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2. No lot shall be used for any other purpose than as a place of burial for the dead; and no trees within the lot shall be cut down or destroyed without the consent of the commissioners.
3. The proprietors of lots shall have the right to erect monuments, cenotaphs, or stones commemorative of the dead; and to cultivate trees, shrubs or plants within the limits of their lots.
4. The commissioners shall have the right to remove from any lot suchi trees and shrubs as shall, in their judgment, be detrimental to the adja- cent lots or avenues.
5. The commissioners shall have the right to remove from any lot any monument, effigy, cenotaph or other structure, or any inscription which shall be determined by a majority of the board to be offensive or im- proper.
6. No tomb shall be constructed or allowed within the bounds of the cemetery, unless by special permission of the commissioners, and only in such places and in such manner as the commissioners shall direct; and no proprietor shall suffer the remains of any person to be deposited within the bounds of his lot for hire.
7. All lots shall be indivisible.
8. All lots, when sold, shall be trenched, graded, sodded and prepared under the direction of the commissioners, who shall also provide and set the boundary posts; and all such work shall be paid for by the purchaser, in addition to the amount paid for the lot.
RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING VISITORS.
1. No vehicle shall be admitted on Sunday, unless accompanied by a proprietor of a lot, or a member of his or her household, with his or her ticket.
2. No horse or other animal shall be allowed in any part of the cem- etery, except upon the avenues; or be driven or ridden at a rate faster than a walk; or left without a keeper, unless fastened to the places pro- vided for the purpose.
3. All persons with fire-arms, or with any article on sale, are pro- hibited from entering the cemetery, and no refreshments, or party carry- ing refreshments, will be admitted.
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4. All persons are prohibited from writing upon, or otherwise defae- ing, any monument, fence, sign or other structure within or belonging to the cemetery.
5. All persons are prohibited from gathering any flowers, either wild or cultivated, or from breaking or otherwise injuring any tree, shrub or plant, or from annoying birds, squirrels or other harmless animals, within the cemetery.
6. Dogs will not be admitted into the cemetery.
7. Visitors must walk on the avenues and paths, and will not be allowed on any other portion of the grounds.
8. All noisy and disorderly persons will be expelled from the eem- etery.
9. No person in the employ of the commissioners is allowed to receive any gratuity for services rendered to visitors.
10. All persons violating these regulations will be subject to arrest and prosecution by the commissioners.
The following form of conveyanec of lots shall be used by the town in making sale of lots in the cemetery:
FORM OF CONVEYANCE.
Know all Men by these Presents: That the Town of Norwood, in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in consid- eration of the sum of - - dollars, paid to the said Town by - of
-, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby sell, assign and convey to the said - - the exclusive use, for burial pur- poses, of a certain lot of land containing - square feet, situated in the Cemetery of said Town known as the Highland Cemetery, more particularly described in a declaration of trust by the said Town, re- corded in the Registry of Deeds for the said County of Norfolk, Lib. - Fol. --; said lot is numbered in the plan of said cemetery, situated on -, recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town. This conveyance is made on the condition that said lot shall forever be used for burial purposes only, and on such further conditions, and under such rules and regulations as shall, within the scope of their authority, be from time to time ereated or imposed by the Cemetery Commissioners of the said Cemetery, or said Town shall lawfully adopt. It is also to be understood that this instrument shall have the effect to convey an equi- table title or interest only-the legal title remaining in the said Town in perpetual trust, as set forth in the said Declaration.
To have and to hold the said lot for the use and purpose aforesaid, to the said - and his heirs and assigns forever, but subjeet to the con- ditions and limitations aforesaid.
And the said Town covenants with the said and his heirs and
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assigns that the said Town is lawfully seized of the said lot, that it is free from all incumbrances, and that it has good right to make said sale and conveyance to the said -, his heirs and assigns, for the pur- pose aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, the said Town of Norwood hath caused these presents to be sealed with the Common Seal of the Town, signed and acknowledged by the Cemetery Commissioners of the Cemetery afore- "said, thereto duly authorized, this ...... day of - in the year of our Lord
Executed in presence of
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Norfolk, ss.
