Town of Franklin annual report 1894, Part 3

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 126


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Joseph and Lucy


66


23 Mildred Lillian Osborne


Fred E. and Ida M.


6.


24 Joseph McCormac


Mary McCormac Willard H. and Addie H.


6.


27 Elmer Day Fish


William D. and Martha J.


Henry W. and Bridget


Richard and Alice J.


Edmund and Alice James B. and Maggie G.


66


10 George E. Geb


Jacob F. and Maggie


66


14 Mildred L. Rockwood


21 Iva May Cook


Timothy H. and Hannah


66 66


27 Patrick Kiernan


John and Kate


3 Delia E. Taylor


William and Delia


James T. and Eliza J.


66


11 Edith Mildred Hosie


Horace W. and Ada I).


60


20 Annie Giancola


20 Lewis Giancola


George C. and Lizzie E. Fred E. and Lottie R.


4 John Neelon


Thomas and Mary Ann


60


27 Gladys Huntoon


30 Henry William Granger 2 - Kennedy


April .. 8 William J. Burke


9 Mary J. Mckinnon


Bernard R. and Ada L. Willie R. and Bertha V.


66 24 George Murphy 25 Brocher


Edwin V. and Jennie


Mav 6 4 Earl J. Conway


9 Grace Emma Russell


Joseph H. and Bessie E.


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30 Francis E. Spence


DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


May 12 George B. Coleman


14 Eleara B. Souther


66


17 Owen Henry Morrissey


Lawrence E. and Hannah


.6 24 William Byron


66 24 Mary M. Cross


James and Bridget John A. and Katie V.


June


16 29 Joseph B. Clark 1 Joseph Bourbeau 3 Freddie Miner


Joseph and Matilda James and Alexina


66


3 Agnes G. Laundry


Adam and Nora


66


5 Esma Read Metcalf


E. Lovell and Abbie T.


Emer E. and Maria


. .


13 John Meden 15 Tiernnsien


August and Frank W. and Delia M.


..


17 Eleanor M. Brown


Charles and Minnie


66


23 Mary F. Gilooley


James E. and Kate


July


4 Ida Margaret Steen 6 Ella H. Razee


James E. and Nellie A.


Charles F. and Idella M.


66


7 Ward


Henry S. and Georgie E. John E. and Nellie T. 66 66


66


16 Anna Irdine Burdick


66


17 Marietta L. Longworth


66


18 Chester Harold Ledbury


Charles E. and Clara A.


66 22 Margaret Tighe


23 - McHugh


Patrick and Bridget


66


24 Helen E. Wright


Charles A. and Hattie B.


Edwin and Selina


. .


30 Ernest Carleton Corbin


Charles H. and Mary B.


James and Lucie


Aug. 66


31 Fred Campbell 1 James L. Wyltie 6 Jennie L. Dudley


Frank E. and Alice M.


.. 11 William George Doherty


Philip P. and Maggie E. James W. and Nellie G.


66 11 Juliet Miller


.


Joseph and Mary


66


13 Beda Lois Swanson


Nelson and Josephine


15 Mary Kane


16 Margaret R. Smith


19 Melia L. Lambert


60


23 Adranna Karch


Frederick and Edith M.


66


24 Helen Mann


Alden T. and Elsie M.


66


26 Bessie F. Lincoln


Daniel C. and Martha R.


29 W. Fremont Smith


George A. and Esther M.


Sept. 66


1 Ralph H. Eames 3 Kathleen Bassett 6


- -¿ Kelley


7 Nellie A. Richardson 8 Francis Leo Kennedy


66


8 Davis Thayer Gallison


Wayne Degan Bradley


Herbert L. and Grace W. Joseph P. and Mary V. Lawrence J. and Annie Paul F. and. Mary J. Patrick and Julia A. Ambrose J. and Mary E. John W. and Elizabeth A.


Robert J. and Emma A.


