Norwood annual report 1895-1899, Part 48

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1166


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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. -


-


-, 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.


4


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.


5


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.


6


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


8


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


9


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


14


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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