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FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF-
N
TH READING,
he Year Ending February 1880,
-AND-
The School Committee,
D ALSO OF THE
Tru
Flint Library,
ASSESSOR
ENTS, RETURNS, &c. -
READ
NEWS AND CH
OB PRINT,
.
FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS -OF-
NORTH READING,
For the Year Ending February 1880,
-- AND-
Report of the School Committee,
AND ALSO OF THE
Trustees of Flint Library,
ASSESSOR'S STATEMENTS, RETURNS, &c.
READING :
NEWS AND CHRONICLE, JOB PRINT,
1880.
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Selectmens' Report.
SCHOOLS.
Paid for teaching High School, $306 00
Centre,
253 50
East,
255 00
Franklin,
255 00
West,
255 00
North,
255 00
wood,
171 51
care of rooms,
59 5°
books,
85 22
furniture and repairs,
91 89
$1987 62
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Charles P. Howard, as Town Clerk, $15 00
Charles P. Howard, for recording valuation
and taxes, and making returns of births,
marriages, deaths, and other services,
35 60
Charles P. Howard, for express on books and postage, 3 81
Joseph D. Gowing, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor,
95 5°
Joseph D. Gowing, journeys out of town, perambulating town lines, 2 00
19 60
Solon O. Holt, for services as Selectman,
Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 53 00
Solon O. Holt, journeys out of town, 5 00
66 perambulating town lines, 1 00
George L. Flint, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor,
1 00
Amount caaried forward, $240 51
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Amount brought forward, $ 240 51 J. D. Gowing, services Treasurer & Collector, 100 00
extra services and expenses, 22 80
66 printing, postage and express, 7 90
George K. Parker, as School Committee, 38 00
George L. Flint, 27 00
William L. Brown,
11 10
J. Prince Campbell,
8 25
Sylvester Eaton, as Constable, 1878-79,
8 00
Henry H. Dame,
14 85
N. P. Eaton, Police,
2 00
- -
$480 41
STATE AID.
Paid Julia A. Abbott,
$48 00
Emily Bean,
48 00
Sarah J. Coney,
48 00
Mary F. Flint,
48 00
Rebecca J. McIntire,
48 00
Tryphena Harris,
48°00
Sarah J. Mason,
48 00
Jane Proctor,
48 00
Charles J. Burditt,
72 00
William Frye,
72 00
Robert B. Walsh,
72 00
- $600 00
Due from the State for 1879,
$600 00 .
Due from the State for Jan. 1880,
50 00 -
$650 00
MILITARY. AID.
Paid Edward P. Hinman,
$118 50
John Fitzmorris,
70 00
Joseph Kenney,
59 75
George A. Flint,
46 00
George S. Walls,
8 00
$302 25
Approved by Auditor of State for 1879,
$253 50
Approved by Auditor of State for Jan. 1880, 48 75
$302 25
Due from State for Jan. 1879 (by law of 1877),
$73 73
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ROAD WORK.
Paid Eliab Stone, as surveyor,
$80 00
W. W. Nichols, '
80 00
J. D. Gowing,
80 00
George H. Holt,
80 00
Lyman Taylor,
80 00
-- $400 00
EXTRA ROAD WORK.
Paid W. W. Nichols,
$7 76
Lyman Taylor,
4 35
Eliab Stone, for gravel,
2 75
George H. Holt,
2 00
A. A. Upton,
5 40
R. M. Campbell, on bridge account,
31 00
on road work,
31 50
6 on sidewalks and railing,
24 50
C. H. Carleton, for culvert,
7 55
For culvert on Bow street,
10 31
For culvert on Haverhill street,
1 80
F. Cross, cutting willows,
75
$129 67
SNOW BILLS.
