James H. Byrnes


Peritonitis


21


Heart disease .


24


27 Willard Miller.


57


5


27


26 Robert P. Phinney


Paralysis of heart.


44


1


9


26 Matthias Weeks.


Old age.


90


11 Cora Avery .


11 |Lydia B. Whiting


17 E. Darwin Cook .


12 James Donovan.


25 Lavina F. Cross


21 Delia M. Bailey


19 Frederick T. Holmes


Consumption


23 Ann Gilleney.


27 Shadrach Atwood


Old age-heart failure.


General debility


20 Walter O. Chilson


27 Louise C. Williams.


66 27 Mary A. Walker


AGE.


9 James Lennon


FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE YEAR 1888.


WARRANT FOR


ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 5, 1888.


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, in said County. Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the qualified voters of said Town of Frank- lin to assemble in their Town Hall, on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, viz :


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.


ART. 2. To hear a report of the settlement with the Treasurer, and act thereon.


ART. 3. To hear a report of the collector of taxes, and act thereon.


ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to increase the number of the School Committee to six.


ART. 5. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.


ART. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will grant the cur- rent year for the Support of Schools, for Repairs of Schoolhouses, for Miscellaneous School Expenses, for the Purchase of School Books and School Supplies, for the Support of the Poor, for Repairs of Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks, for Support of Fire Department, for the Pur- chase of Hose, for Water Supply of Hydrants, for Payment of Town Officers, for Payment of Interest Account, for Abatement and Collec- tion of Taxes, for Lighting Streets, for Defraying the Expenses of the Franklin Library Association, for Printing and Stationery, for Miscel- laneous Expenses.


ART. 7. To see in what way and manner the Town will collect its taxes for the current year.


ART. 8. To see in what way and manner the Town will repair its Roads, Bridges and Sidewalks the current year.


ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take relative to a Pound.


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ART. 10. To hear a report from the Selectmen respecting Guide Boards.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will grant any and what sum of money to Franklin Post No. 60, G. A. R., for decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will restrain Neat Cattle, Horses, Mules and Swine from running at large the year ensuing.


ART. 13. To see what compensation the Town will pay the En- gineers of the Fire Department and Members of the Fire, Hose and Hook and Ladder Companies the current year.


ART. 14. To hear the report of the Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment and act thereon.


ART. 15. To vote the names of a suitable number of persons into the jury box for the current year.


ART. 16. To vote by ballot, "Yes," or "No," in answer to the ques- tion : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor in this Town?"


ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.


ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take relative to a Police Force, and grant a sufficient sum of money to pay the same.


ART. 19. To see ir the Town will vote to authorize the School Com- mittee to employ a Superintendent of Schools or to join with some other town in the employment of a Superintendent of Schools, or to take any action in relation thereto that may be deemed proper and to make the necessary appropriation therefor.


ART. 20. To hear a report of the Selectmen laying out a Town Way from Union Street to Fisher Street, and act thereon.


ART. 21. To hear the reports of Committees appointed at prior town meetings, and act thereon.


ART. 22. To see what sum of money, if any, the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to expend, in such way and manner as they may deem judicious for the suppression of the illegal sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in Franklin for the year ensuing.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to locate additional hydrants on Summer Street in said Franklin.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will take any, and what, action rela- tive to locating and constructing a sewer from Main Street, in the vi- cinity of the Postoffice, easterly.


ART. 25. To see in what way and manner the Town will light its streets the current year.


ART. 26. To see whether this Town will require the County Com- missioners of the County of Norfolk to establish a Truant School, or Truant Schools, in this County, or to unite in establishing a Truant


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School in this County, or in some other County contiguous to this County, in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 14, Chapter 48, of the Public Statutes, and the act amendatory thereof.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to repeal its By-Laws on Truancy so far as relates to the Almshouse as the place of commitment for Truants. Said repeal not to take effect till the County Commis- sioners or other authorities shall have provided a more suitable place.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall each Thursday evening for the current year to the Sons of Temper- ance.


ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hun- dred dollars for the improvement of the South Park, so called, the money to be expended under the supervision of the Franklin Improve- ment Society.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate one hundred dollars for tree planting the current year.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the hour of said meeting.


