Official reports of the town of Wayland 1908-1911, Part 8

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 586


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Public Schools.


conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall at once be notified."


From section 5. "The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teachers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the state board of education shall prescribe."


From section 7. "The expense which a city or town may incur ... shall not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose. . The appropriation shall precede any expendi- ture or any indebtedness which may be incurred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient appropriation. . . . "


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Town of Wayland.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


Fiscal Year, March 1, 1908, to March 1, 1909.


The following-named amounts were approved for payment to the persons, firms and corporations against whose names they are severally set, from the school accounts as indicated, viz. :-


WAGES, FUEL AND CARE ACCOUNT.


Frank Y. Hess


$1,117 37


Bessie M. Brackett


200 00


Louise A. Thacher


325 60


Marion D. Ames .


15 00


Alice M. Hersey .


495 00


Ellen B. Ferguson


165 76


Frances M. Frost


236 80


Florence M. Rose


384 32


Mary M. H. Milliken .


3.10 49


Elizabeth Cahill


6 40


A. May Bowley .


88 00


Mary E. Frye


473 50


Marie L. Leach .


419 68


Jessie L. Hale


165 84


Lucy E. Reynolds


236 80


Grace C. Loker .


413 06


Elizabeth H. Hunter .


30 00


Margaret E. Kerrigan .


236 80


Grace McNaney .


428 84


Mary D. Fullick .


857 88


Meritt Jenkins .


366 63


J. Charles Vincent


458 26


John F. Burke .


162


147 52


Public Schools.


Mary J. Stickney .


80 00


Rachel L. Harvey


100 00


Agnes E. Boland .


.


135 00


Abbie F. Burns .


475 00


Nellie Rice Fiske


9 00


Philip E. Perry .


84 16


Warren F. Lawrence .


5 00


Timothy Linnehan


14 27


Louise Orton


5 00


S. Rodman Snelling


781 02


John M. Adams .


7 00


James H. Lee


15 30


$9,290 30


TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS ACCOUNT.


William Wheeler


$515 20


Louis Buoncore .


349 60


E. J. Gazzard


174 10


Alexander Holmes


258 00


Natick & Cochituate Street Railway .


540 00


Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co. .


120 00


$1,956 90


REPAIRS ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS ACCOUNT.


Fiske & Co. .


$9 15


T. Weld Frost


I 60


Walworth Manufacturing Company .


2 07


Fittz & Barker .


3 65


.


$16 47


163


Town of Wayland.


SCHOOL SUPPLIES ACCOUNT.


Oliver Ditson Co.


$4 54


E. J. Merriam


7 00


Wayland Water Board


48 00


Jennison & Crossman


I IO


Silver, Burdett & Co.


46


D. C. Heath & Co. .


14 80


Edward E. Babb & Co.


93 88


Thorp & Martin Co. .


IO 50


Howe & Co.


25


Allyn & Bacon .


29 06


Alfred B. Underwood


3 80


Clark & Smith Co.


13 75


Dement Publishing Co. .


5 50


Educational Publishing Co.


IO 99


Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .


I 25


Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.


2 80


Milton Bradley Co.


37 71


J. L. Hammett Co. .


64 82


Joseph Breck & Sons


2 50


Fairbanks & Son


I 50


Carl F. Lindbohm


8 25


Ginn & Co.


96 17


Thomas Bryant .


7 65


American Book Co.


22 29


Kenny Bros. & Wolkins


63 15


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.


4 76


Little Brown & Co. .


I 15


F. L. Noble


4 72


Dodd Mead & Co.


48 II


$610 46


INCOME OF STATE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT. Silver, Burdett & Co.


$II 50


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. . . .


I 93


I64


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Public Schools.


D. C. Heath & Co. .


6 55


Edward E. Babb & Co.


152 55


Thorp & Martin Co. .


3 75


Remington Typewriter Co.


5 35


Howe & Co.


25


Frank Y. Hess .


2 00


J. Charles Vincent


73 39


Shepard, Norwell Co.


8 67


Cecil T. Bagnall


6 10


H. D. Hemenway


2 20


Educational Publishing Co.


9 25


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


IO 4I


Rand, McNally & Co.


