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During the year drawing has been introduced into some of the schools. There are few who will question the belief that ability to draw will in after life be found of quite as great service as ability to tell what river is between Bootan and Assam : and this question named is on par with a great deal of what has been taught in times past in our schools.
The course of study of geography imperatively calls for reform. It is found that, speaking generally, schol- ars will hardly pass so good an examination in what commonly passes under the name geographical knowl- edge after "going through" the intermediate geogra- phy as they pass upon their study of the smaller book : that is to say, that three years' study, of the intermediate geography has seemed to leave scholars with less ge- ographical knowledge than they had to begin with. Out of this evil several reforms have sprung during the year. It will remain for the future committee to deter- mine what course shall be approved.
Certain considerations call for a change in some parts of the town in the course of study of arithmetic. It has, speaking generally here also, been a custom to require scholars to "complete" (nearly) the intellectual arithmetic before commencing "written arithmetic." This course supposes that a scholar must have passed through a critical and extensive " intellectual " study of the whole of arithmetic before he can have a slate and pencil put into his hands to perform the simplest ex- amples in addition. As at present arranged, scholars are occupied from eight until nine years of age with the Primary Arithmetic; beginning then the Intellectual, in one year they reach fractions ; another year takes them through the various topics as they occur, to percentage ; and another year finishes the study. Thus they are eleven or twelve years old when they are adjudged suf- ficiently accomplished to begin " Written Arithmetic." One year in this study has usually taken a class into reduction ; another year, through fractions ; while a third or a fourth year has translated them to the High School. This is a course of study sufficiently appalling.
Another consideration : a wonderfully large number
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of the boys and girls graduate themselves from our in- termediate schools : and as scholars are seen no more. By the course which has been followed they go from school with Intellectual Arithmetic as their only mathe- matical accomplishment.
Again, the Intellectual Arithmetic requires the schol- ar to commit the definitions and understand the princi- ples. Suppose the scholar to have studied e. g. frac- tions when ten years old ; when he is thirteen, having in the intervening time been occupied with interest and analysis in Intellectual Arithmetic, and with addition, subtraction, &c., in Written Arithmetic, he arrives in the latter study at fractions again. What he once thor- oughly learned has been buried under the accumulations of three years. The labor of learning it the second time is not less than the first. Our point is this : that here is waste.
Suggestion : not that less importance be attached to Intellectual Arithmetic as a mental drill ; but that when a scholar shall have learned something of numbers he be taught to write them; that when he shall mentally understand addition, multiplication, &c., he work in the same in " Written Arithmetic," that when he shall have conquered fractions in Mental Arithmetic he take the same subject in "Written Arithmetic," and so on, bear- ing in mind that all principles once gained should be kept near the surface in the mind, by frequent re-viewing of the same.
Until recently, it is believed that the time spent in the study of grammar has been just so much time mis- used. While reform has recreated almost every depart- ment of life and of labor, the course of study in gram- · mar has been substantially the same as that which was pursued in schools twenty years ago. A partial reform has been accomplished; but a thorough and radical change from what was formerly the course of study needs to be completed. We submit that according to that method the study of grammar, which was to teach the child to speak and write correctly, gave him very little ability to do either. We submit to all intelligent
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teachers that it is elegant folly, to teach a boy or girl however true it may be of a pronoun, that a "noun used as a subject must be in the nominative case." The profound people who make our grammars generally de- fine the nominative case to mean the relation of sub- ject. Taking this definition of the nominative case and applying it to nouns, the rule may be fairly stated thus : A noun used as a subject is used as a subject !! Our argument is this ; `that it is folly, in what is called pars- ing, to keep a boy occupied years in repeating what amounts to this ; that such non-sense ought not to be taught ; that the course of study of grammar ought to be recast in such form that it will do what now it pro- fesses, and actually give the boys and girls ability to speak and write correctly.
