Town of Franklin annual report 1891, Part 4

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 102


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66 30 Albert Flukiger Sarah L. Dwinell


Franklin 66


28 Rev. W. C. Selleck 26


May


11 Edmund A. Curry Mary Savoy


Franklin Bellingham


20 Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 20


Wentworth, NH 25 Rev. C. S. Lock


15 Benj. A. Ellsworthı NellieM. Hollinsworth| Dedham


19


June 15 Michael H. Bowen Mary E. Tourtellotte


Boston Franklin


28 Rev. W. C. Selleck 26


15 William Donahuc Mary Melian


Franklin Norfolk


27 Rev. F. Gouerse 20


.. 18 Fred P. Chapman Clara M. Craig


Franklin 66


25 Rev. W. C. Selleck 25


6. 30 Harry S. Corson Minnie Hellen Moore


Franklin 66


22 Rev. W. C. Selleck 24


July


2 John M. Hood Emma J. Curry


Franklin 66


21 Rev. Edward Mills 22


UN |AGE.


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69


DATE.


NAME.


RESIDENCE.


AGE.


BY WHOM MARRIED


July 13 John Edward Gilroy Ellen Theresa Gordon


Franklin


24|Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 23


Ang.


2 David Knox Hunter Ida G. McDowell


Medway Franklin


$6


11 John R. Carpenter Mary Elizabeth Blake


Boston Franklin


21 Rev. Edward Mills 22 36 Rev. J. J. Toolly 41


..


20 Henry J. Goodro Mary A. Howe


Worcester Franklin


25 Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 24


20 William Pierce Metcalf Franklin Emily Jane Diamond 66


28 Rev. Edward Mills 24


Oct.


1 Austin B. Chilson Carrie Louise Grant


Franklin W. Wrentham


28|Rev. W. C. Selleck 25


.6


1 Walter C. Sherman Belle Bartholomew


Franklin 66


22 Rev. W. C. Selleck 19


.6


S Jacob O. Quilter Clara E. Fulton


Franklin 66


32 Rev. W. M. Thayer 2-4


16 Albert E. Peck Kittie F. Nichols


Franklin HorseHead, NY 23


25|Rev. E. P. Little


.. 19 Timothy Murphy Hannah Burke


Franklin 66


25|Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 30


.. 20 Simeon Edward Burke Boston Maggie Mahon


Franklin


26 Rev. T. B. Louney 26


66 22 Charles L. Ford Celia A. Mann


Bellingham Franklin


32 Rev. W. C. Selleck 24


Nov. 2 Ephraim M. Knapp Cora T. Malon


Attleboro 66


23 Rev. W. C. Selleck 22


66 10 Samuel C. Bourne Addie D. Thurston


Franklin 66


50 Rev. G. E. Lovejoy 37


60 20 Joseph E. Duprez Alice A. Smith


Franklin Ipswich


29 Rev. T. F. Waters 31


.. 24 William Teller Delia LaClair


Franklin 66


20|Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 18


.. 24 Patrick Kennedy Julia Mehan


Franklin 66


26| Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 20


70


DATE.


NAME.


RESIDENCE.


AGE.


BY WHOM MARRIED


Nov. 26 Henry A. Plimpton Elizabeth Ormsby


Franklin 66


60 Rev. W. C. Selleck 36


26 Julius Cross Emma F. Sullivan


Franklin 66


35 Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 28


6. 27 George W. Green Jennie L. McKenna


Franklin


66


21 Rev. J. M. Mulcahy 23


28 Orlando S. Stetson Emma Furze


Franklin 66


58 Rev. W. C. Selleck 28


Dec. 25 Julius P. Rockwood Harriet A. Harwood


Franklin Framingham


24 Rev. G. E. Lovejoy 21


1868


Nov. 3 Thomas McDowell Rebecca Milan


Franklin Woonsocket


24|Rev. S. L. Holman 23


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Deaths Recorded in Franklin during 1890.


DATE


NAMES OF PERSONS.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. 1).


January 10


66


11


Catharine Granger.


Heart disease ....


70


-


66


13


Austin


Still born.


-


Lavina M. Thayer.


Pleuro Pneumonia.


60


11


66


25


Olive Grow ..


Pneumonia.


