Town of Westhampton annual report 1900, Part 1

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Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Westhampton (Mass.)
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WESTHAMPTON, MASS.


ANNUAL REPORTS. 1900.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF


WESTHAMPTON, MASS.,


FOR THE


Year Ending February 1, 1900.


EASTHAMPTON, MASS. PRESS OF ENTERPRISE PRINTING CO. 1900.


Report of the Superintendent


of Highways.


HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES.


D. S. BRIDGMAN, SUPT. Unpaid bills of 1898.


Work on and drawing timber for Parsons bridge $ 6 00


W. N. Graves, on Breakneck road


10 00


Levi Burt on grade


3 50


E. B. Judd, rods for bridge


2 25-


21 75


SNOW BILLS. 1


A. T. Edwards 31 27


M. J. Courtney


22 62


L. W. Clapp


5 55


G. E. Knight


2 00


4


M. K. Parsons


9 85


A. E. Damon 12 72


Geo. Witherell


39 04


Austin Hathaway


45


C. O. Connors


5 80


W. H. Lyman


28 41


E. A. Bartlett


1 89


I. O. Shaw


3 50


F. C. Montague


4 63


A. Benson


7 83


H. W. Montague


1 25


D. S. Bridgman


8 85


Geo. Coleman


1 25


S. D. Lyman


15 00


A. Fisher


8 15


Clayton Bartlett


7 00


Fred Gagnon


75


Wm. Kingsley


1 75


J. Whelan


7 35


E. H. Montague


1 50


F. Howard


50- 228 91


$250 66


FOR WORK ON HIGHWAYS.


M. J. Crandall


2 30


Wm. E. Kingsley


42 15


A. Fisher


38 55


E. H. Montague


5 00


Frank Hathaway


5 40


F. Howard


41 81


W. Payson 3 00


A. J. Griffin


74 40


A. T. Edwards


53 23


F. C. Montague


15 25


5


O. Flint 4 50


C O. Connors


19 40


I. O. Shaw .27 04


T. P. Elwell 27 00


A. Benson


39 15


Geo. Frisby -


3 25


Levi Burt


8 25


Geo. Witherell


107 89


T. Connelly


1 20


D. S. Bridgman


225 69


L. A. Howard


29 50


W. N. Graves


7 00


Geo. Benson


50


A. D. Rice


1 17


Geo. Coleman


4 62


S. D. Lyman 5 20


Louis Blakesley


2 25


Mrs. Connelly, 22 loads soil


2 20


Geo. Knight, repairing woodwork on scraper 4 25


Scraper blade bill, freight and delivery 5 00


Grease, oil and repairs on scraper 1 45


Scraper point 2.10, freight .65


2 775


Lumber and other work on scraper


1 50


Nut for scraper axle, machine work and


express 1 65


Lumber of Cowls & Childs, 2618 ft., 34 03


66 A. T. Edwards, 644 ft., 8 85


Wm. E. Kingsley, bed pieces for bridge by F. Loud's 2 25


C. N. Loud, lumber and damage to buggy 7 40


E. J. Hathaway, timber for bridge 10 00


Akron tile 8 00


Cash on hand


75 00-$1,209 69


Selectmen's Report.


OVERSEERS OF POOR.


SUPPORT OF POOR.


William Lawler at Northampton Hospital $169 46


Isadore Howard at Worcester Hospital 169 46


Margaret Duggan at N'hampton Almshouse 161 80


Margaret Keating at So. Hadley Falls


119 50-620 22


Edward Witherell


9 76


Tramps


2 75


Total for Support of Poor


$632 73


State Aid


48 00


Thayer Fund for Parish


24 00


Dog Fund for Library


74 32


Street Lamps


1


50


REPAIRS ON TOWN HALL.


F. C. Montague, 134 M. shingle


47 04


; ( .6


drawing shingle


4 00


E. W. Kingsley


10 25


G. W. Graves


6 00


A. E. Damon


6 00


H. B. Lyman, stove


7 00


. 6 pipe and zinc


2 30-$ 82 59


TOWN OFFICERS.