No mention has been made in this connection of the studies of the High Schools. This investigation has been pursued in the attempt to get a true solution of these two problems ; why it requires so many years to get a pupil from the primary or intermediate school to the high school, and why they so poorly understand these studies when they do arrive there.
The reasons for this lie largely in the course of study scholars must go through to get to the high school ; but not wholly in this. One teacher, or two teachers, if those with whom the scholar is blessed or cursed, fail to teach thoroughly what is taught. Again, a teacher is not watchful and thought-full, to discover all who can advance, to give them the benefit of their thoroughness and those who are dull, the benefit of their dullness.
In the want of thoroughness and thoughtfulness on the part of some teachers, and in the course of study scholars must go through to get to the high school, we. believe we have found the true solution of the ques- tions named above, and of the principal abuses of our school system ; and to them the attention of the future committee is respectfully called.
THE SCHOOLS.
We ask the people of the town to excuse us from presenting in this report a picture of the beauties and
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defects of each teacher. We have to say of the schools generally that, with the exception of two schools, we have had during the year what the uncritical public call good schools. Judged by a higher standard we have had nine schools where the practice has been not so much to stuff the learning into the scholars' memories as to develop their power to reason and think for them- selves. It was much to be regretted that we had not the same success in September in securing a teacher for the school in district No. 3 that we had for other schools. That school still has need in the coming year of a teach- er of great energy and first rate abilities, to lift it up into a newness of life. And the teacher, whoever she may be will need the countenance and assistance of the parents, in order to succeed in her work. If the whole trutlı be spoken, four teachers seem to have taken their wages without first giving us very much for which to be paid. Their names can better be given to the com- mittee for the next year than communicated publicly.
There are schools in the town of which that which we are about to say is not true ; but speaking generally, it is a defect in our schools that scholars are not given enough to do. We do not mean by this that they should have "longer lessons ;" but yet we mean that they should have more to do. That they are not kept busy about something-that their busy-ness is not in something which they ought to do is a defect in our schools. In old times in schools, scholars were kept very busy in sitting still and doing nothing. The prop- er remedy applied will in any given time cause the schools to produce greatly increased results.
The measure of the work in almost any of our schools ·may with almost exact truth be said to be the enthusi- asm of the teacher. If you wish to learn what schools are the good schools learn who are enthusiastic teach- ers. The enthusiasm of the teachers depends largely upon the course of the committee : upon the kind of men who in such capacity display their own interest or want of interest: and to this the attention of the town is invited.
Your committee thoroughly believe that the best
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teachers are also the cheapest. The education with which our boys and girls should be furnished should develop them, not stuff them ; they should understand what they are taught, so that they shall be, with an ed- ucation, quicker, brighter, smarter, as well as more learned than they would be without it. This result is not accomplished by the employment of "cheap teach- ers."
We have spoken with a generous pride of certain teachers whose service we have enjoyed. It is well known to your committee that these, the good teachers, cannot be retained for any less sum than they are now paid ; and that some of them can only be retained by an increase of salary. The estimates that are given for the amounts needed for the next year have been care- fully made upon a full consideration of the present de- pressed condition of business affairs on the one hand and of the true interest of the children of the town upon the other. It is earnestly hoped that if any citizen, pursuing a false economy shall endeavor to reduce the amount of the appropriation, the town will expect him to exhibit in full detail a system by which good schools and good teaching can be had for the amount he may name. Let this at least be understood: that a reduced appropriation will lose for us our good teachers : that it will be in just so many words, voting to have poor schools.
It would seem that some remark should be made of the almost universal regard which our people entertain for the teachers. Only by the co-operation of parent and teacher can the happiest results be produced. In this connection it perhaps ought to be remarked that the ill- advised conduct of a certain few, in interfering with their schools, merits pointed condemnation. It is hoped that public sentiment will in all that is right sustain the teachers and thus sustain their schools.