56


-


Februarv 5


Minnie A. Clark.


Pneumonia ..


33


6


21


66


12


Joseph M. Whiting


Congestion of lungs .. Pneumonia


Paralysis


64


1


-


66


Louise Lizatte. .


Old age


33


-


Whooping cough.


1


3


Pneumonia


78


10


24


66


28


Marie Albena B. Potvin.


March


4


Walter L. Fales ..


Cerebal Hemorrhage


18


5


5


66


9


Mary L. Vaughn.


Cancer. 34


1


21


66


12


Michael Curran


Acute meningitis


2


4


-


Diarrhæa


39


6


6


18


Jennie E. Hutchinson


Phthisis ..


22


S


20


April


3 3


James Colins


Cerrhosis of liver.


72


-


7


Bertram E Kingsbury


Bronchitis


11


15


66


11


Mary Fortier.


Cyranosis.


1


.6


12 Henry C. Allen


Intemperance and neglect


56


-


23


Eugene McCarthy, Jr


Consumption.


27


- . -


May 60


5


Georgiana C. Jackson


Whooping cough.


6


5


66


5


Mary C. Parker ..


Heart disease.


71


4


66


10


Simeon P. Cheney.


Pneumonia


72


66


12


Pauline W. Adams


Apoplexy.


1


66


16


Agnes Kelley .. .


Lung fever


1


66


18


William H. Cody.


Hepatitis.


36


14


66


20


Era Ann Lowe .. Thomas A O'Conror


Pneumonia.


3


66


24


George E. Hopkins.


Heart disease.


78


-


66


26


Hemingway.


Premature birth ..


-


66


28


66


31


James M. Maroney.


Alcoholism ..


19


June


3


Margaret Doherty


Premature birth.


3


Endocarditis.


21


Anæmia.


62


66


25


66


29


Minnle B. Fortier.


Rheumatism.


5


July ",


25


Mary McFarland.


Rheumatic endocarditis


35


4


66


31


Oren W. Adams


Old age ...


79


August


1


Eddie A. Jordan


Caranoma of lung.


15


Cholera infantum


1


66


7


Gibbon English.


Dysentery ..


55


-


46


9


Mary George.


Cholera infantum


-


66


9 Grace L .. Dow.


lleart disease.


Stricture.


89


9


15


September 1


Mary Darling


Pernicious Zenemia


58


9


16


Softening of brain ..


78


9


20


66


3 John Halloran


Meningitis.


33


10


-


. 6


Edward S. Woodbury ..


Heart failure


80


4


6


14


Olive HI. Knowlton ..


Paralysis.


8


19


19


John Regan ...


Exhaustion


55


66


30


Jeremiah Callahan


56


4


66


7


William E. Hutchinson .. James A. Crowningshield.


Heart failure.


72


8


16


25


Ernest V. Swanson


Spinal disease


10


17


Paralysis.


61


3


66


5


Mary F. Banks. - Hill.


Premature birth


1


29 Blanch Ford


Bronchitis


11


4 Charles F. Lennon


Phthisis.


21


9


19


Marasmus


9


3


=


23


Walter R. Thayer.


Diphtheritic Laryngitis


2


1 20


66


19


Henry B. Whiting. Adin B. Painc. .


Chronic Mania


66 20


Phthisis.


29


1


29


William Henry Baker


Cholera infantum


-


9


25 13 111515551 13


4 James McGroary.


Hydrocephelus


- = 1 6


6


-


Sarah A. McCarthy


Obst'n of bowels, peritonitis


29


66


18


Marie Exina B. Potvin


3


29


66


25


Stanley H. Fernald


27


Peter Adams ..


Whooping cough ..


4


9


5


Meningitis.


4


15


Grace O'Connell


18 -1


62


- 11


-


-


8


16


Willis B. Metcalf.


1


17 Eliza J. Horton.


Daniel J Gilligan


11 William Field.


Olive J. Dorr.


11


18


24


18


Laura A Ellis.


AGE.


72


DATE.


NAMES OF PERSONS.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. D.


October


2


Agustus Tarnason, Jr


Acute hydrocepeelus.


23


66


2


Charlotte Daniels


Schirras stomach.


62


11


13


7


Mary A. Gay.


