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Paid Wm. M. Comey, labor,
$90 50
SUMMARY.
Appropriated,
$75 00
Expended, 90 50
Overdrawn, $15 50
68
STREET SIGNS.
Paid Berlin Iron Bridge Co.,
$32 00
SUMMARY.
Appropriated,
$200 00
Expended, 32 00
Unexpended,
$168 00
69
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF CATTLE.
To THE SELECTMEN OF FRANKLIN :
Number of inspections made at slaughter house, 254 ; beeves, 11 ; tuberculous 4 ; veals, 107 ; tuberculous, 2; Hogs, 105 ; tuberculous, 3.
Number of animals placed in quarantine, 111; con- demned, 101 ; released, 10.
I have not made a full, general inspection during the past year. Through neglect of the commission to notify me when to commence this work, I had only ten days in which to accom- plish it. By the examinations which I have made at the re- quest of owners, I think we have accomplished more in get- ting rid of diseased animals than in former years.
Respectfully, submitted,
T. L. MARTIN, V. S.,
Franklin, Feb. 1, 1897.
Inspector.
70
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN
ASSETS.
Cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1897,
$4,727 69
Due on taxes of 1894,
$741 96
" 1895, 3,000 29
66 66 “ 1896, 11,085 53
$14,827 78
Less abatement and collec-
tion, 2,000 00
$12,827 78
Due from State, for Military aid,
143 50
66 66 " State
1,039 00
66 66
on pauper account,
228 53
66 City of Boston, on pauper account, 81 76
66
Wrentham, on pauper ac-
count, 16 13
North Easton, on pauper ac- count, 42 00
66 66 Medway, on pauper account, 48 00
66
66 Frank Prime's estate, on pau- per account, 79 05
-$19,233 44
Balance against the town Feb. 1, 1897, 4,966 56
$24,200 00
71
OF FRANKLIN, FEBRUARY 1, 1897.
LIABILITIES.
One note to Franklin National Bank, $10,000 00
" " "K. D. Lodge, I. O. O. F., 2,000 00
- $12,000 00
The above notes bear 4 per cent. interest.
New High School Loan, viz. :
Note No. 3, to F. D. Blake, due Oct. 1, 1897, $2,200 00
Note No. 4, to F. D. Blake, due Oct. 1, 1898, 2,200 00
Note No. 5, to F. D. Blake, due Oct. 1, 1899, 2,200 00
Note No. 6, to F. D. Blake, due Oct. 1, 1900, 2,200 00
Note No. 7, to F. D. Blake, due Oct. 1, 1901, 2,200 00
11,000 00
Notes Nos. 3 to 7 inclusive bear 4 1-2 per cent. inclusive. Outstanding unpaid bills as follows : On account of paupers, $700 00 66 " town officers, 500 00
1,200 00
$24,200 00
HENRY R. JENKS, Treasurer.
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ALMSHOUSE, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN.
DR.
To personal property, appraised Jan. 31, 1897, $4,243 50
Interest on cost of farm, steam heat and
water supply, at 4 per cent., 176 00
Cash from treasury, 5,338 91
$9,758 41
CR.
By personal property, appraised
Jan. 31, 1897, $4,213 45
Sales from farm,
1,258 00
Cattle condemned,
349 00
5,820 45
$3,937 96
Net cost of outside poor,
3,540 39
Total net pauper expenses,
$7,478 35
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
The foregoing detailed statement of the expenditures of the town of Franklin for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 1897, is correct as shown by the books of the various town officers and the vouchers on file.
NELSON E. NEWELL,
Auditor.
73
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births Registered in Franklin During 1896.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan. 3
66
11
Robert B. Sherman
Walter C. and Anna Belle
11
James B. Scanlon
James and Cordelia
John T. and Harriet A.
