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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF
HAMILTON, MASS. (INCORPORATED 1793.)
WITH THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 23, 1897.
BEING THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR OF THE TOWN'S INCORPORATION.
SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1897.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF
HAMILTON, MASS. (INCORPORATED 1793.)
WITH THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 23, 1897.
BEING THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR OF THE TOWN'S INCORPORATION.
SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1897.
List of Officers.
TOWN CLERK, OTIS F. BROWN.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON. DANIEL D. STONE, WILLIAM A. BROWN.
TREASURER, DANIEL E. SAFFORD.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, ARTHUR W. CHANDLER, ALBERT L. WHIPPLE.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES,
EPHRAIM A. DANE.
CONSTABLES,
SYLVESTER DANE,
CHARLES E. WHIPPLE,
GEORGE T. LITCHFIELD.
GEORGE ROBERTS.
GEORGE M. ADAMS.
FRANK JONES.
AUDITOR,
ANDREW HARADEN.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury March 1, 1896, $2,771 27
" Loan in anticipation of taxes, 5,000 00
" received from State of Massa- chusetts for corporation tax, 2,362 31
" National Bank tax, 505 94
" State aid re-imbursed, 187 50
" on account of Cattle Commission, 10 50
" from Massachusetts school fund, 262 58
" sale of Centennial Reports, 4 80
" Clerk of First District Court, fines less fees, 85 75
" of County of Essex from Dog licenses. 87 93
.. received of Town Clerk for sale of burial lots, 60 00
" received of Collector of taxes, 10,918 32
" income of hay scales West dis- trict, 4 92
" income of hay scales Centre dis- trict, 5 10
$22,266 92
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
EXPENSES.
School warrants.
$3,803 79
Library
266 20
Interest on loan.
113 02
Officers fees District Court,
3 68
Amount of Town orders,
7,670 76
County tax.
982 97
State tax,
752 50
Town note.
5,000 00
State aid,
244 00
$18,836 92
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
EXPENSE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
School warrant, No. 1,
$264 77
« 2.
832 86
66
4 3,
513 10
...
“ 4,
30 91
" 5.
372 40
" 6.
364 05
66
" 7,
208 00
.. 8,
377 73
..
66
4. 9,
363 14
..
" 10,
476 83
$3,803 79
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
CLARENCE P. ROBERTS, ROAD COMMISSIONER.
Paid Clarence P. Roberts,
$49 00
William Tuttle. 111 20
Joseph Jeddrie, 24 80
Oscar F. Whipple,
32 60
Charles O. Putnam,
23 40
George R. Dodge,
38 00
John H. Whipple.
64 20
Otis F. Brown,
59 52
Charles S. Gwinn.
61 00
George Brown,
18 20
Sylvester Dane,
56 00
Est. of Alvin C. Tuttle,
18 40
Isaac F. Knowlton,
50 20
Joseph Knowlton,
48 02
Charles E. Whipple,
21 00
George B. Knowlton,
94 00
Jonathan Lamson,
53 30
Edward R. Stone,
2 90
Milton S. Gwinn,
25 00
John Lovett,
8 00
Roy Dodge,
3 00
Albert Dodge.
28 60
Charles Day,
3 60
Alvin Smith,
29 20
William A. Smith,
24 20
John B. Stone,
30 00
Almon Bridges,
22 60
William Cannon,
2 44
Michael Ganley,
1 80
George H. Gibney,
49 30
Amount carried forward, $1,453 48
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1,453 48
Paid A. D. Wallace,
36 40
Charles Rogers,
60
George M. Adams,
63 60
Emerson A. Whipple.
