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It will not be many years, in any event, before evening schools must be started in compliance with the law, and it seems to me to be wise to anticipate this. The expense need not, and would not, be high, while the results accruing would be wholly beneficial.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
The membership of this school has increased largely in the last two years, and a further increase may be expected another year.
Many desirable changes have been made in the courses of study. This is an age of progress and in no sphere of life is this more evident than in the educational world. There is a breaking away from the old idea that the only object of study is to discipline the. mind. More and more our schools are being called upon to fit pupils for the actual and practical duties of life. Without lessening the importance of a study of the classics, modern languages, the sciences and mathematics, I feel that the establishment of the business course was wise and timely, and that its maintenance and extension are of foremost importance.
At the begining of the next school year it is probable that more than half of the entire High School will be pursuing this course, and a larger and better equipment will be called for, for this reason.
ATTENDANCE AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
The erection of the new eight-room building in the North district will provide ample accommodations for the next two years. An examination of the statistics indicating the attendance, reveals the fact that the increase in enrollment is about the same from year to. year, so that our needs can be determined approximately. With the beginning of the next school year six of the rooms in the new build- ing will be in use, and we shall be enabled to remedy in some de- gree the greatest defect in our school system-the burdening of the teachers of the lower grades with too many pupils. A teacher should be given charge of as many pupils as she can serve as indiv- iduals and no more. She can then give to each child the special attention that his mental strength or weakness may require. The average number of pupils to a teacher in the High School is twenty- two, and the average in the grades below the High School is forty- six, and while the former may be enough, the latter is too many. It is generally supposed that pupils require attention and assistance proportionate to their ages, and this fact should lead the committee to make an effort to bring about in the lower grades a material reduction in the number of pupils assigned to each teacher.
I recommend that in the future, children coming of school age between September and April be admitted to school at the beginning of the Spring term. This will be found to be wise, from both an educational and a financial standpoint.
Respectfully submitted,
A. P. WAGG, Superintendent.
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REPORT OF PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I take pleasure in submitting my fourth annual report.
The present year has seen an unusually large increase in the mem- bership of the High School. This has been from sixty-eight two years ago to ninety last year and one hundred thirty-four this year. Four years ago, owing to changes in the school system there was an entering class of only ten. This class, which at present numbers six, will be graduated next June. If we make allowance for the number that is likely to drop out, the High School next year will number something over one hundred seventy-five pupils. The build- ing cannot well accommodate many over this number.
The entering class elected their courses as follows: Classical, 7; Scientific, 15; General, 3; Commercial, 40. The number electing the Commercial course shows that its popularity has in no degree diminished.
During the present unusually severe winter it has been found hard to heat the rooms on the west end of the building. Unless some- thing is done to remedy this trouble it is likely to cause quite a serious interference with the work of the school next year when the greater number of pupils will make it necessary to use these rooms every period.
It will be necessary that there be an increase in the teaching force next September. I would recommend that in arranging for this increase, the choice of work be given to the older teachers. A teacher can do better in the subject of her choice than if constantly changing from one subject to another. A loss is always sustained where a teacher is changed, unless it be to some subject to which she is better adapted. The teachers who have been longest with us and have proved their ability deserve our first consideration in this matter.
The English work is, without question, the most important of any that we have, as the English teacher has work with every pupil in school. It is the subject that needs the most individual work. It has been impossible to do this kind of work heretofore, as the teacher of English has been busy during the entire day and has not had the opportunity to meet the pupils individually for the criticism that is necessary in the work of English composition. I would recom- mend that some one be employed who is a specialist in her subject
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to take charge of the entire English work of the school. This arrangement would leave the present teacher of English free to take the modern languages. These would occupy nearly all her time for next year.
Respectfully submitted,
N. A. CUTLER, Principal.
RFPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.
"To the Superintendent of Schools:
The classes in Norwood are enthusiastic and seem much interested in drawing, and after five months of supervision the needs and limi- tations of the schools have manifested themselves. I think if we expected more of the children better work would result. A difficult object often stimulates a pupil to put forth his best energies where a simple one creates no ambition, as it does not interest him.
The work of the upper grades averages better than that of the lower grades, a fact which is due both to the double grades and full class rooms in the primary schools and to the absence of water-color work. The loss of early training in this branch is felt in the upper grades. Temerity is a word unknown to a primary child, conse- quently their work is full of feeling, while the older child is afraid to attempt anything new and the results are stilted.