Phthisis ..


80


5


13


66


14


Hattie M. Snow.


Marasmus


7


19


Earle Dale Harris


Meningitis


2


November 4


Walter E. Thayer.


Marasmus.


2


12


Stillnorn.


-


66


Harvey Cargill


Ezema Inveterata Consum'n


68


1


13


Stephen W. Richardson


Apoplexy


77


7


13


66


14


Albert L. Jordan.


Heart failure


53


4


.


66


20


Mary Tobin.


Apoplexy


83


64


5


23


66


26


William Malloy


Gastric ulcer.


59


1


6


66


30


Michael Savage.


Phthisis


42


-


December 2


Sylvia Heaton.


Phthisis.


35


-


-


66


9


Mabel F. Miller.


Congestion of brain


12


6


25


10


Francis M. Bartholomew ...


Phthisis.


55


-


3


66


28


Joseph H. Garland.


Apoplexy .


66


29


Austin Fletcher Benson. ..


Chronic pneumonitis


21


3


25


-


Males, 48; females, 38; total, 86.


-


10


26


1-


66


12


Frank Clinton Spurr


Atelectasis


16


Lizzie P. Pierson


Cancer


39


23


21


Joseph H. Wadsworth


Heart disease.


22


5


Connors.


AGE.


FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS, FOR THE YEAR 1890.


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,


MARCH 3, 1890.


NORFOLK, SS.


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


You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of said town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall, on Monday, the third day of March, next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :


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


ART. 2. To vote by ballot, "Yes " or "No," in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"


ART. 3. To choose, by ballot, the following named town officers for the year ensuing, viz: Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Auditor, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Collector of Taxes, Con- stables, Fence Viewers, Board of Health, also two School Committee for three years, and choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.


ART. 4. To see in what way and manner the town will collect its taxes the current year.


ART. 5. To hear a report of the Selectmen, and other town officers, and act thereon.


ART. 6. To hear a report of the Engineers of the Fire Department and act thereon, and determine the compensation of the members thereof.


ART. 7. To hear and act upon the report of the committee to see what changes are necessary in our By-Laws.


ART. 8. To see what action the town will take relative to a pound.


ART. 9. To vote the names of a suitable number of persons into the Jury box for the current year.


ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.


ART. 11. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to suppress


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the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in Franklin for the year ensuing.


ART. 12. 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. 13. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to pur- chase of Daniel C. Cotton a piece of land situated at the end of Cot- ton's Block, so called, or act or do anything relating thereto.


ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Com- mittee to employ a Superintendent of Schools or to unite with some other town in the employment of a Superintendent of Schools, accord- ing to Chapter 431, Acts and Resolves of 1888, or act or do anything relating thereto.


ART. 15. 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, or act or do anything relating thereto.


ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to name the street running from Central street past the residence of H. M. Bullock, Ruggles street.


ART. 17. To see if the town will grant a sum of money for the use of the Franklin Improvement Society.


ART. 18. To see what action the town will take relative to a lock- up, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor.


ART. 19. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appro- priate for the repairs of roads, bridges and sidewalks; support of schools ; repairs of school buildings ; school books and school supplies ; miscellaneous school expenses ; support of poor; fire department ; water supply ; payment of town officers; payment of interest; abatement and collection of taxes; maintaining street lights ; printing and sta- tionery ; suppression of illegal liquor traffic and payment of police ; state and military aid; support of Franklin Library Association ; decoration of soldiers' graves; miscellaneous town expenses; for reconstructing Cross street, Union street and Pleasant street as ordered by the County Commissioners.


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 nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.


HENRY R. JENKS, GEORGE W. WIGGIN, EDGAR K. RAY, JEREMIAH J. MCCARTHY, BRADLEY M. ROCKWOOD,


Selectmen of Franklin.


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NORFOLK, SS.


February 21, A. D. 1890.


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 third day of March, 1890, for the purpose within mentioned, by posting attested copies of the within warrant in each of the postoffices of the town of Franklin and in ten other public places, seven days before the day of meeting, in compliance with Section Two of Article One of the By-Laws of the Town of Franklin.


LEWIS R. WHITAKER,


Constable of the Town of Franklin.


A true copy of the warrant and officer's return thereon.