Given under our hands this eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.


DANIEL C. COTTON, HENRY R. JENKS, WILLIAM ROCKWOOD,


Selectmen of Franklin.


NORFOLK, SS.


Feb. 23rd, 1888. By virtue of the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Franklin herein described to assemble in their Town Hall, on Monday, the fifth day of March. A. D. 1888, for the purposes within mentioned, by posting attested copies of the with - in warrant in each of the Postoffices of the Town, and in ten other public places, seven days before the day of meeting, in compliance with Sect. Two of Article One of the By-Laws of the Town of Franklin.


LEWIS R. WHITAKER, Constable of Franklin.


A true copy of the warrant and return thereon. Attest : CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Town Clerk.


PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MARCH MEETING.


MARCH 5, 1888.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the town of Franklin met in their Town Hall, on the fifth day of


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March, A. D. 1888, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and pro- ceeded as follows :


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk. Prayer was then offered by Rev. Erwin Dennett.


The warrant was then read by the Town Clerk.


MODERATOR.


ARTICLE 1. The meeting then made choice, by ballot, the check list being used, of William F. Ray for Moderator, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.


REPORT OF TREASURER.


ART. 2. Voted, that the report of the Treasurer, as set forth in the published town report for the current year, be ac- cepted.


REPORT OF COLLECTOR.


ART. 3. Voted, to accept the report of the Collector as embodied in the town report for the year past.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


ART. 4. Voted, to increase the number of the School Committee to six.


Voted, to elect three constables.


Voted, to take up Article 16 and vote and act upon it at the same time with Article 5.


Voted, that the polls be kept open till two o'clock P. M.


TOWN OFFICERS.


ART. 5. The meeting then made choice, by ballot, of the following named Town Officers, the check list being used. The polls were opened at 10.15 A. M.


Selectmen : Henry R. Jenks, William Rockwood, Asa A. Fletcher ; and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.


Town Clerk : Clarence E. Griffin ; and he was sworn by William Rockwood, Justice of the Peace.


Treasurer : Henry R. Jenks ; and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.


Auditor : George W. Wiggin.


Assessors : William Rockwood, Asa A. Fletcher. Sabin Hubbard,


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Overseers of the Poor: George E. Emerson, Warren H. Bright, Cyrus M. Allen.


Collector : William E. Nason.


School Committee : William F. Ray, for three years ; Miss Lydia P. Ray, for three years ; Mrs. Mary A. Wiggin, for two years ; Mrs. Rebecca Farnum, for one year.


Constables : Lewis R. Whitaker, William E. Nason, Tim- othy Packard ; and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.


Fence Viewers : Bradley M. Rockwood, Alexander F. Mc- Lean, William Mann; and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.


LICENSE.


ART. 16. Upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor in this town?" the vote be- ing taken by ballot, the ballots being deposited in a cancelling ballot box according to law, the keys of which had been deliv- ered to Constable William E. Nason, and the check list being used, two hundred and forty-five (245) persons voted "No," and five (5) persons voted "Yes."


The following officers were then elected by open vote :


Field Drivers : Bradley M. Rockwood, William E. Crown- ingshield, John M. Dow ; and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.


Pound Keeper : George B. Peck.


Voted, that the remaining town officers be appointed by the Selectmen.


Voted to take up Article 19.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


ART. 19. Voted to dismiss this article.


Voted to take up Article 11.


G. A. R. POST, NO. 60.


ART. 11. Voted, to appropriate one hundred dollars to Franklin Post No. 60, G. A. R., for decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day, any portion unexpended to be turned into the Charity Fund of said Post.


Voted that this meeting stand adjourned for one week from


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to-day (Monday, March 12, 1888), at one o'clock in the after- noon.


A true record. Attest :


CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED ANNUAL MARCH MEETING, MARCH 12, 1888.


Meeting called to order at one o'clock P. M., by the Moder- ator, William F. Ray.


ART. 6. Voted, to lay Article 6 on the table.


LIGHTING STREETS.




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