23 20
John L. Woodbury,
3 20
John E. Knowlton,
21 00
Edward Wright,
21 60
Israel Norwood,
2 72
Henry Carey,
16 20
George T. Haynes,
12 00
$1,654 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Paid John R. Sargent, board Alvin
Jowder, $2 88
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board of David H. Jowder, 137 45
A. D. Wallace, wood and house rent Eaton family, 57 75
Emerson A. Whipple, care of tramps 1895, 75 00
C. A. Hobbs, board of Edward Trussell, 182 00
Mrs. John Dane, jr., balance due board of Alvin Jowder, 35 09
F. E. Miller, supplies furnished Jowder, 3 00
F. E. Miller, supplies furnished Eaton family, 1 75
F. E. Miller, supplies furnished Edward Trussell, 3 75
Amount carried forward, $498 67
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $498 67
Paid F. E. Miller. supplies furnished Trussel and Porter children, 16 85
City of Beverly, care of Mrs. Sarah A. Ingalls, 74 14
City of Newburyport, care of Walter Porter family, 107 25
Mrs. Annie C. Lawrence, care of Walter Porter children, 15 00
Caleb W. Dodge, care of Walter Porter children, 48 00
Town of Groveland, care of Joseph Bridges, 7 00
F. C. Norton, supplies to Eaton family, 75 80
City of Haverhill, care Joseph Bridges family, 13 17
S. E. Thayer, medical aid Trus- sell and Porter children, 2 50
City of Salem, Hospital charges for Ellen Brewer, 38 52
Emerson A. Whipple, part pay care tramps 1896, 20 20
Daniel D. Stone, five journeys to Newburyport and expenses, 15.00 on acct. of Porter children, 51 00
Daniel D. Stone, three journeys to Salem account of paupers, 5 00 Daniel D. Stone, paid for cloth- ing Eaton family, 14 00
Daniel D. Stone, stockings for Porter children, 1 00
Daniel D. Stone, supplies to Eaton family, 24 00
Sarah B. Dodge, 84 00
$1.060 10
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REMOVING SNOW.
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid William Goodhue, $ 5 80
M. J. Channell, 2 90
Emerson A. Whipple,
18 60
C. F. Kinsman, 15 50
Charles Ingalls,
13 80
Otis Ingalls,
10 00
Lyman Poor,
5 80
Nelson Butler.
7 60
Ira F. Trask.
10 00
Joseph Tucker.
4 60
Ernest Woodman.
2 00
George S. Whipple,
19 20
Francis Dane,
5 00
James W. Morgan,
23 30
Mrs. John H. Knowlton,
3 60
Francis W. Brown,
60
C. S. Knowlton,
2 80
Albert E. Pitman,
7 00
Samuel Doty,
14 70
Newell Burnham.
9 00
Paul Eams,
3 30
E. F. Knowlton,
1 40
J. C. Fowler,
7 20
G. Webber,
3 00
H. M. Dodge,
3 00
George E. Day,
4 40
George Dodge.
1 80
Arthur Dorsett,
1 90
Charles E. Whipple. 18 65
Isaac F. Knowlton,
64 40
Lake Southwick,
4 50
A. B. Richardson,
9 60
Amount carried forward, $324 95
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REMOVING SNOW.
Amount brought forward, $324 95
Paid Robert Wilson,
11 60
Alvin Smith.
21 00
R. F. Means.
5 80
Eastman Abbott.
9 30
Charles Abbott.
8 00
F. C. Back,
7 70
, Alfred L. Pool,
1 20
Israel Norwood,
2 44
Mrs. C. A. Dane.
1 80
James H. Woodman.
6 10
Joseph E. Merchant,
1 00
George H. Gibney.
115 20
Charles H. Smith.
14 40
Samuel Ayers.
18 80
Francis Marshall,
7 30
George B. Knowlton,
11 40
Joseph Knowlton,
13 20
John H. Knowlton,
3 60
Arthur E. Whipple,
1 90
J. Arthur Town,
13 50
Henry Cary.
21 40
Jonathan Lamson,
25 00
John E. Knowlton,
18 40
Joseph Jeddre,
4 40
Clarence P. Roberts,
28 30
Otis F. Brown,
6 00
George H. Haraden,
2 50
Charles Dixon,
12 40
Richard Bridges,
2 40
William Tuttle,
9 20
Roy W. Whipple, 1 80
Oscar F. Whipple,
9 30
Amount carried forward. $741 29
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REMOVING SNOW.