Attest :


CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,


Town Clerk.


PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1890.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the legal voters of the town of Franklin met in their Town Hall, on the third day of March, A. D. 1890, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and pro- ceeded as follows :


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant. Prayer was then offered by Rev. William M. Thayer.


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.


TOWN OFFICERS.


Voted, that ballots be cast under Articles 2 and 3 at the same time.


The Moderator appointed Henry R. Jenks, Jeremiah J. Mc- Carthy, George W. Wiggin and Bradley M. Rockwood as tellers, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.


Voted, that we elect a board of Selectmen to consist of three.


Motion made and seconded and put to the meeting, that the


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foregoing vote be reconsidered. The vote being taken it was declared not carried.


Voted to keep open the polls until three o'clock p. m.


Voted, that when we adjourn, we adjourn to one week from next Saturday at two o'clock in the afternoon.


Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to draw orders for the payment of current expenses of town from the unexpended balance in the treasury until the adjourned town meeting.


At eight o'clock and forty minutes in the forenoon the polls were declared open for the reception of votes for the various town officers, and for the reception of the votes in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this town?"


After due notice had been given, the polls were declared closed by the Moderator at three o'clock in the afternoon.


The Moderator and the Town Clerk, with the assistance of the tellers appointed, then proceeded to count the votes given in.


The meeting made choice by ballot of the following named town officers, the check list being used :


SELECTMEN.


George W. Wiggin, Jeremiah J. McCarthy and Charles Stewart.


TOWN CLERK.


Henry E. Ruggles.


TREASURER.


Henry R. Jenks.


ASSESSORS.


Asa A. Fletcher, Eugene N. Thain, William E. Nason.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


George E. Emerson, Warren H. Bright, C. Milton Allen.


AUDITOR.


Nelson E. Newell.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


William Rockwood.


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SCHOOL, COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS. George King, Mary A. Wiggin.


CONSTABLES.


Lewis R. Whitaker, William E. Nason, Silas W. Nicker- son.


William E. Nason and Silas W. Nickerson were sworn by the Moderator.


BOARD OF HEALTH.


George King, Willliam E. Nason, Walter M. Fisher.


FENCE VIEWERS.


Joseph W. Heaton, Jeremiah Desmond, Stephen C. Taft.


The following town officers were nominated and elected by open vote :


FIELD DRIVERS.


James H. Knapp, Alden T. Mann, James H. Miller.


KEEPER OF POUND.


George B. Peck.


ART. 14. On the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" One hundred and fifty-three (153) voted " Yes," and one hundred and nine- ty-one (191) voted "No."


Voted, that a committee of fifteen be appointed by the Mod- erator, who shall take into consideration the remaining articles of the warrant and report at adjourned town meeting.


The Moderator appointed as that committee the following : George W. Wiggin, Aaron H. Morse, Homer V. Snow, Jesse B. Hopkins, Jeremiah J. McCarthy, Alfred G. Metcalf, Mathew F. Conroy, Charles Stewart, Asa A. Fletcher, James P. Ray, Charles J. Mckenzie, John B. Dunn, Joseph W. Hea- ton, Walter M. Fisher, Alba P. Smith.


Voted to adjourn.


A true record. Attest :


CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN,


Town Clerk.


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The following is a copy of certificate filed in Town Clerk's office :


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


Franklin, March 3, 1890.


I hereby certify that Henry E. Ruggles this day appeared before me and I administered to him the oath of office as Town Clerk of Frank- lin.


GEORGE W. WIGGIN, Justice of the Peace.


A true copy. Attest :


HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.


PROCEEDINGS OF ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 15, 1890.


Meeting called to order by the Moderator, William F. Ray, at 2 o'clock.


REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN.


The committee of fifteen appointed at annual town meeting made report by George W. Wiggin, Chairman. Report ac- cepted. Report on file.


COLLECTION OF TAXES.


ART. 4. Voted, that the compensation of the Tax Collect- or be 1 per cent., and that the Collector have the same power as the Treasurer in these matters.


REPORTS OF TOWN OFFICERS.


ART. 5. The reports of the various town officers as printed were accepted and adopted.


REPORTS OF ENGINEERS.