F. A. Loud, Clerk 66 Sealer


$15.00


5 00


7


F. A. Loud, Elector 4 00


66 66 Registrar 3 00


66 Recording 5 marriages, 9 births, 12 deaths, 8 10


66 Paid for returning births and deaths 1 50-$ 36 60


A. K. Chapman, Treasurer,


A. D. Rice, Selectman


19 00


66


66 Assessor


19 50


66


Overseer of Poor


5 50


66


66 Registrar


6 00-


50 00


F. C. Montague, Selectman


10 00


66 66


Assessor


15 00


66


Overseer of Poor


4 00)


66 Registrar 3 00-


32 00


Joseph Hathaway, Selectman


15 75


66


Assessor


7 50


66


Overseer of Poor,


2 75


66 Registrar


4 00-


30 00


Levi Burt, Constable,


John Pollard, Election Officer


1 50


A. D. Montague, Cattle Inspector,


18 75


$196 35


TAXES.


State Tax


$135 00


County Tax


479 12


S. D. Lyman, Collector, 1898


49 00


Discount on Taxes, 1899


121 84


by Thayer Fund


24 00


Abatements


22 50-$ 831 46


Payment on Notes, Borrowed Money, 1,700 00


Interest on Notes


106 95-$1,806 95


25 00


2 50


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MISCELLANEOUS.


Insurance on School-houses 32 20


Westhampton Water Co., 5 00


A. D. Rice, Express 35


Enterprise Printing Co., printing


29 20


A. D. Rice, Express


35


E. W. Kingsley, mowing cemetery 6 00


Copy of Public Statutes 4 25


8 50


G. E. Knight, care of hall 66 66 Driving Hearse


4 00


H. A. Parsons, kerosene oil and nails


5 90


Westhampton Water Co.,


10 00


A. D. Rice, tax book


1 10


Levi Burt, moving safe


75


F. A. Loud, express


4 00


G. H. Coleman, damage to wagon


12 00


G. E. Knight, care of library 20 00


F. H. Judd, moving partition, key and kerosene oil 2 56


G. E. Knight, care hall


4 50


A. K. Chapman, postage


2 14


. .


66 blacksmith work


7 20


F. A. Loud, postage


2 75


$162 75


RECAPITULATION.


Highways,


$1,209 69


Support of Poor, 632 73


State Aid, 48 00


Street and Wright Funds,


97 50


Thayer Fund for Parish, 24 00


Dog Fund for Library,


74 32


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Street Lamps,


14 50


Town Hall,


82 59


Town Officers,


196 35


Miscellaneous,


162 75


Taxes,


808 96


Abatements,


22 50


Notes and Interest,


1,806 95


Total Selectmen's Orders,


$5,180 84


School Committee's Orders, 1,860 76


Total Expenditures, $7,041 60


Balance Feb. 1, 1899,


758 50


Assessment,


3,746 28


From Treasurer's Book,


3,398 35


$7,903 13


Balance Feb. 1, 1900,


861 53


JOSEPH HATHAWAY, Selectmen


F. C. MONTAGUE,


of


A. D. RICE,


Westhampton


I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find that they have orders drawn for $5,180.84 and have vouchers for the same.


HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor.


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Assessors' Report.


Real Estate Valuation,


$178,484


Personal Estate Valuation, 34,480


Total Valuation, $212.96400


Tax Rate, $16 50.


Real Estate Tax,


$2,945 24


Personal Estate Tax,


569 04


Polls,


232 00


Total Tax,


$3,746 28


TAX LEVY.


State Tax,


$ 135 00


County Tax,


479 12


Schools,


1,000 00


Highways,


1,000 00


Support of Poor,


300 00


Town Officers,


250 00


Vault Note,


50 00


Repairs on Town Hall,


200 00


Discount on Taxes,


125 00


Contingencies,


200 00


Overlayings,


716 00


$3,746 28


JOSEPH HATHAWAY, F. C. MONTAGUE, A. D. RICE,


S


Assessors of Westhampton.


Treasurer's Report.


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1900.


DR.