Amount brought forward, $741 29
Paid Archie Moore,
3 00
George E. Roberts,
14 40
A. C. Dane.
4 00
Emery Lawrence.
3 20
Charles S. Gwinn.
24 80
Albert A. Dunnels,
1 00
C. A. Appleton,
15 20
Luther F. Dane.
2 70
H. R. Fillebrown. 9 00
Ephraim A. Patch.
4 10
Sylvester Dane,
15 00
Frank M. Whipple.
16 10
Franklin Knowlton.
8 00
Joseph Goss,
3 60
Edward R. Stone,
6 60
Linwood S. Grant,
6 34
A. S. Abbott,
6 00
Henry A. Cary,
4 00
W. S. Back.
4 00
Samuel Hollingshead.
1 00
J. E. Cowen.
3 80
W. C. Rodgers.
3 20
S. A. Gwinn,
17 60
E. S. Cook,
8 00
James Hart.
16 00
George P. Lovett,
5 20
E. D. Lovett,
2 60
A. B. Chadwick,
10 20
Fred Carroll,
6.40
Leary S. Dodge,
8 00
William H. Dodge,
7 00
C. W. Dodge.
9 80
Amount carried forward, $991 13
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $991 13
Paid Benjamin E. Dodge,
3 40
I. A. Lamson,
4 50
Albert W. Dodge,
5 90
Charles A. Hobbs,
12 00
Arthur Southwick,
3 40
A. D. Wallace,
26 10
Gideon Moore,
6 00
C. A. Hills,
2 00
Fred P. Killam,
4 00
George Brown,
18 40
E. A. Dane,
2 00
George M. Adams.
65 40
W. C. Wallace,
5 30
S. G. Goodhue,
6 00
Foster Tappan,
7 60
John Cammeron,
6 60
E. C. Cook,
80
Frank Durkey,
1 40
Nelson Butler, 8 60
Charles Rodgers,
1 80
Robert S. Gwinn,
1 00
Milton S. Gwinn,
2 00
$1,192 40
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Barry & Lufkin, printing re- ports, etc., $58 60
W. R. Warren & Co., stationery, 11 73
George B. Knowlton, watching fire at A. L. Devens. 2 00
Amount carried forward, $72 33
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward. $72 33
Paid George E. Roberts, posting town meeting warrants. 2 50
Isaac A. Lamson, election officer 1895, 2 50
John L. Woodbury, memorial appropriation, 20 00
Edwin B. Balcomb, architect, school house, 40 00
A. A. Fisk, insurance on Hook and Ladder house. 10 00
Charles E. Whipple, services as fire warden. 63 15
George T. Litchfield, care of clock. 20 00
F. C. Norton, use of team for G. T. Litchfield, 3 00
Lester E. Libby, pails for Hook and Ladder Co., 1 50
George H. Gibney. removing rubbish. 2 00
George Litchfield, pair of hand- cuffs. 4 31
Congregational parish, rent of Selectmen's room, 50 00
E. C. Tibbetts, labor in cemetery. 29 40
Horace A. Brooks, two record books, 9 50
Alexander Hamilton Co., room for registration, 2 00
A. F. Pool, painting guide boards. 11 25
E. C. Tibbetts, return of deaths, 1 80
Amount carried forward. $345 24
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $345 24
Paid S. E. Thayer, return of births, 7 00
John L. Woodbury, labor on clock and guide boards, 5 35
Bessie R. Brown, copying rec- ords. 10 00
Otis F. Brown, return of dog licenses, 2 00
Otis F. Brown, return of repre- sentative vote, 2 00
Otis F. Brown, recording births, 15 00
66 66 mar-
riages, 1 68
Otis F. Brown, recording deaths, 3 30
express and post- age,
3 25
Otis F. Brown, administering oaths, 75
Daniel E. Safford, postage,
1 56
Sylvester Dane, serving dog war- rants, 10 00
William D. Chandler, care of selectmen's room, 5 00
E. A. Dane, printing tax bills, 4 00
William A. Brown, preparing voting booths, 2 50
William A. Brown, perambulat-
ing line Manchester and H. 3 00
William A. Brown, perambulat- ing line Wenham and Ham- ilton, 3 00
William A. Brown, perambulat-
ing line Essex and Hamilton, 3 00
Amount carried forward, $427 63
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $427 63 Paid William A. Brown, laying new lots in cemetery, 4 00
William A. Brown, setting stones on Ipswich and H. line. 3 00