The nature work of the Fall has been followed by mechanical drawing and construction work, the latter a new feature of the work in the Norwood schools. Where there is no manual training draw- ing should take its place as much as possible in order to train the eye and hand together to teach the child to be accurate.
This month we are studying perspective and teaching the child to draw objects according to the principles. Thus the pupil learns to think of objects in their dimensions. This will be followed by work in design.
At the High School drawing has been elective and the classes are small, but they are as large as accommodations will allow.
ALICE T. BOARDMAN, Supervisor of Drawing.
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REPORT OF SEWING TEACHER.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
I have noticed with much pleasure the increased interest displayed by the girls in the sewing. The work in this branch has been so planned as to give a comprehensive knowledge of plain sewing. The first year's work, taking up basting, back-stitching, hemming,. running, overcasting, over-sewing and gathering, putting on bands, etc., used in the making of bags to hold the sewing, aprons, doll's skirts, and in the second year, pillow cases, both hem-stitched and fagoted, neckties, and in the cases of some more advanced pupils, drawers and flannel skirts, were made.
In all cases the articles and garments are such as can be made personal use of by the children rather than as models, a method. adopted in many schools.
MARY A. M'CLEARN, Teacher ..
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I herewith submit my third annual report as Truant Officer. I have reported at the office of the Superintendent each day throughout the year, and have investigated promptly such cases of absence as have been referred to me.
It will be noticed from the figures given below that more than half of the instances of unexcused absence were due directly to care- lessness and indifference on the part of the parents. It is my inten- tion during the coming year to see that these parents comply more fully with the spirit and the letter of the Revised Laws of the State regulating school attendance. That all may know what the require- ments are I quote the following:
"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 impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall for-
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feit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself un- lawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in ses- sion any child absent unlawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars."
Whole number of cases investigated, 308
Number found to be truants, 51
Cases where parents were in fault, 158
Kept at home for lack of suitable clothing, 12
Kept at home because of sickness,
75
Kept at home for other satisfactory reasons,
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I have also taken the school census, making a house to house can- vass, the result of which is given elsewhere.
Respectfully submitted,
M. D. CREED, Truant Officer.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
WINTER TERM, 1901-1902. HIGH SCHOOL.
Grade.
Reg. Attendance.
Salary.
N. A. Cutler, Principal,
163
157
$1,400 00
Elzura A. Chandler,
700 00.
Eva Z. Prichard,
700 00
Ella A. Newhall,
700 00
Eva B. Gay,
550 00
Nina M. Doanan,
550 00
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Mary S. Fellows, Principal,
8
55
52
600 00
Mary F. Lawler,
8
48
46
450 00
Gertrude M. Burns,
7
47
44
475 00
Persis M. Sibley,
7
31
28
450 00
Bertha F. Howard,
6
43
42
475 00
S. Louise Rhodes,
6
48
45
525 00
GUILD SCHOOL.
Katherine L. Carbee, Principal,
6 49
42
600 00
Bertha F. Willard,
5
43
40
475 00
Grace L. Newton,
5
42
38
475 00
Julia R. O'Brien,
5
43
39
475 00
Grace Stoddard,
4
44
41
500 00
Nina M. Robinson,
4
45
42
475 00
Grace B. Whitford,
3 and 4
42
39
500 00
Lilla F. Bateman,
3
42
38
425 00
Charlotte Mitchell,
2
44
37
450 00
Marion F. Newell,
2
45
42
425 00
Emma E. Irish,
1
44
39
450 00
Lillian G. Duncan,
1
40
37
425 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
Florence Hill,
2 and 3
44
40
500 00
Maude A. Woods,
1
44
39
475 00
EAST SCHOOL.
Eva M. Cotton,
3 and 4
36
33
500 00
Martha B. Parker,
1 and 2
44
39
500 00
WEST SCHOOL.
Emma A. Mansfield,
2 and 3
43
38
450 00
Annie G. White,
1
25
22
500 00
BALCH SCHOOL.
Lizzie E. Hadley,
3 and 4
36
33
450 00
Grace F. Mulcahy,
1 and 2
46
41
450 00
SUPERVISORS.
B. Harold Hamblin, music,
400 00
Annie A. Robinson, drawing,
400 00
Eva L. Miller, writing,
400 00
Alice L. McIntire, physical culture,
475 00
Mary A. McClearn, sewing,
150 00
1,276
1,173
$18,900 00
No.
Average
Teachers.