ART. 6. Voted, that the report as printed in report of town officers be accepted and adopted.


Voted, that the compensation of the members of Fire De- partment be the same as last year.


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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BY-LAWS.


ART. 7. The committee appointed March 16, 1889, to see what changes are necessary in our By-Laws made the follow- ing report :


To THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN, MASS :


Your committee appointed to see what changes are necessary in our By-Laws report as follows, viz :


We recommend the following section to be added to Article I, viz :


No warrant calling a town meeting shall be dismissed until a vote has been taken upon each article of the warrant.


The following section to Article III., viz :


The Selectmen may authorize the Treasurer to pay the current expenses of the town from the unexpended balance in the treasury during the time intervening between the end of the fiscal year and the time of making the yearly appropriations.


We recommend that the article on truancy be amended so as to read as follows, viz :


Habitual truants, and children wandering about the streets, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, between the ages of seven and fifteen years, may, at the discretion of the Trial Justice or Court having jurisdiction of the case be committed to the Truant School provided by the County Commissioners of Norfolk County for a term not exceeding two years, and said Truant School is made the place of detention for such truants.


Respectfully submitted. GEORGE W. WIGGIN, HENRY E. RUGGLES, CLARENCE E. GRIFFIN, Committee on By-Laws.


Franklin, Mass., March 15, 1890.


Voted, that the report of Committee be accepted and rec- ommendations adopted.


POUND.


ART. 8. Voted, that the yard at the almshouse be the pound for the current year.


JURY LIST.


ART. 9. Voted, that the following list of names be placed in the jury box for the current year :


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Cyrus M. Allen,


William A. Hopkins,


Nathan B. Arnold.


Sabin Hubbard,


George E. Bacon,


Joseph T. Hutchinson,


Warren H. Bright,


Henry R. Jenks,


Charles M. Butman,


Charles E. Johnson,


Sanford T. Capron,


Alden T. Mann,


Alfred Clark,


Michael Cleary,


Daniel O. Corbin,


William A. Cotton,


Walter E. Crowningshield,


John W. Richardson,


Thomas J. Daniels,


Edmund J. Rockwood,


James W. Desmond,


William Rockwood,


Alanson H. Dodge,


Calvin M. Smith,


George B. Dorr,


Thomas Spence, ›


Charles L. Fales,


Roswell K. Stevens,


Walter M. Fisher,


Albert F. Staples,


James Galvin,


Jason Tower,


Charles Gowen,


Thaddeus M. Turner,


George W. Bacon,


Amos P. Woodward,


William S. Clark,


William E. Crowningshield,


Albert H. Hill,


Daniel W. Halloran,


Joseph H. Wadsworth.


BORROWING MONEY.


ART. 10. Voted, that the Treasurer be authorized to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes, under the direction of the Selectmen, and that the same be repaid from the taxes to be collected the current year.


SUPPRESSION OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC.


ART. 11. Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to sup- press the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in Franklin for the year ensuing.


USE OF TOWN HALL.


ART. 12. Voted, that the use of the Town Hall be granted to the Sons of Temperance each Thursday evening for the current year.


Elisha P. Chapman,


Michael McCarthy,


Nathan C. Nye,


Wilton A. Pond,


James O. Riley, Fremont M. Richardson,


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LAND OF DANIEL C. COTTON.


ART. 13. Voted, that the subject matter of this article be left with the Selectmen.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.


ART. 14. Motion made and seconded that the Town of Franklin unite with the towns of Walpole, Norwood and Med- way, or either of them, for the purpose of employing a Superintendent of Schools.


Voted, that the matter be indefinitely postponed.


APPROPRIATIONS.


ART. 19. Voted, that the sum of $4500 be appropriated for the repairs of roads and bridges, $500 of which shall be expended on Union street between Nason street and the Cath- olic church, and $300 to be expended on Beaver street between the cemetery and the Catholic church.


Voted, that the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000) be appropriated for reconstructing Cross street, Union street and Pleasant street as ordered by the County Commissioners, and that the same be taken from the unappropriated funds in the treasury and uncollected taxes of 1888 and 1889, and that the matter of reconstruction be left in the hands of the Selectmen.