Paid William Parker,
$17 10
Horace Hall,
4 35
Samuel Batchelder,
29 00
George H. Holt,
17 30
Eliab Stone,
7 62
J. D. Gowing,
2 50
Lyman Taylor,
8 70
W. W. Nichols,
5 10
A. A. Upton,
2 25
$93 92
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid for printing annual reports,
$44 00
interest on town notes,
1099 00
Amount carried forward,
$1143 00
6
Amount brought forward, $1143 00
C. C. Holt, for pump on Main street, 12 00
for pump at neck corner, -
15 00
Dodge and Gilbert, plate for scraper, 9 50
insurance on F. M. H. building, 67 50
insurance on East school house,
16 00
Thomas Groome, for record book,
II 25
Park Street Cemetery bills,
34 00
state tax,
125 00
county tax,
180 59
return of deaths,
3 75
abatements,
78 18
lodging tramps,
157 50
discount on taxes,
351 83
C. J. Burditt, ringing bell and care of hall,
60 00
town note and interest,
1050 00
old town house repairs, 1878,
7 00
over-taxation,
46 71
liberty pole,
3 65
guide-boards,
10 16
Memorial Hall,
8 90
repairs on pumps,
9 75
-$3401 27
OLD TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Gould & Co., lead and express,
$49 80
66 oil and express,
31 42
for gilding vane,
18 00
W. I. Nichols bill, painting house,
69 48
in hall,
33 75
entry,
28 58
Sylvester Eaton's bill,
29 00
Solon O. Holt, labor and stock,
49 90
J. V. Robinson, labor,
15 00
F. E. De Jean,
I 50
J. D. Gowing,
1 50
$327 93
Cr. by oil on hand, $12 75.
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Orders drawn for schools,
$1987 62
town officers,
480 41
state aid, 600 00
military aid,
302 25
highways,
623 59
Overseer's account,
1146 72
miscellaneous,
3401 27
old town house.
327 93
Whole amount of orders drawn, $8869 79
JOSEPH D. GOWING,
Selectmen
SOLON O. HOLT, of
GEORGE I .. FLINT, North Reading.
February 16, 1880.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES AT ALMSHOUSE. Lois McIntire, 87 years.
Nathaniel McIntire, 65 years. Joseph Sawyer, 70 years. Jane Sawyer, 48 years. Sarah Banker, 30 years. Emily Buxton, 35 years.
Whole number, 6.
Present number, 5.
Average number, 5 1-4.
Six hundred and thirty tramps have been assisted.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEBRUARY, 1880.
Two oxen,
$140 00
Six cows,
240 00
Four swine,
35 00
Forty fowls,
18 00
Hay and grain,
305 00
Manure,
215 00
Lumber,
40 00
Wood and fuel,
140 00
Farming utensils,
337 00
Household furniture,
476 25
Provisions,
198 90
Bills uncollected,
90 28
-- $2,235 43
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Balance on hand from last year,
$ 23 74
Received for labor off the farm,
138 25
Wood,
153 63
Milk,
271 00
Stock,
300 12
Lumber,
47 43
Produce,
74 02
Persons lodged and dinners,
23 00
Board of John Chandler,
51 00
Lodging tramps,
157 50
Cash from Selectmen,
471 41
$1,711 10
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for groceries,
$146 51
flour and meal,
270 99
meat and fish,
110 89
butter,
24 69
cheese,
4 41
blacksmith bill,
22 53
medicine,
2 13
doctors' bill,
6 00
building, repairs,
52 76
hired labor,
338 86
stock,
147 00
seeds,
17 79
farm utensils,
23 24
house furniture,
30 23
shoes,
4 35
bedding,
6 70
clothing,
20 64
manure,
16 40
lumber,
27 34
crackers,
60 47
freight and express,
7 74
saw bill,
4 82
salary of keeper,
358 33
miscellaneous,
16 28
$1711 10
10
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
NORTH READING POOR.
Paid town of Middleton for Mrs. Stephen McIntire, $17 23
town of Wakefield for Needham Hunter, 2 50
town of Natick for W. A. Nichols' family, 96 50
city of Lynn for Mrs. Eben Stone, 96 00
city of Boston for John Fitzmorris, 17 75
city of Boston for John Grant,
18 75
city of Boston for Nancy Moore,
32 43
county of Middlesex for board of Eliab P. McIntire in house of correction.
3 00
doctor's bill and medicine for family of Fred
C. McIntire, 20 00
groceries for family of Fred C. McIntire, 8 90
wood for family of Fred C. McIntire,
2 50
Robert B. Walsh for aid for grandchildren,
84 00
for wood for Wm. C. McIntire's family, 6 75 groceries for Henry C. Flint, 14 00
- $420 31
STATE POOR.
Paid out for John Day,
$54 65
family of William Bryden,
10 00
Wesley Millbury,
8 00
Due from state, * $72 65
LYNN POOR.
Paid for John Day's family,
$91 60
John Lufkin's, 28 25
Due from Lynn, Due from Lynn last year, CONCORD POOR.