Before closing this report we would call attention to something which has in the past been too much neglect- ed. We quote from the Gen. Statutes, Ch. 38, Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of teachers " to exert their best en-
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deavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred regard for truth ; love of, their country, humanity, and universal benevolence ; sobriety, industry and frugality ; chastity, moderation and temperance ; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded ; and it shall be the duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their age and capacities will admit, into a clear un- derstanding of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues, to preserve and perfect a republican constitution and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness." That instruction in these sub- jects should, under some systematic method, receive greater attention than in the past it has, is too evident to need argument.
Looking back over the year, recollecting what has been attempted by the teachers to improve themselves, contrasting the intelligence of scholars as we saw them at the close of the year with our recollection of them at the beginning of the schools, it seems to your committee that during the year a year's work has been done. That the scholars have learned a great deal can be seen. Judging by a higher standard, it can also be seen that they have greater intelligence and exhibit greater power to think and reason. These are general state- ments and apply to some schools much better than to others.
Respectfully submitted,
W ALES B. THAYER, A. B. FRENCH, School THOMAS WEST. Committee.
Randolph, March, 1868.
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STATISTICAL.
The whole number of persons in the town be- tween five and fifteen, 1,476
Increase in one year, 25
Number of children in the town attending schools, under five, 21
Number of persons in the town attending school over fifteen, 8"
Number of different people who have visited our schools during the year, not far from 300
Average of visits, to each school per week, 1
Number enrolled as scholars in the town, 1,282
Average attendance Spring Term, 1,050
66 Fall 965
66 66 Winter “ 898
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66 for the year, 971
66 number of children out of school each day, 505
Estimates for the ensuing year.
For salaries of Teachers, $8,319
care of rooms, &c., 560
66 Stetson School, 300
66 Fuel, 900
Total for support of schools,
$10,079
For repairs, furniture and incidental expenses, $500 " painting three school houses, 300
$800
Whole amount for schools, and repairs, $10,879
The income for the year, applicable to school purposes will be, perhaps, $450
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NAMES OF TEACHERS.
District.
Grade.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
No. over 15.
No. Visitors.
Ada Belcher,
1
43
29
Estelle F. Wilson,
2
Prim. Int.
34
35
35
31
32
30
3
37
Emily Copeland,
3
55
54
51
45
40
35
49
N. C. M. Winship,
4
Prim.
53
49
48
46
39
34
3
Hannah O. Noyes,
4
Int.
36
33
41
31
27
32
3
22
Helen S. Dunbar,
6
Prim.
72
60
50
58
42
36
40
S. Augusta Bass,
6
Int.
42
50
50
35
37
43
41
Edna M. Howard,
7
60
56
49
42
46
38
1
113
Emma F. Veazie,
8
Prim.
86
88
71
63
44
43
Emma P. Ryan,
8
66
66
71
56
57
50
65
Lottie S. Bean,
8
58
60
56
44
46
41
44
Flora A. Belcher,
8
52
48
47
40
38
38
28
S. M. Tileston,
8
Int.
54
57
57
50
48
47
50
Hannah F. Thayer,
8
G ..
48
44
45
45
39
41
Thos. H. West,
8
r' ram.
47
35
38
38
31
32
35
Mary H, French.
9
rim.
59
55
52
55
49
43
35
Felicia Vining,
9
Int.
40
37
38
38
35
34
37
John V. Beal,
9
Gram.
38
36
37
36
31
31
Lucy J. Thayer,
10
Prim.
50
42
37
30
19
Isadora Arnold,
10
Int.
55
50
83
43
40
66
Wales.B. Thayer.
10
Gram. High.
27
21
21
25
20
19
24
43 35
29 25
35 30
37 29
21 19
2
43
Esther Beaman,
2
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Alice A. Smith,
5
37
37
37
26
27
29
1
1
5
Enna M. Packard, S
2
4
24
Sarah E. Shankland,
8
56
48
48
51
40
43
1
10
Alma G. Pierce
1
17
3
48
24
70
F. W. Lewis.
104 59
44
55
47
37
Whole No. of Scholars.
