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Cutler, A. L.
Philbrick, Edward S.
Dana, Charles B.
Pierce, Peter W.
Dearborn, Isaac
Russell, Marshall
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Dearborn, William
Secomb, Edward R.
Delano, Oliver B.
Scudder, Charles W.
Fay, Harrison
Sheafe, William
Fisher, Francis K.
Towne, William B.
Goddard, A. W.
Trowbridge, Charles P.
Griggs, Wm. J.
Warren, Simon
Goldsmith, George W.
Williams, Howard S. Withington, Otis
Haynes, Clark L.
Woodward, Royal
BROOKLINE, Mass., March 5th, 1862.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
The Fifth Article taken up :
To see if the town will make an appropriation to improve the grade of Boylston street opposite the estates of Francis and Francis K. Fisher, Charles Heath, and Henry Lee, Jr., as agreed upon by the Selectmen and abutters.
The article being under consideration, on motion of C. W. Wilder, it was-
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed or nomi- nated by the meeting at large, to consider and report at the adjourned meeting, upon the expediency and practicability of curtailing the annual expenses of the town, and such other suggestions as they may deem proper.
The following resolution was offered, to wit :
Ordered, That no appropriations be made until the com- mittee aforesaid shall have made their report.
Laid on the table.
The meeting then nominated and chose the following gen- tlemen to constitute the committee called for by the preced- ing vote, viz. : John N. Turner, C. W. Wilder, Charles Heath, W. J. Griggs, William Aspinwall, committee on the annual expenses of the town.
Voted, That the sum of nine hundred dollars be raised and appropriated to carry out the improvement proposed in the Fifth Article.
The Sixth Article taken up :
To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to widen and make Goddard avenue as widened and laid out by the County Commis- sioners.
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Voted, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of widening and making Goddard avenue as widened and laid out by the County Commissioners.
The Seventh Article was taken up :
To consider and act upon the subject of purchasing a lot of land belonging to John Gibbs, lying upon Washington street and adjoining the town land, for a library building-lot.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone the Seventh Article. The Eighth Article taken up :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Referred to the committee on the reduction of expenses.
Voted, That two be added to the committee on the reduc- tion of expenses.
Messrs. A. W. Goddard and George Griggs were nomi- nated and chosen additional members.
The committee as enlarged is as follows, viz. : John N. Turner, C. W. Wilder, Charles Heath, William J. Griggs, William Aspinwall, A. W. Goddard, George Griggs, com- mittee on annual expenses of the town.
Voted, To adjourn to meet in this place at half-past seven of the clock on Tuesday evening, the eighth day of April next.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In conformity with the laws of this Commonwealth, the Town Clerk forthwith made out his warrant and delivered it to Constable John H. Grush to summon within three days all officers chosen and not qualified, to appear before the Town Clerk within seven days from the date of said warrant
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to be qualified for their several offices, to be sworn where an oath is required by law, or to signify their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they may have been respectively chosen, where an oath is not required.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, April 1st, 1862.
Then personally appeared the following-named persons and were sworn at the time set against their names, or signi- fied their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they had been chosen, viz. :
John N. Turner, sworn March 29th, 1862.
Assessors. J. Davenport, sworn March 28th, 1862. Thomas B. Hall, sworn March 31st, 1862.
John Dustin, sworn March 25th, 1862.
Constables. Eli D. Sanderson, sworn March 31st, 1862. Burton W. Neal, sworn March 29th, 1862.
Clark L. Haynes, sworn March 31st, 1862.
Fence Viewers. John O. Libby, sworn March 28th, 1862.
Surveyor of Lumber and
Measurer of Wood and Bark. Oliver Cousens, sworn March 26th, 1862.
Sealer and Measurer of Leather. C. W. Toleman, sworn March 26th, 1862.
School Committee
for three years. George Brooks, accepted March 25th, 1862.
Trustees of Thomas Parsons, accepted March 27th, 1862. Public Library for ? A. A. Lawrence, accepted March 27th, 1862. three years. - Wm. I. Bowditch, accepted March 29th, 1862.
Fire Wards.
A. H. Waterman, accepted March 31st, 1862. Henry Orcutt, accepted April 1st, 1862.
Charles D. Head, accepted March 25th, 1862.
Auditors. 3 C. W. Scudder, accepted March 29th, 1862. Edward Atkinson, accepted March 26th, 1862.
Cemetery Committee. John Dustin, accepted March 25th, 1860. Sealer of Weights \ and Measures. Alfred Kenrick, accepted March 26th, 1862.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 8, 1862.
Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants assembled in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, April the eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and were called to order at eight o'clock by the Moderator, James Murray Howe.
