Official reports of the town of Wayland 1883-1893, Part 16

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 782


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$8 00


James H. Small, .


63 12


T. W. Frost 5 30


June 29. W. H. Leatherbee & Son, 69 20


J. F. Hawkins, 10 50


W. Videon, .


57 87


July 10.


W. M. Fullick,


178 29


27. James H. Small, . W. H. Leatherbee & Son, 89 37


62 80


Aug. 31. James F. Hawkins,


4 50


T. W. Frost,


17 50


Sept. 28. W. Videon,


51 00


Oct. 26.


49 00


March 1, 1889, unexpended balance,


133 55


$800 00


FIREMEN'S PAY.


1888.


Mar. 1 1. Unexpended appropriation,


224 00


Appropriated, .


224 00


$448 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


April 27. Ralph Bent, $224 00


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended appropriation, 224 00


$448 00


DECORATION DAY.


Appropriated,


$100 00


54


EXPENDED.


1888.


May 25. Royal B. Wight, .


$40 96


D. W. Ricker,


35 00


June 29. 66 66


19 35


1889.


Mar.


1. Unexpended balance,


.


4 69


$100 00


VICTOR ROAD SCRAPER.


Appropriated,


$215 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


May 25. George Tyler & Co., . $215 00


$215 00


LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.


Appropriated,


$150 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


May 25. J. C. Butterfield,


$150 00


$150 00


REPAIR OF ROAD BETWEEN LYONS CORNER AND MR. BENT'S.


Appropriated, .


$200 00


EXPENDED.


1888. Oct. 26. W. C. Neal,


$54 25


Nov. 30.


66


145 75


$200 00


55


REPAIR OF ROADS IN G. E. SHERMAN'S DISTRICT.


Appropriated,


$300 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


April 27. George E. Sherman, . $300 00


$300 00


REPAIR CONCORD ROAD FROM E. FRENCH'S TO GLEASON STREET.


Appropriated, .


$100 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Nov. 30. J. W. Parmenter, $100 00


$100 00


REPAIR OF ROAD FROM A. GLEASON'S TO T. HYNES'.


Appropriated, .


$100 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Sept. 28. Thomas Hynes, . . $100 00


$100 00


REPAIR OF ROAD FROM OLD CHURCH TO W. H. BENT'S.


Appropriated, .


$100 00


EXPENDED. 1888.


Nov. 30. H. G. Hammond, $100 00


$100 00


RELAY CULVERT AND PUT IN PIPE NEAR TOWER HILL.


Appropriated,


$75 00


56


EXPENDED.


1888.


Dec. 28. T. S. Sherman, . .


$14 70 1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, 60 30


$75 00


RELAY CULVERT NEAR W. VIDEON'S.


Appropriated, .


.


$15 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Nov. 30. W. Videon, . $15 00


$15 00


PRINTING SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOGUES FOR LIBRARY.


Appropriated,


$175 00


EXPENDED. ·


1888. Oct. 26. Thomas Groom & Co.,.


$140 00 28. Sarah E. Heard, . . 20 00


1889. Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, 15 00


$175 00


COLLECTION OF TAXES.


1888. Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, Appropriated, 250 00


$250 00


$500 00


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EXPENDED.


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended appropriation, $500 00


$500 00


HYDRANTS.


Appropriated,


$384 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Feb. 21. W. H. Bent, clerk, $384 00


$384 00


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


1888.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance,


$24 24


Appropriated, 200 00


$224 24


EXPENDED.


1888.


Oct. 26. W. B. Ward, taxes 1888, $10 48


1889.


Feb. 28. W. B. Ward, taxes 1887,


94 28


1888, 72 74


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, .


46 74


$224 24


STATE TAX.


Appropriated,


. $1,575 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Dec. 8. A. W. Beard, treasurer, · . $1,575 00


$1,575 00


58


SUPPRESSION ILLEGAL SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR.


