Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838-1857, v. 1, Part 39

Author: Brookline (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Brookline, Mass. : Published by vote of the town
Number of Pages: 680


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500 00


extinction of town debt


4,660 40 850 00


interest on town debt


180 00 cemetery .


expense of gas in Town Hall and streets 600 00


music in schools, to be expended by School Committee .


300 00


maps for the use of the Assessors 100 00


contingencies · 900 00 erection of guide-posts and guide-boards 50 00


use of the Selectmen in prosecuting violations of the liquor law 200 00


increase the salary of the Town Clerk 100 00


copying and printing tax-list for the three past years 215 00


$26,855 40


Add appropriations made, to be raised by taxation the pres-


ent year, on pages [471, 474] of $3,000 and $800 3,800 00


$30,655 40


Voted, To indefinitely postpone the Sixth Article.


Voted, That the Selectmen be and hereby are instructed to supply the High school with water.


Mr. William A. Wellman presented the following votes to the meeting, to wit :


Voted, To choose a committee of five citizens, who are hereby entrusted with full power and are hereby instructed forthwith to select a site for a school-house upon the town's land between School and Washington streets, and to grade and prepare the same for building, the lot of land to be as near one acre in quantity as may be convenient.


Voted, That said committee forthwith erect upon the lot to be thus selected by them, upon such plans as they may adopt, a school-house of sufficient capacity to accommodate not less than three hundred pupils, and that they furnish the same with suitable fixtures, furniture and apparatus.


Voted, To appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the above-mentioned object.


Voted, That of the said sum there be raised five thousand dollars by taxation the present year, and that the residue be borrowed by the Treasurer as the same may be called for by the Building Committee.


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Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow for the above-named objects a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol- lars, and to give therefor the note or notes of the town, on such terms and in such sums as may be most convenient.


The subject thus brought before the meeting was discussed by Messrs. W. A. Wellman, Geo. B. Blake, Geo. F. Homer, James Robinson, Samuel Philbrick, W. P. Atkinson, Mar- shall Stearns and Geo. Griggs.


The question being then taken on the first vote, it was adopted by a large majority.


The second vote was taken up and adopted by a large majority.


The third vote was also taken up and adopted, and the said sum of fifteen thousand dollars was appropriated for the purposes set forth in the votes preceding.


The question being taken on the fourth vote, it was adopt- ed, and voted that the sum of five thousand dollars be raised the present year by taxation, and that the Treasurer borrow the residue.


The fifth vote was then taken up, and the Treasurer was authorized, by the vote of the meeting, to borrow for the above-named objects the sum of ten thousand dollars, and to give therefor the note or notes of the town, on such times and in such sums as may be found most convenient.


Voted, That the Building Committee be appointed by the Chair,


-and the Chair appointed Messrs. John C. Abbott, William Bramhall, Thomas Parsons, William P. Atkinson, George F. Homer, Building Committee on new school-house on School street.


Voted, That the money appropriated by the town for various purposes, including the appropriation for making and repairing highways and townways, be assessed, after deducting the balance in the treasury and the probable receipts for the ensuing year, amounting to the sum of -, upon the polls and estates, real and personal, of the inhabit- ants, resident and non-resident, of the town, and collected as the town charges are usually assessed and collected.


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Voted, That the Selectmen cause the bell to be rung at seven o'clock in the morning instead of six, as it is rung at present.


Dissolved.


Attest : BENJ'N F. BAKER,


Town Clerk.


SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1854.


WARRANT.


SEAL. SEAL.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


SEAL.]


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the seventeenth day of April, current, at seven of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes, viz. :


First. To choose a Moderator.


Second. To see if the town will erect a new school-house on the town's land between Washington and School streets, and raise and appropriate the money necessary therefor, and to ratify the votes passed on said sub- ject at the town meeting holden on Monday, April the third, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four.


Third. To see if the town will purchase land for a new school-house near the Town Hall, and erect a school-house thereon, and raise and appropriate the money necessary therefor.


Fourth. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.


Fifth. To see if the town will pass any votes concerning sidewalks and edgestones, and appropriate and raise money for the same.


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Sixth. To see if the town will appropriate and raise money for the completion of the school-houses on Harvard and Heath streets, and for the purchase of land for a school-house in the village and the erection of a school-house thereon.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals, this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-four.


JAMES BARTLETT, JOHN C. ABBOTT, DAVID S. COOLIDGE, Selectmen of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS.