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SPRING TERM, 1902. HIGH SCHOOL.
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No.
Average Reg. Attendance. 155
Salary.
N. A. Cutler, Principal,
Elzura A. Chandler,
700 00
Eva Z. Prichard,
700 00
Ella A. Newhall,
700 00
Eva B. Gay,
550 00
Nina M. Doanan,
550 00
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Mary S. Fellows, Principal,
8
50
50
600 00
Gertrude M. Burns,
8
44
41
500 00
Edith G. Watts,
7
29
27
450 00
Julia R. O'Brien,
7
31
29
500 00
Bertha F. Howard,
6
42
42
475 00
S. Louise Rhodes,
6
48
46
550 00
GUILD SCHOOL.
Katherine L. Carbee, Principal,
6
47
40
600 00
Grace L. Newton,
5
41
38
475 00
Bertha F. Willard,
5
40
38
500 00
Ursula B. Hanna,
5
40
38
450 00
Nina M. Robinson,
4
45
42
500 00
Grace Stoddard,
4
45
43
500 00
Julia A. Danahy,
3 and 4
42
38
440 00
Lilla F. Bateman,
3
44
41
425 00
Charlotte Mitchell,
2
40
36
500 00
Marion F. Newell,
2
45
42
475 00
E. Louise Ward,
1
47
42
450 00
Lillian G. Duncan,
1
37
35
450 00
Florence Hill,
2 and 3
43
40
500 00
Maude A. Woods,
1
47
41
475 00
Eva M. Cotton,
3 and 4
34
33
500 00
Martha B. Parker,
1 and 2
45
42
500 00
Emma A. Mansfield,
2 and 3
43
40
450 00
Annie G. White,
1
25
23
500 00
BALCH SCHOOL.
Lizzie E. Hadley,
3 and 4
35
32
475 00
Grace F. Mulcahy,
1 and 2
44
41
475 00
SUPERVISORS.
B. Harold Hamblin, music,
400 00
Annie A. Robinson, drawing,
400 00
Eva L. Miller, writing,
400 00
Alice L. McIntire, physical culture,
500 00
Mary A. McClearn, sewing,
150 00
1,231
1,155
$19,165 00
Teachers.
Grade.
158
$1,400 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
EAST SCHOOL.
WEST SCHOOL.
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FALL TERM, 1902, HIGH SCHOOL.
No.
Average Reg. Attendance.
Salary.
N. A. Cutler,
178
173
$1,400 00
Elzura A. Chandler,
700 00
Glenn W. Hunt,
800 00
Ella A. Newhall,
700 00
Lottie M. Draper,
440 00
Theodora Hastings,
550 00
Nina M. Doanan,
600 00
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Mary S. Fellows, Principal,
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46
45
700 00
Gertrude M. Wilcox,
8
48
46
500 00
Alice M. Watts,
8
46
44
550 00
Edith G. Watts,
43
41
450 00
S. Louise Rhodes,
7
43
41
600 00
Julia R. O'Brien,
6
44
36
550 00
GUILD SCHOOL.
Katherine L. Carbee, Principal,
6
39
37
700 00
Julia A. Danahy,
6
36
33
450 00
Ursula B. Hanna,
5
48
43
450 00
Bertha F. Willard,
5
47
42
525 00
Grace L. Newton,
5
47
43
500 00
Nina M. Robinson,
4
49
44
550 00
Grace M. Bothell, .
4
49
45
450 00
Charlotte Mitchell,
3
46
42
500 00
Lilla F. Bateman,
3
48
42
450 00
Marion F. Newell,
2
44
41
500 00
E. Louise Ward,
2
47
42
450 00
Lillian G. Duncan,
1
78
69
'500 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
Florence Hill,
2 and 3
49
45
500 00
Maude A. Woods,
1
54
46
500 00
Eva M. Cotton,
3 and 4
35
32
525 00
Martha B. Parker,
1 and 2
47
44
500 00
WEST SCHOOL.
Emma A. Mansfield,
3 and 4
46
42
475 00
Elizabeth Bishop,
1 and 2
44
41
450 00
BALCH SCHOOL.
Lizzie E. Hadley,
3 and 4
32
29
500 00
Grace F. Mulcahy,
1 and 2
48
42
500 00
SUPERVISORS.
B. Harold Hamblin, music,
500 00
Alice T. Boardman, drawing,
400 00
Helen S. Carleton, physical culture,
500 00
Mary A. McClearn, sewing,
200 00
Teachers.