Appropriation from contingent fund, $100 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Nov. 30. E. W. Schleicher,


$14 40


Dec. 28.


3 75


1889.


Jan. 25.


2 75


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance,


79 10


$100 00


GRADE AND GRAVEL GERMAN HILL STREET.


Appropriated,


$100 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


April 27. W. C. Neal,


$64 88


May 25.


33 25


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, . ·


1 87


$100 00


TO BUILD HOUSE AND CELLAR ON POOR FARM.


1888.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance from contingent fund, . $1,035 54 Appropriated proceeds from sale of old house on poor farm,


EXPENDED.


1888. July 10. Wm. M. Fullick, . . $1,035 54


$1,035 54


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BUILD FENCE AND IMPROVE THE GROUNDS AT NORTH AND CENTRE CEMETERIES.


1888.


March. Renewed appropriation,


$150 00


Appropriated,


50 00


$200 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Oct. 26. A. S. Morse,


$90 58


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, . 109 42 .


$200 00


BUILDING AND RELAYING SEVERAL CULVERTS.


1888.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, $138 79


EXPENDED.


1888.


May 25. T. S. Sherman, . $100 00


June 1. Unexpended balance carried to con- tingent fund, 38 79


$138 79


USE OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


Appropriated,


$50 00


EXPENDED.


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended appropriation, $50 00


USE OF SEWERAGE COMMITTEE.


Appropriated,


$100 00


60


EXPENDED.


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended appropriation, $100 00 $100 00


REDUCTION OF TOWN DEBT.


Appropriated from Contingent Fund, $3,350 00


EXPENDED.


1888.


Nov. 5. Waltham Savings Bank, . $3,350 00


$3,350 00


ELECTRIC LIGHTS.


Appropriated from Contingent Fund, $200 00


EXPENDED. . . 1888.


Jan. 25. Electric Light Co., $76 50


1889.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance, . 123 50


$200 00


ADDITIONAL SALARY COLLECTOR OF TAXES.


Appropriation from Contingent Fund, · $50 00


EXPENDED.


1889. Feb. 25. W. B. Ward, $50 00


$50 00


BUILDING STAIRWAY AT COCHITUATE SCHOOL HOUSE. 1888.


Mar. 1. Unexpended balance from Contingent Fund, . $300 00


61


EXPENDED.


1888.


April 27. E. W. Marston, . · $300 000


$300 00


STATE AID-FROM CONTINGENT FUND.


1888-9.


Henry B. Fischer,


$54 00


Mrs. E. A. Farmer,


48 00


Mrs. Adeline Adams,


48 00


Dora Whitney,


48 00


John Roy, ·


30 00


Eva E. Whitney. .


48 00


John B. Brigham, military aid,


72 00


$348 00


TEMPORARY AND OTHER LOANS.


1887.


April 1. Waltham National Bank,


$3,000 00


Dec. 30.


66 66 2,000 00 1888.


Jan. 18. Treasurer Donation Fund,


530 00


Mar. 30. Horace Heard,


3,000 00


April 27. Waltham Savings Bank, due Oct. 27, 1889, 2,500 00


66 66


6 66 1890, 2,500 00


July 27. Water Bond, due July 27, 1908,


1,000 00


Sept. 15. Treasurer Donation Fund,


355 59


1889.


.jan. 1.


Treasurer Donation Fund, on demand, . 1,300 00 ·


$16,185 59


PAID AND OUTSTANDING.


1888.


April 30. Paid Plymouth Savings Bank, . $5,000 00


Sept. 29. Waltham National Bank, . 3,000 00


Amount carried forward, $8,000 00


62


Amount brought forward, 1889.


$8,000 00


Jan. 1. Treasurer Donation Fund, note dated April 27, 1863, 411 66


Treasurer Donation Fund, 530 00


355 59


Unpaid increase town debt, Dona- tion Fund, Contingent, 888 34


Unpaid increase town debt, Water Bond, . .