BROOKLINE, April 12, 1854.


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed notice of the same at the last and usual place of abode of every legal voter in said town. (File G, No. 56.)


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


Pursuant to the foregoing notice, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on the evening of Monday, April the seventeenth, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and were called to order by the Town Clerk at five minutes past seven o'clock, who then proceeded to read the warrant and return.


The First Article in the warrant being then brought before the meeting, it was-


Voted, That the Moderator be chosen by nomination from the meeting,


-and Mr. George F. Homer was nominated and chosen Moderator, and took the chair.


The Second Article was then taken up, being as follows :


To see if the town will erect a new school-house on the town's land between Washington and School streets, and raise and appropriate money necessary therefor, and to ratify the votes passed on said subject at the town meeting holden on Monday, April the third, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four,


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-when the following votes were offered by William I. Bow- ditch, and having been fully discussed, were severally adopt- ed by large majorities.


Voted, To choose a committee of five citizens who are hereby entrusted with full powers and are hereby instructed forthwith to select a site for a school-house upon the town's land between School and Washington streets, and to grade and prepare the same for building ; the lot of land to be as near one acre in quantity as may be convenient.


Voted, That said committee forthwith erect upon the lot thus selected by them, upon such plans as they may adopt, a school-house of sufficient capacity to accommodate not less than two hundred and forty pupils, and that they furnish the same with suitable fixtures, furniture and apparatus.


Voted, To appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the above-named object.


Voted, That of the above sum there be raised three thou- sand dollars by taxation the present year, and that the resi- due be borrowed by the Treasurer as the same may be called for by the Building Committee.


Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow for the above-named objects, twelve thousand dollars, and to give therefor the note or notes of the town, on such times and in such sums as may be found most convenient.


Voted, To appoint as the committee to carry out the fore- going votes, Messrs. John C. Abbott, William Bramhall, Thomas Parsons, William P. Atkinson, George F. Homer, Building Committee for erecting a new school-house on the town's land.


Voted, To indefinitely postpone the Third Article in the warrant.


Voted, That the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow, in anticipation of taxes, the sum of three thou- sand dollars.


Voted, That whenever any of the abutters upon any of the highways of this town which the town is by law bound to maintain, shall furnish and pay for edgestones of hammered granite of uniform size, not less than five inches thick, satis-


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factory to the Selectmen, the Selectmen shall, if they deem it advisable, make and furnish a suitable gravel sidewalk in front of the estates of such owners abutting upon said high- ways, and set the said edgestones thereon at the expense of the town.


Voted, To appropriate and raise by taxation the present year for this purpose the sum of two hundred dollars.


The Sixth Article being taken up, viz. :


To see if the town will appropriate and raise money for the completion of the school-houses on Harvard and Heath streets, and for the purchase of land for a school-house in the village, and the erection of a school- house thereon,


-it was-


Voted, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars in addi- tion to the ten thousand dollars (heretofore appropriated) be appropriated for completing the purchase of the land for and the erection of the three Primary school-houses heretofore voted, and for grading and fencing the said school-house premises and for providing suitable fixtures, furniture and apparatus for said school-houses.


Voted, That the said sum of twelve thousand dollars be borrowed by the Treasurer as the same may be called for by the Building Committee, and that the Treasurer give therefor the note or notes of the town on such times and in such sums as may be deemed advisable.


Dissolved.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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Special Meeting, April 24, 1854.


SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 24, 1854.


WARRANT.


SEAL. SEAL. SEAL.]


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of April, current, at seven of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes, to wit :


First. To choose a Moderator.


Second. To see what action the town will take in regard to destroying dogs.


Third. To hear the report of any committees.


Fourth. To fill any vacancies that may exist in town offices.


Fifth. To raise and appropriate money to pay the interest on the increased town debt.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this eighteenth


day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four.


JAMES BARTLETT, D. S. COOLIDGE, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS.


BROOKLINE, April 20th, 1854.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town to meet at the time and place and for the purposes mentioned, by leaving a printed notice of the same at the last and usual place of resi- dence of every legal voter in said town of Brookline.


(File G, No. 57.)


ELISHA STONE,


Constable of Brookline.


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In pursuance with the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on the evening of Monday, April the twenty-fourth, eigh- teen hundred and fifty-four, and were called to order by the Town Clerk at ten minutes past seven.