William A. Brown, journey to Boston on Ipswich and Han- ilton line. 3 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, committee on Park and Arlington sts., 3 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, committee on town lines. 9 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, teaming boundary stone, Essex and H. line, 2 50
Daniel D. Stone, committee on Park and Arlington sts. 3 00
Daniel D. Stone, on town line, Ipswich and Hamilton. 3 00
Daniel D. Stone. journey to Bos- ton on Ipswich and H. line, 3 00
Daniel D. Stone, perambulating line Essex and Hamilton, 3 00
Daniel D. Stone, perambulating Manchester and Hamilton, 3 00
Daniel D. Stone, perambulating Wenham and Hamilton, 3 00
Daniel D. Stone, preparing vot- ing booths, 2 50
Daniel D. Stone. postage and express, 12 25
Alvin S. Perley, watching fire at Asbury Grove, 4 00
E. A. Wright, services as elec- tion officer, 2 50
$491 38
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SALARIES AND FEES.
SPECIAL EXPENSES ON WILLOW STREET.
Paid Isaac F. Knowlton, services on committee, $20 00
Daniel D. Stone, services on committe. 20 00
William A. Brown, services on committee and drawing plans, 23 00 Fred A. Nason, services on com- mittee, 17 00
Daniel C. Smith, services on committee, 14 00
A. A. Fiske, taking account of teams and two journeys to Boston,
11 00
B. W. Adams, taking account of teams and two journeys to Boston, 11 00
George H. Gibney, preparing din- ner at County Commission- ers hearing,
5 00
F. L. Evans, services as counsel, 350 00
court expenses and summoning witnesses, 81 70
$552 70
SALARIES AND FEES.
Paid Annie E. Woodbury, services as Librarian, 1895, $50 00
Mabel Jewett, services as Libra- rian, 1895, 10 00
George T. Litchfield, services as constable, 11 96
Amount carried forward, $71 96
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SALARIES AND FEES.
Amount brought forward, $71 96
Paid George E. Roberts, services as constable, 19 50
Charles E. Whipple, services as constable, 26 50
Sylvester Dane, services as con- stable, 6 50
Frank H. Jones, services as constable, 10 00
George E. F. Dane, services as cattle inspector. 35 30
George E. Safford, services as election officer, 2 50
Otis F. Brown, services as town clerk, 25 00
Otis F. Brown, registrar of voters, 8 00
Daniel E. Safford, services as treasurer, 50 00
George K. Knowlton, services as school committee, 50 00
Arthur W. Chandler, services as school committee, 35 00
Albert L. Whipple, services as school committee. 35 00
E. A. Dane, services as tax col- lector, 163 77
Isaac F. Knowlton. services as selectman, 50 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as assessor. 50 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as overseer of poor. 15 00
Amount carried forward, $654 03
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EXTRA APPROPRIATION.
Amount brought forward, $654 03
Paid Isaac F. Knowlton, services as board of health, 5 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, services as registrar of voters, 8 00
Daniel D. Stone, services as se- lectman. 50 00
Daniel D. Stone, services as assessor, 50 00
Daniel D. Stone, services as over- seer of the poor. 15 00
Daniel D. Stone, services as board of health, 5 00
Daniel D. Stone, services as reg- istrar of voters, 8 00
William A. Brown, services as selectman, 50 00
William A. Brown, services as assessor. 50 00
William A. Brown, services as overseer of poor, 15 00
William A. Brown, services as registrar of voters, 8 00
Andrew Haraden, services as auditor, 5.00
$923 0%
EXTRA APPROPRIATION.