Balance from last year $1,458 50


A. G. Jewett, interest on Wright fund, 25 00


N. A. Kingsley, “ 66 25 00


Selectmen, hay on town lot 1 50


Northampton Institution Savings 1,000 00


For rent of hall 6 00


S. D. Lyman. Auctioneer's license 2 00


Trustees Whiting Street Fund 52 50


Easthampton Savings Bank, int. on Thayer fund 24 46


State Treasurer, corporation tax 3 09


National Bank Tax 271 11


66 66 State Aid


48 00


.6 6: Income Mass. school fund 750 38


66 66 Tuition of children 160 00


.6


Insane poor 254 19


Clark scholarship 80


12


County Treasurer dog fund Amount of assessment


74 32-$4,156 85.


3,746 28


Total


$7,903 13


CR


By paid orders of Selectmen


$5,180 84 .6 School Committee 1,860 76


Balance in treasury


727 47


" due from Collector


134 06-$7,903 13


A. K. CHAPMAN, Treasurer.


I have examined the Treasurer's accounts and find them correct, showing orders and vouchers for seven thousand forty-one dollars and sixty cents ($7,041.60) and balance in the hands of the Treasurer of seven hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents ($727.47). Due from collector one hundred and thirty-four dollars and six cents ($134.06).


HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor


Town Clerk's Report


FOR THE YEAR 1899.


BIRTHS.


) February 28. Robert Francis Hayden


2 March 2. George Earle Miller v


3 April 24. Louise Asenath Clapp


y August 8. Walter Raymond Witherell -


5 August 15. Emeline Matilda Hathaway


6 September 23. Daniel Gorden Braman


7 September 29. George Henry Burt


& October 21. Iola Beatrice Wicks


9 November 2. Howard Franklin Williams


BIRTHS RECORDED IN RECENT YEARS.


'89.


'90.


'91.


'92.


'93.


'94.


'95.


'96.


'97. '98.


8


12


12


15


15


12


7


9


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MARRIAGES RECORDED.


1899.


)- Feb. 22. Henry J. Payson of Westhampton, Mary J. Benson of Westhampton.


2May 27. Egbert D. Damon of Chesterfield, Lillie Holdridge of Westhampton.


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3 June 7. Gilbert G. Clark of Williamsburg, Lillian B. Metcalf of Westhampton.


2 June 22. Charles G. Loud of Williamsburg, Harriet F. Montague of Westhampton.


5 Dec. 2. Julius Billieux of Westhampton, Minnie Gagnon of Westhampton.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN RECENT YEARS.


'89. '90.


'91.


'92.


'93. '94.


'95. '96 .. '97. '98.


6


4


3


4


5


5


2


4


4 4


DEATHS. 1899.


/ Jan. 14. Aretas H. Bridgman, 75.


2 Jan. 14. Francis Edwards, 73-11.


3 Feb. 25. H. Lovisa Torrey, 65. y Mar. 3. Christopher C. Bartlett, 70-3.


5 Mar. 28. Elizabeth K. Burt, 81.


¿ Apr. 9. Apr. 16. Samuel Annable, 81-5.


Susan T. Clapp, 69-6-17.


& June 26. George Tower, 69.


9 July 2. Sarah A. Edwards, 72.


10 July 15. Henry Hathaway, 57.


// July 25. Alfred D. Montague, 70 4.


/2 Dec. 11. Michael Hall, 68.


DEATHS RECORDED IN RECENT YEARS.


'89


'90


'91


'92


'93


'94


'96


'97


'98


5


4


5


13


12


10


11


5


6


10


CAUSES OF DEATH.


Disease of the brain 1, Capillary Bronchitis 1, Cerebral Apoplexy 1, Arterio Sclerosis 1, Senile Decline 1, Heart Dis- ease 2, Pneumonia 1, Acute Enteritis 1, Cerebral Hemor- rhage following Bronchial Pneumonia 1, Paresis 1, Fell from wagon and broke his neck 1.


Mortgages of Personal Property 7.


All other papers 1.


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DOGS LICENSED.


1899.


