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500 00
Contingencies,
800 00
$12,441 67
TOTAL AMOUNT OF ORDERS DRAWN TO MARCH 1, 1899.
Poor,
$ 2206 74
State Aid,
56 00
Memorial Building,
I28 95
Schools,
275I II
Tuitions,
500 00
Music in Schools,
150 00
School Supplies,
250 OI
Superintendent of Schools,
246 22
Schoolhouse Repairs,
225 38
Memorial Day Appropriation,
50 00
Cemetery Appropriation,
100 00
Sinking Fund,
825 00
Water Rates,
719 00
Library,
302 97
Town Officers,
1496 00
1
2I
Contingencies, Fire Department, Water Company, Highways and Bridges,
452 20
108 59
937 00
1638 21
-- $13,143 38
LIST OF JURORS
REPORTED BY THE SELECTMEN, MARCH 1, 1899.
W. H. Belden,
James Porter,
J. H. Howard,
Jacob Carl,
E. N. Strong,
O. Stanley Graves,
A. H. Graves,
C. S. Shattuck,
D. P. McGrath,
Roswell Billings,
M. J. Ryan,
C. H. Crafts,
L. L. Pease, Roswell Hubbard, Lewis A. Billings,
P. T. Boyle, R. J. Nolan,
' A. H. Breor,
Peter Saffer, C. L. Graves,
P. J. Whalen.
H. S. HUBBARD, Selectmen T. J. RYAN, of C. A. JONES, Hatfield
Water Commissioners' Report.
The following is respectfully submitted as the third annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners.
We have received from the town the following sums of money :
From orders on Treasurer,
3351 98 75
From rebate on freight,
$3352 73
which has been disbursed as follows:
To M. J. Drummond & Co., for cast iron wa- ter pipe,
$1757 17
To Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., for hydrants and gates, I'92 26
To J. H & W. H. Riley, for lead and jute packing, 299 83
To Bedell & Ryan, for laying water pipe, 1003 82
To H. Arthur Phelps, inspector of pipe lay- ing, 57 25
To H. Hamil, for I in. service pipe, 40 46
To freight on lead and casting, I 94
-$3352.73
WORK DONE IN 1898.
78 1 feet of 6 in. pipe laid to average depth of 5 ft. 8161 " " 4 " 6 66 66
8942 " or 1 69-100 miles total.
8 hydrants set.
2 water gates set. 3 large valve boxes set.
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MATERIAL USED.
89 549-2000 tons cast iron pipe and specials. 4 056-2000 " of lead. 196 1bs. Jute packing.
MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES ON HAND.
5500 lbs. 8 in. pipe, value
$52 80
325 1bs. 6 in. pipe,
3 25
I380 1bs. 4 in. pipe,
13 80
Specials, 66
3 00
Lead furnace, 66
22 50
Sewer pump,
44 00
Tapping machine,
75 00
3 wheelbarrows, 66
5 00
$219 35
AMOUNT OF PIPE LAID IN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
18,781 feet of 8 inch pipe.
47,786
6
20,497 66 4
I-320 2 66
5708 66 66 1070 -
I 3/4 66
66 66
95,162 " or 18 02-100 miles.
COST OF ENTIRE SYSTEM.
Amount expended prior to last report, $47,316 30
in 1898, 3,352 73
Less amount received from sales, " supplies on hand,
$50,669 03 363 61
219 35
$582 96
$50,086 07
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RECEIPTS FROM WATER RATES AND DIS- BURSEMENTS.
Cash on hand last report,
$ 8 49
" collections,
" from sale of material,
2483 99 85 36
$2577 84
Cash paid to Town Treasurer,
$2283 35
" " H. N. Hunt, Supt.,
164 27
66
" for Street Boxes,
42 00
66 Hydrant,
20 24
setting same,
II 37
66 " Stand Pipes,
27 65
66
" Sundry Supplies,
28 96
-- $2577 84
We now have 219 connections with the works. The town has 75 Hydrants for protection from fire, also 5 Water Tanks, and the water in 5 School Houses,
E. B. DICKINSON,
Water D. W. WELLS;
C. L. WARNER.
Commissioners
HATFIELD, March Ist, 1899.
I have this day examined the books and accounts of the Water Commissioners and find them correct.
