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Adjourned Annual Meeting, April 3, 1867.
Assessor. Thomas B. Hall, sworn March 23d, 1867.
Fence Viewer. Clark L. Haynes, sworn March 22d, 1867.
Sealer of Leather. Samuel A. Robinson, sworn March 23d, 1867.
§ Eben W. Reed, sworn March 22d, 1867.
Truant Officers. John H. Grush, sworn March 25th, 1867. Sealer of Weights § Alfred Kenrick, Jr.,
and Measures.
sworn March 21st, 1867.
Pound Keeper. Eben W. Reed, sworn March 23d, 1867.
Field Drivers.
Henry O. Andrews, sworn March 20th, 1867. | Thomas J. Waterman, sworn March 22d, 1867. Fergus B. Turner, sworn March 22d, 1867. Eben W. Reed, sworn March 23d, 1867. Charles B. Macausland, sworn March 25th, 1867.
School Committee y Frederick W. Prescott, accepted March 23d, 1867. for three years. E. W. Sanford, accepted March 21st, 1867.
School Committee [ C. C. Carpenter,
for one year.
accepted March 25th, 1867.
Trustees of
Public Library for three years.
L Elijah C. Emerson, accepted March 22d, 1867. John W. Candler, accepted March 22d, 1867. Rev. Wm. Lamson, accepted March 22d, 1867. Charles D. Head, accepted March 22, 1867.
George E. Hersey, accepted March 23d, 1867.
Auditors. - Edward G. Tileston, accepted March 25th, 1867. Robert S. Littell, accepted March 19th, 1867.
Fire Wards. Thomas S. Pettengill, accepted March 19th, 1867.
Ansel H. Waterman, declined March 21st, 1867.
Cemetery Committee. Thomas S. Pettengill, accepted March 19th, 1867.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 3, 1867.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Wednesday, the third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and were called to order at seven and one-half of the clock in the evening, the Moderator, William I. Bowditch, in the chair.
The meeting then proceeded to fill the vacancies in the various offices, occasioned by the non-acceptance or non- qualification of persons chosen at the annual meeting.
The polls were declared open for the reception of votes
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for one Assessor to serve for the ensuing year, and after giving all desiring an opportunity to vote, they were declared closed.
The whole number of votes given in for Assessor was one hundred and twenty-seven, and were as follows :
A. W. Goddard, seventeen.
Marshal Stearns, forty-eight.
William B. Towne, sixty-two, and he was declared elected, and was sworn by the Moderator.
The polls were then opened for the reception of votes for one Fence Viewer, and after giving all an opportunity to vote, were closed, and the whole number of votes given in for Fence Viewer was six, and were as follows :
William K. Melcher had six, and was declared elected, and was sworn by the Moderator.
Voted, That the number of Truant Officers for the ensu- ing year be two, the number already chosen and qualified.
Voted, That the number of Field Drivers for the ensuing year be five, the number already qualified.
The meeting then nominated and chose the following officers :
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark : Oliver Cousens, Wm. D. Coolidge (sworn by the Moderator), M. W. Quinlan.
Fire Wards : George H. Stone (accepted), Henry M. Hall (accepted).
The Selectmen, to whom was referred the subject of the Seventh Article, to wit :
To see if the town will locate and make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets,
-reported in favor of making said reservoir, and that the sum of one thousand and three hundred dollars be appro- priated therefor.
Voted, That the sum of one thousand three hundred dol- lars be raised and appropriated to make a reservoir at the junction of Harvard and Beacon streets.
The committee to whom was referred the subject of pro- curing a lot and erecting a school-house in the South Pri- mary District, submitted the following report, to wit :
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REPORT.