Norwood, 189
Then personally appeared and acknowledged the above instru- ment to be the free act and deed of said Town.
Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
Received and entered with the Cemetery Records of said Town of Nor- wood, Lib. - Fol. -
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-, Town Clerk.
BY-LAWS RELATING TO THE HIGHLAND CEMETERY.
SECTION 1. The selectmen shall annually, during the month of March or April, appoint three suitable persons as a board of commissioners, who shall have the sole care, superintendence and management of the High- land Cemetery, and who shall hold their offices until their succes- sors shall be appointed, and, in case of any vacancy in said board, by death, removal from the town, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the selectmen, at any time during the year, by the appointment of another commissioner, who shall hold his office during the residue of the year, and until his successor shall be appointed.
SECTION 2. The said board of commissioners shall set apart and ap- propriate a portion of said cemetery as a public burial-place for the use of inhabitants of Norwood, free of any charge therefor; and they shall lay out said cemetery in suitable lots or other subdivisions, for family or other burial places, with all the necessary paths and avenues; and may plant and embellish the same with trees, shrubs and flowers and other rural ornaments; and may enclose and divide the same with proper fences or walls; and may erect a receiving-tomb, and such other conven- iences as they shall deem expedient; and said board may make such rules and regulations in relation to said cemetery as are not repugnant to the
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laws of the Commonwealth, as they may deem expedient, subject to the approval of the town, and shall cause to be prosecuted all offences against the laws of the Commonwealth, relating to the care and protection of said cemetery, or of anything lawfully erected in or around the same; and all moneys raised by the town for the laying out, improvement or embellishment of said cemetery, shall be expended under their direction.
SECTION 3. Said board of commissioners shall have authority to grant and convey to any person or persons, by deeds or certificates, duly exe- cuted in the name of the Town of Norwood, the sole and exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments in any of the designated lots or subdivisions of said cemetery, upon such terms and conditions as they, by their rules and regulations, prescribe. Said deeds or certificates shall be recorded by the town clerk in a book kept for that purpose at his office.
SECTION 4. The proceeds of sales of lots of rights of burial or of any other property in said cemetery, shall be paid to the town treasurer, to be kept by him separate and apart from other funds of the town, and to be known as the "Highland Cemetery Fund," and to be subject to the order of the said commissioners for the time being, and such proceeds shall be used for no other purpose than the improvement, embellishment and care of said cemetery, as before provided, under the direction of the said board of commissioners.
SECTION 5. Said board of commissioners shall annually, in the month of February, make and render a report, in writing, of their acts and pro- ceedings, and of the condition of the cemetery, with an account of the receipts and expenditures for the same, and the funds subject to their order.
SECTION 6. The existing by-laws of the town, which may be incon- sistent herewith, shall not apply to the care, management or control of the Highland Cemetery.
INDEX.
BY-LAWS. Page.
Financial regulations 9
Police regulations. 11
Powers and duties of town officers 7
Town meetings. 5
Truancy. 11
GENERAL LAWS.
Additional water loan. 44
66 66 66 45
Age and schooling certificate. 27
Betterments .. 51
Building line on public ways
Care and education of neglected children 24
Care and protection of destitute, abandoned and abused children 25
Change of grade of the old cemetery 45
Employment of child labor. 25
Employment of children 20
Employment ticket 27 Laying out, altering, widening and improving streets 19
Licensing of plumbers and supervision of the business of plumbing 60 Printing and distributing ballots 47 Public and private burial places. 47
Public parks within town limits 56
Public Statutes 50, 51,53
School attendance and truancy .
29
= 16
41
Schooling and limits of labor of children. 20 Shade and ornamental trees Term of office of enginemen and other members of fire departments. 20 Truant children . 22
46
Water supply loan.
41
64
Watering streets in towns
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF HIGHLAND CEMETERY 65
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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31,
1899.
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NORWOOD, MASS .: ADVERTISER AND REVIEW PRESS. 1899.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1898-99.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways. FRANK A. FALES, Chairman. FRED L. FISHER, Clerk. GEORGE H. BATEMAN.