6 |Eleanor Waite Nye


66


9 Zita A. Gilroy 9 Irene A. Gilroy


William H. and Ida P. Anson B. and Harriet John and Maria


19 Arthur C. Woodward


Edward F. and Annie V.


25 Walter H. Tyler


Robert and Bessie S.


12 Eliza Joyal


Timothy J. and Katie Frederick W. and Margaret Joseph and Sarah


66


George B. and Maria F. Robert and Margaret J.


Joseph E. and Flora B.


12 James H. Brown


John and Annie


18 Charles Tufts, Jr.


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DATE.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


Sept. 9


Mary E. Gunning


George R. and Nellie F.


66


13 Charles W. Smith


Charles E. and Georgie


. .


15 Mabel K. Munroe


Herbert F. and Elizabeth M.


William and Xaverne


John C. and Mary A.


Oct.


2 Edith S. Kimball


66


4 Mary Rose St. John


66


10 Leo Francis Long


6:


13 Gertrude Sprague Whiting


George R. and Mary W.


66


14 Bertram F. McDougall


George R. and Elizabeth S.


Rupert R. and Mary E.


.6


18 Lauretta Kearns


Michael F. and Mary A.


. .


21 Bertha E. Feeley


Timothy E. and Lena V.


66


21 Florence M. Young


William A. and Emma A.


66


25 Grace Eagan


66


26 Edith May Cook


6.


26 Arthur Coutu


Thomas C. and Rosalie


Nov.


1 Martin Healey


John F. and Ellen L.


66


9 Caroline K. Snider


66


11 Allen H. Richardson


6.


11 Alice H. Richardson


14 Etta G. Perkins


66


15 Robert L. Colburn


66


20 Edward F. Brown


..


27 Anna J. Haggart


Alexander M. and Martha J.


Dec.


2 Geneive Stowell Searle


Frank D. and Anna L.


..


15|Oraro Harper 16 Pariseau


Lewis and Lizzie


L. Arthur and Josephine F.


66


19 Sarah V. Hart


Henry and Mary A.


Alfred and Jane E.


66


23 Schuster


Albert and Lulu M.


..


31 Charles D. Cody


Daniel and Margaret


Feb. 28,'92 Dorrice Loker Sherman


Walter C. and Anna B.


Nelson E. and Claire E.


Dec. 1, '92 Bernice Halliburton Newell


James J. and Annie


Collins A. and Julia


Wesley and Catherine J.


William S. and Sarah M.


James and Annie G. George B. and Fannie M. Edward and Catherine


Joseph and Cordelia


17 Harold E. Finley


23 Alfred H. Bernard


Thomas and Ellen Henry B. and Minnie A. Oliver and Dorilda Dennis and Emily Raymond F. and Lizzie


12 Francis R. Morrell


15 Alma E. George


17 Albert Leo McWilliams


28 Martin


17 Thomas E. Landers


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Marriages Recorded in Franklin during 1893.


DATE.


NAMES.


| AGE


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Jan.


4 George R. Whiting Mary W. Sprague


39 Franklin 33 E. Bridgewate


Rev. T. O. Paine


60


31 Michael F. Kearns Mary Ann Lowlar


28 Franklin 28


Rev. M. J. Lee


Feb.


7 George H. Goff Christie Commier


28


66


March


19 William E. Mosher. Mary Edith Dudley


19 Franklin 18


Rev. D. M. Hodge


6.