1,000 00


Unpaid temporary loans, 5,000 00 .


$16,185 59


UNPAID TEMPORARY LOANS.


1887.


Dec. 30. Waltham National Bank. . $2,000 00


1888.


Mar. 30. Horace Heard, 3,000 00


$5,000 00


OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.


NOTES DATED.


Nov. 3, 1863. Draper library fund, on demand, 6 per cent. annually, $500 00 Jan. 1, 1875. Allen fund, on demand, 6 per cent. an- nually, . 1,000 00 Aug. 1, 1878. Water bonds, due Aug. 1. 1898, 5 per cent. semi-annually, . 25,000 00


Oct. 1, 1878. Town bonds, due Oct. 1, 1898, 5 per cent. semi-annually, . 44,500 00 Oct. 1, 1882. Water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1902, 4 per cent. semi-annually, 4,000 00


Amount carried forward.


$75,000 00


63


Amount brought forward,


$75,000 00


Jan. 1, 1881. Mrs. Childs fund, on demand, 6 per cent. annually, .


100 00


July 27, 1888. Water bond, due July 27, 1908, 4 per cent. semi-annually, ·


1,000 00


April 27, 1888. Waltham Savings Bank, due Oct. 27, 1889, annually, 2,500 00.


Waltham Savings Bank, due Oct. 27, 1890, annually, 2,500 00


Jan. 1, 1889. Treasurer donation, on demand, 6 per cent. annually, 1,300 00


$82,400 00


TABLE OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND APPROPRIA-


TIONS.


1889.


Mar. 1. Schools, care of rooms and fuel, $1,064 78


School supplies,


148 12


Highways and bridges, 67 10


Interest on town debt,


327 37


Salaries town officers,


129 07


Shed, tramp house, etc., on poor farm,


133 55


Firemen's pay,


224 00


Decoration day, .


4 69


Relay culvert Tower Hill,


60 30


Printing supplementary catalogues,


15 00


Collection taxes, .


500 00


Abatement taxes,


46 74


Suppression sale liquor, Contingent,


79 10


Gravel German Hill street, .


1 87


Improve North and Centre cemeteries,


109 42


Amount carried forward,


$8,508 85


Public Library,


208 30


Contingent account,


5,389 44


64


Amount brought forward, $8,508 85


Board of Health, .


50 00


Sewerage Committee, . 100 00


Electric lights, Contingent,


123 50


$8,782 35


OVERDRAWN BALANCES.


1885.


Lokerville school house,


$8 88


1889.


Mar. 1. Incidentals, .


11 18


$20 06


TOWN OF WAYLAND IN ACCOUNT WITH TREASURER.


RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.


1888.


Mar. 1. Cash on hand,


$2,065 18


W. H. Bent, water rates, 829 50


16. W. B. Ward, interest on taxes 1886, 31 50


30. Money borrowed anticipation taxes 1888,


3,000 00


31. Corporation tax, .


741 93


April 27. Waltham Savings Bank,


5,000 00


June 29. L. K. Lovell, scales,


20 90


W. B. Ward, town hall,


10 00


T. S. Sherman, license, 2 00


H. W. Butler, license, .


2 00


July 9.


Lyons estate, tax title. .


96 14


interest, .


17 30


66 tax and interest,


105 82


Sales Central R. R. stock,


· 2,981 25


27. Sale Water Bond,


1,000 00


Aug. 8. W. H. Bent, water rates,


111 00


Sept. 1.


1,058 50


Amount carried forward,


$17,073 02


65


Amount brought forward,


$17,073 02


Sept. 15. Temporary loan, .


355 59


24. W. B. Ward, town hall, 15 00


28. T. S. Sherman, license,


2 00


Oct. 5. W. B. Ward, grass, ·


1 50


26. T. S. Sherman, old lumber, .


8 50


Dec.