* $25 50
Paid for John Chandler, * $58 50
SAUGUS POOR.
Paid for Mrs. C. E. Walker, * 4 00
Expense of poor out of Almshouse, $675 31
471 41
Expense of poor at Almshouse,
$1146 72
Recived from Selectmen's orders, $1146 72 JOSEPH D. GOWING, ) Overseers SOLON O. HOLT, of GEORGE L. FLINT, the Poor,
North Reading, February 16, 1880. * See Treasurer's report, page 13
* $119 85
Assessors' Returns and Aggregates.
TAX LIST AS ASSESSED.
State tax,
$ 125 00
County tax,
, 180 59
Schools.
1,600 00
Highways,
800 00
Ordinary expenses,
3,500 00
Town Debt,
1,000 00
Old town house,
250 00
Piano,
250 00
Overlay,
357 61
Tax list committed to collector,
$8,063 20
Total number of polls,
238
Tax on polls,
$
1 30
Total value of personal estate,
55,265 00
Total value of real estate,
387,809 00
Total valuation,
443,074 00
Rate of tax per $ 1000,
$17 50
Number of houses,
202 3-4
Horses,
138
Oxen,
18
Cows,
288
Swine,
95
Carriages,
36
Acres of land taxed,
7,564
Personal property secured by mortgage,
$8,000 00
66
unsecured,
1,000 00
Public stocks,
7,000 00
Stocks in corporations,
1,500 00
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EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Baptist society meeting house and land,
$3,000 00
Congregational society meeting house and land,
2,550 00
Universalist
1,000 00
Widows and unmarried women,
6,235 00
Number of resident tax payers,
300
66 " non-resident tax payers,
94
394
66
persons paying more than $100,
II
1
66 66 from $50 to $100,
33
from $1.30 to $50,
242
66
66 66 66 Poll tax, $1.30,
82
Less than $1.30,
26
-394.
JOSEPH D. GOWING,
ASSESSORS
SOLON O. HOLT,
OF
GEORGE L. FLINT.
NORTH READING.
February, 16, 1880.
.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Balance from last year,
$50 47
Taxes collected of 1877, 788 96
Taxes collected of 1878,
780 05
Taxes collected of 1879,
6,420 10
From city of Lynn on Overseers' account,
119 85
last year, 25 50
State on Overseers' account,
72 65
Concord on Overseers' account,
58 50
Saugus on Overseers' account,,
4 00
State, State aid,
592 00
State, military aid,
283 50
State, corporation tax,
16 63
Trustees of Riverside Cemetery,
28 48
State, back corporation tax,
61
State, bank tax,
12 87
State, school fund,
216 14
county dog fund,
I27 II
Wm. Bryden, on account of aid in 1878,
5 00
For rent of Flint Memorial Hall,
28 00
rent of old town hall,
1 00
insurance dividend,
25 25
taxes after abatement,
4 20
taxes not assessed,
5 00
lockup fees,
2 00
school books,
56 86
interest on taxes,
52 80
peddler's license,
3 00
town notes,
2,600 00
$12,380 53
Paid out on Selectmen's orders,
8,869 79
town notes,
2,600 00
$11,469 79
Balance on hand,
$910 74
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Tax list committed to collect for 1879,
Taxes uncollected for 1878, 1877,
$8,063 20 1,588 05
788 96
Total committed to collector,
$10,440 21
$1,621 10
Taxes uncollected for 1879, 1878,
808 00
$2,429 10
The town owes notes to the amount of $18,000 00
interest due April 1, 1880, 495 00
$18,495 00
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Treasurer and Collector of North Reading.
North Reading, Feb. 16, 1880.
Report of Treasurer of Trustees, Riverside Cemetery.
Received for five lots sold in cemetery,
$52 00
balance due on S. Margison lot, 4 00
-
$56 00.
DR.
To paid out Trustees one day each, reapprising, marking and laying out new lots, $4 00
Painting gates, . 4 52
Cedar planks for stakes,
5 00
Preparing stakes, numbering, etc.,
3 00
Making drain, etc.,
6 50
Fixing stone posts,
75
Making and recording five deeds,
3 75
-
$27 52
Amount paid town treasurer,
$28 48.
C. P. HOWARD,
Treasurer for Trustees, Riverside Cemetery. North Reading, February, 1880.
Report of the Trustees of the Flint Library.