8 00


Charles Scribner's Sons


92


D. Appleton & Co.


6 72


Charles F. Prior


132 74


Philip E. Perry


157 80


Quincy E. Brewster


37 79


James H. Lee


6 41


John F. Burke


45 II


Louise A. Thacher


4 40


Alice M. Hersey


60 00


Abbie F. Burns .


55 00


Frances M. Frost


35 52


Florence M. Rose


35 52


A. May Bowley .


32 00


Margaret McNeil


I 00


Mary E. Frye


43 4I


Marie L. Leach .


39 45


Lucy E. Reynolds


35 52


Grace C. Loker .


39 45


Grace McNaney


35 52


Mary D. Fullick


39 45


Meritt Jenkins


78 93


Rachel L. Harvey


15 00


165


Town of Wayland.


Agnes E. Boland


II 25


Milton Bradley Co.


45


G. & C. Merriam Co.


9 25


J. L. Hammett Co.


8 38


Ginn & Co.


12 50


Harry E. Carson


6 00


Edward M. Bennett


4 30


Philip S. Ide


8 30


Thomas Bryant .


4 27


Dodd, Mead & Co.


29 89


$1,334 18


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS ACCOUNT.


S. C. Hutchinson .


. .


$375 00


Charles F. Prior .


.


.


250 00


$625 00


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


Wayland Benevolent Society


$13 00


William F. Garfield


4 50


Everett W. Small


2 14


E. A. Atwood


15 80


Fiske & Co.


I 70


Nelson Mathews


1 00


Alfred B. Underwood


I 90


A. P. Derby


2 00


Edward M. Sheedy


5 55


Murray & Emery Co.


7 00


Annie MacCully


I 00


J. L. Hammett Co.


4 20


S. C. Hutchinson


24 97


James H. Lee


48 77


I66


Public Schools.


Frank Y. Hess .


.


.


2 32


J. Charles Vincent


10 00


C. S. Williams


IO 92


J. Frank Facey ·


5 00


Merritt Jenkins


I 59


Charles F. Prior


63


John F. Burke


II 12


$175 II


MANUAL TRAINING ACCOUNT.


Philip E. Perry .


$147 28


J. B. Hunter & Co. .


125 28


Clark & Smith Co.


27 15


Lyman & Lawrence .


I 37


Lexington Hardware Co. .


27


George J. Barker Lumber Co.


4 00


$305 35


HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT.


Silver, Burdett & Co.


$2 00


C. G. Burchard & Co.


·


2 62


Frank Y. Hess .


2 63


$7 25


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Town of Wayland.


AUDITOR'S REPORT.


WAYLAND, March 15, 1909.


The accounts of the financial officers have been examined as usual and approved.


The financial returns to the State Bureau of Statistics of Labor, required under the Acts of 1906, Chapter 296, were duly compiled and forwarded.


Matters relating to the closing of the accounts of late collectors of taxes are in process of settlement, and it is expected that a satisfactory report may be made to the town in the near future.


The auditor recommends that all back taxes be collected or other- wise disposed of as early as possible.


The auditor recommends that the date for ending the municipal year be changed to February 15, in order that more time may be had in which to close up the business of the year and print and distribute the annual report.


FREDERICK H. FOWLER,


Auditor.


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Index.


INDEX.


Assessors, Report of


30


Auditor, Report of .


168


Cemetery Commissioners, Report of


75


Collectors, Report of 96


Commissioners of Town of Wayland Sinking Fund, Report of Commissioners of Water Works Sinking Fund, Report of . Finance Committee, Report of .


53


Fire Department, Report of Engineers of .


70


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, Report of Superintendent


100


Health, Report of Board of


39


Highways, Report of Surveyor of


32


Incidentals


16


Jurors, List of


23


Librarian, Report of


55


Library, Accessions to


57


Library, Report of Trustees of


67


Library Funds, Report of Treasurer of


68


Poor, Report of Overseers of


40


School Committee, Report of


111


Report of Superintendent of Schools .


113


Report of the Principal of the High School


124


Report of the Principal of the Cochituate Grammar School Report of Supervisor of Drawing


131


Report of Supervisor of Music .