Town Clerk. EDGAR L. BIGELOW.
Town Treasurer. CHARLES E. POND.
Collector of Taxes. EDGAR F. ROBY.
School Committee.
JOHN J. GEARY, Term expires March, 1901.
MRS. MARCIA WINSLOW, 66
1901.
PATRICK J. MAHONY, 66
1900.
MRS. MARY J. ALDEN,
1900.
GEORGE W. CUSHING,
66
1899.
MILTON H. HOWARD,
66 1899.
3
Board of Health.
EBEN C. NORTON. FRED E. COLBURN. LYMAN F. BIGELOW.
Park Commissioners.
GEORGE S. WINSLOW. JAMES BERWICK. JOSEPH W. ROBY.
Water Commissioners.
MARCUS M. ALDEN, Term expires March, 1901.
EDMUND J. SHATTUCK,
1900.
JOHN F. CALLAHAN,
66 1899.
Registrars of Voters.
AUSTIN E. PRATT. JOHN P. OLDHAM.
JOHN P. CURRAN. EDGAR L. BIGELOW.
Auditors.
FRANCIS E. EVERETT. JAMES A. HARTSHORN. EBEN F. GAY.
Cemetery Commissioners.
W. ALLEN TALBOT. ALBERT G. WEBB. EDWARD B. PENDERGAST.
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Police. WARREN E. RHOADS, Chief. MICHAEL D. CREED.
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Constables.
MICHAEL D. CREED.
WARREN E. RHOADS.
SUMNER BAGLEY. SIMON P. DONLEY.
WILLIAM CLEARY. WALTER A. READEL.
Trustees of Public Library.
JOHN C. LANE, Term expires March, 1901.
MRS. MARIA E. COLBURN,
1901.
MISS MARTHA B. PARKER, 1900.
LEWIS H. PLIMPTON,
1900.
J. STEARNS CUSHING,
1899.
IRVING S. FOGG, 66 1899.
Surveyors of Lumber.
H. FRANK WALKER. MILTON H. HOWARD. WALTER S. PHALEN.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
HARVEY L. BOYDEN. MARCUS M. ALDEN. DANIEL E. CALLAHAN EUGENE E. WINSLOW.
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Public Weighers.
JAMES A. HARTSHORN. WALTER PHALEN.
JOHN NUGENT.
J. E. PLIMPTON.
J. E. HARTSHORN. CHARLES E. HILL.
Superintendent of Streets.
FRED H. HARTSHORNE.
Engineers of Fire Department. J. FRED BOYDEN, Chief. FRANCIS W. TURNER, Clerk. H. FRANK WALKER.
Field Drivers.
FRANK G. ALLEN, Chairman. DANIEL HORIGAN. ROBERT SEAVER.
DANIEL E. CALLAHAN. WILLIAM BATEMAN. FRANK FAHY.
Pound Keeper. WILLIAM A. APEL.
Truant Officer.
WARREN E. RHOADS.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. WARREN E. RHOADS.
Inspector of Provisions and Cattle. ALBERT FALES.
Inspector of Fish, Fruit and Produce. WARREN E. RHOADS.
Fence Viewers.
· SUMNER BAGLEY.
JOSEPH W. ROBY.
TYLER THAYER.
APPROPRIATIONS, 1898.
VOTED TO BE RAISED BY TAX.