66
13
Mary F. Lambert
Joseph and Sarah
66
13 Emmie O'Claire
Joseph and Emily
66
15
Ruth F. Weeks
Willis A. and Albertia
66
15 Walter R. Rivers
Louis and Julia James and Annie
66
19 Hazel D. Cook
Herbert A. and Mary E.
66
20 Doris I. Cole
George F. and Josephine
Henry J. and Martha A.
Peter H. and Margaret E.
Feb.
66
2
Leslie A. Fisher
Charles H. and Edith A.
66
3 Burnett Trimble
Andrew and Isabella F.
66
3 Alexander McCulloch
Alexander and Margaret
66
4 Walter E. Desper
and Hattie R. Desper
66
8 James E. C. Stedman
Joe and Alice E.
66
11 Gladys M. Johnson
Jacob P. and Annie D.
66
11
Florence O. Hobin
Patrick A. and Annie
66
15 Ralph E. Woodward
Charles E. and Clara A.
66
17 Ruth E. Fownes
Fred. S. and Ella B.
Patrick and Sarah
Oliver A. and Helen M.
Willie and Bertha
66
Mary E. Kenney
John and Margaret
60
11
Margaret M. McCabe
Bernard W. and Cora
66
13
Auzile M. Poupart
Frederick and Louise M.
66
13
Louisiana Gendron
Joseph and Mary L.
Alfred and Jane
66
28
Christopher R. and Marie L.
Andrew and Emma J.
66
30
John Murphy
Timothy and Hannah
66
31 4
Mary W. Healey
John F. and Margaret - and Sadie Evans
66
10
Fred. E. and Lottie B.
66
Emile L. LeClair
Cyrille and Camille
66
16
Helen M. Hosie
Horace W. and Ada D.
March 66
27 7
Mary E. Lennon
Mildred L. Jordan Cook
8 9
20
Lillian A. Bernard Ada M. Russell
30
Raymond P. Nealey
Marjorie I. Abbott
Solon and Evvah B.
April
7
Walter R. Evans Davis
11
Abraham Shumsky
Henry and Rosa
22 Annie E. Cockle
27 Peter Moran
29 Mae L. Ferrer
Edwin H. and Georgina
2 William Lewey
Peter and Mary
9 Francis L. Miller
David and Mary J.
16 William F. Eagan
Lewis T. and Lillian
Raymond McK. Leighton
12 Alexander B. Cauldwell
-
74
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
April 18
Cook
66
19
Ralph T. Spence
25
Lyman F. Towne
28
Allan B. Potter
30
Helen M. Young
May
3
Horace S. Corbett
Walter E. and Harriett I.
66
3 Elmira T. Crosman
5
James L. Coughlin
6
Patrick W. Curran
66
6
Enoch E. Waite
Enoch E. and Mary A.
66
6
Mary E. Shea
Daniel F. and Bridget
66
9
Adelaide F. Kemp
Charles E. and Florence
66
11
Vincent Leo Malloy Geb
Jacob F. and Margaret
Mariano and Giovanno 66 .
60
22
Gregori
66
30
Carl E. Bennett
31
Frank E. St. John
June 66
6 10
Hazel M. Stratton
66
12
Charles E. Pitts
13
Norma Z. Goss
66
John T. Goggin
66 66
17 17 17
Ethel J. Conway - Brown
66
19 19
Hazel F. Gunning
66
22 23
Mary B. St. Sauveur
66
24
John T. Mucciarone
26
John W. Reboutcher
66
28
John B. and Mary E.
66
29
July
1
William J. Driscoll
Ethel I. Cook
66
5 7
Joseph H. Paul
66
12 13
Rollinson
Wilson and Myria
66
13
Leo C. Revell Louis V. Revell Lilian Dumas
66
19 20
Lyman G. Hill
66
23
Martha R. Haynes
29
Mary E. Murray
30 Mary Spera
66
30 Alice L. Walsh
John P. and Mary E.