The Town Clerk then read the warrant and the return thereon, and presided during the election of a Moderator by written ballots, which resulted in the choice of Mr. George Griggs, who took the chair.


The Second Article coming up in order, it was-


Voted, To lay the Second and Third Articles in the war- rant on the table.


The Fourth Article was then taken up, and it was-


Voted, To proceed to the choice of one Highway Surveyor, -and Mr. Jesse Bird was elected.


The Fifth Article was then taken up, to wit :


To raise and appropriate money to pay the interest on the increased town debt.


It was-


Voted, To raise by taxation the present year and appro- priate the sum of eight hundred dollars to pay the interest on the increased town debt.


The Third Article was then, by vote, taken from the table, viz. :


To hear the report of any committees.


After giving suitable time for any committee to present their reports, the meeting then voted to lay the Third Arti- cle on the table.


Voted, To take the Second Article from the table, to wit :


To see what action the town will take in regard to destroying dogs,


-and Mr. George F. Homer presented the following pre- amble and votes :


Whereas, in the opinion of the town the public health and safety would be promoted by the further restraining of dogs going at large,


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Voted, That the Selectmen of the town, in their capacity as a Board of Health, destroy or cause to be destroyed all dogs which may be found going at large unmuzzled after reasonable notice to the inhabitants of this vote, and that the town will indemnify them for their acts in the premises.


The above vote, after being discussed fully by several gentlemen, was adopted by a large majority. It was then


Voted, That the Town Clerk cause a printed copy of the foregoing vote to be distributed through the town and left at the usual place of abode of the inhabitants, in the same manner and for the same time as notices for town meetings are usually given ..


Voted, That the Selectmen be restricted in that they do not employ minors in the destruction of dogs.


Dissolved.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


List of Soldiers in Brookline, taken May, 1854.


1


Francis Caverly


Henry R. Robbins


Franklin L. Brett


Thomas W. Coffran


John Stuart


William A. Wellman


William Robbins


John Stuart, 2d


Wlliam I. Bowditch


Caleb Russell


Andrew J. Harrington


Amherst A. Frazier


John Shepherd


Thomas Howe Harrison Fay Benj'n Bradley


Joseph A. Thayer


Josiah Gooding


Geo. C. Crowningshield William T. Bramhall


Edw. D. Sohier


John C. Abbott


Chas. W. Cotting


I. D. Hayward


David Sears, Jr.


George C. Barney


George S. Cushing


Morrill Buttler


William Pope


Chas. F. Huntington


David Eckley


John Pope George F. Homer David Wilder, Jr.


Robert S. Littell John Kirkpatrick Edw. N. Dane


John L. Whipple John Doyle Nathan Doyle


Daniel H. Rogers


Edw. C. Wilson


Sam'l L. Lyford


Edwin Field


William Stearns


Henry Whiting


Benj'n Bruce Edw. A. Dana George N. Dana


John W. Griggs Philipp Lemmis Amos A. Lawrence John A. Burnham Simon F. Barstow


Ephram Church


Thomas S. Pettingill


Thomas H. Bacon


Geo. F. Barstow


Chas. Burrell


Gardner H. Clarke


Daniel H. Barstow


Oliver Cousens B. F. Hallett B. F. Baker


. Charles B. Dana Thomas H. Leavett Frederick J. Williams


Thomas Seaverns


James J. Walcott


John N. Turner C. W. Scudder William Aspinwall


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Frederick R. Scars John Bradley Sam'l Simmons