Grade.
1,381 1,270 $20,115 00
EAST SCHOOL.
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STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE.
Number of children between the ages of 5 and 15,
1901. 1249
1303
boys
" 5 " 15,
643
673
girls
66 " 5 ".15,
60€
630
boys 66
" 14,
456
4 71
girls 66
66
7 " 14,
443
463
pupils registered in all schools, Winter term, 66
1188
1276
Average attendance
1052
1173
Number pupils registered in all schools, Spring term,
1148
1231
Average attendance
1014
1155
Number pupils registered in all schools, Fall term,
1306
1381
Average attendance
1191
1270
Number of pupils in Grade I,
*221
*206
II,
186
186
III,
146
172
IV,
145
152
V,
129
142
66
142
119
64
86
66
66
66
66
66 VIII,
+106
+94
.
66
66
IX,
77
91
60
66
66
66 High School,
90
133
Total,
1306
1381
*The decreased membership in Grade I is due to a more rigid observance of the age requirements owing to lack of sufficient accommodations.
tPupils selected from Seventh Grade who are doing three years' work in two years, are classed as members of the Eighth Grade.
AUTHORIZED TEXT-BOOKS.
READERS :
Baldwin, Cyr, Hawthorne, Progressive, Stepping Stones to Literature.
SPELLERS :
Morse, Penniman, Quincy Word List.
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66
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VII,
1902.
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HISTORY : Eggleston, McMaster, Scudder, Thomas.
ENGLISH HISTORY : Coman & Kendall.
LANGUAGE :
Hyde, Metcalf, Southworth.
GEOGRAPHY :
Redway, Tarr and McMurray.
ARITHMETIC : Atwood, Franklin, Milne.
ALGEBRA : Atwood.
MUSIC :
Normal.
PENMANSHIP : Natural.
PHYSIOLOGY : Blaisdell, Brandt, Stowell.
LATIN :
Tuell & Fowler.
BOOKKEEPING : Sadler-Rowe.
HIGH SCHOOL.
LATIN : Grammar, Allen and Greenough, Harkness.
Virgil, Greenough and Kittredge. Second Year Latin, Greenough. Ovid, Gleason. Cicero and D'Ooge. Nepos, Barss. Sallust, Scudder. First Latin Book, Tuell & Fowler. Latin Composition, Daniell, Dodge and Tuttle.
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GREEK :
Grammar, Goodwin. Homer's Iliad, Seymour. Anabasis, Goodwin. First Greek Book, White. Greek Prose, Pearson.
HISTORY :
General History, Sheldon.
Rome, Leighton.
Greece, Botsford. England, Coman and Kendall. United States, McMaster.
ENGLISH :
Composition, Scott and Denny.
MATHEMATICS :
Geometry, Wells. Algebra, Wells.
FRENCH :
Complete French Course, Chardenal. French Grammar, Edgren. French Reader, Super.
SCIENCE :
Physical Geography, Tarr. Physics, Gage. Chemistry, Williams. Geology, LeConte. Physiology, Tracy. Botany, Young.
BUSINESS : Commercial Arithmetic, Sadler-Rowe. Commercial Geography, Tilden. Commercial Law, Williams and Rogers. Bookkeeping, Sadler-Rowe. Shorthand, Chandler. Typewriters, Smith Premier.
TOWN BOUNDS.
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Towns of Norwood and Westwood, acting together this second day of December, 1902, per- ambulated the lines between the said towns of Norwood and West- wood, as follows:
First. Beginning at a stone monument standing on the land of James P. Tisdale, near Bubbling Brook, being the corner of the Towns of Norwood, Westwood and Walpole.
Second. From thence to a stone monument at the junction of Oak and Brook Streets.
Third. From thence to a stone bound by the wall between lands of the late James Pettee and John L. Fisher, being about eight rods from the corner of the wall.
Fourth. From thence to a stone bound on the cart-path in land of John L. Fisher, about twelve (12) rods from Oak Street.
Fifth. From thence to a stone bound by cart-path in land of the late J. Edward Everett, being about twelve (12) rods from Oak Street.
Sixth. From thence to a stone bound by cart-path in land of Ezra Morse estate.
Seventh. From thence to a stone bound by cart-path in land of Calvin S. Locke; and from thence to a stone bound numbered 7% and standing between 'lands of Calvin S. Locke and Warren Fisher.
Eighth. From thence -to a stone monument in land of John Nugent, being in Germany (so-called).