26 Ernest D. Daniels Gertrude Goodwin


27 66 24 Dorchester


Rev. D. B. Jutten


30 Edward Brown Catharine Butler


21 Franklin 23


Rev. M. J. Lee


April


5 James H. Cobb Mary E. Connors


27 24


Rev. M. J. Lee


66


10 Thomas Rassiter Elizabeth Shea


22 Millville 23 Franklin


Rev. M. J. Lee


66


24 Frank Sheldon Mills Nellie DeEtt Clark


28 Providence, R.I Rev. E. Mills 23 Franklin


May


1 William Staples Etta M. Butman


42 Wrentham 18


Rev. D. M. Hodge


66


15 Jeremiah Harper Mary E. Finneran


21


32 66


Rev. L. Drury


26 66


June


4 Orrin J. Brooks Carrie S. Atwater


37 Bayfield, N. S.


66


7 Frederick A. Gurney Mary Ann Costello


27 Franklin 23


Rev. M. J. Lee


66


7 Charles A. Briggs Carrie R. McLean


23 West Medford


66


14 John A. O'Sullivan Emma L. Leach


25 Franklin 25 Boston


Rev. P. H. Billings


66


21 Arthur W. Kilburn Eva May Fletcher


32 Franklin 28 Dorchester


Rev. R. J. Adams


A 8


22 Franklin


Rev. M. J. Lee


31 Henry C. Bennett Lillie M. Fownes


39 Cambridge


Rev. E. Mills


21 . .


Rev. Wm. Cassidy


25 Providence, R. I H. E. Ruggles, Esq.


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DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


June


21 W. H Voelker Katie M. Wood


25 Woonsocket 23 Franklin


Rev. Richard Burn


27


Albert C. Lovering Alice A. Walton


40


66 24 Medfield


Rev. Geo. Hill


July


5 Edward F. Murphy Mary E. Kelly


31 Milford 27 Franklin


Rev. T. B. Lowney


Aug.


2|Wm. F. Waterhouse Emma Lena Ledbury


24 Woonsocket 22 Franklin


Rev. E. Mills


66


14 John Coughlin Johanna Connors


29 24


66


Rev. M. J. Lee


Sept.


4 Arthur C. Davis Emma M. Smith


21 Exeter, N. H. 21 Tilton, N. H.


Rev. D. M. Hodge


.4


6 John P. Mitchell Jennie M. Burgess


22 Sterling 21 Clinton


Rev. W. S. Jagger


66


11 Matthew B. Wood Flor'ce Cunningham


54 Franklin 47 Boston


Rev. E. Mills


Oct.


1 William L. Wade Margaret E. Willett


66 36 Marlboro


Rev. G. S. Pine


66


2 Arthur LaRoche Rose Le Cuoture


21 Franklin 21


Rev. M. J. Lee


66


4 John Emmons Ide Jessie Marion Nye


25 Mansfield 19 Franklin


Rev. Jacob Ide


23 Wrentham 19 66


Rev. D. M. Hodge


60


10 George W. Reed Eudora S. Kelly


23 New York city 20 Franklin .


Rev. M. J. Lee


Nov.


20 William J. Hanlon Nellie M. Foran


22


66


22 Charles L. Aldrich Achsah L. Whitney


27


66


Rev W. H. Alden


22 |Westborough


66


29 Ira G. W. Hopkins Anzile Chicoine


32 Franklin 36 Malden


Rev. A. Police


Rev. W. S. Jagger


15 Oliver T. Achorn Susan E. Butters


24 Medway 20 Franklin


Rev. G.E. Lovejoy


28 Albert. E. Rockwood 29 Franklin Lizzie L. Stearns 24 66


& | AGE


24 66


Rev. M. J. Lee


10 Ralph A. Jollie Ida K. Spear


42


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DATE.


NAMES.


| AGE


RESIDENCE.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Nov.


30 Elie Chagnon Rennelia Morell


26 New Bedford 21 Franklin


Rev. M. J. Lee


Dec.


16 Albert H. Goss Ida A. Coggan


22


Rev. I. D. Payson


20 Union, Me.


19 George H. Parren Susan M. Blake


24 Franklin 18 66


Rev. E. Mills


66


21 Wm. E. Breazeale Martha H. Dodge


29 N.Brunsw'k, N J Rev. E. Mills 29 Franklin


66


25 Jasper B. Spraul Ethel M. Spencer


22 Bellingham 66


Rev. W. S. Jagger


18


66


30 James W. Rutherford Bessie E. Corbett


Parrsboro, N S Rev. W. G. Ward Amherst. N S


1


60


Deaths Recorded in Franklin during 1893.