Schools,
$22,900 00
Truant School,
50 00
Conveying children to school,
150 00
Lavatory, Balch School,
1,200 00
Guild School notes and interest,
3,930 00
Highways and sidewalks,
8,000 00
Concrete walks and edgestones
1,500 00
Sidewalk on Granite and Warren Streets,
500 00
Grading Prospect Street,
2,000 00
Grading Cross Street,
1,000 00
Lyden Street, land damage and grading,
800 00
Plimpton Avenue,
400 00
Day Street, widening,
300 00
Washington Street, widening,
1,000 00
State Highway,
1,000 00
Lighting streets,
2,700 00
Watering streets,
1,000 00
Removing snow,
1,500 00
Maps, street signs and numbers,
400 00
Fire Department,
1,800 00
New hose,
300 00
Fire alarm system,
300 00
Library,
2,500 00
Prosecution of illegal sales of liquor,
100 00
George K. Bird Post, G. A. R.,
150 00
Board of Health,
700 00
Amount carried forward,
$56,180 00
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Amount brought forward, $56,180 00
Notes and interest, Washington Street, 66 66 grade crossing,
2,300 46
2,475 00
By-Laws,
75 00
Abatement of taxes,
600 00
Support of poor,
4,500 00
State and military aid,
300 00
Old Cemetery, 125 00
Advertising, printing and stationery,
800 00
Case of McNeil vs. Town of Norwood,
800 00
Expense of Town Hall Lot Committee,
500 00
New fire aların boxes,
225 00
Howard Street, amount borrowed in 1897,
600 00
Town officers,
2,800 00
Regular police,
1,400 00
Extra police,
100 00
Warren E. Rhoads,
408 33
Incidentals,
1,000 00
Grade crossing,
556 68
66
66
1,063 31
County tax,
3,035 72
State tax,
2,040 00
Overlays,
262 41
$82,146 91
APPROPRIATIONS TO BE BORROWED ON NOTES.
Guild School extension, $17,000 00
Washington Street, widening and land damage, 3,432 00
$20,432 00
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APPROPRIATIONS TO BE BORROWED ON BONDS OR SCRIP TO BE ISSUED UNDER CHAP. 44, ACTS OF 1894.
Water extension, Dean Street,
$135 28
66
Foundry Street, 65 00
60
Clarke Street,
350 00
Winslow Avenue,
660 00
Prospect Street and Avenue,
1,200 00
6.
Plimpton Street, 450 00
6.
..
Endicott Street, 1,300 00
6. Savin Avenue, 820 00
Wheelock Avenue, 400 00
$5,380 28
APPROPRIATIONS FROM MONEY IN TREASURY.
Washington Street, land damage, 1896, $591 00
1897, 778 00
Foundry Street, 66 66
55 00
Prospect Street,
66
965 00
Grade crossings,
2,000 00
$4,389 00
APPROPRIATIONS FROM WATER COMMISSIONERS' TREASURY.
Sinking fund for water bonds, $4,000 00
Interest on water bonds, 3,600 00
380 28
Water extensions,
$7,980 28
VALUATION FOR 1898.
Real Estate, Personal Estate,
$3,189,217 00
S10,795 00
Total amount of property taxed,
$4,000,012 00
Number of polls,
1,495
Rate of taxation on $1,000,
$19 30
Number of dwelling houses,
964
Number of horses,
393
Number of cows,
370
Number of swine,
87
Number of acres of land taxed,
6,154
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The selectmen of the Town of Norwood, as required by the By-Laws of the Town, herewith present an account of moneys for which orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer during the year ending January 31, 1899, together with the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Water Commissioners, with the report of the Auditors thereon ; also, the By-Laws, and the Vital Statistics of the town for the year 1898.
SCHOOLS.
Payment of Teachers. HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid A. C. Russell,
for teaching,
$1,250 00
M. Belle Brooks,
66
300 00
Carrie E. Bascom,
110 00
E. Baily Harris,
66
165 00
J. Florence Ditmars, 6 66
650 00
Elzura A. Chandler,
66
575 00
Edith R. Noon,
275 00
$3,325 00
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid H. Allen Halstead, as Superintendent and for teaching,
$1,300 00
Julie M. Jones, for teaching, 550 00
Adelia F. Richardson, “
66
500 00
Amount carried forward, $2,350 00
12
Amount brought forward, $2,350 00 *
Paid Florence Graves,
for teaching, 462 50
Grace B. Whitford,
6
462 50
S. Louisa Rhodes,
"
500 00
Lizzie Fisher,
66 66
415 00
Laura Graves,
66
66
12 00
$4,202 00
GUILD SCHOOL.