66
30 Bessie J. Smith
August 2
Frances L. Bassett
Charles E. and Georgie M. John and Ellen
7
Joseph A. L. Snow
Frank and Eliza Ray
John P. and Annie G.
19
22
Maria I. Gregori
30
William H. Sullivan
Daniel and Ellen F. Frank H. and Minnie A. Edward and Lucy
Helen Claire Blanchard
James N. and Elizabeth M. George S. and Margaret
Frank E. and Annie William H. and Nellie F. Thomas and Norah James T. and Eliza J. William and Mary
Mary E. La Roche
Alphonze and Delvena George R. and Ellen F. Dennis and Maggie
Agnes Brogan
Edward and Mary E. Sebastiano and Annie Angelo and Bridget T.
John M. and Armand Daniel J. and Mary
Herbert J. and Sadie B. Adolphus and Mary R.
66
Leo P. and Harriet .. 66
Joseph W. and Mary George W. and Annie E. Fred. L. and Edith E. Charles A. and Christie J. Antonio and Julia
Walter E. McCarthy Laundry
Edward S. and Blanche W. Harry and Sarah H. Lyman and Eva F. John O. and Anna E. Ernest and Emma M.
Everett S. and Mary R. John and Anna
Cornelius and Delia
75
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
August 2
Woodward
Clarence H. and Eva I.
66
3
Ethel P. Snodgrass
Joseph and Selena William and Xaverine
66
15
George J. George
Frank W. and Elizabeth A.
66
21
Emile P. Perron
Oliver L. and Lena A.
66 .
26
Ivan H. Pierce
Alfred L. and Ella F.
66 Sept.
31
Helen B. Knapp
James H. and Lucy Henry M. and Alice E.
66
4
Mildred B. Fiske
Charles F. and Tennie R.
66
10
James E. Garrity
James E. and Bridget M.
66
10 Bertram E. Litchfield
George H. and Lillis M. James H. and Sarah F.
66
14
Stephen and Mary
16
Charles D. Foote
C. Frank and Mary I.
66
19
Annie M. Feeley
Timothy E. and Lena
66
Grace M. Rockwood
Bradley M. and Alice I.
Oct.
66
Squire and Maud
66
Anna C. Tigue
Edward and Annie
66 66
20
Carl F. Swanbeck
66
22
· Vantassel
Augustus F. and Ellen J. Wallace and Mary E. - and Mirtle M. Morse
66 66
28
Philip Bourbeau
Louis and Alice
66
- Jennison
Frank D. and Ella E.
Nov. 66
Luke Malley
Luke and Bridget
Michael and Sylvia I.
66
19
Viola E. Shaw
Truman G. and Ella M.
21
Edward Doherty
Philip P. and Margaret E.
66
21 Ernest A. Grant
H. M. and Susie A.
Joseph and Lucia
George W. R. and Jennie L.
66
Dec.
25 George L. Green 27 James R. Kelly 6 Giovanni Lombard 6 Fortunato Lombard
James E. and Josephine A. Alexander and Carmela 6 66 66 Louis and Mary E. Bertram and Eva M.
66
12 Bridget M. Lynch
66
12 Eva Maud Sherman
66
25 Alfred St. Pierre
25
Lucy Lewey
Alfred and Malvina Peter and Mary
66
28
Dorothy M. Daniels
Ernest D. and Gertrude
1
Mary F. McDonald
3
Blanche C. Southerland
Alexander J. and Lucy M.
22 4 5 5 7 14
Giovanni Rena
Dominic and Angeline
Annie L. Blake
Louis A. E. and Elizabeth
24 26
Morse
Beatrice E. Ochee
George H. and Georgietta Joseph and Matilda
30
Charles L. Kreinsen
George L. O'Donnell
John and Mary
31 8 8 9
Annie F. Ristino
23 Lucia C. Cataldo
George H. and Ida R.
Herbert W. Ledbury Robinson
12
Jenny L. McClave Sullivan
17
Harold W. Vaughan
Total, 137.