Ninth. Has been removed.
Tenth. From bound Eight thence to a stone monument west side of Winter Street.
Eleventh. From thence to a stone bound in land of Lewis Thompson, by wall between his pasture and woodland.
Twelfth. From thence to a stone bound between the woodlands
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of Ebenezer Gay and Turner heirs, about 260 yards from Nahatan Street, on cart-path to boulder, then 70 yards at right angles west.
Thirteenth. From thence to a monunient on the westerly side of Nahatan Street.
Fourteenth. From thence to a stone bound by the wall of James M. Ellis' Rye lot (so-called), three rods from the bars south.
Fifteenth. From thence to a stone bound in woodland of James M. Ellis, four hundred and thirty (430) feet from last men- tioned bound and twenty-five (25) feet from wall; from thence to a stone in the wall marked N and W, between the land of James M. Ellis and B. F. Bailey's estate, eight (8) rods from the cor- ner of wall; from thence to a stone in the wall marked N and W, between lands of estate B. F. Bailey and Peabody, about fifteen (15) feet south of large rock in the wall.
Sixteenth. From thence to a stone bound in the west side of wall between Peabody's pasture and woodland, near a large stone heap.
Seventeenth. From thence to a stone monument on the west side of Clapboardtree Street, near the lane leading to Peabody's farm.
Eighteenth. From thence to a stone monument opposite the house of the late Jeremiah Gay.
Nineteenth. Thence to a stone monument at the junction of Clapboardtree Street and Washington Street on the south side.
Twentieth. From thence to the southeasterly abutment of the N. Y. & N. E. R. R. bridge over Washington Street.
Twenty-First. From thence to a stone monument on the northeasterly side of Everett Street.
Twenty-Second. From thence to a stone monument on the northeasterly side of Everett Street, near the corner of David Ellis' land.
Twenty-Third. From thence to a stone monument on the west side of Downer Street.
Twenty-Fourth. From thence to a stone monument on the south of Everett Street, near the Dry Bridge connecting lands of the late Jesse Weatherbee.
Twenty-Fifth. From thence to a stone bound near the fence between lands of the late Eleazar Wight and Misses Forbes, Trustees.
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Twenty-Sixth. From thence to a stone bound on Ridge Hill in land of Forbes, back of the barn of John Eaton's estate.
Twenty-Seventh. From thence to a stone monument on the westerly side of Canton Street, at the corner of the land of the late John and Luther Eaton.
Twenty-Eighth. From thence to a stone monument on the westerly side of Canton Street, by land of the late John Eaton, near the meadow; from thence to Neponset River, following the westerly side of Canton Street to Canton line.
Bounds Nos. 1, 2, 8, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, and 28 are lawful bounds four (4) feet high, with the letter N cut in the stone and the letter W marked with black paint. All others are intermediate bounds marked with the letters N W with black paint.
HENRY E. WEATHERBEE, JOSEPH L. FISHER,
Selectmen of Westwood.
FRED L. FISHER, RICHARD E. OLDHAM, SAMUEL M. WINSLOW,
Selectmen of Norwood.
The subscribers, Selectmen of the Towns of Sharon and Nor- wood, met by appointment on Thursday, November 6th, 1902, to perambulate the lines and renew the marks between said towns of Sharon and Norwood.
Beginning at a pudding-stone boulder in the wall at the corner of the lands of Nelson L. Martin, heirs of Joseph Hawes and Mary M. Balcom, said boulder being about three feet distant from a stone bound marked " NS W." Thence easterly on the line between lands of said heirs of Hawes and Mary M. Balcom and crossing the road to a stone bound by the roadside, marked "N S." Thence same course to a stone monument marked "N S" at the corner of lands of Edward J. Fuller and heirs of Joseph Weatherbee. Thence northerly in a straight line to a stone monument marked "N S"
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on the southerly side of Traphole Brook, at the corner of lands of Jabez Sumner and heirs of Silas E. Stone. Thence down said brook to its intersection with the Neponset River.
Thence down said river to a stone monument marked "N S C" at the corner of the line between the Towns of Sharon and Canton.
SILAS A. STONE, EDWARD J. FULLER,
Selectmen of Sharon.
FRED L. FISHER, RICHARD E. OLDHAM,
Selectmen of Norwood.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Norwood, in said county,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1903, at six forty-five o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, namely : Three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyers of Highways, one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, and six Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, and two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town ?" " Also shall sections fifty-eight to sixty-four inclusive of chapter forty-eight of the revised laws relative to jurisdiction of towns over highways and county bridges be accepted."