Average Attendance
37
Harriet A. Holbrook,
E. Annie Paine, ¿
Mary J. Austin, S
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Marriages Recorded in Randolph, 1867.
Jan. 8. Thomas E. Burbank, Jr., and Alice A. Thurston, both of Randolph.
12. Isaac N. Thayer of Randolph and Lavina Brett of N. Bridgewater.
14. Gilbert A. Lyons and Anna M. Shultz, both of N. Bridgewater.
“ 27. Richard Sullivan of Stoughton and Susan A. Ward of Randolph.
Feb. 5. Michael Healy of Boston and Margaret R. Driscoll of Randolph.
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19. Cullen Palmer of Boston and Mary Willis of Randolph.
" 20. John Lynch and Mary Hoye, both of Randolph.
" 24. James Breenan and Julia McDermott, both of Randolph.
Apr. 18. John T. Marston of North Bridgewater and Isabella R. Packard of Randolph.
" 19. George M. Clark and Sarah E. French, both of Randolph.
“ 21. Byron B. Brown and Elisena Hollis, both of Randolph.
May 11. Adam W. Jones and Matilda Tower, both of Randolph.
16. Samuel L White of Randolph and Sarah E. Hayden of Braintree.
June 1. George F. Littlefield of Stoughton and Hattie R. Austin of Randolph.
11. Allen W. Litchfield of Cambridge and Maria D. S. Burrell, of Ran- dolph.
" 11. Charles H. Mann and H. Annie Phillips, both of Randolph.
" 16. Lorenzo B. Kimball of Boston and Susie Shedd of Randolph.
" 18. Welcome A. Howard of North Bridgewater and Nellie M. Jones of Randolph.
" 30. Barton H. Decoster and Susan A. Hicks, both of Randolph.
July 7, Henry Dodge and Lucinda B. Tileston, both of Randolph.
" 11. Philander W. Thayer of Randolph and Sarah E. Hinkley, of Rome, N. Y.
" 21. Patrick Regan and Ann Brown, both of North Bridgewater.
" 28. Daniel Faxon, Jr., and Mary Ann Thayer, both of Randolph,
" 31. Moses G. McGauhey and Margaret Gill.
Aug. 4. Fessenden Besse of Randolph to Sarah M. Littlefield of Stoughton
6 5. Cady Soule, Jr., and Mary J. Myers, both of Randolph.
6. John Greenwood and Mary Frances Benjamin, both of Braintree.
66 18. John F. Hollis of Randolph and Amanda Thompson of Weymouth.
18. James H. Cooper of North Bridgewater and Rebecca K. Chase of Randolph.
" 22. Samuel W. Bonner of Greensburg, Ind., and Abbie A. Snell, of Ran- dolph.
" 24. Elijah W. Porter and Julianna W. Buker both of Randolph.
Sept. 3. Marcus Burns and Margaret Byrn, both of Randolph.
9. William B. Spear and Emily C. Allen, both of Randolph.
" 26. Benjamin French of Brunswick Me., and Sarah W. Lamb of Ran- dolph.
" 28. Eliot Thayer and Elanor B. White, both of Randolph.
Oct. 9. James M. Thayer and Josephine D. Belcher, both of Randolph.
" 13. Daniel Daily and Ann Frizzell, both of Randolph.
. 13 George B. Hall and Nancy J. Sullivan, both of Randolph.
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Oct. 14. Lorenzo D. Eddy and Betsey Marshall, both of Randolph.
" 16. John Harris and Mary Barry, both of Randolph.
3. Charles T. Stetson of Randolph and Caro P. Harden of Dixmont, Maine.
Nov. 13. William B. Belcher, Jr., and Laura E. Blanchard, both of Randolph.