1. W. H. Bent, water rates,


52 50


8. Corporation tax, .


745 71


National Bank tax,


842 30


State Aid, .


318 00


1889.


Jan. 1. Treasurer Donation Fund,


1,300 00


Treasurer Public Library,


36 00


25. State Treasurer, income School Fund,


162 22


revenue


204 04


30. County Treasurer, dog licenses,


358 14


Feb. 4. W. B. Ward, town hall,


19 00


28 " interest on taxes 1887,


419 27


W. H. Bent, balance on water rates 1888,


345 00


W. B. Ward, taxes 1887,


8,705 17


.. . “ 1888,


11,984 95


$42,959 91


TOTAL EXPENDITURES.


1888-9.


Schools, . $5,476 72


Incidentals, .


1,717 13


Support of poor, .


1,809 36


School supplies, .


468 87


Highways and bridges, .


1,097 13


Interest on town debt, .


4,404 30


Public library,


304 23


Salaries town officers, .


1,003 60


Water account less interest, . 2,350 50


Shed, tramp house, on poor farm,


666 45


Amount carried forward,


$19,298 29,


for schools,


12 00


66


Amount brought forward,


$19,298 29


Firemen's pay,


224 00


Decoration day,


95 31


Victor Road Scraper,


215 00


Lake View cemetery,


150 00


Repair road between Lyons Corner and Mr. Bent's,


200 00


Repair road in G. E. Sherman's dis- trict, 300 00


Repair Concord road from French's to Gleason street,


100 00


Repair road from A. Gleason's to T. Hynes, 100 00


Repair road from Old Church to W.


H. Bent's, 100 00


Relay culvert near Tower Hill, 14 70


W. Videon's, . 15 00


Printing sup. catalogues for library,


160 00


Hydrants,


384 00


Abatement taxes,


177 50


State tax,


1,575 00


Sup. sale of liquor,


20 90


Grade and gravel German Hill street,


98 13


To build house and cellar on poor farm, 1,035 54


To build fence, etc., North and Cen- tre cemeteries, . 90 58


Building and relaying culverts, 100 00


Reduction town debt, Contingent, . 3,350 00


Electric lights, Contingent, .


76 50


Additional salary collector taxes, Contingent, 50 00


Building stairway Cochituate school house, Contingent, 300 00


State aid,


348 00


Plymouth Savings Bank,


5,000 00


Amount carried forward,


$33,578 45


67


Amount brought forward, $33,578 45


Waltham National Bank, loan 1887, 3,000 00 Donation fund, note dated April 27, 1863, 411 66


Donation fund, temporary loan, 530 00


355 59


· 1889.


Mar. 1. Cash on hand,


5,084 21


$42,959 91


B. M. FOLSOM,


Treasurer.


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Auditor's Report.


The books of the Selectmen, Clerk, Collector, Water Commissioners, and Overseers of Poor are neatly and correctly kept.


The Auditor has thoroughly examined the cash account of the Treas- urer and certifies that every dollar paid out during the past year is properly vouched, and all money received placed to the town's credit, except one item of $3.84, about which there is a difference of opinion between the Treasurer and Auditor. Nevertheless, the manner in which the books have been kept during some years past is not wholly satisfactory.


No more satisfactory trial balance can be obtained on the face of the accounts than the following :


Unexpended balances,


$8,782 35


Temporary loans, .


5,000 00


$13,782 35


Cash on hand,


. $5,084 21


Due from Collector,


7,602 52


Overdrawn, .


20 06


Deficit,


1,075 56


-$13,782 35


The deficit may be explained in one of two ways : either there is more money in the treasury than appears from the account, or there is more money charged to the Contingent Fund than belongs to it.


It is believed that the last is the true explanation. One may see by a cursory examination of the accounts of the past year that the Contingent


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Fund has not been credited with the full amounts transferred from it to other accounts, thus leaving a balance too large, tho' not by enough to answer the deficit as indicated by the trial balance. Doubtless errors of this kind have been brought down on the books from years past until the present unsatisfactory condition has been attained.