In making this eighth annual report, we are pleased to note that the interest which has been manifested from the first. has not di- minished. The number of books issued the past year being about the average from the commencment and eight for every inhabitant of the town. We did not suppose that it would be as large as the pre- vious year, in which the circulation reached the maximum point in our history, being nearly ten books to each one in town. The excess over other years was doubtless due to the number of new books pur- chased and issuing the catalogue. We have yet to learn of a library proportionately so well patronized. When we consider that we are a working people, having really no leisure class and are widely scatter- ed, this will appear all the greater.
We regard the library as an important factor in the education of the people. Though sensational books are the most eagerly sought, yet there is much that is real that will be perused. History and bi- ography, the wisdom and the folly, the success and the failure to those who have lived, or are now living, will each add their part of the knowledge of the reader.
We have sometimes feared that the library coming to us without cost, would lack appreciation. True, the most indispensable things are the most free ; the water we drink, the air we breathe, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, being free to all ; yet there is a tendency in our nature to lightly esteem that which costs us nothing to obtain. As savoring of this, we regretted the action of the town last spring in appropriating the dog tax for schools instead of voting it to the libra- ry as heretofore. Our regret would have been much greater had we not regarded it as hasty legislation, and not the deliberate purpose of the town. The town ought to do something yearly certainly not less than to pay the librarian.
We have purchased one hundred and nine new books, and thir- teen have been presented.
We would invite our citizens, who have never done so, to visit the library room of an evening and witness the eagerness for books. They might observe, as compared with some libraries, an absence of red tape, but not a want of good feeling and decorum.
GEORGE K. PARKER, GEORGE B. PARKER, JOHN B. CAMPBELL, GEORGE L. FLINT, JOSEPH D. GOWING. DENNIS BATCHELDER,
Trustees.
Flint Library, February 14, 1880.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, Feb. 15, 1879.
$103 79
Interest on Flint memorial fund,
165 00
$268 79
PAYMENTS.
For new books,
$111 98
Binding books,
3 70
Librarian,
52 00
Insurance,
22 50
Wood,
4 50
Express,
2 35
-- $197 03
Balance, 71 76
GEORGE B PARKER, Treasurer of Flint Library.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Books have been presented by the following persons :
Mr. Samuel O. Allen,
1
Mr. Joseph D. Gowing,
I
Mr. W. A. Russell,
2
Mr. C. L. Flint,
I
Mr. Warren Eaton,
I
Mr.º Appleton Eaton,
3
Mrs. Mary E. Taylor,
2
Board of Agriculture,
I
Trustees of Wakefield library,
I
Number of volumes purchased,
109
Number of bound volumes in the library, Feb. 14, 1880,
1608
Number of books given out during the year,
7,572
Fines collected,
$8 53
Miscellaneous expenses,
9 31
F. A. MUSGRAVE.
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Statistics from Town Clerk's Records, FOR THE YEAR 1879.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Number of births, -
19
Males,
Females,
S
Number of marriages recorded,
00
Number of deaths
15
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased,
Age. M.
D.
Disease or Cause of Death.
January 13
Anne T. Flint,
52
O
27
Phthisis.
January 26
Rebecca Floyd,
71
O
Inflammation of the bowels.
February 3
Harriet S. Ray.
32
2
1 2
Neuralgia, general debility.
April 15
Anna M. Burditt,
34
5
14
Phrenitis.
April 28
Carrie T. Jeffrey,
25
I
II
Pneumonia consumption.
May 16
John Day,
31
7
14
Consumption.
May 19
Ann F. Damon,
60
()
25
Inflammation of the bowels.
June 14
Mary C. Howard,
69
O
6
General debility.
June 20
Harriet McKay,
37
S
I
Stoppage of bowels.
June 30
Richard McIntire,
67
I
19
Heart disease.
July 6
Rachel Foster,
77
6
9
General debility.
July 23
George Lester,
II
14
Disease of the brain.
September 24
Frank P. Foster.
25
O
19 Phthisis pulmonalis.
December 17
Nancy Travis,
87
0
13
Old age.
December 17
Sally Sheldon,
SI
3
O
Chronic Hepetetis.
Number of certificates issued,
Y.
CHARLES P. HOWARD, Town Clerk.
Report of the School Committee .
To the inhabitants of the Town of North Reading :
FELLOW CITIZENS: It again becomes our duty to report of the interests you have intrusted to our care. We feel that these interests are of the highest importance, and we have endeavored honestly to perform the duties, shunning no responsibility.
