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25 Robert W. Holmes
Clarence R. and Ethel S.
June יי
1 Mary A. Donahoe
William and Mary E.
3 Margaret Mclaughlin
Daniel and Rose Cove
S Ardis E. Corbin
Charles H. and Mary B.
Daniel J. and Sarah E.
66
10 Rosalie La Roche
Arthur and Rose
66
11 Bridget Garrity
James and Bridget
..
11 Mildred E. McDowell
Henry E. and Mary L.
17 Per Edwin Erickson
17 Rosanna Pariseau
18 Lida M. Prentiss
George H. and Hannah C.
66 66
60 66
22 Raymond E. Lundborn
26 William H. Clark
27 Maud S. Ward
27 Frederick D. O'Neil
James and Jane Bernard R. and Ada L.
29 Marjory R. Rockwood 6 Harold D. Stewart
John J. and Grace L.
6 Nellie A. Young
Wm. A. and Emma A.
6 Gertrude Holmes
James and Mary A.
9 Gertrude Healy
John T. and Ellen
11 Catherine E. Curian
Michael T. and Mary A.
22 Marion F. Cook
James H. and Susan E.
66 66 66
Aug. 66 66
1 Adelbert A. Childs 2 William F. Cataldo
Amadeo J. and Lucia
4 Joseph E. Bradley S Mary H. Wylye
William and Elizabeth S.
10 William Leo Laundre
William D. A. and Cora L.
John B. and Ellen F.
George W. and Emma C.
Patrick and Julia A.
6.
18 Amos E. Brown
Adam and Nora
66
19 Joseph E. Laundre 22 Michael A. Ristino 22 Lora E. Searle
Michael A. and Sylvia A.
Frank D. and Anna I.
Joseph and Delia
Timothy W. and Mary A.
Sept. 66 66
23 Charles E. Harper 24 Timothy W. Halloran 1 Earl E. Pierce S Margaret Nye
William H. and Sarah Charles F. and Idella M.
8 Mary J. Leonard
9 Dean C. Sherman
John and Ida Louis and Elizabeth
21 Yvonne Touzin
Louis and Lucinda
22 George E. Lynds
Charles W. and Florence A.
John A. and Ada C.
William C. and Mary E.
Henry S. and Georgie E.
66 July 66 66 6.
29 Aldia St. Pierre
Alfred and Malvina
29 Albert F. Granger
Henry W. and Bridget
31 Elizabeth Gilooley
James and Kate Salonois and Hattie E.
John W. and Elizabeth A.
11 William F. Collins 11 Gretchen M. Spear
14 Mary Ann Kennedy 15 Evelina Norman Evelina Frank M. and Delia M .
66 66
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6.
James F. and Mary T. Edward B. and Eva M.
8 Alice M. White
Henry and Lena
24 Gertrude II. Daniels
Ernest D. and Gertrude
72
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Sept.
10|Rose A. Moreau
Joseph and Catherine
13 Ester F. Talbot
Henry A. and Sarah F.
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13 Mary Lannigan
John and Marie
Samuel G. and Susan A.
66
27 Charles H. Temo
Maxiam and Mary
Oct. 2 Joseph P. Bassett. Jr.
Joseph P. and Mary V.
4 James Walker
John and Annie
Fred Allard
Fred and Malvina
8 Ruth S. Bacon
George E. and Ada D.
13 Elbridge C. Lewis
Elbridge M. and Hattie E.
66
15 William Kenney
Thomas J. and Ellen
28 Eva C . A. Daniels
Nathan A. and Emma M.
30 Ira N. King
David and Amy S. William M. and Alice J.
Nov.
3 William O. Brown 6 James J. Gillispie
William and Maggie John T. and Mary
6.
9|Geneva E. Fuller
George W. and Sarah
14 Pearl B. Hunter
David K. and Ida G.
66
18 Emily A. Hamm
William A. and Matilda
20 Charles A. Briggs, Jr.
Charles A. and Carrie R.
66
25|William Walker Russell
66
2> Otto W. Swanson
Nelson and Josephine
Dec. ..
1 Agnes L. Kenney
Edward and Mary A.
..
4 Alden T. Mann, Jr.
Alden T. and Elsie M.
66
S Raymond A. Black
James M. and Mary
9 May G. Batchelor 10, Charles J. Fitzgerald
John and Mary J.
66
10 Ralph W. Cook
Francis and Annie
..