S. A. Rust


April 18


L. W. Clapp


May 13


F. C. Montague


24


W. R. Lyman


17


H. L. Dodge


24


Henry Hathaway 17


Joseph Hathaway


24


J. H. Kingsley


24


Lyman Snow


26


A. D. Rice


29


Fred Gagnon


28


H. W. Montague


June 9


A. J. Griffin


29


W. J. Anderson


26


Mrs. Pelton


29


J. Gravelin


29


T. P. Elwell


May 1


S. D. Lyman 2


July 8


C. T. Williams


1


J. Boucher


17


Nathan Damon 2


1


Geo. Tower


19


Pat Conners


1


W. J. Lyman


20


Chas. Conners


1


P. A. Connery


Aug. 1


A. K. Chapman


1


Geo. Witherell 2


22


Levi Burt


1


Oscar Bartlett


31


F. Howard


2


H. M. Clapp


16


F. H. Judd


2


C. H. Bartlett


Sept. 15


A. S. Bridgman


2


W. J. Lyman


18


Geo. W. Graves


2


W. Payson


19


A. D. Montague


4 E. A. Bartlett


26


E. H. Montague]


11 A. T. Edwards


26


I. O. Shaw


11 Henry Payson


26


George Coleman


12 H. Haunton


30


Amount received from Licenses in former years.


'89


'90


791


'92


'93


'94


'95


'96


'98


$129


106


95


115


95


108


99


101


106


.109


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


F. A. Loud in account with Town of Westhampton. DR.


To cash received for 6 mos. ending June 1, '99. For license of 28 dogs (males) at $2.00 $56 00


CR.


By clerk's fees, 28 at 20c $ 5 60


By cash paid County Treasurer 50 40- $56 00


DR.


To cash received for 6 mos. ending Dec. 1. For license of 22 dogs (males) at $2.00 $44 00


CR.


By clerk's fees, 22 at 20c $ 4 40


By cash paid County Treasurer


39 60-$ 44 00


The amount paid into the County Treasury on this account for the five previous years was


1894


1895


1896 1897


1898


$97.20


89.40


91.20


95.40 98.40


Respectfully submitted,


F. A. LOUD, Town Clerk


I have examined the Town Clerk's account and find it correct.


HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor


Report of Joint School Board.


TO THE DISTRICT COMPRISING THE TOWNS OF EASTHAMP. TON, SOUTHAMPTON AND WESTHAMPTON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 1, 1899.


Received from State Treasurer, $1,250 00


Credited to Superintendent's salary $750 00


66 to towns of district on basis


of average total membership of schools of district for year end- ing July 1, 1899,


To Easthampton $389 25


To Southampton


73 83


To Westhampton


36 92


$500 00 .500 00


$1250 00


$1,250 00


Received from towns of district on same basis as above, Town of Easthampton's share Superintendent's salary,


$583 88


Town of Southampton's share Superintendent's salary,


110 75


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Town of Westhampton's share Superintendent's salary,


55 37


$750 00


$750 00


State Treasurer credited to Supt's salary,


750 00


$1,500 .00


Paid Supt's salary for year ending July 1, 1899,


1,500 00


Net cost to Easthampton,


194 63


Net cost to Southampton,


36 92


Net cost to Westhampton,


18 45


$250 00


C. H. JOHNSON, Chm. Joint Com. C. N. LOUD, Secretary.


School Committee's Report.


STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EMPLOYED, WAGES, ETC.


CENTER SCHOOL.


Miss Harriet F. Judd.


27


No. of pupils enrolled


23.5


Average membership 66 attendance


22


No. pupils over 15 years


1


66 under 5 years .


0


No. of weeks school


32


Wages paid teacher


13 50


Cleaning school-house


3 50


H. J. Porter, repairs


6 62


O. W. Flint


2 48


C. N. Loud


4 62


Slating for blackboards


3 00


Water Co.,


6 00


" between 8 and 14


15


Fuel, C. H. Bartlett


$280 80


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The Clark scholarship prize for the best reader and speller was awarded to Emily L. Parsons.


Not absent or tardy during the year as taken from the register : Mabel L. Flint, Nettie A. Pelton.


None of the pupils from this school have entered any High School during the year, but several of, the pupils are ex- pecting to take an examination for entrance to the Northamp- ton High School at the close of this year, and your committee would again suggest that in those studies where pupils have failed to pass a satisfactory examination heretofore, especial care should be taken to understand the requirements thor- oughly before taking the examination.