Paid Lizzie C. Tucker, for teaching,
$100 00
Eugenia Collins,
127 50
Orra E. Guild, 66 66
500 00
Florence M. Ferry, 66
462 50
Grace H. Clifton, 66
415 00
Isabel Kingston,
66
437 50
Grace M. Train, 66
250 00
Florence M. White, "
7 50
$2,300 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
Paid Florence Hill, for teaching,
$500 00
Julia Donovan,
500 00
$1,000 00
BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Cassandra L. Lincoln, for teaching,
$313 75
Amy I. Gay,
66
250 00
Marion D. Shepherd, 66 66
212 50
Julia M. Taylor, 66 66
52 00
Mary. E. Whitney, 66 66
56 00
$884 25
13
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Martha B. Parker, for teaching,
$500 00
Mary L. Mahoney, "
250 00
Jennie Naylor, 66
212 50
$962 50
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Ella M. Gates,
for teaching,
$462 50
Annie G. White,
462 50
$925 00
DRAWING TEACHER.
Paid Annie Robinson, for teaching,
$400 00
SEWING TEACHER.
Paid Mary McClearn, for teaching, $150 00
MUSIC TEACHER.
Paid M. W. Misener,
for teaching, $120 00
B. Harold Hamblin,
66
280 00
$400 00
INCIDENTALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Hartshorn, for coal, $24 34
J. E. Plimpton & Co., " 300 00
T. F. Lawrence, for wood, 5 25
J. A. Scherer,
13 00
Norwood Gas Light Co, for gas,
65 35
Everett Piano Co., for tuning piano,
3 30
Rea Brothers, for moving trees, 3 00
Dana H. Fisher, for labor and supplies, 3 55
M. H. Howard, “
31 90
Geo. W. Gay, for insurance, 213 75
$663 44
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INCIDENTALS FOR EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Plimpton & Co., for coal,
$300 00
Geo. W. Gay, for insurance, 44 07
Norwood Gas Light Co., for gas,
2 20
A. T. Harriott, for clock, 4 00
M. H. Howard, for labor and supplies,
17 16
$367 43
INCIDENTALS FOR BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Hartshorn, for coal,
$22 09
J. E. Plimpton & Co., " 100 00
H. A. Whittier, as janitor,
80 00
Miss F. Fitzgerald, for cleaning and sweeping,
52 30
Matthew Drummy, for labor,
24 00
E. L. Fetting, 66
1 00
John F. Callahan, for supplies,
2 00
W. D. Huntoon & Co.,
66
4 90
Pendergast & Callahan, " 8 70
George W. Gay, for insurance,
47 50
$342 49
INCIDENTALS FOR EAST SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Plimpton & Co., for coal,
$108 00
Thomas Casey, for wood, 3 25
B. F. Newton, as janitor,
96 00
Mrs. A. O'Brien, for sweeping,
61 00
Pendergast & Callahan, for supplies,
3 85
$272 10
INCIDENTALS FOR NORTH SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Hartshorn, for coal, $1 50
J. E. Plimpton & Co., " 93 13
Thomas Casey, for wood, 3 25
Amount carried forward, $97 88
15
Amount brought forward, $97 88
Paid B. F. Newton, as janitor,
54 00
Mrs. M. Drummy, for sweeping, 75 85
D. D. Fitzgerald, for labor,
10 00
$237 73
INCIDENTALS FOR WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Enos Lane, as janitor,
$129 00
J. E. Plimpton & Co., for coal, 87 37
$216 37
INCIDENTALS FOR GUILD SCHOOL.
Paid J. E. Hartshorn, for coal, $5 97
J. E. Plimpton & Co., " "
300 00
J. A. Scherer, for wood,
6 50
Mrs. Manning, for cleaning,
50
E. L. Fetting, for labor,
1 00
M. H. Howard, for labor and supplies,
42 17
Geo. W. Gay, for insurance,
36 25
T. E. Clary Co. "
56 38
$448 77
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid Adna W. Alden, as janitor for High, Everett and Guild Schools, one year,
$953 75
Chandler Chair and Desk Co., for supplies,
131 54
Educational Publishing Co.,
66
11 60
Zeigler Electric Company,
66 66
31 95
Francis Doane & Co.,
66 66
22 88
S. D. Dean,
66
2 00
E. M. Perry,
66
2 37
William Ware & Co.,
66
76 11
Rand, McNally & Co.,
66
9 25
H. W. Goodwin,
66
66
11 75
Amount carried forward, $1,253 20
16
Amount brought forward, $1,253 20.