The committee who were appointed by the town on the 18th of March, 1867, for enquiring what land could be obtained on which to build a school-house for the South Primary school, beg to report that they find two lots for sale conveniently situated for said school, as follows, viz. :
A lot on the south side of Walnut street and west side of Sewall street so called, containing upwards of four acres, offered at seven cents per foot, amounting to about $13,200. Also a lot on the south side of Boylston street, a few rods west of Cypress street, offered at six cents per foot. The lot on Walnut street offers an eligible site for a school-house, but is much larger than needful for that purpose. The lot on Boylston street is considerably below the level of the road, requiring an expensive foun- dation to bring the building up to the level of the road, perhaps costing for foundation one thousand dollars more than on the other lot. The town can have the privilege of buying more or less land here as they may require at the above rate.
Other land on the east side of Cypress street, between Walnut and Boylston streets, is for sale, but no price can be got till a committee shall have authority to buy.
The committee recommend that the subject be referred to the Select- men with authority to call a town meeting to act upon the subject when they see fit.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
BROOKLINE, April 3d, 1867.
EDWARD S. PHILBRICK. THOMAS PARSONS. E. C. CABOT.
Voted, To accept the report of the committee.
Voted, To refer the subject of a school-house and lot in the South Primary District to the Selectmen, to report thereon at a future meeting.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the increase and maintenance of the Public Library.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, for the committee to whom was referred the subject of adding accommodations to the present Town Hall for the purpose of a reading-room and to accom- modate the present wants of the library, reported for the minority of said committee (verbally) :
That the Town Hall and Library should remain where they now are, and that suitable accommodations be provided either by an addition to the present building or by the erection of a new building; that he (Mr. Atkinson) and Mr. Abijah W. Goddard prefer an addition to the present building, but that Messrs. Lawrence, Cotting and Spencer think that a suitable library building should be erected for a Public Library and 21
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reading-room, qualifying their approval by the opinion that the town should not expend over twenty thousand dollars thereon; any remainder of the expense, should it be greater, to be raised by private subscription.
In support of and furtherance of his ideas on the subject, he presented the following votes for the consideration and action of the meeting, to wit :
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to provide additional accommodations for the library and for a reading-room, and also for an enlargement of the Town Hall by causing an addition to be made substantially in accordance with the plan herewith submitted, such plan providing for building a section about 25x42 feet in the centre of said building, the rear end of the building to be moved back.
Voted, That the sum of six thousand dollars be appropriated for such purpose, and that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow said sum upon the note of the town, approved by the Selectmen, for a term not exceed- ing one year.
Voted, That if upon a closer examination of the Town Hall building the Selectmen shall consider the above proposed enlargement to be unwise, that before proceeding they shall be authorized to call a special meeting to see if the town will take any action in regard to the erection of a new Town Hall and Library building upon the present location.
The foregoing votes were then separately acted upon by the meeting, and rejected.
Mr. Thomas Parsons, for the Trustees of the Public Library, presented a printed report of the Trustees, which had been distributed through the town prior to the meeting, and offered the following votes, to wit :
1st. Voted, That the board of Trustees of the Public Library are hereby authorized and directed to erect a building for a Free Public Library on the library lot on the corner of Cypress street and Cypress place, purchased by the vote of the town, March 19th, 1866, agreeable to the plans submitted in the report of said Trustees.
2d. Voted, That the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) be appropriated for the erection of said Public Library building, and the Town Treasurer is hereby directed to pay all bills for the same approved by said board.
3d. Voted, That the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow, under the direction of the Selectmen, and give the note of the town for such part or all of said sum of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000), and at such time or times as may be desired by said Trustees.
The foregoing votes were amended by incorporating the first and second votes, as follows, to wit :
Voted, That the board of Trustees of the Public Library are hereby authorized and directed to erect a building for a Free Public Library on
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the lot of land corner of Cypress street and Cypress place, purchased by vote of the town, March 19th, 1866, said building not exceeding in cost to the town the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars.
The meeting then proceeded to vote on the foregoing vote by a Yea and Nay ballot. The whole number of votes two hundred and fifteen :
Yea, sixty-four (64).
Nay, one hundred and fifty-one (151).
On motion of Gen. James S. Whitney, it was-
Voted, That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair (to report at a future meeting) to examine other sites for a library building, and to receive subscriptions for the several lots ; also, to procure plans for a building to be erected upon the Town Hall lot, either with or without a Town Hall connected, and that the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated therefor.