17| William J. Walsh
William F. and Elizabeth
66
19 Bessie E. Cook
Bliss and Eliza
66
20 -Pariseau
Thomas A. and Mary Louis and Delima John and Catherine B. George and Annie E.
20 Hannah L. Sullivan 23 George Garriepy
William G. and Nora M.
.. 23 Agnes M. Cody 25,-Bassett
Kate M. Bassett
28 George H. Emery
..
29|Andrew W. Johnston
George H. and Harriett William L. and Grace I.
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9 Caroline A. Hood
24 Charles E. Courtney
James and Mary
William S. and Jennie M.
3 William Moran
John and Annie
Harry E. and Nellie C.
10 Mary Joyall
Joseph and Mary Walter and Caroline J.
12 Irene G. Clark 16 Henry Kane
Timothy E. and Mary J.
20 Peter Pariseau
Total, 138.
14 Susan A. Ferguson
6 Ellen E. Kearns
Thomas and Ellen
73
Marriages Recorded in Franklin during 1895.
DATE.
NAME.
| AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
Jan.
9 Irwin L. Smith Grace E. Whiting
28 Franklin 23 Medway
Rev. R. Johnson
Rev. W. O'Con'r
Feb.
2 Webster Ayer Ida E. Poole
35 Franklin
Rev. A. A. Miner
35 Westboro
13 Walter Cook Carrie J. Bergmann
24 Franklin 24
Rev. C. Longren
66
25 Edward Geb Jessie M. Smith
21 Franklin 19
Rev. M. J. Lee
John B. Collins Ellen Tourtellotte
26
66
April
2 Mason G. Mills Lillian Steinbrick
21 Milford 19 66
Rev. D. M. Hodge
66
15 James O'Neil Jane Ready
31 St. John, N B. 29
Rev. M. J. Lee
6.
17 Wilbert F. Varnum Eva J. Nickerson
33 Lowell 27 Franklin
Rev.C.Longren
66
29 Patrick W. Lennon Sarah A. Bradley
32
Rev. M. J. Lee
May
1 Ernest E. Walker 21 MarthaE. Wadsworth 25
35 34
Rev. W.S. Jagger
14 Waldo S. Emerson Mary A. Bassett
26 Boston 21 Franklin
Rev. W.S. Jagger
21 George F. Kelso Josie M. Bean
36
Rev. Bridgham
24 Searsmont, Me.
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29 James C. Armond Laura Fisher
28 Franklin 18 Bellingham
Rev. C.Longren
June
3 John P. McCarthy Bridget L. Kelley
21 Franklin 22 60
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
Rev. E. J. Moore
-
Tom B. Stringer Catherine Buckley
30
31 Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
27 Ferunccio W.Fiorani 24 Franklin Eva McDougall 17 Reading
74
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
June
4 Erwin S. Dunn Emma E. Mills
23 Providence, R. I. Rev. W. Thayer 25 Franklin
66
5 Bert L. Hicks
26 Willimantic, Ct. Rev. C. Longren Benhedina C. Nelson 20 Franklin
66
12 Henry L. Towne Eva F. French
22 Norfolk 21 Franklin
Rev. W.S. Jagger
28
66
Rev. C. Longren
21
66
66
18 Charles R. Adams Mary L. Plummer
23
Rev. R.K. Harlow
66
19 George W. Blake Ruth E. Daniels
22 Franklin
Rev. F. Emerich
20 So. Framingham
22 John O. Potter Anna E. Barrett
13 Boston 26 Franklin
Rev. C. Longren
Rev. M. J. Lee
25 James H. Riordan Margaret Maroney 21
34
Rev. M. J. Lee
July
2 Arthur M. Jenckes 22 Katie L. Mathewson 23 E. Jaffrey, N. H.
Rev.D.M. Hodge
66
26 David King Amy S. King
55
Rev. D. Rounds
66
29 Silas W. Nickerson Sarah M. Landry
17
6.
13 George H. Ledbury Ida R. McCauley
22
Rev.D.M. Hodge
21
66
Ang.
3 Thomas L. Martin J. Marian Morse
41
Rev. W. Thayer
Sept.