The meeting then proceeded to fill the vacancies in the various offices occasioned by non-acceptance of the persons chosen at the last meeting, viz. :
Surveyor of Lumber and Measurer of Wood and Bark : J. Anson Guild. Truant Officers : F. C. Sherman, J. P. Sanborn, R. A. Chace. Truant Justice : C. E. Abbott.
Fire Ward : Oliver B. Delano.
Trustee Public Library for three years : James A. Dupee.
John N. Turner, chairman of the committee chosen at the last meeting to inquire into and report upon the expenditures of the town and report thereon, presented the following report, viz. :
REPORT. .
The committee appointed at the annual meeting to consider and report upon the expediency and practicability of curtailing the expenses of the town have attended to the duty assigned them, and ask leave to present their report.
As from year to year it is observed that the affairs of the town are increased, the conviction forces itself upon the minds of the citizens that there must be on the part of some one more or less of neglect or prodigality. Hence the cry of retrenchment and reform meet with a ready response. Committees are chosen, reports are presented, and still expenses increase, and thus it will ever be in prosperous and enlightened communities. Whenever as a town we begin to decay, our citizens to be reduced, and property difficult of sale, then we may look for a reduction of our expenses, our taxes, and our ability to pay them. An analysis of the last year's expenditures will show that, for strictly municipal pur- poses, the amount paid has not been large. If our county and state taxes are somewhat startling, we remember that this is only an evidence of our wealth, not of our extravagance.
It is well for us to bear in mind that the town uniformly requires the best of everything. We are justly proud of our roads, our school- houses, and our schools. We demand the luxuries of cities, and make appropriations for sidewalks, drains, street crossings, and lighted streets. These things are all right and proper, and are evidence of , advancing civilization, but they are to be had only by paying for them.
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Now, while we do not hold economy to be the highest virtue, nor Poor Richard as the greatest saint in the calendar, and while it is evident from our investigations that the work assigned to your committee has been anticipated by the Selectmen and School Committee during the past year, still we are of the opinion that there is room for improvement in some particulars. For, in public affairs, great care ought to be exercised in order that what is done should be well and economically done, so that while the town is liberal, its servants should be all faithful. We venture to suggest that the Selectmen consider the propriety of appointing some competent person whose duty it shall be personally to superintend the repairs which may be ordered upon the highways, and see to it that the work for which the town pays shall be properly, faithfully, and cheaply done.
We also suggest that when the town requires work to be done or ser- vices to be rendered, that publicity be give to such wants, to the end that proposals and competition be invited. Again, we are of the opinion that more light may be procured for the amount expended, or the same light for a less sum. In view of the heavy burden to be imposed upon all classes of the community to meet the wants of the Government in its present conflict with a gigantic rebellion, it might seem that your committee would be justified in recommending a reduction of the salaries paid by the town. But we have chosen rather to leave this matter with the Selectmen and School Committee, with the suggestion to those who render services to the town, each for himself, or herself, to decide what pecuniary consideration they ought to make to the town, and that any or all sums which may be so allowed or returned to the Treasurer, be made to appear in the reports as donations to the town and not as a deduction from salaries. In conclusion, your committee recommend the following appropriations for the current year.
Submitted in behalf of the committee,
J. N. TURNER, Chairman.
BROOKLINE, April 8, 1862.
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
Schools.
$16,500 00
Support of poor
900 00
Highways
3,000 00
Fire department
600 00
Sidewalks
500 00
Gutters and drains
500 00
County tax
9,000 00
Collecting taxes
400 00
Abatement of taxes
600 00
Town debt
11,500 00
Interest .
.
3,000 00
Ringing bell
125 00
Repairs of town buildings
800 00
Town officers .
1,750 00
Lighting streets
1,600 00
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Cemetery .
$50 00
Police
600 00
Library
200 00
Use of Board of Health
200 00
Contingencies .
1,500 00
Military
State tax
19,116 00
Voted, To accept the foregoing report.
The Eighth Article in the warrant was then taken up, viz. :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the town for the current year.
The meeting accordingly voted to raise and appropriate the following sums, viz. :
For schools
$16,500 00
adult schools
400 00
support of poor
900 00
support of highways
4,000 00
fire department
600 00
sidewalks .
500 00
paving gutters and relaying drains
500 00
county tax
8,500 00
state tax
19,116 00
collecting taxes
400 00
abatement of taxes
600 00
extinction of town debt
11,500 00 1
interest on town debt
3,000 00
ringing bell
125 00
repairing town buildings
800 00
town officers
1,750 00
lighting Town Hall and streets
1,600 00
cemetery
50 00
library
588 00
use of the Board of Health
200 00
military purposes
3,500 00
contingencies
1,500 00
change of grade on Boylston street (at annual meeting)
900 00
making Goddard avenue
1,500 00
police
.