C. L. GRAVES, Auditor.
HATFIELD, March 1, 1898.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ROSWELL BILLINGS, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HATFIELD.
DR.
To cash received from W. H. Dickinson,
Treasurer, $ 1236 64
H. G. Moore, Col.,
(old account, ) 1447 73
J. S. Wells, Col.,
13,429 21
D. W. Wells, wa- ter rates, 2283 35
State Corporation Tax, 347 67
State Nat'l Bank Tax, 758 63
State Aid,
24 00
State Burial of In- digent Soldiers, 35 00
State School Fund,
355 55
State Comp. for
Insp. of Animals, 36 00
County Treas. Dog Fund 92 35
City of Northamp- ton, tuition, IIO 50
26
State School Dis- trict, 160 00
Receivers H. Co.
Bank,
163 54
Northampton tui-
tion, 1897,
114 75
Accrued Inst. sale Water Bonds, 36 00
Pool License,
4 00
Estate Myrane
Waite, sup. My-
rane Waite,
168 08
Lewis Raboin, sup.
Lewis S. Raboin, 33 89
Dist. Court Fines
and Forfeitures, 8 00
Sale of Tile, 7 26
Sale of Cemetery
lots, I 00
- -- $20,853 15
TO CASH RECEIVED FROM TEMPORARY LOANS AT 4 PER CENT INTEREST.
Jose Parker & Co., C. A. Jones,
2500 00
1000 00
$ 3500 00
$24,353 15
CR.
By cash paid Selectmen's Orders, $13,143 38
County Tax, 2076 00
27
Interest on Water Bonds, 1840 00
State Tax, 585 00
Interest, old notes,
89 50
Temporary Loans,
99 43
Fees and Expenses, 47 98
Hampshire Sav. Bank Notes, 2000 00
Hampshire Co. Bank Checks, 160 00
Assessors of Abatement, 6 50
Balance in hands of Treasurer, 805 36
-$20,853 15
BY CASH ON TEMPORARY LOANS.
Jose Parker & Co.,
2500 00
C. A. Jones,
1000 00
-
$3500 00
$24,353 15
IN ACCOUNT WITH H. G. MOORE, COLLECTOR.
DR.
To Cash received,
$1447 73
To Order of Abatement,
5 53
-- $1453 26
CR.
By Balance Uncollected Taxes, $1371 57
By Interest on Taxes,
81 69
-- $1453 26
IN ACCOUNT WITH J. S. WELLS, COLLECTOR.
DR.
To Cash received,
$13,429 21
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To Discount on Taxes,
To Uncollected Taxes,
99 37 807 50
$14,336 08
CR.
By Assessors' Warrant, 1898-99,
By Interest on Taxes,
$14,279 05 57 03 -$14,336 08
IN ACCOUNT WITH WATER SYSTEM.
DR.
To cash received from W. H. Dickinson, Treasurer, $ 234 98
To cash received from sale of $2000 Wa- ter Bonds, 2000 00
To cash received from premium on Water Bonds,
234 60
To cash received from Town Account,
916 67
‹
Interest,
18 33
Temporary Loan, 2000 00
60
Town Account, 100 00
$5504 38
CR.
By cash paid Water Com. orders,
$3351 98
Temporary Loan,
2000 00
60
Interest on 10 00
66
Printing Water Bonds, 20 00
6 0
Express on Bonds, 25
66
6 6 Town Account, 100 00
29
Balance,
22 15 -$5504 38
SUMMARY OF TOWN ACCOUNT.
DR.
CR.
Uncollected Taxes,
$807 50
Due from State Aid rendered Anton Krocot,
74 00
Due from Buckland, Aid rendered Henry Morton,
150 00
Due from C. D. Bardwell,
57 88
State Aid,
56 00
City of Northampton,
14 00
66 City of Springfield, aid rendered
Mrs James Holly,
20 16
Cash in Treasury,
805 36
-$1984 90
WATER FUND.
DR.
30 years 4 per cent Water Bond,
$47,000 00 -- $47,000 00
CR.
Sinking Fund,
$2017 63
30
Cash in Treasury,
22 15
-$2039 78
ROSWELL BILLINGS, Treasurer.
I have this day examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer and find them correct.