Paid H. S. Leach,
for supplies,
9 05
Maynard, Merrill & Co.,
66
6 48
J. L. Hammett & Co.,
66
66
1 25
D. C. Heath & Co.,
66
66
3 18
Page Brothers & Co.,
66
66
30
M. W. Misener,
66
66
2 50
E. A. Chandler,
4 63
American Book Co.,
66
66
1 76
Jordan, Marsh & Co.,
66
66
8 80
University Publishing Co.,
66
66
4 00
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
66
66
1 92
Boston Bank Note Co.,
66
10 30
A. N. Hartshorn,
66
66
4 20
Siter, Cook & Co.,
66
66
2 50
Lee & Shepard,
6
6
23 00
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.,
66
42 59
T. H. Carter & Co.,
66
10 60
Geo. S. Perry & Co.,
66
66
8 85
M. F. Whitten & Co.,
15 81
C. B. Frost,
66
66
6 16
Geo. E. Sanborn,
66
66
28 33
Higgins, Snow & Co.,
66
66
5 50
T. O. Metcalf & Co.,
66
66
46 50
Shepard & Samuel,
66
66
3 00
L. W. Bigelow's Sons,
66
.. .
161 73
E. B. Thorndike,
66
66
16 75
H. L. Boyden,
66
66
5 64
F. E. Colburn,
5 35
Samuel R. Moseley,
66
66
2 00
M. M. Winslow,
66
66
1 50
D. D. Fitzgerald,
66
8 80
M. H. Howard,
for labor and supplies
232 82
William Foreman, "
66
66
144 35
Herbert Tucker,
66
66
66
55 30
66
1 50
Boston School Supply,
66
Amount carried forward, $2,140 15
17
Amount brought forward, $2,140 15
Paid Adams Express Co., for express,
26 72
L. G. Marston, ..
17 02
John Nugent,
50
E. F. Roby, for water,
92 00
R. C. Metcalf, for address,
20 00
T. F. Lawrence, for wood, 43 75
2 00
E. B. Webber, for cleaning vaults,
19 00
John H. Kazar, for inspection of boilers,
4 00
Mrs. E. G. Wing, for repairing flags,
3 25
$2,368 39
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Paid American Book Co.,
for books,
$767 07
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
541 90
J. L. Hammett & Co.,
66
259 14
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
155 80
Wm. Ware & Co.
66
66
56 84
Ginn & Co.,
66
104 02
Allyn & Bacon,
66
6
21 00
University Publishing Co.,
66
10 00
Leach, Sherwell & Co.,
66
14 40
Sanford Leach,
10 00
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
66
66
8 09
Boston School Supply Co.,
66
3 60
Morse & Co.,
66
6 00
D. C. Heath & Co.,
66
66
1 18
Oliver Ditson & Co.,
66
66
1 08
Columbia Book Co.,
66
66
2 88
Warner School Book Co.,
66
66
14 40
M. J. Alden,
66
2 50
.
R. J. Kimball, for maps,
5 00
66
$1,984 90
C. B. Horgan, for carriage,
18
RECAPITULATION ON SCHOOLS.
Total payment of teachers,
$13,598 75
of music teacher, 400 00
66
of drawing “ 400 00
66 of sewing ..
150 00
Incidentals for High School,
663 44
"
" Everett
367 43
66
" Balch
342 49
66 " East
272 10
66
" North
237 73
" West 66
216 37
66
" Guild
448 77
66
" Schools,
2,368 39
School books,
1,984 90
$21,450 37
Appropriation, $22,900 00
Balch School Lavatories, 1,200 00
$24,100 00
GUILD SCHOOL EXTENSION.
Paid F. M. Douglass, on account of contract, $6,600 00
Samuel D. Kelley, on account, 500 00
Smith, Anthony & Co., "
1,799 00
Thomas E. Clary Co., for insurance,
208 25
Robert Rogers, for surveying,
10 00
F. H. Hartshorne, for grading,
51 32
J. B. Rhoads, for labor,
6 80
$9,175 37
Appropriation, 17,000 00
BALCH SCHOOL LAVATORIES.