The town appropriation was one thousand six hundred dollars, ($, 1600) and the dog tax one hundred twenty-seven dollars eleven cents ($127.11). The Massachusetts school fund received was two hundred sixteen dollars and fourteen cents ($216.14). The whole amount at our disposal was one thousand nine hundred forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents ($1,943.25).
The teachers employed were those of the previous year, and had each passed the trial period which is, alas, sometimes very trying to both teacher and committee. We have a dread of it with the coming of every new teacher, and always breathe freer when it is successfully passed. When the parents have been satisfied, teachers have some - times been retained that were known to be not quite up to the mark rather than endure the trial or run the risk of employing a new teacher. The clamor has sometimes demanded the dismissal of a teacher, and subsequent experience proved it to have been wholly in the wrong.
We are pleased to say that for the past year peace has been in all our borders. We mean that there has been no rebellion in school, and our patience has not been tried by listening to grievances, not that there has been no cases of discipline. Human nature has not essentially improved. Teachers still need to be on the alert and use all the tact they have. They need a resolute purpose, with much of the milk of human kindness and long patience. The ideal is often overshadowed by the real, and theory dispelled by painful fact. The y question the truth of the lines :-
'Tis a pleasant, yet solemn thing, to rule O'er the opening minds of a village school,
For you may mould them as you will,
And the impress you make will remain there still.
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The irregular attendance of some scholars is a serious evil and hinderance to our schools. It has often been referred to in our re- ports, but the evil does not abate. Will not parents be a little more considerate, and let their children be absent only when it is abso- lutely necessary? You may have the right, of which there is doubt, to deprive your child of the full benefits of the school, but you have no moral right to do so with your neighbor's child. One sinner de- stroyeth much good so these few inconstant ones seriously hinder the progress of the schools.
Drawing has been taught in most of our schools. We charge ourselves with neglect that it has been omitted in any. It is by no means a superfluous accomplishment ; it leads to habits of observa- tion which alone are worth all it costs. Some have a taste for it, and all may be interested in it if the teacher is; Like priest like people. Better spend some time with this than all the time be delv- ing at arithmetic, as if the adding of numbers were the concern of our life.
The Centre school numbered less than last year, the removal of scholars being quite noticeable. The relations of the teacher with this school were pleasant, and improvement satisfactory. Soon after the commencement of the winter term Miss Clement was obliged to leave on account of sickness, and Miss Carter was engaged to supply two weeks and has continued through the term.
The Franklin school is the largest in town, and has never been wanting in active spirits. The teacher deserves credit for the untir- ing industry with which she has labored to advance her pupils. As noted last year, reading and geography are the excellences of this school. Singing and calisthenics challenge successful competition.
The West school numbers about the same as last year. We think the teacher has been enabled to improve upon the work of last year, in that she knew better the capabilities and ways of her pupils, and the home influence was to her more kindly.
Several scholars in the North school are well advanced and might have gone into the High school, but chose to remain rather than overcome the distance. The school appears well, but has suffered some from irregular attendance, especially during the winter term.
The number of scholars in the East school was pretty well kept up, though several had removed from town. Some of the scholars deserve commendation for constancy, one scholar having been neither
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absent or tardy for three years. On the other hand, some children living quite near have been hardly enough to be called scholars. The school is well instructed, the classes in arithmetic being the most noticeable.
The High school is so called because it is the highest we have ; not that we think it comes up to the requirement for large towns. Still, it is a high school, and scholars are well instructed in the higher branches. We are not aware that any complaint has been made that scholars were cramped in that direction. None were ad- mitted last spring who might have entered before, consequently the school was not large. It is the aim of this school to perfect that which has been pursued before, and to instruct in the higher branches. We have never been enabled to have a regular course of study, but have taken those thought to be best adapted to the wants of the pupils, endeavoring to give them an opportunity to learn all they would. There is, we think, quite a class looking forward to this school next term.