3 William B. Sommers 21 Danbury, Ct. Edith C. Gaskill 22 Franklin
Rev. H. II. Buck
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12 Emery E. Willard 21 Lizzie L. Wood 28
66
Rev. W.S. jagger
25
Rev. Reynolds
1
24 Daniel F. Shea 26 Bridget E. Doherty 24
66
Rev.M. L. Cutter
1] Palmer A. Woodward 27 Medway Annie M. Cotton 27 Franklin
35
40
12 Joseph Snodgrass Silena Ledbury
23 Medway
75
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
Sept.
18 Walter L. Morse Jennie Folley
20
19 Franklin 60
W. Wyckoff, J.P.
24 Charles A. Cushing 26 Boston Ida E. Harding
28 Franklin
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28 Albert E. Peck Lela A. McDonald
30
Rev. C. Longren
Oct.
1 James J. Canning Teresa A. Byrnes
27 Franklin 23 66
Rev. M. J. Lee
..
7 Henry L. Gilroy Mary A. Pendergast
23
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
9 Albert C. Mason Mabel Munson
27
66
Rev. T. J. Wright
66
15 Peter F. McCloskey Catherine Thebault
21
66
19 Charles F. Fiske Jennie R. Mann
22
66
Rev. C. Longren
19 Norfolk
Rev. W.S. Jagger
66
30 Otis C. Corbin Maud M. Mellish
21
Rev. Wm. Thayer
21
. 6
31 Frank T. Tully Carrie E. Barrows
23
6.
Nov.
4 |Bertram E. Smith Lottie Doten
25 Franklin 27
Rev.A. Nazarian
38 . 6
Rev. T. Lowney
41
66
6 Daniel N. Johnston Mattie A. Ellis
27
66
66
12 Domenigo Arena Angela M. Cornetta
29
66
Rev. J. Gambera
30 Boston
6%
27 Daniel T. Shea Ellen E. Marooney
27 Bellingham 29 Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
28 Will Moulton Grace S. Greenwood 18
18
66
Rev. J.T. Crosby
23
66
27 East Machias
31 Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
28 William J. Hatfield Mary Bohler
42 34
25 Milford
Rev. Wm. Thayer
5 |Jeremiah Buckley Mary E. Connolly
27 ..
Rev. M. Johnson
Rev. A. Hudson
24 Boston
76
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
Dec.
7 Gus. F. Swanbeck Ellen J. Erikson
22|Franklin 24 66
Rev. W.S. Jagger
66
15 Charles A. Miller Marian A. Davis
36 Lincoln. R. I. 24
Rev. J. Woodland
18 Eugene Joclin Sarah L. Giles
40 Pawtucket, R. I. Rev. C. Longren 40 Franklin
66
24 Edward J. French Helen N King
24
Rev. Wm. Thayer
19
6
24 Arthur S. Holmes Marion J. Hosie
22 Medway 20 Franklin
Rev. H. G. Butler
66
25 Ernest C. Greenwood 22 Northbridge Silvia L. Sawyer 26 Franklin
Rev. D. M. Hodge
25 De Vere Houghton Annie F. Hunt
26 Manchester, Vt. 22 Wrentham
Rev. C. Longren
25 Charles H. Mason Addie F. Gay
38 Franklin 26 Wrentham
Rev. W. L. Brown
Total, 58.
77
Deaths Recorded in Franklin during 1895.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
Y. M. D.
January
1 Julia B. Gay
8:
-1
43
Old age ..
66
7 Ann Quigley.
6
Bright's disease
16
15 Susan McBines
46
-
-
66
17 Ann E. Thurston.
24 Lucy A. Collins ..
69
4
25
Consumption
27 Carrie E. Jordon.
4
5 Consumption
February 15 Minnie J. Mckinnon.
10
21
Infantile convulsions.
66
24 Margaret Quinn.
12
- Valvular disease of heart ..
66
27 James Cotter
50
March
7 Lonis Touzin.
1
B
-
..
S Ann M. Mann
77
4
Old age.
66
13 Mary Mayott.
11
-
Cancer
66
17 Cecelia McParland.
63
10
66
19 Leland I. Bailey ..
8
Basilar meningitis.
66
28 Catherine Colgan.
62
-
Cancer.
April 66
14 George M. Barber
70
La grippe.
66
20 Daniel C. Ackley.
65
Heart failure
20 Edward Mills.
66
9
Scirrlous prostate.
66
21 George L. Miller ..
10
8
Meningitis.
6.
30 Solomon W. Squires
1
Pneumonia.
May 66
2 Anna M. Murphy.
46
Anæmia ..