Paid Fred E. Colburn, for labor and supplies, $398 45
M. H. Howard, " 66 487 10
John D. Smith, 66 66
117 80
Geo. E. Metcalf, for stone,
3 00
$1,006 35
Appropriation,
$1,200 00
19
GUILD SCHOOL NOTES AND INTEREST.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, for notes,
Chas. E. Pond, for interest,
$3,500 00 180 00
$3,680 00
Appropriation, $3,680 00
INTEREST ON HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, for interest, $375 00
Appropriation,
$350 00
CONVEYING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
Paid Norfolk Central Street Railway Co., for tickets, $155 00
Edward E. Talbot, for conveyance, 97 00
$252 00
Appropriation, $300 00
WASHINGTON STREET NOTE AND INTEREST.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, for note, $2,000 00
Chas. E. Pond, for interest,
299 52
$2,299 52
Appropriation, $2,300 46
GRADE CROSSING NOTE AND INTEREST.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, for note, $2,000 00
Chas. E. Pond, for interest, 475 00
$2,475 00
Appropriation,
$2,475 00
20
1
HOWARD STREET NOTE AND INTEREST.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, for note, Chas. E. Pond, for interest,
$600 00
24 00
$624 00
Appropriation, $624 00
LIBRARY.
Paid Chas. E. Pond, in full for appropriation, $2,500 00
Chas. E. Pond, for Dog Tax, 340 80
$2,840 80
Appropriation, $2,840 80
GEO. K. BIRD POST, NO. 169, G. A. R.
Paid the amount of appropriation,
$150 00
Appropriation, $150 00
OLD CEMETERY.
Paid John C. Pond, for care,
$125 00
E. F. Roby, for water, 6 00
$131 00
Appropriation,
$125 00
PROSECUTION OF ILLEGAL SALES OF LIQUOR.
Paid Warren E. Rhoads, for expenses,
$16 90
Appropriation,
$100 00
21
BY-LAWS.
Paid Clerk of Courts for entry certificate of approv-
al and copy, $5 00
E. B. Thorndike, for printing, 70 00
$75 00
Appropriation, $75 00
McNEIL VS. TOWN OF NORWOOD.
Paid C. C. Mellen for settlement, $563 39
Fales and Mellen for services and fees, 175 00
$738 39
Appropriation, $800 00
POWERS VS. TOWN OF NORWOOD.
Paid Williams & Copeland, for settlement, $1,204 93
66 services, 259 93
John J. Geary, 66 100 00
Warren E. Rhoads, for witness fees, 47 50
Frank A. Fales,
1 00
$1,623 36
No appropriation.
MARY V. TOBIN vs. TOWN OF NORWOOD.
Paid B. H. Greenhood, in full for settlement,
$210 00
No appropriation.
WARREN E. RHOADS, SALARY, 1897.
Paid W. E. Rhoads, in full, ·
$408 33
Appropriation, $408 33
22
TOWN HALL LOT.
Paid F. M. Cragin, for bond for deed, Lewis Day 66 66
$200 00
200 00
$400 00
Appropriation, $500 00
PARK COMMISSION.
Paid J. W. Roby, for trimming trees, $77 39
No appropriation.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid J. A. Scherer, for collecting offal, $52 00
Fred Segar,
62 50
E. B. Thorndike, for printing, 10 00
F. H. Hartshorne, for labor,
14 SS
E. C. Norton, for postage,
1 00
Winslow Bros., for carboy of vitriol,
2 16
Fred E. Colburn, for plumbing inspection, 158 00
E. J. Winn,
66
50 00
$350 54
Appropriation, $700 00
NORWOOD CENTRAL STATION GROUNDS.
Paid Robert Rogers, for surveying and plans, $46 50
No appropriation.
23
ADVERTISING, PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid T. O. Metcalf & Co., for printing, $558 25
E. B. Thorndike, .. 175 25
Henry M. Meek, 6. Ambrose Brothers, ..
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