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14. Frederick Bigelow and Eliza A. Beals, both of Randolph.
« 17. Patrick Cain and Bridget Riley both of Randolph.
66 20. Joseph Jones and Ruth White, both of Randolph.
66 20. Aaron Belcher and Julia A. Dyer, both of Randolph.
21. Nelson E. Knight and Annie A. Tucker, both of Randolph.
25 Volney French and Lizzie J. Tansy, both of Quincy.
66 27. John P. Beal of Randolph and Ella A. Brett of Stoughton. 66 30.
Frederick N. Bigelow of Randolph and Augusta W. Beard of Ashby.
Dec. 8. Henry F. Thayer and Eliza Ann Paine, both of Randolph.
" 5. George W. Taber and Laura Ann Bailey, both of Randolph.
" 25. Aaron Hollis and Sarah C. Hollis, both of Randolph.
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DEATHS IN RANDOLPH FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Date of Death.
NAMES OF DECEASED.
Yrs.
Mos.
Dys.
Disease, or cause of Death.
1866, Aug. 2, George N. Johnson,
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5
1
Typhoid Fever. Scrofula.
Jan. 1867, 3, Roxana Pierce,
9, Patrick H. Kiernan,
1
5
21
22, Charles N. Pool,
40
6
1
Hydrocephalus. Consumption. Consumption . Hypertrophy & Dil nHr't General debility.
February
3, Lucia A. Keith,
23
3
8
10
10
17
Dysentery.
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22, Julia Donnehey,
Dysentery. Consumption.
March
12, Julia Garrity,
1
1
Lung Fever.
"
16, Elizabeth A. Belcher,
36
3
CongenitalH'rt disease. 6
April
5, Jabez S. Stetson,
16
1
Premature birth.
10, William Donnehey,
Infantile. Heart disease.
3, Thomas Duffy,
80
8
2
8, John Thayer,
17
3
10
lo, Annie Sullivan,
1
6
8 Dysentery.
11, Francis Crosby,
17
7
2
9, Hannah L. Freeman,
66
10
27
June
12, John E. Shadick,
35
1
1
16. Amasa Joy,
70
5
4
28, Esther B. Moore,
2
July
7, Emma J. Howland,
14
10
15, John O'Keefe,
50
Mania a potu. Consumption. Convulsions.
21, Hattie T White,
4
19
Cholera Infantum.
August
29, Sybil Howard,
76
8
21
Old age.
29, Albert Thayer,
2
7
Menengetis.
September 1, George W. French,
51
6
16 Suicide, (Insanity.)
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2. Clarence H. Holbrook.
5
11
5, Ellen J. Gill,
11
3
Dentition.
6, Rebecca Madan,
57
21
Consumption.
14, Mary J. Emilie,
Phthisis.
24, Michael Riley,
41 2
27, Annie Thayer,
28
October
1, Lucia E. F. Keith,
8
4
4, Esther P. Belcher,
45
8
2
23
12, John McCue,
40
12, Wales French,
84
10
2
Heart disease.
15, Thomas Reed,
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20, Acsah Derby,
72
11
3
Heart disease. Phthisis.
23, Augusta Abbott,
27
8
4
26, Susan L. Howard, 29, Oliver H. Bowman, jr.
13
1
3
11
20, Mary McMahon,
37
21, Lucia M. Holmes,
46
10
Cons'n. Hemorr. lungs. Phthisis pulmonalis.
December 30, Amity C. Curtis,
33 4
30, Rose Kiernan,
31, Sarah Flora Britton,
17
10
17
Effusion in chest.
7
16
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
24, Ida J. Capen,
1
Phthisis.
18, Dennis McAuliffe,
19
6
May
6, Joseph N. DuBois,
34
11
17, Elizabeth McCrea,
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Pulmon'y consumption Pneumonia. Ifl'n & Uulc.Esophagus. Infantile.