The Auditor recommends that the Treasurer's books be thorough- ly examined and the balances corrected, if necessary by vote of the town.


The Auditor further recommends that the books be hereafter kept by the system of double entry.


It appears that the Superintendents of Cemeteries do not turn into the treasury funds received from sale of lots, grass, etc., but expend the same at discretion. This is wholly irregular. These funds are specially guarded by law. See P. S. ch. 82, Sec. 15.


The books of the Superintendent of the North and Centre cemeteries are in a deplorable condition. It appears that while there is a plan of the Centre cemetery, the lots are not numbered on the plan and the num- bers on the lots in the cemetery are fast disappearing. No record of burials is kept nor is there a full record of deeds granted, so that it has come to this, the Superintendent dares not sell a lot, not knowing that it has not already been conveyed by one of his predecessors.


This matter demands immediate attention.


The bonds of the various town officers are duly executed, approved, and in the proper custody.


Centre


Of the town's buildings all are insured except the High School build- ing and the Primary school-houses. The Auditor recommends that the High School building be insured.


By an oversight on the part of the Library Committee the funds aris- ing from the sale of catalogues and collection of fines were not turned into the treasury until after the close of the financial year.


DANIEL BRACKETT,


Feb. 28, 1889.


Auditor.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


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TOWN OF WAYLAND,


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School Report.


With one exception there has been no change in the personal of the school force, or the method of school work.


Miss Florence Wilson of the Centre Primary having resigned, Miss Emma D. Draper was appointed to fill the vacancy.


The pursuance of old ways by teachers of long experience, who were thoroughly conscientious in their work, has brought forth its fruit in a successful school year. While the committee feel that just praise is due to all who have contributed to this success, they would still use every stimulating influence possible to further success.


There is a prevalent tendency in every community for people to com- plain at the work done by others, be it ever so conscienciously done, and though they may reap largely of the fruit of this work, nothing suits them. They have opinions as to how work should be done, and nothing is right that does not come up to their idea of excellence. If they could have their schemes tried, could see their ideas which seem so promising, materialized, it may be doubted whether they would be satisfied with even the creation of their own brains. Many times these complaints are made in the greatest ignorance of what is being done. There is no ex- cuse for this. The schools are always open to inspection, and if instead of finding fault, they would visit the schools and see what is being done, they would no doubt discover that the schools are doing as well, turning out as good scholars as would their nondescript schemes.


It is not infrequently the case that the boys, for some reason which seems sufficient to them, absent themselves from school without cause.


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If this habit becomes in the least degree prevalent, it fosters a spirit of lawlessness that affects the whole school. Parents should not condone this offence in their children when it is discovered, but do their utmost to check it, as well for the good of their children, as for the good of the school. There is on the part of many parents a lamentable carelessness about the intellectual growth of their children. It may be that in early life they were themselves denied the advantages of an education, and because they got on somehow, they come to the conclusion that their children do not need much education. Parents ought to remember that their children are living in an age when intellectual power stands for the greatest success of the individual. The uneducated person is placed at a disadvantage. The person with the greatest intellectual training, other things being equal, will be most successful in the struggle for place and power. Besides this, the ignorant person, or the person with a meagre education, will be at the mercy of designing aspirants for power. The children should be kept at school if possible and none but the most urgent reasons should influence parents to withdraw them from school.


THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.


COCHITUATE HIGHI AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. - Joseph Boylston, Miss E. D. Sturtevant, Assistant. Whole number of scholars, 46 ; average attendance, 44.


INTERMEDIATE. - Anna S. Clifford. Whole number of scholars, 46 ; average attendance, 34.


THIRD . PRIMARY. - A. B. Brown. Whole number of scholars, 48 ; average attendance, 42.