AGE.


DATE.


NAME OF PERSON.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M.


D.


January


1 Taisse Coutu.


33


10


Tuberculosis.


18| Mary Ann Glover ..


71


5


Pulmonary apoplexy.


66


18 Daniel Donoghue ..


83


Phthisis pulmonalis.


66


30 Lephe D. Howe ...


73


4


12


Heart disease ..


February


1 Thomas P. Aldcroft.


22


11


2


Obstruction of bile duct.


66


2 Mary H Fales.


83


11


30


Paralysis.


1


1


13


Membraneous croup. Accident


66


Timothy Kane ..


55


7


-


66


7 Cora Blanche Gammage ..


6


18


Phthisis ..


66


8 Mary T. O'Donnell


2


S Acute bronchitis


19


6


18


Phthisis.


1


4


Pneumonia.


27 Prince W. Alden.


85


15


Pneumonia


March


2 Patrick Gilrov ..


60


-


Neuralgia of heart ..


=


4 Elbridge G. Fiske.


1


1


10


Pneumonia. .


66


5 Mary McHugh.


75


2


12


Rheumatism


66


6 Charles C. Mason.


40


11


6


Cancer of liver


66


18 Bartholomew Cody.


67


3


Consumption


66


26 Alice G. Evans


66


29 Omoa Bourbeau.


2


15


Dropsy of brain.


April


6 Adeline J. Fish


-


3


- Meningitis.


=


8 Eliza Clark


4


16


Carcinoma


66


13 Davis Thayer


6


26


Paralysis.


66


13 Abby M. Blake.


Dementia, exhaustion


66


15 Charles Walter Dean.


13


Croupous laryngitis


8


1


Cerebral apoplexy ...


1


Pneumonia.


66


28 Joseph Britton ..


72


2


24 Bright's disease ..


May 66


3 Mary Edgerly.


45 19 59


19


Pneumonia ..


21 Charles W. Clark


77


26 Cerebral anæmia.


9


Probably phthisis


25 Seba Bucklin.


6


4


Bright's disease.


66


25 John Dolan.


-


1S


Old age.


5


19 Basilar meningitis.


7


Rachitis.


25


Heart disease.


6


Old age.


9


Pneumonia


July .6


12 Percy L. Richards.


4


24


Enteritis ...


66


13 Frederick A. Goss


"


26


Cholera infantum


15 Ellen Robertson


87


-


3 Walter H. Tyler.


-


9


Cyanosis.


66


4 Michael H. Kane


24


1


18


Tuberculosis


7 Charles Tutts, Jr


-


1


14


Diarrhœa


15 Edward Hartshorn


82


10


25


Old age ..


17 Michael Wade.


58


5


-


66 17 - - Finnegan


4


-


$6


20 Grover Cleveland Hauf.


4


Cholera infantum ..


21 Daniel R. Campbell


33


9


15 Phthisis pulmonalis


25 Hiram T. Simmons.


56


2


16 Softening of brain.


Sept.


1 Robert B. Bailey


45


7


7 Typhoid fever ...


-


28


Neurosthenia ..


35 30


5


Paralysis.


9


3


Consumption .


2 20 28


3


29 Chronic nephritis.


8


Pulmonary embolism


63 1 30 1


9 Lydia A. Jones


20


Inflammation of brain .. Phthisis


63 86


2


21


Old age.


Heart disease.


16


27 Guy Andrew Nealey. 5 Edward Curran.


6


7 Cynthia A. Lee.


60


3


16 Giles Ayres.


77


11


94


2


4


Old age, apoplexy.


7 - Ward.


-


11%


Premature birth


August "


4 Fred Campbell.


6


Tetanus ...