Paid C. P. Roberts, labor on Parkland Arlington sts .. $ 27 00
Charles E. Whipple, labor on Park and Arlington sts., 157 23
Amount carried forward, $184 23
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EXTRA APPROPRIATION.
Amount brought forward, $184 23
Paid William Tuttle, labor on Park and Arlington sts., 9 00
Joseph Jeddre, labor on Park and Arlington sts., 9 00
George H. Gibney, labor on Park and Arlington sts .. 135 00
Oscar F. Whipple, labor on Park and Arlington sts., 10 00
Enoch F. Knowlton, labor on Park and Arlington sts., 10 00
William A. Brown, committee
on Park and Arlington sts .. 8 50
A. S. Jackson, hook and ladder truck, 550 00
Fred A. Nason, building hook and ladder house. 400 00
S. E. McLaughlin, labor on hook and ladder house, 3 50
George M. Adams, committee on hook and ladder house, 29 00
Lester E. Libbey, committee on hook and ladder house, 10 00
Daniel C. Smith, committee on hook and ladder house, 10 00
F. E. Horn, painting doors hook and ladder house. 2 00
George H. Gibney, grading at hook and ladder house, 5 00
Daniel C. Smith, painting hook and ladder house, 25 00
$1.400 23
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LIQUOR COMMITTEE, ETC., ETC.
LIQUOR COMMITTEE.
Paid Sylvester Dane, services on liquor committee, $80 00
Frank H. Jones, services on liquor committee. 58 00
C. A. Peterson, services on liquor committee. 44 00
Forest L. Evans. services as
council committee, 25 00
$207 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid George M. Adams, labor on bridge near C. J. Norwood's, $41 00
W. F. Redlon, lumber and drain pipe. 31 35
W. F. Redlon, nails and lumber
on Willowdale bridge, 41 67
$114 02
ABATEMENTS.
Fred G. Sawyer, poll tax, $2 00
George E. Abbott, poll tax. 2 00
Alexander Hoine, poll tax, 2 00
Arthur Beal. poll tax. 2 00
Est. of John H. Knowlton. poll tax. 2 00
„Joseph F. Killam, poll tax, 2 00
Amount carried forward. $12 00
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RECAPITULATION.
Amount brought forward. $12 00
Arthur Lougee, poll tax.
2 00
Nirum Neal, 2 00
George N. Porter, poll tax.
2 00
George A. Robinson, poll tax.
2 00
John R. Smith. poll tax. 2 00
2 00
William Colesworthy, poll tax, 2 00
Elliott Lamson, poll tax,
2 00
Sheldon. Eames & Co., personal, 32 00
John W. Carter, real estate, 30
Thomas McCaffrey, real estate,
4 50
Isaac A. Lamson, real estate,
1 80
Est. Mary A. Dane. personal. 9 00
30
James E. Dodge, personal.
75 90
RECAPITULATION.
Paid School warrants.
$3,803 79
Library
266 20
Interest on loan.
113 02
Officers' fees-District Court.
3 68
Amount Town Orders,
7.670 76
County Tax.
982 97
State Tax.
752 50
Town Note,
5.000 00
State Aid.
244 00
Highway department.
1,654 00
Poor department.
1,060 10
Removing snow.
1,192 4
Miscellaneous,
491 38
Salaries and fees.
923 03
Amount carried forward,
$24,157 83
Peter Winslow, poll tax,
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RECAPITULATION.
Amount brought forward, $24.157 83
Paid Extra appropriation,
1.400 23
Roads and bridges, 114 02
Special expenses on Willow st .. 552 70
Liquor committee. 207 00
Abatements, 75 90
$26.507 68
Orders drawn and paid during year,
$7.670 76
Treasurer's receipts,
$22,266 92
Treasurer's expenses, 18,836 92
Balance in favor of town.
$3,430 00
Balance in favor of town, 1896.
2,771 27
Increase in 1897, 658 73
The foregoing accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer have this day been examined by me and all accounts found correct and vouched for.
ANDREW HARADEN, Auditor.
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen DANIEL D. STONE, of WILLIAM A. BROWN, Hamilton.