The Moderator appointed the following-named gentlemen to constitute said committee, to wit : Gen. James S. Whit- ney, Edward Atkinson, John C. Abbott, William Aspinwall, Charles Dwight, Amos A. Lawrence, and John E. Horr, committee on site for library and plans for a building.
On motion of Wm. S. Spencer, it was-
Voted (unanimously), That the building for a new library be erected on the present Town Hall lot.
Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars be added to the appropriation for contingencies to pay for the plans already procured by the Trustees.
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 in the treasury and the probable receipts for the 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.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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List of Soldiers in the Town of Brookline, taken May 1, 1867.
List of persons in Brookline liable to Military duty under the Laws of the State of Massachusetts, as taken by the Assessors May 1st , 1867.
Abbott, Edwin H.
Boice, George B.
Adams, Charles
Bogman, George E.
Adams, Daniel D.
Bond, Edward
Aldrich, Albert M.
Bond, Oliver B.
Allen, Charles
Bowditch, James H.
Allen, Phillip S.
Bowman, Alonzo
Allen, Reinald
Bowman, Frank F.
Allen, Samuel S.
Bowler, Joshua
Amory, Copley
Brary, Morris
Amory, Frederick
Brackett, I. Lewis
Anderson, John
Brett, Zenas F.
Andrews, Henry O.
Briggs, Richard
Armington, Asa
Broderick, James
Armstrong, John
Broderick, John
Armstrong, Charles M.
Bowker, Charles
Atkinson, George
Brooks, Lyman B.
Azarian, Joseph
Brown, James S.
Brown, Thomas S.
Batchelder, Charles W.
Bacon, Francis E.
Bacon, Josiah
Bryant, Thomas G.
Baker, Edward
Bruce, Charles
Baker, George
Burdett, Horatio S.
Baker, James
Burnes, Augustus
Bangs, William A.
Burnes, John
Bachelder, Augustus E.
Bursley, Ira
Baxter, Albert G., Jr.
Burleigh, Sylvester S.
Baxter, Sidney
Butler, William
Beals, Samuel
Buzzell, John
Beals, Isaac
Bellows, Wm. M
Beals, James H.
Blaisdell, John G.
Beard, Alanson
Beard, Charles E.
Cabot, Francis
Bird, Albert H.
Cabot, J. Eliot
Bird, George W.
Cabot, Lewis
Bird, Frederick E.
Candler, John W.
Bird, William B.
Candler, Wm. L.
Bird, William H.
Carpenter, C. C.
Bixby, Charles L.
Chadbourn, William
Bixby, Henry S.
Chaffin, Henry
Blaney, Henry
Chapman, John N.
Bliss, John P.
Chase, Charles
Brown, William S.
Bryant, John D.
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Militia List, 1867.
Chace, Reuben A. Cheney, Alfred A.
Dana, Henry F.
Dane, John F.
Chester, Walstein R. Churchill, Wm. O.
Daniels, David H.
Clark, Edwin
Daniels, Henry H.
Clark, Lewis
Darrah, James
Clark, Thomas
Davidson, William
Clements, Charley
Davis, Ginery
Clifford, Albert
Dawes, George G.
Cobb, Albert A.
Deane, Samuel B.
Cobb, Roscoe
Dearborn, Charles E.
Codman, James M.
Dearborn, Charles F.
Collins, Henry
Defries, George T.
Conant, Nathaniel
Denny, Francis P.
Condy, Michael
De Peyster, Augustus
Cook, Richard
Dexter, William S.
Coolidge, George H.
Dillon, Patrick
Coolidge, Henry S.
Dolan, Thomas
Coolidge, James W.
Dolby, Hiram
Coolidge, William D.
Doran, Levi
Cotting, Charles U.
Dorr, Denny
Coughlan, John Cowan, George
Downes, Michael
Corey, Frederick A.
Driscoll, James, Jr.
Corey, F. Henry
Driscoll, Michael
Corey, Timothy
Dunn, Freeland R.