C. L. GRAVES, Auditor. ,
HATFIELD, March 7, 1899.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
J. S. WELLS, COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HATFIELD.
DR.
To Assessors' warrant for collection, $14,279 05 57 03
To Interest Collected,
$14,336 08
CR.
By cash paid R. Billings, Treasurer, Discount, Uncollected taxes,
$13,429 21 99 37
807 50
$14,336 08
Taxes collected in the different months.
1898
July
$ 922 90
August,
3000 61
September,
IO21 04
October,
261 40
November,
752 94
December, 1899
1656 51
January,
3041 44
February,
2772 37
$13,429 21
HATFIELD, March I, '99.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Total value of Assessed Estate,
$1,027,449 00 242,566 00
Value of Assessed Personal Estate,
Value of Assessed Real Estate: Buildings, Land,
$356,570 428,313
$784,883
Number of Residents Assessed on property,
312
Non
91
Number of persons assessed on Poll tax only,
228
Total number of persons assessed,
Number of male polls assessed, 468 631
Total amount committed to the Tax Collector for collection is as follows:
State Tax, $ 585 00 2076 17
County Tax,
Town Grant,
11,441 67 176 21
Overlayings, .
Total, -$14,279:05
Assessors' estimate of Bank and Corporation, $1000.00
Rate of tax per $1000, $13.
The amount credited this town by the State for Bank and Corporation tax the five previous years is as follows:
1893
1894 1895
1896 1897
$2345 $1856
$1423
$1661 $1569
403
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The failure of the Hampshire County National Bank and reducing the capital stock in other Banks accounts for the comparatively small sum received the present year.
Number of Horses assessed, 518
" Cows 324
" Neat cattle other than cows, assessed 93
" Swine assessed,
52
" Fowls
I 300
" Dwelling houses assessed, 28I
" all other buildings " 525
Value of property exempt from taxation under Chap. II, Sec. 5, Public Statutes:
Literary Institutions,
$63,900 75
Church Property,
24,000 00
Assets of the town as reported to the Tax Commissioner by the Assessors:
School Houses,
$15,000 00
Other Public buildings,
12,000 00
Cemeteries, 1000 00
Water Works,
50,000 00
Fire apparatus,
I300 00
Sinking fund (water)
1646 00
Total,
-$80,946 00
Liabilities of the town as reported to the Tax Commissioner by the assessors:
Water Works,
$50,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM D. BILLINGS, LEWIS H. KIKGSLEY, JOHN VOLLINGER.
Assessors of Hatfield
Report of the Sinking Fund Commis- sioners.
Sinking Fund Commissioners had the following amounts on deposit January Ist, 1899:
Amherst Savings Bank, $1074 36
Hampshire Savings Bank. 67 0I Northampton Institution for Savings, SS6 17
---- $2027 54
M. J. RYAN.
)
Sinking
R. M. W'CODS,
Fund
E. S. WARNER. ) Commissioners
I have this day examined the vouchers of the Sinking Fund Commissioners and found them to be as reported.
C. L. GRAVES, Auditor.
HATFIELD, March Ist, 1899.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
The vital statistics for the town of Hatfield for the year 1898 are as follows:
BIRTHS BY MONTHS.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
I
I
O
February,
3
O
3
March,
2
O
2
May,
2
I
I
June,
I
I
O
July,
5
2
3
August,
3
O
3
September,
2
2
O
October,
4
I
3
November,
2
I
I
December,
3
I
2
-
-
-
Total,
28
IO
18
BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS.
FATHER.
MOTHER.
Born in United States,
I7
17
Germany,
4
4
Poland,
4
4
36
Canada, Hungary,
2
2
I
I
-
28
28
Births for five previous years:
1893
I895
1895
1896
1897
24
29
19
34
27
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS.
NO.
January.
I
February,
3
March,
I
April,
3
May,
1
July.
I
August,
I
September,
2
October,
2
--
Total,
15
First marriage of both parties, 14
Second marriage of groom, first of bride, I.
The oldest and youngest grooms were 51 and 25 years of age respectively.
The oldest and youngest brides were 36 and 15 years of age respectively.
Number of Certificates issued from this office, 16.
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS MARRIED.
GROOM. BRIDE.
