Town of Franklin annual report 1897, Part 4

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 384


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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.


-


72


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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