12 Margaret Dougherty.


84 3


10


18 Lydia H. Cook.


5 Chronic epilepsy ...


22 Maranda Thain.


62


3


25 Daniel Peter Whiting.


27 Nathan Burr.


64 91 1 2


June


16 Alice Kennedy.


28 Chester Allen Couthill.


1


9 Julia A . King.


73


6


Chronic Bright's disease ...


5 Francis S. Woolford.


21 Francis J. Gordon.


31 Johanna Costello.


7 Edward Paul


67 69


9


23 Oliver Prime ..


5


Heart disease.


Intestinal mephitis.


Cholera infantum.


2x Edgar A. Jordan


4 James F. Sullivan


18 Michael J. Wade.


24 John Winn. .


61


DATE.


NAME OF PERSON.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


Y. M. D.


Sept.


8 Moses Parren.


63


10


20


Chronic phthisis pulmonalis


14 Lois Dudley


Cholera infantum


18 Blanche Edith Sanborn


21


0


4


Typhoid fever


22 Olive Blake ...


67


11


-


Heart disease.


28 Lowell B. Cleaveland


77


5


9


Old age.


Oct.


2 Henry H. Hauf.


10


-


-


Drowning


9 Newell Willett ..


74


2


-


10


Marasmus.


Scarlatereal albu.


66


22 Mary Tigne Gilooly


55


24 Ellen S. Prime.


29


10


3


Pulmonary tuberculosis. Still-born ..


Nov.


4 Thomas J. Lennon.


22


6


12 Pulmonary tuberculosis.


5 Albert Leo McWilliams


-


1


21


Inanition ..


6 Mary S. Estey


63


8


-


Congestion of lungs


Dec.


1 Ralph Herbert Eames.


3


69


8


Typhoid fever .


15 Lucy D. Greenwood.


33


4 19


19 Thomas M. O'Sullivan.


21


7


Pneumonia


19 Kate Demerritt.


31


Phthisis.


20 Villroy A. Pond.


83


Senile decay


22 Nancy Paine ..


72


1


5 Pneumonia.


24 Caleb T. Nye.


75


1


16


Disease of prostate.


24 Rebecca Johnson


71


11


29 Cerebral hemorrhage.


25 Rosana E. Taylor.


-


Pertussis ..


30 Annie J. Staples.


27


10


Phthisis pulmonalis


26


Coutu.


-


-


27 Francis B. Dove.


21


4


11


Pulmonary tuberculosis


21 Frank Richardson


12


-


Lenkæmia ..


Acute meningitis. ..


8 Joseph W. Clarke ..


6


8


-


18 Bertram F. McDougall


415


Icterus ...


Hæmoptysis.


1


Pneumonia.


10 James A. Gilooley.


12 Henry A Martin.


1


8


Quick consumption.


AGE.


By-Laws of the Town of Franklin,


AS AMENDED, 1890.


ARTICLE I.


SECTION 1. The annual town meeting for the election of town officers, and for granting and voting such sums of money as may be necessary for all general town purposes, shall be held on the first Monday in March in each year.


SECT. 2. The warrants for all town meetings shall be directed to either of the constables of the town, and meetings shall be notified, by posting attested copies of the warrants in each of the postoffices of the town, and in not less than ten other public places, seven days at least before the day of such meeting.


SECT. 3. The town officers which are required by law to be chosen by ballot, and their respective terms of office, shall be designated in the warrant for the meeting at which they are to be elected.


SECT. 4. At the annual meeting, after the choice of a Moderator, the polls shall remain open at least two hours, unless otherwise ordered by a two-thirds vote of all the voters present and voting in such meeting.


SECT. 5. No grant of a sum of money exceeding five hundred dollars shall be made until the subject matter thereof has been considered and estimates reported to the town, either by the Selectmen, School Committee, Engineers of the Fire Department or other town officers, or by some committee chosen for that purpose, in pursuance of a vote of the town.


SECT. 6. When a question is under debate no motion shall


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be received except a motion to adjourn, to lie on the table, to commit or amend, to refer or to postpone to a day certain, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.