Born in the United States,
IO
IO I
Ireland, 2
37
Poland,
2
2
Austria,
0
HH I I
Canada,
0
Germany,
I
O
-
-
Total,
I5
I5
Marriages for the five previous years:
1893
1894
1895
1896
1697
IO
I6
I3
I2
14
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
3
2
I
February,
3
I
2
April,
I
I
O
May,
2
O
2
June,
2
2
0
July,
2
0
2
August,
I
0
I
October,
I
I
0
November,
I
I
0
December,
3
0
3
Total,
19
8
II
NO.
MALES
FEMALES.
Under one year of age
2
0
2
Between 20 and 30 years, I
O
I
60
40 and 50 3
2
I
50 and 60
2
O
2
60 and 70
3
2
H I
70 and 80
6
2
4
-
-
-
30 and 40 I
I
O
38
80 and 90
I
0
-
19
8 I -
II
Age of oldest person deceased, (male) 88 years,8 months.
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS DECEASED.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES
Born in United States,
14
6
8
Germany,
2
O
2
Ireland,
I
O
Austria,
I
HHO I I O
0
Switzerland,
I
I
-
-
-
19
8
II
Deaths for the five previous years:
1893
1894
I395
1896
1897
18
23
I7
18
23
Causes of death classified according to nomenclature adopt- ed by State Board of Registration.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Rheumatism, Cholera Infantum, Dysentery,
I
I
I
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
I
Dropsy, Cancer,
I
Phthisis (Consumption of Lungs),
I
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LOCAL DISEASES.
Pneumonia,
3
Heart Disease,
3
: Paralysis, Apoplexy,
I
I
Neurasthenia,
I
Spinal Sclerosis,
I
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Old age. Senility, I
Exhaustion,
I
.
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Accidental Poisoning,
I
-
19
NAMES OF PERSONS DECEASED.
Horace W. Hubbard,
Maria Randall,
Henry Morton,
Mrs Caroline E. Harris, Michael Hade,
Mrs Elizabeth Schepp,
Wm. C. Dickinson,
Patrick J. Callahan,
Mrs Mary E. Dole,
Mrs. Adelle Allair,
Infant dau. of L. H. Wight,
Mrs. Sarah Green,
H. Willard Warren,
Mary Karpiey,
Anton Racrot,
Jonathan B. Green,
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Crocker,
Mrs. Mary L. Wilcox,
Mrs. Betsey Wedemere.
DOGS.
The number of Dog Licenses during the year ending No- vember 30, 1898, with the receipts and settlement of the ac- count with the County Treasurer is as follows :
RECEIPTS.
61 male dogs, at $2 each,
$122 00
4 female dogs, ot $5 each,
20 00
$142 00
Less fees 65 dogs at 20 cents each,
13 00
$129 00
Amount paid County Treasurer,
129 00
Amount paid County Treasurer on this account for the five previous years :
1893
1894
1895
1896 1897
$145.80
$153 00
$153 00
$167 40
169 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. D. BILLINGS, Town Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
NAMES.
WHERE FITTED.
SCHOOL.
TIME.
PAY.
Margaret Allair .
Westfield Normal School
Center Grammar
The Year.
$288 00
C. Mabel Barton
Center Primary
288 00
Mary J. Breor
Bridgewater Normal School Smith Academy
Hill Grammar
288 00
Helen M. Smith
.
Springfield Training School Westfield High School
West Hatfield
294 40
Anna C. O'Callaghan .
Westfield Normal School
35 weeks.
261 40
Emma A. Luce
Northampton High School
North Hatfield
The Year.
282 50
Katharine Day,
Smith Academy
West Brook
66
221 00
Mary Breor
Smith Academy
West Hatfield A11
One week. The Year.
7 50
Thomas Charmbury
Music in
150 00
COMMITTEE :
H. S. HUBBARD,
MRS. OSCAR BELDEN, P. J. CALLAHAN.
F. J. SAFFER.
C. M. BARTON, Superintendent.
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42
.
.
.
Hill Primary
284 80
Maud A. Meacham .
.
ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, ETC.
Center
Grammar
Center
Primary
Hill
Grammar
Hill
Primary
W. H.
Grammar
W. H.
Primary
W. Brook
N. Hatfield
No. of Pupils between 5 and 15 years 66 66
27
44
25
45
24
32
26
19
8
I4
27
19
25
29
23
18
17
14
enrolled
27
44
25
45
24
32
27
19
Average Membership
Attendance .