SECOND PRIMARY. - E. N. Spear. Whole number of scholars, 55 ; average attendance, 43.


FIRST PRIMARY .- E. W. Lang. Whole number of scholars, 80; average attendance, 42.


LOKERVILLE. - Nellie R. Rice. Whole number of scholars, 30; av- erage attendance, 25.


WAYLAND HIGH AND GRAMMAR. - Geo. R. Pinkham. Whole num- ber of scholars, 30 ; average attendance, 29.


NORTH SCHOOL .- Cora A. Wilson. Whole number of scholars, 22 ; average attendance, 18.


CENTRE PRIMARY. - Florence Wilson and Emma Draper. Whole number of scholars, 27 ; average attendance, 21.


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THOMAS SCHOOL. - Hattie E. Reeves. Whole number of scholars, 17 ; average attendance, 14.


RUTTER SCHOOL .- Carrie M. Lee. Whole number of scholars, 19 ; average attendance, 14.


We recommend that our school year be increased to forty weeks, in- stead of thirty-six weeks as at present. We would recommend that the sum of six hundred dollars for text books and supplies, and the sum of fifty-three hundred dollars for teachers' salaries, fuel and care of school- rooms, be appropriated the coming year.


B. M. FOLSOM, ANNA M. BENT, CHAS. H. BOODEY,


March, 1889.


School Committee.


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Index.


PAGE.


Allen Fund Treasurer, Report of the


32


Assessors, Report of the


16


Auditor, Report of the


68


Collector, Report of the


33


Jurors, List of .


9


Librarian, Report of the


21


Library Treasurer, Report of the .


25


Library Committee, Report of the


20


North and Centre Cemeteries,


35


Overseers of the Poor, Report of the


26


School Committee, Report of the .


70


Selectmen, Report of the


10


Supt. of Lakeview Cemetery, Report of the


34


Supt. of Water Works, Report of the


38


Town Clerk and Registrar, Report of the Town Officers,


12


3


Town Meeting, .


6


Town Treasurer, Report of the


40


Water Commissioners, Report of the


36


Water Works Sinking Fund,


39


OFFICIAL REPORTS


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List of Town Officers.


CLERK. R. T. LOMBARD.


SELECTMEN. JAMES A. BENT, HARRY W. BUTLER, WILLARD B. WARD.


TREASURER. BENJ. M. FOLSOM.


ASSESSORS. DANIEL BRACKETT, HORATIO G. HAMMOND, HENRY F. LEE.


AUDITOR. EDWARD CARTER.


OVERSEERS OF POOR. DANIEL W. RICKER, J. C. BUTTERFIELD, HENRY F. LEE.


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE. BENJ. M. FOLSOM, WM. W. LOVEJOY, ANNA M. BENT.


WATER COMMISSIONERS. WM. H. BENT, CHAS. H. BOODEY, ALFRED H. BRYANT.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. WILLARD B. WARD.


FENCE VIEWERS. HORATIO G. HAMMOND, EVANDER FRENCH, GEO. E. SHERMAN.


CONSTABLES.


LAWRENCE McMANUS,


WILLIAM B. WARD,


D. W. RICKER, JEAN B. CHABENNIEU,


JOHN H. RINES, ORLANDO EWING, PETER LEAVITT.


FIELD DRIVERS. WM. A. JESSOP, DANIEL H. COAKLY.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. EDW. A. ATWOOD.


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK. EDW. CARTER, EDW. A. ATWOOD,


L. K. LOVELL, H. W. BUTLER.


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SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. GEO. B. HOWE.


SUPT. OF CEMETERIES. JOHN C. BUTTERFIELD, THEODORE S. SHERMAN.


TRUSTEES OF LIBRARY FUND. JAMES S. DRAPER, SAMUEL M. THOMAS, ISAAC DAMON.


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.


CHARLES H. WALTERS, H. H. MOTT, ISAAC DAMON, EMILY A. HEARD,


ELLEN M. BRAMAN, HENRY D. PARMENTER.


TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUND. BENJ. M. FOLSOM.


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Town Meeting.


Commonwealth of Glassachusetts.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To Daniel W. Ricker, or either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on MONDAY, the twenty-fourth day of March, inst., at nine o'clock, A. M., to act upon the following articles, viz : ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.


ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers, trustees, agents, and committees, for the year ensuing.


ART. 3. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, committees or trustees, and act thereon.


ART. 4. To raise such sums of morey as may be necessary to defray town charges the present year, and order the same to be as- sessed.


ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to pay any part of the town debt, and order the same to be assessed, or do or act in any way relative thereto.


ART. 6. To appropriate the license money on dogs refunded by the county treasurer.


ART. 7. To choose a board of health by ballot.


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ART. 8. To authorize the selectmen to consult counsel on import- ant town cases.


ART. 9. To appropriate money for Decoration Day, or do or act.


ART. 10. To answer the following question by ballot, " Yes " or "No": Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in this town ?


ART. 11. To act upon the jury list, as revised by the selectmen.


ART. 12. To authorize the treasurer to borrow money in antici- pation of taxes.


ART. 13. To grade and gravel German Hill street, or do or act.


ART. 14. To appropriate money to make alterations in the Cochituate grammar school building, to provide for its better venti- lation, as ordered by the state inspector of public buildings, or do or act.


ART. 15. To see what action the town will take upon the petition of E. B. Buckingham and others, asking for an appropriation of one thousand dollars for widening, repairing and raising the grade of "Farm Road," so called, or do or act.


ART. 16. To see what sum the town will appropriate for the sup- pression of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, or act thereon.


ART. 17. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of six hun- dred dollars, for a hearse and hearse house at Cochituate Village, or do or act.


ART. 18. To appropriate money for the maintenance of electric lights, or do or act.


ART. 19. To appropriate money for an additional school-room in the Cochituate grammar school building, or do or act.


ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise the salaries of any of its officers, or do or act.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Post-Offices and Town House in said town, seven days, at least, before the time appointed for said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place appointed for holding said meeting.


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Given under our hands, this first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety.


HARRY W. BUTLER, JAMES A. BENT, WILLARD B. WARD, Selectmen of Wayland.


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List of Jurors.


As revised by the Selectmen, March 10th, 1890.


BRAMAN, HODIJAH B.


CAMPBELL, WM. H.


SHERMAN, MELVIN.


DRAPER, JAMES A.


DUDLEY, EDWIN A.


DUPLESSIS, WM. H.


LEE, HENRY F.


FOLSOM, GEORGE B.


FRENCH, EVANDER.


FROST, THOMAS W.


WARD, WILLARD B.


HAMMOND, HORATIO G.


POUSLAND, EDWARD.


LAMARINE, JOHN.


LOVEJOY, WM. W.


LOKER, ALPHEUS D.


LANGMAID, WARREN B.


DUDLEY, LAFAYETTE.


LOKER, HERBERT.


CHARBONNEAU, JEAN B.


RICE, CHARLES H.


HARRY W. BUTLER, JAMES A. BENT, W. B. WARD,


Selectmen of Wayland.


LOKER, GRANVILLE L.


PIERCE, EDWARD A.


PUFFER, ADONIRAM J.


SHERMAN, LUTHER H.


WEBSTER, WALTER S. CARTER, EDWARD.


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Selectmen's Report.


The guide boards throughout the town are in their proper places and are in good condition. We have caused "Private Way " signs to be placed wherever necessary.


During the past year the "Incidental " money has been drawn upon heavily. We have given consent to an overdraft of fifty ( 50) dollars on the appropriation for fire alarm. The committee who had the matter in charge found that this amount was necessary to complete the work in a thorough and satisfactory manner, and we think that the efficient and trustworthy system that we now have jus- tifies the additional expense.




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