4 William A. Cotton.
35
6
25 Chronic Bright's disease ...
5 Michael Shay.
77 Caculus and dis. of bladder
66
11 George E. McWilliams
3
17 |Diphtheria ..
66
15 Richard A. Briggs
11
Addison's disease
66
20 Timothy Quigley.
66
-
Pericarditis
66
25 Mary B. Scott.
74
6
Heart disease
66
26 Eugene Grant.
20
4
13 Diphtheria ..
28
General debility
30 Blanche M. Malloy.
1
4
Capillary bronchitis ..
June
8 Albert W. Newell.
عن
Phthisis
10 Valmer Goyal ..
3
11
15 Bassilar meningitis.
12
Pneumonia
66
26 Susan Groshar t ..
56
5
16
Heart disease
66
30 Asa K. Peary. 6 Gertrude Holmes. 8 Sarah O. Whiting
84
19
Senile debility.
66
17 Venila A. Burrington
46
4
Cancer ..
Capillary bronchitis,
--
Chronicłcystitis.
August
6 Olive E. Connor.
25
--
Supposed heart failure. Consumption .. .
66
17
Hannah E. Bates.
81
3
28
Paralytic shock.
66
21
Ralphı M. Russell.
66
3
.. 1 Psoas abscess.
Sept. 60
14 Emeline W. Hurd.
74
85
-
66
20| John T. Healey.
30
3
2
Heart failure ...
66
25 James M. Smith.
76
11
10 Cancer of stomach .
66
28 Alfred J. Fitzpatrick
50
10
11 Chronic bronchitis.
66
28 Eva MeFadden.
-
11
11
Cholera infantum.
Oct.
3
Cordelia J. Peck ..
70
5
28
Diabetes millitus.
-
12 Jamies Salley.
68
14
Ileart disease
Pneumonia
27
Heart disease
17 Charles E. Cotton
66
9
-
Bronchitis and gen. debility Inanition ..
26 Blanche A. McCarthy
-
11
11
9 George.
-
Stillborn
46 8
28
Cancer of stomach.
64 70
3
21 Apoplexy.
25 Emma R. St. John.
.)
Marasmus.
-
5
Heart disease
Pneumonia.
July
1-8
Cyamosis ..
66
Jeremiah Desmond
26 Francis Barton.
76
3
Cerebral softening.
30 Caleb T. Clark
60
Leucocytheuria ..
Parmilie Laundry
34
Leroy S. Lincoln
-
8
·
Infantile convulsions
66
24 Mary A. Campbell. 3 Amos F. Daniels.
80
6
Old age
Old age.
Diarrhea and old age
17 |Henry Grimes.
4
10
46
-)
16
Clarence R. Grant. ..
73
-
4 5
-
19 Frank T. Ware ..
26 Amanda M. Freeman
71
31 James Lonas.
17 Susan J. Malloy.
-
76
11 Lizzie M. Fiske
General nervous debility ...
Acute gastritis
Hydrocephalis
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Cholera infantum
78
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y.
M. D.
Oct.
5 Francis E. Paine.
Chronic diarrhea.
7 Louis M. Meehan.
Diphtheria.
..
10 Fenner Darling.
Valvular disease of heart
. .
11 Olive M. Dauphinee
Diphtheria.
60
14 Aaron H. Morse
76
Heart disease
66
18 William 11. Fisher.
Pneumonia.
..
21 Charles A. Robinson
5
5
-
Paralysis.
..
23 Gertrude II. Daniels
66
27 Abner G. Adams.
5
8
-
Vor.
2 Charlotte B. Gay.
..
5 Helen F. Foote
1
11
Capillary bronchitis.
. .
7 Grace F. Nolan
5
16
Diphtheria
66
8|Gertrude A. Cox.
6
1
16
20
Paralysis of heart ..
..
11 Henry L. Towne.
Typhoid fever.
66
18 Armand Touzin.
3
6
-
Accident.
66
23 Carrie R. Briggs
52
9
9
Acute mania.
Dec.
1 |Elizabeth M. Fisher
10
Chronic Gastritis.
66
28 John Duffee.
3
3
20
Paralysis of heart ..
-
Paralysis.
Deaths, 87.
-
1
10
11
-1
28
12 John Flaherty.
38
-
Apoplexy. . .
69
)
30
Meningitis
Cerebral apoplexy
Bronchitis
10 Mercy B. Bliss
General debility.