David T. Kenrick


Chas. W. Smith


James L. Oliver


Thos. B. Hall


Edw. R. Seccomb


William Almy


Isaac Taylor


Joseph M. Bell Frederick Stone


Robt. B. Almy William Bramhall


William B. Chaplin


D. Augustus Griggs


Frederick A. Brown


Lowell M. Miles


M. J. Mandall Frederick Almy Otis Vinal


- - Sanborn Henry Gallup Simeon Taylor


· William K. Wakefield Nathaniel Lyford George Atkinson Edw. Atkinson


George Griggs


James M. Merriam


Isaac Dearborn


Ginery Twichell


David S. Coolidge


Cyrus Ruggles


Oliver B. Delano


John Doyle


David H. Daniels


William R. Dean


James W. Coolidge


Henry H. Mellen


William J. Griggs


Wm. H. Jameson


William B. Town


Joseph L. White


George Brooks


Samuel A. Ranson


Eben Wright


Charles O. Howe Daniel S. Kendall A. L. Cutler


William Taaffee


Charles Warren


Augustine Shurtleff


Robert Barnett


J. Anson Guild Joseph D. Gutterson Henry R. White


Clark L. Haynes


J. Elliot Cabot


William Bird


William Andrews


James S. Younge


Abner H. Knight


Daniel Hare


Thomas Lane Clas. G. Colbath


John O. Libby


Alonzo Bowman Cyrus Whitney


Simon W. Clifford


Joseph G. Batchelder


John Bartlett


William J. Hyde


Royal McIntoshı Daniel Duffley


James Williams


E. B. Humphrey Charles Craft George Craft


William Sanderson


Charles D. Head


George W. Stearns


Charles E. Howard


George W. Hancock


Henry Whitney


William P. Atkinson


George W. Goodenough William Wharton


Christop'r Shepherdson "Villiam F. Crowe Henry Lee, Jr. William B. Crowe


Ira Trow


Thomas Parsons


Willard A. Humphrey Willard J. Humphrey Albert Clifford


Rufus S. Allen Geo. J. Fisher


William Dwight, Jr.


Thaddeus J. Townsend Nath'iel G. Chapin


Waldo Maynard


Charles A. Batchelder


George Bacon


Charles P. Trowbridge


Francis K. Fisher


James M. Howe


George E. Bogman


Michael Mahoney Charles Smith


Benj. W. Clarke


Eben'r W. Reed


Sam'l Clark


George N. Hill .


Simon Warren Jolın W. Warren


Silas Langley


Lafayette Thayer William S. Wilson


William W. Clement George T. Carter


F. M. Lyford


Samuel L. French A. W. Seamans James M. Seamans


S. Ingersol Lovett Charles Pope George E. Hersey Edw. W. Hersey


G. Kidder


Howard S. Williams Lewis T. Stoddard


John Colby Charles K. Francis Benjamin Leeds, Jr.


James C. Thomson


Charles F. Foster


William H. Leonard


Benj. N. Jewett


George J. Perry


- Blodget Xanthus Goodenough


Wm. Powell Perkins


Stephen A. Reed


Wilder Dwight


John A. Bird


Benj'n F. Stephenson John Gibbs William O. Churchill


Militia List, 1854.


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Charles Bean Dennis Mahoney Thomas Penniman Eli D. Sanderson John H. Henshaw Francis Henshaw William Rooney


Benj'n F. Kendall


P. W. Pierce


Alfred Winsor


Thomas W. Nickerson


F. Henry Corey


Richard Farnham


Frederick Corey


William H. Slocum


Moses Withington


Daniel M. Adams Abel P. Adams


James Robinson Sam'l A. Robinson


George Penniman Henry A. Prichard


J. C. Leathers


Thomas B. Griggs


Ansel Waterman


George W. Atkinson


Daniel S. Sanderson William White Sydney A. Morse


Burton Neal


Abraham H. Lambert


Philip S. Allen George B. Blake James Murphy


Theophilus P. Chandler Charles L. Palmer Charles Sleeper


Alfred Kenrick, Jr.


Dennis Driscoll


Charles W. Wild


Moses Stone


James O'Connell


Doct. Stephen Salisbury George W. Bird


John H. Webber


Philip Duffy James Driscoll


James M. Edmond John Moreland John B. Prince


Horace James


Charles Houghton


Edward F. Head


Josiah B. Kelbourne


Richard Lothrop


George W. Patten


James G. Glover


Clark S. Bixby


Edwin Ritchie


Benjamin Wild


Nath'iel W. Brackett


Moses Jones, Jr. Charles W. Tolman James Roney


Elijah C. Emerson


Charles Chase Isaac Farrington, Jr.