SECT. 7. Upon taking a vote upon any question, if the decision of the Moderator is doubted, or a division of the house called for, the Moderator shall request the house to be seated and shall appoint tellers. The question shall then be distinctly stated, and those in the affirmative and negative, respectively, shall be requested to rise and stand in their places until they are counted by the tellers, who shall count each side and make report thereof to the Moderator.


SECT. 8. No vote shall be reconsidered at the same meeting, or any adjournment thereof, except upon a motion made within one hour of the adoption of such vote, or unless ordered by two-thirds of the voters present and voting.


SECT. 9. The duties of the Moderator not prescribed by the statutes or by these by-laws shall be determined by the general rules of parliamentary law, so far as they may be adapted to town meetings.


SECT. 10. No warrant calling a town meeting shall be dismissed until a vote has been taken upon each article of the warrant.


ARTICLE II.


SECT. 1. The Selectmen shall have full authority, as agents of the town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the town, and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless it is otherwise specially ordered by a vote of the town, at a meeting called for that purpose.


SECT. 2. The Selectmen may authorize the Treasurer to borrow money temporarily, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, and to give promissory notes of the town therefor, the same to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and all promissory notes of the town shall be executed in like manner.


SECT. 3. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed conveying land, or any other instrument required to


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carry into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be ex- ecuted by the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, in the name of the town, unless the town shall otherwise vote in any special case.


SECT. 4. The Selectmen shall annually appoint one or more police officers, pursuant to General Statutes, Chapter 18, Sect. 38, who, in addition to the duties required by the laws of the Commonwealth, shall make complaints and carry into execution any judgments for violation of these by-laws, except- ing those relating to truancy. The compensation for such police officers shall be fixed by the Selectmen.


ARTICLE III.


SECT. 1. The financial year shall begin with the first day of February in each year and end with the last day of January following.


SECT. 2. No money shall be paid from the treasury except the State and County taxes, and notes and interest thereon, without a warrant therefor, signed by a majority of the Selectmen.


SECT. 3. The assessment of taxes shall be completed and the tax list and warrant shall be delivered to the Collector on or before the fifteenth day of August in each year.


SECT. 4. All taxes assessed in each year shall be paid on or before the first day of December in the same year ; and on all such taxes as shall not be paid on or before said first day of December interest shall be charged at a rate fixed annually by the town, pursuant to Statute 1862, Chapter 146, and the Collector shall use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of December in the same year ; bills for poll tax only shall be payable on demand.


SECT. 5. The Collector shall cause to be printed upon the tax bills the foregoing by-law, with the rate of interest on unpaid taxes as fixed by a vote of the town.


SECT. 6. The compensation of the Collector of Taxes shall be one and a half per cent. on all taxes committed to him for collection, unless the town shall vote at the annual meet-


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ing to change such rate per cent., in which case he shall receive such compensation as the town may vote for collecting the taxes committed to him for that year, which shall be in full for all services and expenses ; and he shall pay over to the Treasurer all moneys received by him for taxes as soon as collected ; and he shall pay over to the Treasurer the amount of all the taxes committed to him, with the accrued interest thereon, on or before the first day of February next following the commitment, except such as may be abated by the Asses- sors ; and he shall not be entitled to any compensation until the whole amount of taxes shall have been paid into the treas- ury as aforesaid.


SECT. 7. No money granted for a special purpose shall be applied to any other use, unless by a vote of the town, and all unexpended balances of such grants shall be reported in the annual report of the Selectmen.


SECT. 8. No orders shall be drawn upon the Treasurer for any purpose not authorized by a vote of the town or the laws of the Commonwealth, nor shall the amount of orders drawn against any special appropriation exceed the same.


SECT. 9. 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.


ARTICLE IV.


SECT. 1. The Selectmen, before granting a written per- mission to move a building in any public street or way in the town, under Statute 1870, Chapter 314, shall ascertain if the destruction or injury of any shade or ornamental tree, shrub or any fixture of ornament or utility standing in a street, way or enclosure adjoining the same will be caused thereby, and if in such case, in the opinion of the Selectmen, such permis- sion should be granted, they may require the person applying to give satisfactory security to any person owning such trees, shrubs or fixtures to indemnify him for any damage caused as aforesaid before giving such permission.