10 Inez 1. Foote ..
1
12
Puerperal fever albuminenria
. .
29; Mary J. Marshall.
15 William II. Lundborn
AGE.
2
10
Old age.
23
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
At the beginning of the year the Selectmen organized by the choice of George W. Wiggin as Chairman and Nelson E. Newell as Clerk of the Board.
Owing to an informality in the election of a Board of Health, the Selectmen have performed the duties of that office during the past year.
POLICE OFFICERS.
Soon after organizing it became our duty to appoint two policemen, one to have special charge of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in town and the other to act as night watchman.
As to the first of these officers there seemed to be very little difference of opinion. and Mr. Silas W. Nickerson, who has acted in that capacity for several years past, received the appointment. We believe he has faithfully performed the duties devolving upon him and that a better selection could not have been made for that important office.
As to the other officer there seemed to be quite a differ- ence of opinion. A petition. signed by about seventy of our citizens, was presented in favor of Mr. Herbert A. Bent. There was also another petition presented, signed by about one hundred of our citizens, in favor of Mr. Anthony Connor.
After carefully weighing the qualifications of the men and the duties to be performed, a majority of the Board de- cided to appoint Mr. Connor, and we believe he has faithfully discharged the duties of his office.
ROADS.
For several successive years Mr. Eugene G. Fisher has acted as Superintendent of Streets and was reappointed by us.
The work of keeping our streets in repair is one requiring constant watchfulness and care on the part of the Superin- tendent. The fact that so few accidents have happened through defects in our streets during his administration shows conclusively that he is well adapted to his position.
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At a special town meeting, held in September, we were authorized to purchase an engine for a stone crusher. The purchase of an engine was made in accordance with the vote, and a beginning was made in the construction of crushed stone roads. If the policy of constructing our roads with crushed stone is to be permanently adopted, the purchase of a steam roller becomes an absolute necessity. Such a roller could be used to great advantage upon many of our gravel roads which have become worn out and uneven.
The following is a list of streets repaired during the year together with the amount expended upon each street.
For repairs on Fisher street.
$54 82
East street.
113 78
McCarthy street,
26 63
Beaver 60
70 28
Mount district.
33 66
Dale street,
28 28
Cottage "
83 37
Alpine "
51 44
Peck
14 58
Grove
113 22
Washington street,
45 49
Central
535 89
Wachusett ..
13 30
King
14 58
Union
72 72
Chestnut
66 21
School 66
239 93
West
6 6
373 49
Church avenue,
111 41
Main street,
76 42
Lincoln “
169 63
Summer street.
14 58
Pleasant
95 78
Dean avenue.
112 57
Short street,
14 58
81
Ruggles street,
65 03
Depot
27 67
Snow bills,
414 82
Bridge work and material,
100 54
Mine brook bridge, labor,
562 66
151 70
..
..
.. granite,
35 00
66
. . engineering,
60 20
..
..
freight, etc.,
80 72
General repairs,
904 18
Miscellaneous bills,
1,077 93
$5,977 09
CHAPEL AND MOUNT SCHOOLHOUSES.
The sale of these houses having been left with the Select- men, we advertised for bids for them. For the Mount School- house we received no bid whatever. For the Chapel School- house we received several bids, but none sufficient in amount to warrant us in selling.
EXPENDITURES.
For several years there has been a tendency on the part of some of our boards to expend more money than the town has appropriated.
During the present year we have endeavored to keep the expenditures in the several departments within the appro- priations. We early notified the several boards that when their appropriations had been exhausted, we should cease to order the payment of bills,
This course on our part, although strictly in accordance with the by-laws of the town, has caused some annoyance to some of the boards, and has left bills to quite an amount un- paid at the close of the year. In one instance the School Committee, standing upon their legal rights, fixed the salary of the High School teacher and Superintendent of Schools at eighteen hundred dollars a year, although the town at its an-
..
stone,
nual meeting had expressly appropriated only fifteen hundred dollars with which to pay those two salaries. The School Committee had an undoubted legal right to fix those two salar- ies. but it was our duty as Selectmen to cease approving bills when the amount appropriated by the town had become ex- hausted. Undoubtedly these bills will all have to be paid, and we recommend that an appropriation be made by the town for their payment.