. 600 00
Voted, That the various appropriations made by the town, including those for the purpose of making and repairing highways and townways, be assessed, after deducting the amount now in the treasury and the probable receipts for the
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ensuing year amounting to the sum of - - - dollars, upon the polls and estates, real and personal, of the inhab- itants, resident and non-resident, of the town, and collected as the town charges are usually charged and collected.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is author- ized to borrow a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, in anticipation of taxes, and to give the note or notes of the town therefor, countersigned by the Selectmen, in such sums and at such times as may be called for by them.
Voted, That the vote whereby the town voted to raise the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars to pay the amount of the town debt becoming due this year, be and hereby is reconsidered.
Voted, That the sum of eight thousand dollars be raised by taxation the present year and appropriated to pay eight thousand dollars of the town debt becoming due the present year.
Voted, That the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated to pay the balance of the town debt becoming due this year, and that the Town Treas- urer be and hereby is authorized to borrow the same.
Voted, That the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars be and hereby is raised and appropriated to be called the Military Fund, for the purpose of providing and furnish- ing armories, drill-rooms, parade grounds, procuring ammu- nition, camp equipages and utensils, and for the providing the families of such inhabitants as may serve as militia, and for such other purposes connected with the preparation of the inhabitants of the town to perform their duties as militia as the Military Committee may deem expedient, and such fund shall be paid by the Treasurer to the Military Com- mittee upon their draft, signed by the chairman and counter- signed by two other members thereof and approved by the Selectmen, and shall be expended in such manner as may be directed by a vote of said committee.
Voted, That the following persons be and hereby are chosen and appointed to constitute the Military Committee for the ensuing year, viz : Moses B. Williams, James A.
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Dupee, Marshal Stearns, Thomas B. Hall, Thomas Parsons, William Aspinwall, William K. Melcher, Nathaniel Lyford, James M. Howe, James Bartlett.
Voted, To authorize the surveyors of Highways to enter into contracts for making or repairing the highways or town- ways in the town, and that two-thirds of the money granted for that purpose shall be expended before the first day of November, at such time or times as they may deem for the best interest of the town.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 19, 1862.
SEAL.
WARRANT.
SEAL.
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 Saturday, the nineteenth day of July, current, at eight of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to pay a bounty to those men who may enlist to recruit the town's quota of men under the call of the government for volunteers, and for any other mili- tary purposes.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and place of said meeting.
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Special Meeting, July 19, 1862.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
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JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, E. R. SECOMB, N. G. CHAPIN, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, July 16th, 1862.
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Brookline herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving a printed copy of this warrant at each house in said town four days before the time set for said meeting.
R. A. CHACE, Constable of Brookline.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled in the Town Hall in said town, on Saturday, the nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and were called to order at eight of the clock in the evening, by B. F. Baker, the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the war- rant calling the meeting and the return thereon, and presided during the choice of a Moderator.
James A. Dupee was nominated and chosen Moderator, and took the chair.
The Second Article in the warrant was then taken up, viz. :
To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to pay a bounty to those men who may enlist to recruit the town's quota of men under the call of the government for volunteers, and for any other military purposes.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, it was-
Voted, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of giving aid to the fam- ilies of those volunteers who have enlisted or may hereafter enlist from this town, and for other military purposes, to be
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expended under the direction of the Selectmen and Military Committee.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is author- ized to borrow the sum of twelve thousand dollars and give the note or notes of the town therefor, in such sums and at such times as it may be called for by the Selectmen.
Voted, That a bounty of one hundred dollars be paid to each recruit who shall enlist from this town under the present call for volunteers, when he shall be sworn into the service of the United States.
The meeting was very large, and all the proceedings spir- ited, enthusiastic, and unanimous, and adjourned with three hearty cheers for the Union.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING, AUGUST 19, 1862.
WARRANT.
SEAL. SEAL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL.
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 Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of August, current, at eight of the clock in the evening, for the follow- ing purposes, to wit :
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First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To consider and act upon the subject of bounties to volun- teers from this town for three years or during the war.
Third. To see what action this town will take on the subject of recruiting or raising the town's quota of nine-months men, as called for by the President of the United States.
Fourth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the foregoing purposes.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, E. R. SECOMB, THOMAS PARSONS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, August 16th, 1862.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhab- itants of the town of Brookline, herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by leaving an attested copy of this warrant at each of the residences of the legal voters, quali- fied to vote in elections in said town of Brookline, four days before the time set for said meeting; and I have likewise posted attested copies of this warrant at the post-office and other public places in said town.
J. H. GRUSH,
Constable of Brookline.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met in the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and were called to order at eight of the clock in the evening, by B. F. Baker, the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting and the return of the Constable thereon notify- ing the same.
The Town Clerk then took up the First Article in the warrant :
To choose a Moderator.