Crane, John
Dupee, William R.
Crosby, Edgar D.
Duffey, Phillip
Crosby, Benjamin H.
Dwight, Charles
Crosby, Sylvester
Dwight, Chapman
Crocker, Samuel R.
Dwight, Daniel
Dwight, William, Jr.
Curley, George
Dwinell, Frank T.
Curtin, Michael
Dyer, George L.
Currier, Warren G.
Cushman, A. Frank
Eager, Henry B.
Eastman, Moses
Edmond, George M.
Edwards, Samuel D.
Cusick, Michael Cusick, James
Edgerly, James W.
Cusick, Patrick H.
Elder, Frank
Cutler, Herbert D.
Elder, George H.
Cutler, William S.
Eliot, George D.
Cotter, John A.
English, John
Comerais, Henry S.
Erhard, George
Chase, H. Lincoln
Farmer, F. E. Farnham, Henry L. Fay, Henry G.
Dale, Lee Dane, Edward S.
Draper, Charles H.
Cunningham, James
Cushman, Albert
Cusick, Andrew
Dana, James B.
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Fay, Richard S.
Hamlin, George
Faxon, Francis G.
Fernald, Joseph
Fillebrown, Edward
Hanson, Marcellus
Fisher, Frank K.
Hancock, George W.
Fisher, Frederick
Hapgood, Charles W.
Fisher, Horace N.
Halfenstine, Adam
Fisher, John H.
Harmond, David 1.
Fisher, Osborn
Hardy, Thomas
Floyd, Edward D.
Harris, James H.
Ford, John
Foster, Charles O.
Haven, Frank
Fox, Samuel D.
Hayward, Albert
Francis, T. E.
Hayes, James
Fuller, Augustus
Hayes, S. Dana
Heath, Charles H.
Heath, Sidney
Hersey, George E.
Gallup, Elias
Hills, Richard
Gardiner, Charles P.
Hickey, Michael
Geddes, James
Hobart, David
Getchell, Isaiah S.
Hodges, John
Gilbert, Henry C.
Hook, Frederick C.
Hooper, Edward W.
Gilson, Richard H.
Gilson, Warren H.
Glover, Albert H.
Goodwin, Asa
Goodwin, Willard
Goodnough, George W.
Goodnough, Xanthus
Goddard, Morris
Ingalls, Charles C.
James, Charles H. James, Horace
Green, Henry A.
Green, Edward W.
Griffin, Michael
Jones, Moses Judkins, Moses M.
Kearney, Bernard J. Kegan, John
Kelly, Lawrence
Kelly, John
Kellaher, Morris
Kenrick, David T. Kenrick, Alfred, Jr.
Kerrigan, Bernard Kingman, Abel
Hall, Henry M. Hall, Samuel, Jr. Hall, Jarvis Hall, Thomas B. Hall, William
Horr, John E.
Howard Charles R.
Hunt, Thomas G.
Hyer, Charles A.
Hill, Benjamin
Hickey, Maurice
Houghton, Jesse F.
Gould, Thaddeus Graves, James G. Green, Cyrus P.
Jewett, Francis A.
Griggs, Thomas B. Gross, Willard Y. Greely, William Greely, Daniel Guild, J. Anson
Hammond, Edward Hale, George
Hastings, Jesse
Fuller, Charles M.
Fuller, Edward L.
Gilbert, Henry C.
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Militia List, 1867.
Kingman, Bradford Kingman, Martin Kingman, Thomas Kirby, C. K. Koch, John
Lamb, Charles R.
Langly, Alonzo B.
Milikin, Abel
Langley, Thomas F.
Moore, Charles
Lane, George F.
Moore, George
Lawrence, Francis W.
Moore, John
Laighton, James A.
Moran Lawrence
Lincoln, William E.
Moore, Matthias
Leonard, Dwight
Morse, Nathan
Leigh, Stephen
Morice, Loring C.
Lemis, Michael
Morrisey, Patrick
Little, Joshua A.
Littell, Robert
Lincoln, Charles D.