We respectfully submit estimates of the amounts needed for the expenses of the town for the ensuing year. In making these estimates we have kept in mind the fact that the town has already appropriated the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, and that there are unpaid bills now due to the amount of three thousand. three hundred and thirty-three dollars, as estimated by the Auditor. all of which must be provided for in the taxes to be raised the coming year.
Unless the most rigid economy is observed in the appro- priations our rate of taxation must inevitably be increased.
Our estimates are as follows :
For support of schools. as reported by the School
Committee. $13.800 00
Repairs of roads and bridges. 6.000 00
Support of poor. as estimated by the Over- seers. $7.183 00
Fire Department.
2,500 00
Water supply. 4,100 00
Payment of town officers.
1.400 80
Town debt.
6.800 00
Interest.
1.900 00
Abatement and collection of taxes.
1.000 00
Street lights. 3.600 00
Printing and stationery. 350 00
Police and suppression of illegal liquor traffic. 1,400 00
State and military aid, 800 00
Support of Franklin Library. 700 00
Decorating soldiers' graves. 100 00
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Miscellaneous town expenses.
700 00
Soldiers' relief, 700 00
$53.033 00
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. WIGGIN. EDGAR K. RAY. EDWIN A. MASON,
Selectmen of Franklin.
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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1896.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1896, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles and matters of business, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside over said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers for the year ensuing, viz : Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Town Clerk, an Auditor, three Assessors of Taxes, three Overseers of Poor, a Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Health, one for three years, one for two years and one for one year; one School Committee for three years, and three Constables, all to be voted for upon one ballot ; also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "'Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ARTICLE 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
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ARTICLE 4. To see in what way and manner the town will collect its taxes the current year.
ARTICLE 5. To hear a report of the town officers and act thereon.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to a pound.
ARTICLE 7. To vote a suitable number of names of persons into the jury box for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes for the current year as may be necessary to meet the current expenses.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will instruct the Select- men to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in the town for the current year.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to pay the Superintendent of Schools for the' past year, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will require the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of roads, bridges and side- walks; for the support of schools, including the salary of a Superintendent and the transportation of scholars ; for repair- ing school houses, for school books, supplies and miscel- laneous school expenses ; for the support of the poor ; for the support of the Fire Department; for water supply ; for street lights ; for the payment of the town debt and interest ; for the payment of town officers ; for the abatement and col- lection of taxes ; for printing and stationery ; the suppression of illegal liquor traffic ; for payment of police ; for State and military aid ; for support of the library of the Franklin Library Association ; for the decoration of the soldiers' graves ; for soldiers' aid ; and for miscellaneous town expenses.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will appropriate any and what sums of money to construct. concrete sidewalks in town, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will take any and what action in relation to printing its records.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will vote to put electric lights into the almshonse, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will take any and what action in relation to selling the Chapel schoolhouse and lot.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will authorize the School Board to employ a clerk at a salary not to exceed fifty dollars.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will take any, and what, action in relation to establishing and maintaining street signs in the village portion of the town.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will take any, and what, action in relation to the abolishing of the grade cross- ing of the New England Railroad Company on Union street, and commonly known as "Nason's Crossing."
ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will instruct the Select- men to petition the County Commissioners or Board of Rail- road Commissioners "To direct that an agent be stationed continously at Nason's Crossing, so called, to open and close the gates at said crossing.
ARTICLE 21. To see what action the town will take toward putting an arc light on Washington street, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will put in a fire alarm system, and appropriate money therefor, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to repair the cemetery at City Mills, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to complete the extension of Dean avenue to Pleasant street, or to do any- thing relating thereto.
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ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will instruct the Select- men to appear before the Committee on County Estimates, and favor a reduction of county taxes.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will instruct the Select- men to endeavor to secure better railroad facilities for the town, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will purchase one or more iron cells for the lockup.
The polls will be opened at eight o'clock A. M. and may be closed at twelve o'clock noon.
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 at said Franklin, this twentieth day of February, A. D. 1896.
GEORGE W. WIGGIN, EDWIN A. MASON, EDGAR K. RAY, Selectmen of Franklin.
FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE YEAR 1895.
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4TH, 1895.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin, GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1895. at 8 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 over said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following named officers. viz ; Three Selectmen, one Town Treasurer, one Town Clerk, an Auditor. three Assessors of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, one Collector of Taxes, three Constables, three members of the Board of Health, all for one year, and one School Committee for three years, to be voted for upon one ballot; and also upon the same ballot, to vote upon the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 3. To 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 town officers and act thereon.
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