76
Marriages Recorded in Franklin During 1896.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
Jan.
1
John A. Geb Lillie Sullivan
32
Franklin
Rev. R. F. Walters
1
Amos F. Bailey Alice F. Osgood
36
Franklin Boston
Rev. W. H. Savary
66
8
Louis A. Niccolls Julia V. Higgins
26
Franklin
Rev. L.D. Cochrane
24
Ellsworth, Me.
66
15
Peter A. McNamara Delia E. Bassett
21
Needham
Rev. M. J. Lee
21
Franklin
66
17
Freeman Shaw Ella Parren
24
Franklin 6.
Rev. W. S. Jagger
66
19
Luke Malley Bridget McCahill
26
Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
20
Josiah Fitz, 4th Alice E. Burnham
39
Lynn
Rev. C.W. Longren
36
Franklin
Feb. 5
Richard Bresnahan Catherine T. Ryan
35
.
12
Alexander J. Southerland Lucy M. Palmer .
26 18
Franklin
Rev.J. B. Woodland
17
Napoleon Laundre Julia Guyette
26
Franklin Uxbridge
Rev.T.J. Fitzgerald
66
18
Douglass P. A. Jacoby Mary Lois Almy
23 26
Little Compton, R. I.
Mar. 7
Chester B. Follett Agnes M. Emery
20 21
Franklin
Rev.J. B. Woodland
66
10
Harris K. Cook Josephine Johnson
23
Franklin
Rev.J. B. Woodland
18
24 21
Franklin 66
Rev. J. F. Crosby
April 16
James F. Sullivan Charlotte Mt. V. Otis
21 20
Milford Soinerville
Rev. D. M. Hodge
22
James E. Kelly Josephine A. Ryan
21 19
Franklin 60
Rev. M. J. Lee
22
Henry R. Jenks Katherine L. Harmon
64 45
Franklin
Rev. D. M. Hodge
66
22
Clark P. Harding Mary E. Turner
42 26
Medway Franklin
Rev. D. M. Hodge
23
William Ainscough Mary E. Chell
21 18
New York city Franklin
W.A.Wyckoff, J. P
28
John T. Hughes Margaret A. Neville
37 32
Springfield Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
May 11
Frederick A. Bright Josephine A. Pond
46 35
Franklin 66
Rev. C. W. Longre
26
Franklin 66
Rev. M. J. Lee
18
Franklin
Rev. James Lade
21 George H. Litchfield Lillie M. Cole
20
23
30
36
77
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
May 12
James H. Avery Lucretia S. Leighton
23 23
Franklin
Rev.J. B. Woodland
June 2
Dennis F. Feeley Catherine E. Casey
21 20
Franklin 66
Rev. M. J. Lee
3
Robert Smith Anna M. C. Graham
25 19
Franklin
Rev. W. S. Jagger
15
Frank E. Hawkins Emma Sampson
21
Franklin Norfolk
Rev. E. C. Hood
66
16
Olin .F. Sommers Olive P. Littlefield
24 20
Franklin
Rev. D. M. Hodge
66
24
Albert C. Estes, Jr. Lizzie L. Bullock
19
Franklin
Rev.J. B. Woodland
24
Ernest W. Scott Fannie H. Clement
27 28
Franklin
Rev. F. H. Kasson
66
30
William Irving Louise R. Ulshofer
36 25
Franklin Boston
Rev. D. Fiske
July
1
Samuel A. Peary Ellen A. Crooks
42 34
Franklin Bellingham
Rev. W. S. Jagger
“ 23
Oscar A. Lundborn Izora V. Stevens
46 36
Franklin Lawrence
Rev. C.W. Longren
Aug. 6
Robert G. Munroe Ida L. Dennis
27 19
Franklin Wrentham
Rev.J. B. Woodland
Sept. 3
David A. King Bertha C. Nickerson
30 21
Franklin
Rev. Daniel Round
6
Joseph Nadeau Lillie Gagner
32 25
Worcester Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
23
Frank O'Connor Gertrude Macauley
27 18
Franklin
Rev. W. S. Jagger
.