Alex. C. Studley Thomas Lee


Henry W. Houghton


Alfred Willey


Isaac Murch


Moses C. Warren


Royal Woodward


Warren Morris


Ira A. Dutton


Edwin Clark


. Alvin A. Rice George W. Rockwood John Murray Thomas O'Dea Cornelius O'Herne John McMahan Michael O'Dea


Ariel Coffran R. L. Palmer Otis Smith Michael Mahan


James Sinclair Joseph Smith


M. M. Orcutt


Edward Sheehan


Jonathan P. Sanborn


Wm. K. Melcher


John McMahan Owen Cassidy


James L. Alger


Geo. W. Butters


Elisha Jacobs


Marshall Russell


Thomas Wilson


Albert A. Cobb


Joseph Ferguson


Terrance Gallogan


Frederick W. Prescott


John D. Kelly James Morse


Rob't S. Davis


Ransom N. Weld


Sylvester Kimball


John C. Weld


C. T. Brackett


George W. Sargent


Francis Doherty


Mathew Frawley


Charles Sargent


John Dustin


John Donahue


Albert W. Smith


Melvin Vining


Thomas Dillon


Benj'n W. Hobart


Francis Mahan


Josiah M. Russell


A. H. Clapp William S. Town


John Kenan-364.


Reuben A. Chase


Charles Staples


Joshua H. Putnam


Moses Judkins


T. E. Francis, M. D. John Wood


Patrick Malony


Thomas Crouty


John Maley Michael Hickey John Burlin


Recorded and returned July 7th, 1854. List of soldiers in Brookline, taken May, 1854, by the Assessors, according to law. (File G, No. 58.)


Francis Ward


George E. Carlton


Timothy Corey


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SPECIAL MEETING, SEPT. 18, 1854.


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WARRANT.


SEAL.] SEAL. [SEAL. ]


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline,


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the eighteenth day of September, current, at two of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :


First. To choose a Moderator.


Second. To see what action the town will take on the laying out and widening of the way leading from Boylston to Walnut street, the new street west of the Town Hall, and School street, as laid out and widened by the Selectmen.


Third. To see what action the town will take on the petition of Wil- liam I. Bowditch and others, requesting that the avenues leading from Washington street to the Brookline Branch Railroad depot be laid out as townways.


Fourth. To see what action the town will take on the petition of Wil- liam I. Bowditch and others, to repress the drinking and billiard saloon in the village.


Fifth. To see what action the town will take in regard to truant children.


Sixth, To see if the town will procure a suitable safe for its books of record and papers.


Seventh. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to transfer from any appropriations such amount as may not be needed therefor for other objects duly authorized by vote of the town.


Eighth. To see if the town will cause Washington street to be filled up to a proper grade at the northerly end of the railroad bridge, accord- ing to a plan drawn by Whitewell and Henks.


Ninth. To choose a Fence Viewer.


Tenth. To see if the town will raise and appropriate such sums of money as is necessary to carry the foregoing objects into effect.


Eleventh. To hear the report of any committees.


Twelfth. To see what action the town will take in regard to disposing of the old school-house on Heath street by sale or otherwise.


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Special Meeting, September 18, 1854.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this seventh


day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- dred and fifty-four.


JAMES BARTLETT, JOHN C. ABBOTT, DAVID S. COOLIDGE, Selectmen of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, September 13th, 1854.


By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the pur- poses within mentioned, by leaving a printed notice of the same at their several places of residence.


(See file G, No. 59.)


ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.


Agreeable to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants, voters of the town of Brookline, assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on the afternoon of Monday, September the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and were called to order by the Town Clerk at twenty minutes past two o'clock, who then read the warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon.


The First Article in the warrant then coming up in order, the Town Clerk presided during the election of a Moderator, which was done by written ballot, and resulted in the elec- tion of Mr. William Dearborn, who took the chair.


The Second Article in the warrant then coming up, it was-


Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to report on each of the streets laid out or widened, separately, and Mr. James Bartlett, Chairman of the Selectmen, presented the follow- ing report on the laying out and widening the way leading from Boylston to Walnut street :


REPORT.


At the request of several of the legal voters of the town of Brookline, the Selectmen, after giving legal notice, at least seven days previous, to all persons concerned, proceeded on the 17th day of August, A. D. 1854, to lay out and widen the way leading from Boylston to Walnut street, as follows :


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Commencing at the southeasterly corner of said way, thence running across said way in a westerly direction to land of Samuel A. Walker; thence running westerly on land of said Walker twenty-five feet three inches to a stake; thence turning and running northeasterly on land of said Walker eighty-one feet six inches to a stake on the present line of Boylston street; thence running easterly by the line of said street on land of said Walker twenty-three feet six inches to the present line of said way; thence across said way to land of Royal Woodward, Jr .; thence turning and running southwesterly by land of Royal Woodward, Jr., and Capt. Benjamin Bradley, on the present line of said way, to the first named point of beginning, and making said way forty-five feet wide through its entire length.




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