133


Report of the Instructor in Manual Training


134


Report of School Physician


135


Report of Truant Officers .


136


Course of Study .


·


137


School Calendar, 1908-9 -


·


141


.


169


128


48


94


Town of Wayland.


Statistics .


143


Teachers .


144


Attendance Statistics


145


Rank of School in Attendance


146


Roll of Honor .


147


Grammar School Graduation


148


High School Graduation


150


Rules and Regulations


152


Extracts from School Laws Attendance Financial Statement


162


Selectmen, Report of


.


. .


13


State and Military Aid


24


Town Clerk, Report of


27


Town Meeting, Warrant for


1


Town Officers and Committees .


9


Treasurer, Report of


79


Water Commissioners, Report of


49


Water Works, Report of Superintendent of


104


.


157


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OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


Town of Wayland


FOR ITS


One Hundred and Thirtieth Municipal Year


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P. 89. Foot of page, $1,944.79, read $41, 944.79 P. 107. 4000 Highway notes read 1600


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TOWN WARRANT, 1910


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 28, 1910


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WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Way- land qualified to vote in town affairs to meet: The voters of precinct one at the Town Hall; the voters of precinct two at the engine house, in Cochituate Village on Monday, March 28, current,


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


at six o'clock in the forenoon of said day, to give in their votes for: A Moderator of Town Meetings. One School Committee.


Three Selectmen.


One Sinking Fund Commissioner One Assessor.


A Town Treasurer.


One Cemetery Commissioner.


A Collector of Taxes.


An Auditor.


One Overseer of Poor.


Surveyor of Highways.


One Water Commissioner.


Seven Constables.


All for three years.


All for one year.


One Cemetery Commissioner for two years (to fill vacancy). One member of Board of Health for one year (to fill vacancy).


Also to vote " Yes or No " on the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? "


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot.


The polls will be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon, and remain continuously open till four o'clock in the afternoon, when they may be closed unless otherwise ordered by the voters present.


You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Wayland qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Wednesday, March 30th, current, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following Articles, viz .:


ARTICLE 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers, Trustees, Agents, and Committees, and act thereon.


ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents, and Committees not elected by official ballot.


ART. 3. To grant money for any necessary Town purpose.


ART. 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel in important Town cases, and to defend the Town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


ART. 5. To appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses.


ART. 6. To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning March 1, 1910, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the Town, not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year,


A Town Clerk.


Two Trustees of Public Library.


Treasurer of Library Funds.


One Member of Board of Health.


A Tree Warden.


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from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to purchase a road machine.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars to defray the cost of extending the sidewalk on the north side of Pond Street, from the estate of Walter Evans, to the easterly boundary of estate of Nelson Mathews.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to pay for installing the new system of Town accounting.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will accept the sum of fifty dollars from the estate of Ambrose M. Page, the income to be used for the care of the Leonard H. Drury lot in North Cemetery.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize a ten-year contract for street lights with the Edison Co.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the by-laws prepared by the committee appointed at the last Town meeting, subject to the approval of the court, according to law, and to repeal all previous by-laws, to take effect immediately upon the approval by the court of the new by-laws, or do or act.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150 to reimburse the Town of Natick for damages paid to firemen injured while helping the Wayland department.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Town Treasurer's salary.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install electric lights on Tower Hill Road, from State Road to the Plain, and other additional street lights which they think necessary.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the construction of a new fireproof vault in the Town house.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the improvement of Main Street, between Five Paths and the Massachusetts Central Railroad tracks, and along the causeway near the Sudbury line, as recommended by the Select- men.


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ART. 18. To see if the Town will amend the vote by which all uninvested funds were to be reimbursed by the money received from the interest on taxes, as follows:


".As an amendment to the vote authorizing the application of interest received on taxes to the reimbursement of Town funds passed March 26, 1906, it is voted that in the case of the James Draper Fund, Grace Campbell Draper Fund, Ella E. Draper Fund, the Trustees of the Library shall continue to hold the notes of the Town in perpetuity, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, and that the amount of these funds be invested by the Sinking Fund Commissioners and held by them as a per- petual fund."


ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take regarding the building of a new schoolhouse at Cochituate Village.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from the Revenue Account (Contingent Fund) such sums of money as may be necessary to carry on the work of exterminat- ing the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths, for the months of December, 1910, and January and February of 1911, but not to exceed the Town's liability for 1911.


ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to making an annual report of all taxable property, both real and personal.


ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take regarding the revaluation of all property in said Town.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting copies hereof, attested by you at the Town House, at each of the Post Offices in said Town, and at the Engine House, Cochituate, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk on or before March 26 current.


Given under our hands this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ten.


THOMAS F. MAHONY, RUFUS E. CORLEW, EDMUND H. SEARS,


Selectmen of Wayland


A true copy : Attest


Constable


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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE


REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE


The Committee recommend the following appropriations:


Abatement of Taxes


General Administration


Salaries, Moderator


$10.00


Selectmen


175.00


Auditor


50.00


Treasurer


200.00


Collector


350.00


Assessors


450.00


Town Clerk


50.00


Election Officers


100.00


Registrars


100.00


New Ballot Boxes


100.00


Incidentals


1,140.00


Protection of Life and Property


3,059.00


Police


. 1,000.00


Fire Dept., Cochituate.


800.00


Fire Dept., Wayland


200.00


Fire Dept., construction repairs and hose


600.00


Hydrants


384.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


75.00


Health and Sanitation


.


275.00


Board of Health


150.00


Inspector of Animals (salary)


75.00


Medical Inspection in Schools


50.00


Highways and Bridges


2,300.00


Street Lighting


1,500.00


Moth Extermination


939.77


Charities


1,000.00


Overseers of the Poor (salaries)


130.00


Support of the Poor


870.00


.


.


Basis of Estimate


Appropria- tion


$800.00


2,725.00


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$13,000.00


Education Covering School Committee (salaries) Teachers' and Janitors' Sal- aries


Supplies


Transportation


Superintendent


Manual Training Incidentals


Libraries and Reading Rooms


1,600.00


Memorial Day Celebration


100.00


Soldiers' Benefits


450.00


Installation of New Accounting System


300.00


Interest


2,850.00


Cemeteries


300.00


Lake View Cemetery


$150.00


North and Centre Cemetery


150.00


Sinking Fund


1,408.80


Highway Note


400.00


$33,007.57


The Finance Committee respectfully recommend the sum of Five Hundred Thirty-five dollars ($535) be transferred from water rates to pay interest on water bonds.


Also, that the money for removing snow be drawn from Revenue Account (Contingent Account).


Also, that the insurance on town buildings be drawn from Revenue Account (Contingent Account).


Also, that the overdrafts for last year, amounting to Thirty- two Hundred Ninety-four dollarsand thirty-seven cents ($3,294.37) be charged to the Revenue Account (Contingent Account).


Also, that the unexpended balances from last year's appropria - tions, as follows:


New Vault Fittings


$14.10


Police Accounts


9.07


Highways


119.38


School Plans .


300.00


Memorial Day


19.66


Lake View Cemetery


15.86


Interest Account .


160.05


Total. .


$638.12


be credited to Revenue Account (Contingent Account).


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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE


Also, that the proceeds of sale of Town Farm property, · namely, Twenty-seven Hundred Fifty dollars ($2,750), be credited to the Cochituate School Building Fund.


PAUL T. DRAPER, Chairman, LLEWELLYN FLANDERS, CHARLES S. WRIGHT, GRANVILLE L. LOKER, FRANK S. JONES, Clerk, Finance Committee.


TOWN WARRANT, 1909


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


MIDDLESEX SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Way- land, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at their respective polling places in said Town on Monday, the 22d day of March, current, at ten minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon of said day, to give in their votes for


A Moderator of Town Meetings. Three Selectmen.


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TOWN OF WAYLAND


A Town Clerk.


A Town Treasurer.


A Collector of Taxes.


An Auditor.


Treasurer of Library Funds.


A Surveyor of Highways.


A Tree Warden.


Seven Constables.


A Trustee of the Public Library (to fill vacancy). All for one year.


· One School Committee.


One Sinking Fund Commissioner.


One Assessor.


One Cemetery Commissioner.