Oct. 6 Harland G. Bacon Alice M. Blackinton
46 40
Wrentham Franklin
Rev. F. A. Dilling- [ham
66
13
James R. Hosford Mary E. Cannon
Franklin Hyde Park
Rev. E. J. Moore
66
20
Charles F. McCarthy Nora T. Healy
29 19 27 21
Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
Henry M. Howard Hattie E. Stanley
27 28
Arlington Franklin
Rev.Geo.E.Lovejoy
66
27
Henry E. Ruggles L. Maud Weston
38 33
Franklin Woburn
Rev. Daniel March
66
28
Samuel J. Ledbury Bertha Ferris
29 19
Dedham Franklin
Rev. J. B. Seabury
Nov. 4
George O'Connor Alice L. French
24 27
Franklin
Rev. W. S. Jagger
23
Providence, R. I. Franklin
Rev. W. S. Jagger
24
James F. Shirley Alice M. Ayer
27 21
18
.
22
78
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
MARRIED BY
Nov. 5
George H. Robinson Maria E. Lee
34 35
Franklin 66
Rev. M. J. Lee
11
Carl B. Johnson Mary E. Fisher
37 25
Franklin Putnam, Ct.
Rev. F. D. Sargent
66
23
William E. Knowlton Katharine M. Beatty
23 20
Franklin Hopkinton
Rev. Waldo Burnett
66
23
James E. Riley Maggie Chisholm
29 24
Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
24
Daniel E. Kelley Phebe M. Mareau
23
North Attleboro Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
24
Orelle St. John Alvena Normandy
22 20
Lincoln, R. I. Franklin
Rev. J. C. Bessette
25
John L. Henry Julia E. Kane
27 28
Holliston Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
66
28
Lyman H. Sweet Ella M. Stacy
18
Franklin Bath, Me.
Rev. O. W. Folsom
Dec.
1 Bertrand E. Willis Margaret Dorrington
21 19
Franklin
Rev. M. J. I.ee
2
Smith O'Brine Mary Dingle
34
Franklin 66
Rev.J. B.Woodland
66
5
George F. Ribero Elvira F. Bright
23 21
Franklin 66
Rev. W. S. Jagger
30 William H. Foster Minnie B. Fields
27
Franklin
C. A. Bartlett, J. P.
21
66
31
William T. Downey Mary M. Shay
33 28
Franklin
Rev. M. J. Lee
Total, 56.
25
28
19
79
Deaths Recorded in Franklin During 1896.
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y. M. D.
January
3 Fannie Hawes
90
6
11
Acute nephritis
60
15 Mary Ann Whitaker
90
7
13
Senile debility.
27 Norah Fitzgerald.
20
3
1
Interstitial Hepatitis.
February
6 Mitchel Landry.
44
7
-
66
13 |May J. MacConnell.
1
27
Spina bifida
39
9
18
Consumption
17 John Davis Shepard.
1
10
29
Cancer ..
27 Flossie R. Weeks ..
March
3 Charlotte M. Woodward.
60
2
26
Bright's disease ..
60
4 Marguerite Tigue ..
2
8
11
Paralysis of heart ..
6
4
11
Diphtheria ..
76
5
10
Exhaustion
1
9
8
Laryngeal diphtheria
64
3
2
Apoplexy and Bright's dis.
April
2 Edwin Trowbridge
51
3
8
Pneumonitis.
66
10 - Davis
66
16 Mary St John.
17
Purtussis
16
- Cook.
58
1
3
Accident.
19
Willie A. Adams
17
4
-
Consumption ....
66
24 Hattie M. Fuller
38
4
Uterine fibroma.
24
Shock
78
11
Cancer.
73
9
3
Pneumonia.
