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Joseph and Lucy
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23 Mildred Lillian Osborne
Fred E. and Ida M.
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24 Joseph McCormac
Mary McCormac Willard H. and Addie H.
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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.
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10 George E. Geb
Jacob F. and Maggie
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14 Mildred L. Rockwood
21 Iva May Cook
Timothy H. and Hannah
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27 Patrick Kiernan
John and Kate
3 Delia E. Taylor
William and Delia
James T. and Eliza J.
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11 Edith Mildred Hosie
Horace W. and Ada I).
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20 Annie Giancola
20 Lewis Giancola
George C. and Lizzie E. Fred E. and Lottie R.
4 John Neelon
Thomas and Mary Ann
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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
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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
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3 Agnes G. Laundry
Adam and Nora
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5 Esma Read Metcalf
E. Lovell and Abbie T.
Emer E. and Maria
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13 John Meden 15 Tiernnsien
August and Frank W. and Delia M.
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17 Eleanor M. Brown
Charles and Minnie
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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.
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7 Ward
Henry S. and Georgie E. John E. and Nellie T. 66 66
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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
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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
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Joseph and Mary
66
13 Beda Lois Swanson
Nelson and Josephine
15 Mary Kane
16 Margaret R. Smith
19 Melia L. Lambert
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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13 Charles W. Smith
Charles E. and Georgie
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15 Mabel K. Munroe
Herbert F. and Elizabeth M.
William and Xaverne
John C. and Mary A.
Oct.
2 Edith S. Kimball
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4 Mary Rose St. John
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10 Leo Francis Long
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13 Gertrude Sprague Whiting
George R. and Mary W.
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14 Bertram F. McDougall
George R. and Elizabeth S.
Rupert R. and Mary E.
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18 Lauretta Kearns
Michael F. and Mary A.
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21 Bertha E. Feeley
Timothy E. and Lena V.
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21 Florence M. Young
William A. and Emma A.
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25 Grace Eagan
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26 Edith May Cook
6.
26 Arthur Coutu
Thomas C. and Rosalie
Nov.
1 Martin Healey
John F. and Ellen L.
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9 Caroline K. Snider
66
11 Allen H. Richardson
6.
11 Alice H. Richardson
14 Etta G. Perkins
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15 Robert L. Colburn
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20 Edward F. Brown
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27 Anna J. Haggart
Alexander M. and Martha J.
Dec.
2 Geneive Stowell Searle
Frank D. and Anna L.
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15|Oraro Harper 16 Pariseau
Lewis and Lizzie
L. Arthur and Josephine F.
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19 Sarah V. Hart
Henry and Mary A.
Alfred and Jane E.
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23 Schuster
Albert and Lulu M.
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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
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31 Michael F. Kearns Mary Ann Lowlar
28 Franklin 28
Rev. M. J. Lee
Feb.
7 George H. Goff Christie Commier
28
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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21 Wm. E. Breazeale Martha H. Dodge
29 N.Brunsw'k, N J Rev. E. Mills 29 Franklin
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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
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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.
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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 ..
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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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