SECT. 2. Whoever shall behave in any indecent or dis-


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orderly manner, or use profane, indecent or insulting language in any public place, or on any sidewalk or street in the town, to the annoyance or disturbance of any other person there being or passing in a peaceful manner, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than twenty dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 3. Three or more persons shall not continue to stand or remain in a group or near to each other, on any sidewalk, or in any public place, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, after having been requested by a constable or police officer to move on; and any person who shall violate the provisions of this by-law shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars.


SECT. 4. Whoever shall affix with paste or other adhe- sive substance any bill, placard or notice, or shall write any figures, words or devices to or upon a building, fence or wall in the town, where the owner or occupant shall have posted a notice forbidding the same, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 5. Whoever shall wilfully or maliciously deface or tear down any bill, placard or notice posted for a lawful purpose, except the same be affixed to premises owned by him or under his control, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 6. Whoever shall ride any horse, or drive any horse or horses attached to a vehicle of any description, in or upon any street or way for public travel, at such an immod- erate rate of speed as to endanger or expose to injury or incon- venience any person standing, walking or riding therein, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 7. Whoever shall be or remain upon any door- step, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon any wall or fence, on or near any street or public place, after being requested by any occupant of the premises or by any constable or police officer to remove therefrom,


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shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 8. Whoever shall coast upon any sled or sleds upon any sidewalk, or in any street or public place, except upon such streets or places as the Selectmen may by public notice designate for such purpose, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 9. Whoever. by any means or in any manner, shall wilfully frighten any horse, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or shoot with bows and arrows, or throw stones or other missiles. in any street or on any sidewalk, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 10. Whoever shall drive any horse. cattle or swine. or permit any horse. cattle or swine under his care, to go upon and over any sidewalk, or suffer any horse to remain hitched across any sidewalk. or hitch his horse to any ornamental trees standing or growing upon any sidewalk, or draw or propel any hand-cart over any sidewalk, so as thereby to cause any injury either to person or property of others, or to obstruct the safe and convenient passing of persons lawfully using the same, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 11. Whoever shall suffer any wood or coal or any cart or wagon to remain within the limits of a street, or upon any sidewalk, so as in any manner to obstruct the travel thereon, or for more than twenty-four hours after he has been notified by any road commissioner, constable or police officer to remove the same, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar and not more than ten dollars for each offence.


SECT. 12. Whoever shall make any indecent figures or write any indecent or obscene words upon any fence, build- ing or structure in any public place, or wantonly expose his naked person to the view of other persons there passing or being, in any street or public place, or in or near any dwell- ing-house, or commit a nuisance upon any sidewalk, or against any tree, building or structure adjoining the same,


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shall forfeit and pay not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, for each offence.


SECT. 13. The constables of the town shall post printed notices of Sect. 9 and Sect. 12 of this article.


ARTICLE V.


SECT. 1. These by-laws may be amended at any annual town meeting, an article or articles for that purpose having been inserted in the warrant for such meeting.


*SECT. 2. All forfeitures under any of the by-laws of the town shall be recovered by complaint before any Trial Justice or District Court in the County of Norfolk, and shall inure to the use of the town of Franklin.


SECT. 3. No person shall be prosecuted or tried for any breach of the provisions of any by-law of the town, unless the complaint for the same shall be instituted and commenced within six months from the time of committing such breach.


SECT. 4. These by-laws shall take effect from and after their approval by the Superior Court.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Franklin, in said county, qualified to vote in town affairs, held on the fifth day of March, A. D. 1877, under the following article in the warrant for said meeting, to wit : "To see if the town will take any and what action in relation to adopting a code of by-laws," the foregoing by-laws were upon motion made, approved and adopted.




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