18.99 33.48
23.29
28.31
14.84
19.33
19.92
14.96
No. of Pupils over 15 years
O
0
O
0
O
O
I
I
under 5
0
O
O
O
O
C
O
O
Per cent. of Attendance
89.23|87.78
95.5
88
86.25 87.33
87
91
No. Weeks of School
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
17.21
22.19
22.73
16.43
21.28 38. 185
24.4
31.8
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Lady and Gentlemen :
Schools must be regarded as poor or good somewhat by way Of comparison. What was a good school a generation ago would not be so regarded now. That our schools should keep pace with the general onward movement is not more than is striven for in the town's other public and private matters gen- erally.
I wish to call attention to some unfavorable conditions which put our schools to disadvantage with the really pros- perous schools of the State with which they should be com- pared. They are not new to us; but each year we have to brush away hindrances we have tolerated before, and add fa- cilities we have previously gotten along without.
The wages of teachers are low. as compared with wages generally in schools of good rank. In most of the large towns, they have steadily advanced. The state also has furnished aid to the poor towns to effect the same purpose in them.
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It is not reasonable to suppose that this increase of wages has not been attended with corresponding advantages. There is no intention to disparage our present teachers. Low wages does not preclude the idea of our having teachers of good abil- ity. Better pay, however, could but tend to increase the dig- nity and importance of their positions and their feeling of re- sponsibility for the quality of their work. It would also tend to lengthen their terms of service, -an item which, to say the least, is of as much importance as any other, while in selecting new teachers it would enable the committee to insist on better preparation and more full assurances of success.
Absenteeism has come to be one of the most discouraging features of our schools. The state reports show us in a com- paratively poor light in this respect, but they only in small part exhibit the absences peculiar to us, which occur from keeping the older children out for work in onions and tobac- co, and from the growing absenteeism among the little first and second year pupils. Most of these are for periods of more than five days each and do not appear in the percentages given in the state reports. They should be added to our otherwise poor record when we compare the opportunities of our schools with those of other towns.
Parents who send their children regularly believe that the teacher or the management is at fault if such children do not get the full benefits of the time spent in school, but it is im- possible that they should not suffer to some degree from the delinquencies of others. To drop the pupil who has gotten behind from staying out, into a class a year behind would often be excessively harsh for him as well as unwise for the good of the school generally. To hear him alone or with a few others equally unfortunate, thus consuming the teacher's time which should be given to regular grades, would be even worse than to let him go on with his class. It would also be as reasona- ble to expect the farm laborer to make up for lost time by
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working harder than the men who work with him, as that such pupil should recover his standing by doing extra work. In no small degree the regular attendant halts for the pupil who has been absent. It is not so much that he is necessarily kept back, as that he loses the stimulus of dealing with his equals. If the absentee is discouraged and dull the regular attendant also has lost spirit and incentive.
Every year adds to the number of towns which have a special teacher of drawing. Results such as come from special skill and culture cannot rightfully be expected of the regular teacher.
The culture and skill pupils get in this direction are not to be regarded as ornament merely and adding to the pride of ac- complishment. They develop intellectual ability and tend to practical ends. In our own state they promise to lead definite- ly in the direction of industrial opportunity. As coarse man- ufacturing shifts to other regions our opportunity seems to lie in the direction of finer and more artistic products. The dif- fusion of taste among the masses is one of the means of suc- cess, for the preferences of the consumer must be the opportu- nity of the manufacturer. The makers of tasty products must also be drawn from the masses. Genius, too, which invents and discovers, is as likely to spring from the poor family as from the rich, and so far as the school develops the pupil in keeping with the demands of his time, it will lead him toward a successful application of his gifts.
A fourth source of weakness to our schools is in having no specified work to accomplish before entering the academy. Every one conversant with schools knows the advantages of having a definite assignment of work for each of the grades, for the performance of which the pupil in some way is made to feel responsible. To the pupil aiming to enter the high school the same responsibility attaches to the completion of his last
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year in the lower schools as to any in his course, for only by doing it can he pass to the first grade of the high school. With the practice of taking for the academy any pupil whose apt- ness as a scholar makes it probable he can be worked through the course without seriously hindering his class, the belief grows up that, in some of the branches, at least, pupils need not do the work of the last year or two. In this way the hold of the teacher on the upper grades is seriously weakened.