Marden, Charles
Locke, Leonard
Lord, Charles E.
Loring, Stanly E.
Nash, Francis J.
Neal, Burton W.
Newell, Franklin S.
Newman, Henry J.
Newton, Lyman C.
Norton, Michael
Marsh, Andrew Marsh, Frederick A. Mardon, Charles Mason, Henry
O'Brien, Edward O'Brien, John O'Connor, Dennis
O'Herne, Cornelius
O'Herne, Michael O'Herne, Michael
O'Keefe, John Oliver, Joseph Orcutt, Mears, Osgood, William H. Paige, Albert S. Paine William R.
Palmer, Jacob P.
Parker, Frank E.
Merritt, George W. McIntosh, Royal, Jr. McIntosh, Francis H. McIntosh, Edward McNamara, Francis McNamara, Patrick McCracken, Alexander
McDavitt, Patrick
McAlister, Shepherd Merritt, Henry
Meyers, Jacob
Millan, Daniel W.
Miskill, Thomas
Miskill, Michael
Langley, Joseph
Moore, Albert H.
Morrisey, Thomas Murray, Robert
Muldowney, Thomas
Murphy, Thomas
Lowe, Frank L. Lowell, Augustus
Lyford, George E.
Lyman, Theodore Lynch, Michael Lunny, James
Matthews, A. G. Mahoney, Thomas Mahan, Michael Mahan, James
Manly, Michael Mead, Patrick Madore, Joseph Meany, John Mecum, Charles E.
Penniman, Thomas Perrin, Lewis Perry Charles L. Perry, Edward S. Pettengill, Thomas S. Perkins, J. J.
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Pierce, Henry E. Pierce, Wm. E. Pike, James Philbrick, Edward S.
Sabin, C. W.
Sabin, Henry Sanford, E. W.
Sargent, John A.
Phelps, Daniel W.
Sargent, Thomas
Philips, David
Schraubstadter, Carle
Philips, John F.
Seamans, Frank F.
Pope, Albert A.
Seaverns, Henry G.
Pope, Edward W.
Searle, Frederick A.
Pope, George
Seely, Guy B.
Potter, Henry C.
Shapleigh, William A.
Porter, James
Shepherd, John S.
Powers, John
Sherman, Freeman C.
Pulsifer, John C.
Shewell, Thomas'R.
Shurtleff, Augustine
Skinner, Frank L.
Slack, George A. Smith, George D.
Smith William
Snow, Asa B.
Snow, James P.
Soule, Charles C.
Spaulding, Albert,
Raney, William
Stearns, Charles H.
Reed, Eben W.
Reed, John J.
Richardson, George L.
Richardson, H. R.
Stearns, William
Richardson, George P.
Richardson, Samuel
Richards, Frank C.
Stewart, Henry L.
Stone, Enos, Jr.
Stone, George H.
Stone, Moody
Storrow, Charles
Storrow, James J.
Sweetser, Arthur W.
Sweetser, Frederick C.
Sears, Isaac H.
Taft, William L. Talbot, Asa
Rollins, Henry
Rooney, Charles
Taylor, John
Roy, James
Tebbetts, James R.
Teschemacher, Phillip E.
Thomas, Edward I.
Thompson, John
Tileston, Edward G.
Ring, Charles
Ring, David
Ring, Thomas
Ritchie, Andrew
Ritchie, John
Ritchie, Thomas P.
Roberts, James W.
Robinson, Willard H.
Rogers, Daniel W.
Rogers, John K.
Tates, George W.
Ruggles, Cyrus W. Runkle, John D. Russell, Marshall
Richards, John
Stitt, George Stuart, Hugh
Richards, John
Stearns, F. Gilbert
Stearns, George M.
Stearns, John G. Jr.
Pulsifer, Asa B.
Putnam, Joshua H.
Price, Lewis
Quimby, Benjamin F. Quinlan, Thomas, Jr. Quinlan, Michael Quinn, James
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Towle, Matthew
Wethern, Thomas A.
Towle, James
Whalen, Michael
Townsend George H.