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ARTICLE 3. To hear and act on the report of the Auditors on the Selectmen's, Treasurer's, Tax Collector's, Water Commis- sioners' and Cemetery Commissioners' accounts.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will vote to accept of the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted as re- quired by law.
ARTICLE 5. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the unexpended appropriations of the past year.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes for the present municipal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor. The debts incurred under the authority of this vote are hereby made payable from said taxes.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the support of the Morrill Memorial Library.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of decorating soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 11. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department the en- suing year.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Alarm Sys- tem the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to water the streets the present year.
ARTICLE 14. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets the current year.
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ARTICLE 15. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the schools the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 16. To see what appropriation the town will vote to convey children living in the out-lying districts to the Nor- wood Schools.
ARTICLE 17. To see what appropriation the town will vote to pay the expense of children at the Truant School.
ARTICLE 1S. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to meet the expenses of the Board of Health.
ARTICLE 19. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in trimming shade trees the cur rent year.
ARTICLE 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the prosecution of illegal sales of liquor.
ARTICLE 21. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray the incidental and other neces- sary expenses, not otherwise provided for, the current year.
ARTICLE 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways the current year.
ARTICLE 23. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for building concrete walks and for set- ting edgestones the current year.
ARTICLE 24. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for paving gutters the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 25. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended in sanding sidewalks during winter months, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 26. To see what disposition the town will make of money received as excise tax from street railway companies.
ARTICLE 27. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
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ARTICLE 28. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate to be expended in grading and paying land damages on Prospect Street the current year.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for street signs, or take any action in the matter.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote that the sum of seven hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-one cents in pay- ment of note authorized by special town meeting, July 8th,. 1902, due April 1st, 1903, be appropriated and paid from the. treasury of the Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to lay three hundred feet of pipe or more in the land of F. J. Mahoney and others, now used by the town as a. water course.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will vote to accept a new way leading west from Savin Avenue over land of M. G. Smith, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money" to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will vote to lay water mains. on Mellville Avenue about three hundred feet and raise and appropriate money for that purpose subject to the usual guar- anty.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will vote to accept of the. extension of Howard Street as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will accept of Fulton Street. between Nahatan Street and Railroad Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate money to build and gravel the same or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will vote to accept of Summit: Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate: money to gravel the same.
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ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will vote to accept of Cen- tral Street from Park to Day Street as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate money to gravel the same.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Mylod Street to the house of John F. Freese, and raise and appropriate money for the same, subject to the usual guaranty.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of a horse for the Superintendent of Streets.
ARTICLE 40. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay for bonds for the Town Treas urer and Tax Collector.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Norwood Gas Light Co. for street lighting for a term of years, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 42. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, to be expended in macadamizing streets for the present year.
ARTICLE 43. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to grade Railroad Avenue, between Fulton Street and Prospect Street, and to build a sidewalk on the easterly side, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or borrow money for the purchase of Prospect Park for a public play ground, or take any other action in the matter.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appear before the General Court in favor of, and the represent- ative to the General Court to support the petition calling for the passage by the General Court and submission to the people of a constitutional amendment to allow municipalities to establish fuel yards.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will vote to instruct the representative to the General Court that the congress of the United States be memorialized to secure national ownership of coal mines.
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ARTICLE 47. To see if the town will immediately elect by a. yea and nay vote a committee of five to obtain information in regard to the minimum amount of money necessary to establish a coal and wood yard. Such committee to serve without pay, and make a report at the next town meeting.
ARTICLE 48. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate to grade Monroe Street between Rock Street and Cross street, or take any other action.
ARTICLE 49. To see whether the town will vote to adopt the following and make the same a By-Law of the town or take any other action in the matter : All persons engaged in the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles in the town of Norwood, shall, before engaging in such business in said town, be required to procure a license from the board of Select- men upon application duly made therefor, which license shall be in the form provided by law. Any person violating the provis- ions of this By-Law shall forfeit twenty dollars for such offence, and whoever being so licensed violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his license shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars for such offence.
And the polls may be closed as early as four thirty o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in this town seven days at least before the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Norwood, this eighteenth day of February, A. D. 1903.
FRED L. FISHER, RICHARD E. OLDHAM, SAMUEL M. WINSLOW,
Selectmen of Norwood.
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