No complaint is intended in this, and the right of the acad- emy, like a school out of town, to make its own terms of ad- mission or to admit without terms, is not questioned. There is also no disposition to keep pupils from entering as early as they can get in. If they determine to try at the end of the seventh, or even the sixth year, their work is shaped as far as is possible to fit them to succeed.
What has been written is in no way meant as an apology for any especial short-coming of the past year. The work of teachers taken together has never been better performed. Schools in which attendance has somewhat improved have shown much more than correspondingly improved results. The school register in every case reveals the cause of partial failures.
Respectfully submitted.
C. M. BARTON.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Hatfield.
HATFIELD
1670
INDUSTRY
PROSPERITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
March 1, 1900.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. THE HERALD PRINTING HOUSE: 1900.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MAINTAINING ORDER IN TOWN MEETINGS.
1st. The Moderator shall preserve decorum and order, may speak on points of order in preference to others; and shall decide all questions of order.
2d. When any voter shall require a question to be deter- mined by yeas or nays, the Moderator shall take the sense of the meeting in that manner, provided one-third of the voters present are in favor of it.
3d. He shall propound all questions in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent be previous in its na- ture; except that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and longest time shall be first.
4th. When a question is under debate, the Moderator shall receive no question but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to an hour certain, to amend or postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged.
5th. When two or more happen to rise at once, the Mod- erator shall name the one who shall speak first.
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6th. No voter shall speak more than seven minutes at any one time, nor more than twice on the same question without first obtaining leave of the meeting.
7th. All Committees shall be appointed and announced by the Moderator, unless otherwise especially directed by the meeting.
8th. When any voter shall make a motion, and such a motion shall be seconded by another, the same shall be received and considered by the meeting, and not otherwise.
9th. When a vote has passed, it shall be in order for any one of the majority to move for a reconsideration thereof ; and when a motion of reconsideration is decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered.
10th. No one shall be allowed to stand up to the interrup- tion of another while any one is speaking, or pass unneces- sarily between the Moderator and the person speaking.
11th. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Moderator desires it.
12th. Any voter may call for a division of the question, when the sense will admit of it.
13th. No motion or proposition of a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
14th. When a vote is doubted, the voters for or against the question, when called on by the Moderator, shall rise and stand uncovered till they shall be counted.
15th. Individuals while speaking shall stand uncovered, and address the Moderator.
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16th. No person shall be permitted to stand on the seats.
17th. A motion to adjourn without date shall be debat- able; but a motion to adjourn to a day certain shall not be debatable.
18th. No person shall be permitted to smoke in this house.
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ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 19, 1900.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers, including one member of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years, one member of the Sinking Fund Commissioners for three years, one member of the Library Trustees for three years.
ART. 3. To choose an Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith.
ART. 4. To revise and accept the list of Jurors reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 5. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Clerk, School Committee, Superintendent of Schools, Water Com- missioners and Sinking Fund Commissioners, and act thereon.
ART. 6. To receive and pass on town accounts.
ART. 7. To take action in relation to raising money to defray the necessary expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
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ART. 8. To take action in relation to maintenance and repairs of Highways and Bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the prompt payment of taxes for the ensuing year."
ART. 10. To see if the town will make an appropriation for Memorial Day.
ART. 11. To take action in relation to the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To vote, by ballot, "Yes" or "No" on the question, "Shall license be grauted for the sale of intoxi- . cating liquors in this Town for the ensuing year."
ART. 13. To see if the Town will employ a teacher of music in the public schools for the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the care of Cemeteries for the ensuing year.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate money for the payment of tuition of Hatfield children in Smith Acad- emy who are of suitable age and attainments to attend High School.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for special repairs on schoolhouses.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Superintendent of Schools under Chap. 431, Acts of 1888, as amended by Chap. 200, Acts of 1893.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Public Library for the ensuing year.
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will employ a teacher of drawing in the public schools for the ensuing year.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will take action in relation to opening the drain from the corner of North street through land of Wm. H. Dickinson.
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