66
27 William H. Williams
55
3
27
Pneumonia.
May
1 Helen M. Young.
8
8
Tuberculosis
18
Chronical interstitial
66
10 Eva F. Towne
22
2
Puerperal septicemia
66
10 Caroline J. Piper.
71
8
23
Cerebral apoplexy ...
66
10 Alice O. Miller
33
2
8
Diphtheria.
66
15 Isaac Greenup.
77
3
4
Old age.
Chronic scianboa ..
"
19
Geb ..
-
--
Stillborn
66
22 Gregori ...
5
14
Pneumonia.
27
Ida M. Fisher ..
8
10
Heart disease
June
8 Abraham Shumsky
2
2
Pneumonia.
35
9
38
66
20 Amos M. Razee.
2
28
Old age ..
Railroad accident.
66
67
1
23
Phlegmonous erysipelas ... Stillborn ..
66
14 Joseph F. Allard
9
- Cholera infantum.
21
Hereditary syphilis
August 16
1 Robert B. Sherman
6
20
Cholera infantum.
-
-
- Heart failure.
11 Charles J. Fitzgerald
8
1
Cholera infantum
66
11 May E. Bodwell.
29
11
27
Disease of liver.
66
23 Walter C. Cochrane.
18
14
9
4
Diarrhea ..
66
28 Mary Devany ..
67
5
11
Epilepsy
66
29 Margaret Boyle.
57
- Chronic dementia.
Sept.
3
Patrick W. Curran
4
-
Bronchitis.
7 Hazel M. Stratton.
-
3
- Cholera infantum
66
7 John Murphy
1
7
Bronchitis ..
15 Louise P. Kruger
26
10
Stillborn.
24 Robert Harold Nealey
1 36
6 Cancer. Hemorrhage.
July .6
5 John Grantville.
-
-
Acute mania ...
12
-
Stillborn.
2 Mary Mccarthy .
75
17 Elizabeth Savage.
52
9
Malaria ..
Chronic epilepsy
24 Charles A. Briggs, Jr
28 George H. Robinson.
65
9
24
Colitis ..
26
Mary M. Thayer.
1%
Inanition ..
3 Luella G. Morse.
27
7 Joseph C. Jacobs.
56
8
1
Premature birth
-
Stillborn
66
18 William R. Doyle
2
Marasmus
1
13
Pneumonia.
..
6 Agnes F. Conroy
8 Susan K. Ray ..
10 Mary A. Conroy.
13 Mary L. Gendrou.
Stillborn.
18 Emory O. Britton
1
12
12 Agnes L. Kinney ..
Convulsions ..
Consumption
15 Francis Prime ....
23 Harry T. Bassett ..
25 Mary A. Gilroy.
25 Alonzo G. Pike
15 Elizabeth E. Richards
19 Johannah Mcclellan.
78 42 32
6 George W. W. Woodman .. 9 George L. Hill. Rolliston.
18 John W. Rebuccie.
2 - Woodward
AGE.
80
DATE.
NAME OF PERSON.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y. M. D.
Sept.
8 Thaddeus M. Turner.
58
6
3
Bright's disease.
11 Darwin T. Briggs
73
2
11
Apoplexy ..
11 Charles Mason.
74
6
9
Congestive apoplexy.
66
20 Mary A. Leach
Appendicitis
66
25 Adhelia M. Pitman.
75
3
10
Paralysis.
Oct.
3 Illeone E. Guild.
54
9
8
Bright's disease
11 William E. Nason.
63
11
15
Pneumonia.
16 Joseph L. Snow
5
9
Acute gastritis.
22 Minnie B. Cosseboom.
27
4
8
Tuberculosis
26 Mary A. Farbo
27
Railroad accident.
31| --- Jennison
-
1-24
Intant.
Nov.
7 Mildred B. Fiske
2
3
Accident
-
26|Donald Macdonald ..
57
2
8
Tumor.
Dec.