HILL SCHOOL.


Miss Zelinda E. Hager, Miss Elizabeth V. Sprague. No. of pupils enrolled


23


Average membership


18.7


attendance


16.5


No. of pupils over 15 years


1


66 under 5 years 1


66 between 8 and 14 years


16


No. weeks school


32


Wages paid teacher


$252 80


Fuel, C. S. Bartlett


14 00


Janitor's services


7 50


Repairs


5 60


Cleaning school-house


3 00


Not absent or tardy during the year: Bertha Graves, Chauncey Graves


The teachers in this school have both graduated from the Westfield Normal school, and have been able to apply many of the lessons which they learned there in their school work here, the results of which can be readily seen. -


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More seats are needed in this school-room, but there seems to be no convenient place in which to put them, and it will be necessary to seat the pupils either in chairs or on the benches at the side until some other arrangement can be made.


Oscar C. Bartlett has entered the High School in East, hampton the past year and is doing good work in that school- we are told, and we hope those who are now fitting for some High School another year will pass as atisfactory examination.


To do this requires thorough and persistent work in the first principles of those studies on which the examinations are to be made.


NORTH-EAST SCHOOL.


Miss Ellen D. Leonard.


No. enrolled


19


Average membership


17


66 attendance 15.7


No. pupils over 15 years


0


66


under 5 years 0


15


No. weeks school


32


Wages paid teacher


$251 20


Fuel, A. D. Montague


7 50


Janitors


3 70


Sundries


1 05


Not absent or tardy during the year: Marion R. Mon- tague.


There has been in this school a commendable degree of interest both in study and attendance, many of the pupils not being absent or tardy for two terms, and the register showing but few tardy marks.


1


between 8 and 14 years


22


NORTH-WEST SCHOOL. Miss Edith T. Shaw.


No. enrolled


Average membership


8.5


attendance 7.9


No. of pupils over 15 years


0


66 under 5 years


0


66 between 8 and 14 years


9


No. weeks school


32


Wages paid teacher


$201 80


Fuel, George Hathaway


8 00


Repairs on blackboards, etc., 4 62


A new stove and stove pipe is needed for this school house and the building needs to be painted.


The windows and blackboards also need considerable repairing to make them in good condition for school use. SOUTH SCHOOL.


Miss Mary A. Lyman.


No. enrolled


19


Average membership


14


attendance


13.5


No. of pupils over 15 years 66


0


under 5 years


1


" between 8 and 14 years


14


No. of weeks school


32


Wages paid teacher


$251.20


Janitor's services


3 00


S. D. Lyman, Fuel 1898-'99


21 00


66 Truant officer 2 00


Geo. Crandall, repairs


2 95


There has been during the last term mild cases of scarle- tina among the pupils of this school and the removal of Mr. Albert Delisle's family to the Hill School will account for the difference between the number enrolled and the average membership.


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EXPENSES.


Teachers' salary,


$1237 80


Loudville school,


241 36


Books, Ginn & Co.,


12 25


D. C. Heath,


9 25


Taintor & McAlpine,


1 75


Easthampton, paper, pencils, etc.,


36 63


5 40


J. C. O'Neill, maps, Book's of reference,


5 60-$


70 88


Tuition, Easthampton School Committee,


70 00


Tuition, Northampton School Committee,


90 00


Superintendent's salary,


18 45


Fuel,


33 75


Westhampton Water Co.,


6 00


C. G. Small, 2 clocks,


9 75


Repairs,


32 08


Express and freight,


6 71


Postage and stationery,


3 50


Sundries,


2 73


F. D. Bridgman, services,


5 50


A. D. Montague, services,


6 00


C. N. Loud, services, 10} days,


26 25


$1860 76


RESOURCES.


Town appropriation,


$1000 00


State school fund,


498 38


State school fund teachers,


256 00


Tuition,


160 00


Balance from last year,


254 75


$2169 13


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Orders drawn for payment of teachers' salaries for the last term · will be paid from the balance remaining at settlement Feb. 1.


The $256 received from the state to be applied for in crease of teachers' wages will be given only on condition that the towns shall pay for wages an amount not less than the average wages for the three preceding years, and in order to . do this we shall need an amount not less than the town has raised the past year.