Hamilton, Feb. 23, 1897.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Report of Town Clerk for 1896.
Received and paid the Town Treasurer for the sale of burial lots, $60 00
Received for dog licenses to Decem- ber 1. 1896, and paid the County Treasurer, 103 80
Recorded 30 births.
11 marriages.
.. 15 deaths.
OTIS F. BROWN, Town Clerk.
List of Jurors,
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 22, 1897.
Fred Berry, Caleb W. Dodge.
Alvin Smith,
Albert W. Dodge,
C. Jerome Norwood,
George E. Roberts,
Austin A. Whipple, George H. Gibney.
Charles E. Whipple,
Isaac F. Knowlton,
William A. Brown,
Arthur W. Chandler.
Abram A. Fisk.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of GREETING : Hamilton.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton qualified to vote in elections and in Town af- fairs to meet in the Vestry in said Town on Tuesday the ninth day of March, 1897, at 10 o'clock A. M. in the forenoon. then and there to act on the following articles, viz :--
Art. 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 3. To hear the report of the Selectmen and act thereon.
Art. 4. Shall licenses be granted in the Town of Hamil- ton for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the year ensuing.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.) for the purpose of observing Decoration Day by the soldiers of the late Re- bellion.
Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take in pro- viding a building suitable for transacting all Town business. Also in connection a room suitable for a high grade Gram- mar School and to appropriate money for the same. Said building to be located between the Congregational church
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
and the Center School house, as petitioned for by Arthur C. Dane and others.
Art. 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to lighting the main street between Wenham line and Ips- wich line and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Francis Dane and others.
Art. 8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to repairing the sidewalks between Wenham and Ipswich line and appropriate money for the same. as petitioned for by Francis Dane and others.
Art. 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to securing better school accommodation and building a new School House in the South District. as petitioned for by Walter E. Tuck and others. and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 10. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to building and grading a sidewalk on Railroad ave. from Main street to the School House and from Railroad ave. to Asbury street on Willow street. and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Daniel C. Smith, and others.
Art. 11. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to finishing and furnishing the Hook and Ladder House, and appropriate money for the same. as petitioned for by S. E. McLauflin and others.
Art. 12. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to building a sidewalk on Walnut street and appropri- ate money for the same, as petitioned for by Lewis H. Brad- streete and others.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize their Treas- urer to hire money under the direction of the Selectmen in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 14. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges for the year ensuing.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
Art. 15. To appropriate money for the repairs of high- ways, townways and bridges, and determine the manner of expending the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will authorize their Collec- tor to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed a Collector may use agreeable to Chapter 18, Sec. 73 of the Public Statutes.
Art. 17. To determine at what time Tax bills shall be issued and taxes become due.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as proposed and posted by the Selectmen.
Art. 19. To act on any other matter that may come legally before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant posting at- tested copies thereof, one at the meeting house, and one at some other public place in said town seven days at least be- fore the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this Twenty-third day of Febru- ary, 1897, A. D.
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON. Selectmen
DANIEL D. STONE, of Hamilton.
WILLIAM A. BROWN,
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON.
1896=7.
SALEM, MASS. PRESS OF BARRY & LUFKIN. 1897.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Geo. K. Knowlton. Chairman. term expires 1898 Dr. Albert L. Whipple, Secretary, .. .. 1899
Arthur W. Chandler. ..
.. 1897 Purchasing Agent, Dr. A. L. Whipple.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Louis H. Bradstreet, Charles E. Whipple.
To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton :
Your committee present the following report.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. (Closed Feb. 19, 1897.)
Amount appropriated by the town for schools, $2.500 00
Text books and school supplies. 400 00
Small repairs and miscellaneous. 175 00
Incidentals for school rooms. 25 00
$3.100 00
Dog licenses, 87 93
Amount for public schools exclusive of Mass. school fund, $3.187 93
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
Paid for teachers. $1,806 00
fuel.
149 85
care of houses,
142 25
text books and school supplies,
495 87
small repairs and miscella- neous,
362 56
incidentals for school rooms. 23 75
$2,980 28
ACCOUNT MASS. SCHOOL FUND.