25 Edward Kingsley.
48
Valvular disease of heart ..
66
25 Beatrice E. Ochee
-
-
Meningitis
28 Almenda K. Wilmarth.
63
10
6
Gastritis.
28 Melinda Metcalf ..
79
8
-
Apoplexy.
30 Mary E. Feeley.
6
8
-
Croup.
12|James W. Miller.
43
5
-
Pneumonia
-
2
Deaths, 83.
AGE.
36
-
81
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1897.
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 first day of March, A. D. 1897, at seven 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.
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot the following named offi- cers, 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, all for one year and one School Committee for three years, one mem- ber of the Board of Health 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 intoxi- cating liquor in this town."
ARTICLE 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 4. To see in what way and manner the town shall collect its taxes the current year,
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ARTICLE 5. To hear a report of the town officers and act thereon.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the town will take rel- ative to a pound.
ARTICLE 7. To vote a suitable number of names of per- sons 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 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 what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repairs of roads, bridges and sidewalks ; for the support of schools, including the salary of a superintendent and the transportation of scholars ; for re- pairing 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 pay- ment of town officers ; for payment of town debt and interest ; for abatement and collection of taxes ; for street lights ; for printing and stationery ; for suppression of illegal liquor traf- fic ; for payment of police ; for state and military aid ; for sup- port of the library of the Franklin Library Association ; for the decoration of soldiers' graves ; for soldiers' aid ; for mis- cellaneous town expenses.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to require the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will appropriate any and what sums of money to construct concrete sidewalks, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will authorize the School Board to employ a clerk at a salary not to exceed fifty dollars,
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will reimburse M. J. Lee, for money paid for concreting, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will choose a commit- tee to take into consideration the advisability of making changes to improve the present method of heating the Horace Mann School House and its sanitary defects.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will improve the grounds in the Union Street Cemetery, and appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will grant to Franklin Post, No. 60. G. A. R., the custody and occupancy of the Chapel School House, located on East Street, and a portion of the lot on which it stands, so long as the Post continues under its present charter, with the privilege of making an ad- dition of not more than sixteen (16) feet in length to one end of the building, in consideration of a duly authorized agree- ment by the Post that they will use it for legitimate purposes only, keep the building insured for the benefit of the town while occupying the same, and peacefully giving up the same at the specified time with all permanent additions to the build- ing.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will purchase the fire alarm system now on trial and appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will take any and what action in relation to the abolishing of the grade crossing of the New England Railroad Company on Union Street, and commonly known as " Nason's Crossing."
The polls will be open at seven 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 doing thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the hour of said meeting.
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Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February, A. D., 1897.
EDWIN A. MASON, CHARLES F. NYE, Selectmen of Franklin.
REPORT OF THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
" The Directors of the Franklin Library Association offer the following report for the year ending February 1, 1897 :
The Library and Reading Room have been open regu- larly før the past year on all the week days of the year except legal holidays and the month of August. During August; the past year, the rooms have been open every 'Saturday. During the year 13,188 volumes were drawn out for home reading, making an average daily circulation of 46.3 volumes. During the month of August 285 volumes were in circulation. The number of persons drawing books, making no account of those using the books in the Reading Room, is 661. The Library has received by donation the past year 69 volumes, of which 54 are public documents and reports.
The amount appropriated by the town, together with the other income of the Library, suffices to pay the necessary running expenses of the Library, but leaves only a very small amount for the purchase of books.
For the Directors,
DWIGHT M. HODGE.
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FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE YEAR 1896.
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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the 2d 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.
ART. 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 Com- mittee 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 ?"
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.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to a pound,
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ART. 7. To vote a suitable number of names of persons into the jury box for the year ensuing.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmer, to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes for the current year as may be necessary to meet the current expenses.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to sup- press the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in town for the current year.
ART. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to pay the Superintendent of Schools for the past year, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the town will require the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, or do anything relating thereto.
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