A. D. MONTAGUE, F. D. BRIDGMAN, C. N. LOUD,


School Committee.


Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1900.


This is to certify that I have examined the school com- mittee account and find that they have expended $1860.76 and have vouchers for the same.


HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor.


REPORT


of the


School Superintendent.


TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE:


GENTLEMEN :-


I respectfully submit the regular annual report of the Superintendent of Schools for the school year 1899-1900.


There is nothing new to report. We have carried out the work on the plan described in the report of last year. The only change in text books has been the substitution of an easier and more suitable geography in place of Frye's Complete in grades below the ninth. In arithmetic we are trying to get better results in teaching the pupils to think by using more problems and less abstract work. In the lower grades constant emphasis is laid upon the combinations and the multiplication tables. They are the foundation of all work in arithmetic. d


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The use of the outlines has been continued and I believe that they are a great advantage, because they enable me to guide the work more carefully and to test it more thor- oughly. Another advantage in our present system of grad- ng is that pupils know where they are in the course and can compare themselves with pupils in other towns. For exam- ple, one of the pupils from this town attended a school in Easthampton for a time during the past winter. The teacher knew exactly where to place her, and the child was able to do the work without any break, and this would be true in any town of the state, because, in the better schools, the subjects are taken up in about the same order and same year.


The subject of regular attendance is one that has been mentioned many times, but it becomes more important when the pupils are doing regular work and are advancing over a regular course. If the schools accomplish anything, a pupil cannot be absent without losing something that he can never make up if he goes on with his class. It is not fair to those who are present to go over the same lessons again when the absent pupil returns.


The most important sections of the state laws in regard to school attendance are appended. Also, a calendar for the coming year.


Very respectfully,


W. D. MILLER.


CALENDAR


FOR WESTHAMPTON SCHOOLS, 1900-'01.


Spring Term, 12 weeks. April 2 to June 22.


Fall Term, 12 weeks. Sept. 4 to Nov. 23. Winter Term, 8 weeks. Dec. 3 to Dec. 21. Dec. 31 to Feb. 1, 1901.


Spring Term, 12 weeks. April 1 to June 21.


Extracts from School Laws.


CHAPTER 494, Sec. 1. No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mer- cantile establishment. No such child shall be employed in any work performed for wages or other compensation, 10 whomsoever payable, during the hours when the public schools of the town or city in which he resides are in session, nor be employed at any work before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven o'clock in the evening.


CHAP. 496, Sec. 11. "No child who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with small pox, diph- theria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate .from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physi- cian of such sick person, stating in a case of small-pox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal, or death of such person, and that the danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed."


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CHAPTER 496, Sec. 12. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session.


CHAPTER 496, Sec. 31. Any person having under his control a child between seven and fourteen years of age who fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child to attend school as required by section twelve of this act, the physical or mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or im- practicable, upon complaint of a truant officer, and convic- tion thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child unlawfully absent from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.


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ARTICLES


in the


Warrant for Town Meeting, March 5, 1900.


Article 1. - To choose a Moderator.


Art. 2 .- To choose a Town Clerk.


Art. 3. To act on all reports presented at said meeting.


Art. 4 .- To choose all necessary Officers to serve the town the ensuing year.


Art. 5 .- To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.


Art. 6 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.


Art. 7 .- To vote "Yes" or "No" on the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"


Art. 8. To take action to procure a Town Seal.


Art. 9. To see if the town will appropriate a sum suffi- cient to place a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the grave of each revolutionary


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soldier or sailor buried in this town, the expense not to ex ceed $1.00 each.


Art. 10 .- To take action in regard to the collection of Taxes.


Art. 11 .- To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow money to meet current expenses in anticipation of Taxes.


List of Jurors.


Dwight S. Bridgman,


J. Holland Kingsley,


Arthur T. Edwards,


Henry A. Parsons,


Michael Connery,


Clayton A. Bartlett,


Eugene J. Hathaway.


F. C. MONTAGUE, JOSEPH HATHAWAY, of A. D. RICE, Westhampton.


Selectmen





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