Two Trustees of the Public Library.


One Overseer of Poor.


One Member of the Board of Health.


One Water Commissioner. All for three years.


One member of the Board of Health for two years (to fill va- cancy).


Also to vote "Yes or No" on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town:"


All the foregoing to be voted for on one ballot.


The polls will be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at two o'clock in the afternoon, unless otherwise ordered by the voters present.


You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants afore- said to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday, the 24th day of March, current, at 7.45 o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles, viz. :


ARTICLE 1. The hear the report of Town Officers, Trustees, Agents, and Committees, and act thereon.


ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents, and Committees not already elected.


· ART. 3. To grant money for any and all necessary town pur- poses.


ART. 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel in im- portant town cases, and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it.


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ART. 5. To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors as pre- pared by the Selectmen, or do or act.


ART. 6. To appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses.


ART. 7. To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year beginning March 1, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


ART. 8. To see if the town will adopt as the official names of certain unnamed streets in the center and north parts of the town, a list suggested by the Wayland Village Improvement Society, and shown on a plan of the town prepared by this society, and ex- hibited in the annual report of this year, or any modification of it.


ART. 9. To see if the town will accept a bequest of four thou- sand dollars under the will of the late Cynthia C. Roby, the in- come of which to be used towards the running expenses of the Wayland Public Library.


ART. 10. To see if the town will direct the Assessors to cause to be printed in the annual report the names of all property owners, any part of whose taxes have been abated, or do or act.


ART. 11. To see if the town will direct the Collector of Taxes to print the names, in the annual report, of all the persons who owe two years' taxes or more, or do or act.


ART. 12. To authorize the Selectmen to permit the use of the Town Hall for church entertainments, free of charge.


ART. 13. To see if the town will appropriate a sum not ex- ceeding $850.00 for the purchase of a suitable fire engine or other apparatus of like nature for the use of the fire company located at Wayland Center, or do or act.


ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the E. W. Marston Hook Company No. 1, by the hour, for actual service at all fires, or do or act.


ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the sale of the Town Home, so called, as recommended by the Board of Overseers of the Poor.


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ART. 16. To see if the town will accept the following bequests : $100.00 from Mrs. S. S. Gray, Miss Ellen G. Stowe, Dr. Charles A. Willis, and Dr. Dwight F. Willis, to be known as the "Calvin Rice Fund," the income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Calvin Rice lots (Nos. 87 and 88) in North Cemetery.


Also $400.00 from Mrs. Cynthia C. Roby, to be known as the "Roby Fund," the income from which is to be used for the per- petual care of lots Nos. 40, 42, and 44, standing in the names of E. W. and W. G. Roby, in North Cemetery.


ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to draw from the Contingent Fund such sums of money as may be necessary to carry on the work of exterminating the Gypsy and Brown-tailed Moths, for the months of December, 1909, and January and February of 1910, but not to exceed the amount of this town's liability for 1910.


ART. 18. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to install additional street lights.


ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate a sum not ex- ceeding six hundred dollars for the purpose of paying the expense of making an investigation of the matter of a water supply for the center and north parts of the town, or do or act.


ART. 20. To see if the town will make February 15 the end of the municipal year.


ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to charge interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum cn all 1909 taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of October, 1909.


ART. 22. To see if the town will cause its By-Laws to be re- vised and published.


ART. 23. To see if the town will appoint a committee to pro- cure plans and estimates for a new school building to be erected at Cochituate Village, and report at a special town meeting to be held not later than June 1, 1909, and appropriate a sum of money to be used by said committee for the purpose of procuring such plans and estimates, or do or act.


ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to provide an adequate water supply for the schoolhouse at Wayland Center, or do or act.


ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate a sum not ex- ceeding nine hundred dollars ($900.00) for fitting up as a recita- tion room the room now used for manual training in the school- house at Wayland Center, or do or act.


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ART. 26. To see if the town will order additional fireproof receptacles for the protection of its records, or do or act.


ART. 27. To vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to pro- vide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire,' be ac- cepted by this town."


ART. 28. To see if the town will direct the placing of five street lights on Gleason Street, from Concord Street to the Residence of Charles A. Hardy, or do or act.


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




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