Our schools are small, and a stranger might think it were an easy matter to economize by putting them together, but to one ac- quainted with the geography of the town it is a far more difficult problem. The Centre and the Franklin have the least territory, and might be put together, but it is not practical to unite any others or better them by changing the location of the houses. We might make a radical change and remove them all to the centre and grade them with very small expense. Two schools might be accommodated in the Town Hall, which with the two houses we have would be ample for the purpose. In this way our schools could be properly graded, which, theoretically, is the best way, and has been adopted in many places. We fear that in practice it would not work as well, as it would be manifestly unjust to those living in the outskirts of the town. We would favor it upon the condition only that the town fur- nish transportation for the children to and from school, so that no child would be obliged to walk a greater distance than now. The cost of transportation might be balanced by what we would save in paying teachers and for care of rooms and fuel. We do not advise the project, only suggest its possibility. We regard the present way as better fitted to the condition of the people, and as even more just and Republican than the district system in some of its workings, in' that all the schools are of uniform length.
GEORGE K. PARKER, GEORGE L. FLINT. School Committee.
J. PRINCE CAMPBELL,
North Reading, February 20, 1880.
STATISTICS.
Name of School.
Name of Teacher.
Term.
Wages per week.
No. of Scholars.
Åverage Attendance
High, do do
Miss Emma F. Eames, do
Spring, Fall,
9 00
18
I5
Winter,
9 00
18
I5
Centre,
Miss Hattie Clement, do
Fall,
7 50
32
25
do
Miss Hattie Carter,
Winter,
7 50
26
21
Franklin
Miss Stella Hall,
Spring,
7 50
38
31
do
do do
Winter,
7 50
33
27
West,
Miss Mary A. Putnam,
Spring,
7 50
I7
12
do
do
Fall,
7 50
17
14
do
do
Winter,
7 50
18
I4
North,
Miss Helen M. Graves,
Spring, Fall,
7 50
27
21
do
do
Winter,
7 50
22
IS
East,
Miss Mary L. Batchelder,
Spring,
7 50
15
II
do
do do
Fall,
7 50
19
14
clo
Winter,
7 50
14
Length of school, thirty four weeks.
Spring term from March 31 to June 13.
Fall term from September I to November 2 1.
Winter term from December 8 to February 20.
$9 00
16
13
do
Spring,
7 50
36
28
do
Fall,
7 50
37
32
do
7 50
24
20
clo
do
TOWN MEETING.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of North Read- ing, in the County of Middlesex,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of North Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the first day of March next, at eight o'clock a. m., then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To hear reports of Selectmen, Assessors and Over- seers of the Poor, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To hear report of Treasurer and Collector, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To hear report of School Committee, and act thereon.
ART. 6. To hear report of Trustees of Flint Library, and act thereon.
ART. 7. To hear report of Trustees of Cemeteries, and act thereon.
ART. 8. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- prapriate for schools and incidentals for the coming year.
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ART. 9. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for ordinary expenses for the coming year.
ART. 10. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for highways, for the ensuing year, and the manner in which it shall be expended.
ART. II. To see how much money the town will raise for the payment of the town debt.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new hearse, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for that pur- pose.
ART. 13. To see what instructions the town will give their Col- lector in relation to collecting taxes, and allowing discount, or charg- ing interest, on the same.
ART. 14. To see if the town will give their Treasurer authority to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the town will give their Treasurer authority to deposit money in the New England Trust Company, or some other place that they may deem proper.
ART. 16. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for the improvement of their cemeteries, and how it shall be expended.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to build a culvert on Central street, near the railroad, or what they will do about it.
ART. 18. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for the improvement of Main Street in Barnard Swamp, or what they will do in relation to the same.
ART. 19. To see if the town will accept of the surrender of the lease of the store in Flint Memorial Hall building from Dr. Wm. H. Willis, and to see if they will release the said Willis from the payment of accrued rent under said lease.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to stock their ponds with black bass or other fish, or what they will do in regard to the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to change the time of holding their annual meeting for choosing town officers.
ART. 22. To see what instructions the town will give their Con- stables in regard to dog licenses, or what they will do in relation to the same.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in relation to the money received from the dog fund.
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ART. 24. To see if the town will give the Trustees of Riverside Cemetery any instructions in regard to the sale of lots, or collecting pay for those already sold, or what they will do in regard to the same.
ART. 25. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for the improvement of Concord Street, near Wilmington line, or what they will do about it.
ART. 26. To hear report of Selectmen on guideboards, and act thereon.
ART. 27. To hear report of Committees, and act thereon.
ART. 28. To see if the town will accept of the list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, A. D., eighteen hundred and eighty.
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Selectmen SOLON O. HOLT, of
GEORGE L. FLINT, North Reading.
A true copy-Attest : SYLVESTER EATON, Constable.
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