Voted, that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) be ap- propriated from the unexpended balance in the treasury and from the uncollected taxes of 1888 and 1889, for miscellaneous expenses.


Voted, that the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars [$3300] be appropriated from the unexpended balance in the treasury and uncollected taxes of 1888 and 1889, for maintain- ing street lights, provided that the Union Electric Light Com- pany furnishes the town with three more arc lights.


Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money in addition to the sums already voted, for the following pur- poses, viz :


Support of Schools, eight thousand five hundred dollars,


$8500 00


Repairs of School-houses, five hundred dollars, 500 00


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School Books and School Supplies, seven hundred dollars, $700 00


Miscellaneous School Expenses, six hundred dollars, 600 00 Fire Department, two thousand five hundred dollars, 2500 00 Purchase of Hose, three hundred dollars,


300 00


Water supply for Hydrants, three thousand six hundred dollars, 3600 00


Town Officers, one thousand eight hundred dollars, 1800 00


Interest account, eight hundred dollars,


800 00


Abatement and Collection of Taxes, one thousand dollars, 1000 00


Payment of Police and Suppression of Illegal Liq-


uor Traffic, one thousand five hundred dollars, 1500 00


Printing and Stationery, three hundred dollars, 300 00


Payment of Soldiers' Aid, eight hundred dollars, 800 00


Franklin Library Association, five hundred and fifty dollars. 550 00


Post 60, G. A. R., Memorial Day, one hundred dollars, 100 00


Support of Poor, three thousand five hundred dollars, 3500 00 Repairs and Construction of Walks, five hundred dollars, 500 00


FRANKLIN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.


ART. 17. Voted, that the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) be granted for the use of the Franklin Improvement Society.


HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.


ART. 15. Voted, that it is the sense of this meeting that we build a new High School building.


Voted, that the Moderator appoint a committee of fifteen, of whom the School Committee shall be six, to take into consid- eration the subject matter of this article and report at some future town meeting.


Voted, that this committee select a site for a new High School building.


The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen as that committee in addition to the School Committee : Homer V. Snow, Aaron H. Morse, Henry R. Jenks, Michael Mccarthy,


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O. A. Stanley, J. Cushing Gallison, James O. Chilson, Henry E. Ruggles, Warren H. Bright.


RUGGLES STREET.


ART. 16. Voted to name the street running from Central street past the residence of H. M. Bullock, Ruggles street.


LOCK-UP.


ART. 18. Voted, that the sum of three hundred dollars [$300] be raised and appropriated to construct a new lock-up and that the matter be left in the hands of the Selectmen.


Voted to adjourn.


A true record. Attest :


HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.


Franklin, Mass., May 23, 1890.


We, the Selectmen of Franklin, in the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, hereby appoint Bradley M. Rockwood of said Franklin to be a Registrar of Voters in and for said town for the term of three years from the first day of May A. D. 1890, and until another is appointed in his place.


GEORGE W. WIGGIN, CHARLES STEWART, JEREMIAH MCCARTHY, Selectmen.


I, Bradley M. Rockwood, having been appointed a Registrar of Voters for the Town of Franklin, Mass., for the term ending May 1, 1893, do swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of said office. BRADLEY M. ROCKWOOD.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


Sept. 30, 1890.


Then personally appeared the above named Bradley M. Rockwood and made oath that he would faithfully discharge the duties incumbent upon him as Registrar of Voters.


Before me, HENRY E. RUGGLES, Justice of the Peace.


A true record. Attest :


HENRY E. RUGGLES, Town Clerk.


70


TOWN MEETING WARRANT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


To any Constable of the Town of Franklin in said County,


GREETING :


You are hereby directed, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said town o1 Franklin, qualified to vote for State officers, to assemble in their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fourth day of November next, it being the Tues- day next after the first Monday of said November, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in their votes on one ballot, for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer and Receiver General, Auditor, Attorney-General and Secretary of said Commonwealth, a Representative in the Congress of the United States for the Ninth Congressional District, a Councillor for the Second Councillor Dis- trict, a District Attorney for the Southeastern District to fill a vacancy for the remainder of the term of three years from the first Wednesday in January in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, a County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk, a Senator for the Second Norfolk Senatorial District, and two Representatives to the General Court for the Eighth Norfolk Representative District.




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