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William H. Gardner was nominated and chosen Moder- ator, and took the chair.
The Second Article in the warrant was then taken up, viz. :
To consider and act upon the subject of bounties to the volunteers from this town for three years or during the war.
On motion of Amos A. Lawrence, the meeting passed the following votes, to wit :
Voted, That the Military Committee be instructed to enlist into the U. S. service for three years' service, one hundred twenty-two men, being the probable quotas of the town for volunteers and drafted men.
Voted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be raised and appropriated for state aid to volunteers and other mili- tary purposes, and that the Treasurer of the town be author- ized to borrow the amount at such times and in such sums as the Selectmen may direct.
Voted, That the Selectmen and Military Committee be authorized to pay such bounties to volunteers as they may deem expedient.
Third Article in the warrant taken up, viz. :
To see what action the town will take on the subject of recruiting or raising the town's quota of nine-months men, as called for by the Presi- dent of the United States.
Voted, To refer the Third Article to the Selectmen and Military Committee.
Fourth Article taken up, viz. :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the foregoing purposes.
Voted, To confirm the vote passed under the Second Arti- cle in the warrant whereby the meeting voted to raise the sum of twenty thousand dollars to be expended for aid to families and military purposes.
Voted, That the Town Clerk be authorized to enter upon the records of the town the proceedings of the two last meet- ings of the citizens held on July the 12th and on the 9th instant.
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The Military Committee being called upon to state in what position the town was in respect to enlisting men, Moses B. Williams, chairman of the committee, stated that the committee had enlisted and had placed in the United States service for three years one hundred and thirty men, which, as near as the committee could ascertain, would more than cover the town's quota under both calls.
Voted, That the thanks of the town be tendered to the Military Committee for the energetic manner in which they have thus far filled up the town quota of men for the service of the United States.
Resolved, That the citizens of the town do hereby tender their services to the Military Committee to render such aid as may be needful to assist them in their work of enlistment or such other duties as they request them to do.
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Mod- erator to wait upon Colonel Edward A. Wild and request him to attend this meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen, viz. : Messrs. Nehemiah Washburn, W. A. Wellman, Edward Atkinson, J. Murray Howe, John C. Abbott.
The committee appointed as above retired to wait on Col. Wild and request him to attend the meeting.
During the absence of the committee, the meeting was addressed by W. Y. Gross, Henry Wheelock and others, who had volunteered to go to the war for three years.
The committee returned in a short time, accompanied by Col. Wild (a citizen and native of Brookline), who was received with great enthusiasm and was warmly cheered by the meeting.
Col. Wild thanked his fellow-citizens for their warm sym- pathies and interest in their behalf, and should bear the remembrance of this hour with gratitude when far away.
The meeting then adjourned with three rousing cheers for the Union.
Adjourned.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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List of Soldiers in the Town of Brookline, taken May 1, 1862.
The following list contains the names of persons in the town of Brook- line, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, liable to be enrolled in the militia, as taken by us, the Assessors, on the first day of May, 1862 :
Charles L. Chandler
Andrew Marsh
Lafayette Fairbanks
Enos J. Stone
Daniel Rumrill
Richard Briggs
John C. Burt
William B. Chaplin
Joli A. Burnham
William Deel
Amos A. Lawrence
Charles U. Cotting
Charles Ingalls
Patrick Kerrigan
William Perry
John L. Aldrich
John O. Keefe
Joseph G. Batcheldor
Frederick Higginson
Daniel W. Rogers
Maxwell Lowrey
E. V. Thing
Edwin W. Holbrook
Henry L. Richardson
Albert F. Sise
Michael Lemmis
John W. Chapman
Daniel O'Keefe
Augustus B. Whitemore
William H. Lincoln
Charles L. Bugbee
Richard M. Lincoln
George W. Heard
James R. Tebbets
John A. Howard
George Dexter
Michael Maloney
Horace York
Ira A. Stubbs
Solomon H. Howe
Frank J. Skinner
Richard L. Saville
Gayton P. Loring
John H. Dane
Frederick Goetz
John Haley
Michael Curtin
Edward Wilson
Alonzo Farrar
Dennis Conner
Edward S. Dane
Patrick Meany
Frederick W. Prescott
Nehemiah Washburn
Charles Soule, Jr.
George Brooks
Isaiah L. Brackett
Thomas Pettengill Josiah Gordon
J. F. Tucker
S. C. Hopkins
Charles W. Wilder
D. W. Atkins
Charles H. Stearns
William Goodwin
William Stearns
Alvin Chapman
George B. Cunningham
Daniel Butrick
Isaac Dearborn
James Dale
James W. Coolidge
Whitney
David S. Coolidge John Lunny
William Pope
William B. Haseltine
Samuel Chandler
David H. Daniels
George F. Homer
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