Amount of Mass. school fund.
$262 58
Balance from 1895-6, 159 42
$422 00
Paid teachers,
413 50
Amount unexpended and carried over
to 1897-8. $8 50
PAID TEACHERS.
Miss Carrie G. Hill.
$ 27 00
Miss Hattie S. Tarr.
114 00
Miss Grace M. Chadbourne, 127 00
Miss Edith M. Arnold.
117 00
Miss Maidee P. Polleys,
117 00
Miss Helen N. Galloupe,
108 00
Miss Josephine Brown,
18 00
Miss Adelaide A. Keith.
407 00
Miss Lizzie E. Hadley,
241 50
Miss Jessie M. Doty,
316 00
Miss Addie M. Gove.
280 00
Miss Harriet M. Cutler,
203 00
Mrs. Ella E. Day.
81 00
Miss Bessie H. Andrews,
54 00
Miss Beatrice B. MeGlaufin,
9 00
$2,219 50
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
PAID FOR FUEL.
W. F. Redlon, coal. $17 25
John C. Sauer, “
18 00
J. C. Underhill & Son, coal. 18 00
J. P. Lovering. wood,
20 60
Alvin Smith. 66
10 00
W. A. Brown, 22 00
Jonathan Lamson, . 22 00
Isaac F. Knowlton, " 22 00
$149 85
PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
B. W. Adams, South school. $77 25
Charles Hazlet, “ 1 00
Jonathan Lamson. West school, 16 00
E. A. Day, East school. 16 00
Frank Woodbury, Centre school, 7 00
Leonard Fisher, .6 9 00
Eddie McGregor, North school, 11 50
Joseph Pitman, 66
4 50
$142 25
PAID FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Boston School Supply Co., $289 62
E. W. Babb & Co., 81 59
Greenough, Adams & Cushing,
38 51
Werner School Book Co.,
16 92
Ginn & Co., 22 50
Horace A. Brooks. 13 75
John E. Potter & Co .. 12 00
Thorp & Martin Co.,
8 49
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, 7 20
J. L. Hammett, 4 58
Leach. Shewell & Sanborn, 71
$495 87
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alden Southworth, 2 book cases. $15 85
Frank E. Burnham, mason work. 1 60
Barry & Lufkin. merchandise and printing, 18 75
J. C. Daniels. painting flag poles. 10 00
Ivory Quimby. water supply, East school. 35 00
Arthur Whipple. sanitary and other labor. 20 75
James F. Dean. 2 coal stoves, Centre and South schools and repairs, 79 59
C. A. Peterson. stock and labor. 7 23
J. F. Porter. .. 12 50
B. W. Adams. sanitary and repairs, 16 25
O. F. Whipple, labor on school yards. 1 50
Roy W. Whipple. sawing wood, Centre school. 1 00
W. B. Badger & Co .. desk and chairs. 10 40
A. C. Lunt. chairs. 14 15
Gideon Marshman. key. 25
American Express Co .. expressage. 7 45
Proctor's Express. expressage. 1 50
Elmer E. Clark, carriage, 2 75
E. A. Wright, carriage. 4 25
Cummings & Smerage. carriage and expressage, 4 40
B. & M. Railroad, freight. 26
B. F. Hill. hardware. 60
J. Augustus Smith. repairing clocks. 2 10
Irving W. Wheeler, flags. 16 15
Lucy Channel, cleaning school rooms. 9 00
E. A. Day. .. ..
2 50
Amount carried forward, $296 78
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $296 78
Mrs. James Hart, cleaning school rooms. 1 :25
Fifield & Page, school-room supplies, bill 1894, 4 90
Fifield & Page, school-room supplies. bill 1896, 45
Lewis H. Bradstreet, services as truant officer, 3 50
George K. Knowlton, extra expense on account of teachers, 11 00
George K. Knowlton, repairs and cash paid for incidentals, 18 03
George K. Knowlton, two visits to State Inspector's office, 5 00
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