Whitehouse, Charles F.
Train, Samuel P.
White, Francis A.
Train, Stephen G.
White, Moses,
Trowbridge, Charles P.
Whitney, Henry
Trusdale, John
Whitney, Henry M.
Turner, Fergus B.
Whitney, John H.
Turner, John B.
Whittemore, Augustus B.
Tuxbury, George M.
Willard, John A.
Willey, Ezekiel C.
Williams, Arthur
Williams, Howard S.
Wadsworth, Edward
Willis, James
Warren, Cyrus M.
Wilson, John
Warren, Wm. H.
Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
Warren, Willard
Winsor, Gersham
Waterman, Ansel H.
Winslow, Andrew J.
Waterman, J. Thomas
Withington, Henry H.
Watson, Nicholas
Woods, Albert
Webster, Albert
Wood, Amos L.
Webster, Albert Jr.
Wood, Charles B.
Weld, George M.
Wood, William T.
Weld, William G.
Woodbury, William P.
Wellman, Joseph
Woodward, John
Welsh, Frank
Woodward, E. W.
Weston, J. W.
Wesselhæft, George P.
Wethern, Henry
Young, Edward Young, Henry
THOS. B. HALL,
WM. B. TOWNE, AUSTIN W. BENTON, Assessors of Brookline.
SPECIAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1867.
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
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at the Town Hall in said town, on Friday, the thirteenth day of September, current, at seven and one-half of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen upon laying out the brook running past the railroad station as a common sewer.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees.
Fourth. To raise and appropriate money to purchase land and erect a school-house in the South district.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant to the Selectmen, with your doings thereon, four days at least before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this second day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, September 9th, 1867.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days at least before the time of said meeting.
JOHN H. GRUSH, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Friday evening, the thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and were called to order at a quarter to eight o'clock, by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting and the Constable's return thereon who notified the same.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
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The meeting then nominated and chose for Moderator William I. Bowditch, Esq., and he took the chair.
Second Article taken up :
To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen upon laying out the brook running past the railroad station as a common sewer.
Mr. James Bartlett, chairman of the Selectmen, presented the following report of their proceedings in laying out said common sewer, to wit :
REPORT .- LAYING OUT OF THE BROOK RUNNING PAST THE BROOKLINE RAILROAD-STATION AS A COMMON SEWER.
The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all parties and interests known to them of their intention to lay out as a common sewer the brook running past the Brookline station and across the Mill Dam road did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at their office in the Town Hall on Friday, the twelfth day of July, A.D. 1867, at six and a half of the clock in the afternoon, and after hearing all persons and cor- porations desiring to be heard in relation to the making of said common sewer, and examining the proposed route of said common sewer, and again by adjournment on the twenty-second day of July aforesaid, and all parties and interests known to them having been examined and heard by them in relation thereto, they proceeded and did lay out said brook as a common sewer as follows, being described by the center line, viz. :
Beginning at a point about one foot from and under the easterly end of a building belonging to the " Boston and Worcester Railroad Company " and curving to the right with a radius of sixty-three (63) .74 feet a distance of 19.84 feet; thence in a straight line 104.6 feet; thence curving to the right with a radius of 531.47 feet 29.99 feet; thence in a straight line 255.91 feet; thence curving to the right with a radius of 1571.73, 242.91 feet; thence in a straight line towards and through a culvert under the Mill Dam road about 460 feet to the town line; said sewer is laid out thirteen feet wide throughout its entire length.
The location of said sewer is in accordance with a plan and profile of the same as made by J. Herbert Shedd, engineer, dated July 29th, A. D. 1867, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and approved and adopted by the Selectmen the same day.
In consideration of the benefit to be derived from the laying out of said sewer by the abutters, the Selectmen have made no awards for damages.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK; HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., September 12, 1867.
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Voted, To accept and allow that portion of said brook laid out by the Selectmen as a common sewer.
Third Article :
To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and committees.
Mr. Thomas Parsons, for the Selectmen and School Com- mittee, presented the wants of the town for a school in the South district. No action.
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