13, Michael Murphy,
Niles,
15, 13, Niles,
19
19, Lucy L. Tirrell,
9
Pulmon'y consumption Premature birth. Premature birth. Consumption. Consumption. Unknown. Fhthisis.
21, Ellen Sullivan,
31 2
11
8
Dentition . Old age.
5, Benjamin Paine,
82
3
T
Phthisis.
19, Mary A. Wortman,
34 30
10
27
25, Ellen Flynn,
Enlargement of liver. . Gastritis. Infantile. Tubercular Mengenetis. Consumption. Infantile. Accidental. Old age.
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4
Internal hemorrage. 7
November 11, Louisa J. Palmer,
13 Internal injury. 1 Choked to death. Heart disease.
26
Debility .
19, Alice Donohue,
2
3
9
6
16
6, Sarah M. Brown,
26
2
25
22, Julia O'Niel,
38
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21, John C. Donnehey,
27, Etudine Borbeau,
Old age. Typhoid Pneumonia. Phthisis.
5
28, Hattie A. Pratt,
6, William H. Stetson,
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LIST OF JURORS.
The following is a list of Jurors, for the consideration of the Town, to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, April 6th, 1868.
Baker, Samuel
Belcher, Charles
Belcher Ansel.
Lewis, Ira W.
Belcher, Lewis S.
Long, John
Belcher, Wilson
Belcher, Allen A.
Beal, Eleazer
Bennett, John
Moulton, Ebenezer
Mann, Ephraim
Mann, Elisha
Maloon, Enos S.
May, John
McMahon, Cornelius
Niles' John.
Pike, Martin P. Pendergrass, Orlando
Reynolds, William F. Roel, Edson M.
Sullivan, Thomas Swain, Abram G. Sawyer, Seth C.
Thayer, P. Webster Thayer, Royal Thayer, Rufas A.
Underhey, John jr.
White, Oramel Whiting Theophilus W.
Clark, J. Francis
Cushing, Perez W. Chandler, Roscoe P.
Dyer, Adoniram J. Daniels, Ozias D. Dolan, Thomas
French, Austin B. French, John L. French, Wales jr.
Howard, Daniel Howard, Gideon jr. Howe, Wm J. Harris, J. Wales Hobart, N. E.
Kellaher, John (E. R.) Kiernan, Edward
Lothrop, Edward E. Lovering, Mason
Lincoln, Ephraim W. Linfield, Isaac N.
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Wales, Atherton Wales, Appollos West, Thomas Wentworth, Wales B.
Wentworth, Lemuel Wild, Ludovicus F. Whitcomb, Joseph E.
J. WHITE BELCHER, NATHANIEL HOWARD, of
Selectmen
JACOB WHITCOMB, Randolph.
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COPY OF ARTICLES
In the Warrant to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, April 6th, 1868.
Article 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
2 .- To choose all necessary Town officers for the year ensuing, also a Trustee of "Stetson High School Fund," for three years, and to fill a vacancy for one year, occasioned by the resignation of Thom- as White, Esq.
66 3 .- To raise such sum of money as may be deemed necessary for the support of Schools, and appro- priate the same.
4 .- To raise such sums of money as may be thought proper for repairs of school houses, and inciden- tal expenses for schools.
5 .- To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways and bridges the coming year, and make appropriations for the same.
66 6 .- To take action in relation to funding the town debt.
66 7 .- To raise such sums of money as may be thought proper to pay town debt and interest.
66 8 .- To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray other town expenses, and make appro- priations of the same.
66 9 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to fire engines, engine houses, and the pay of en- gine-men.
66 10 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to a lock-up, in compliance with sec. 16, chap. 217, of the acts of 1862.
66 11 .- To see if the town will renew the vote passed at the last annual meeting in relation to reservoirs.
66 12 .- To act on a list of jurors, as reported by the Se- lectmen.
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Article 13 .- To see if the town will adopt the provisions of the several acts of the Legislature, so far as ap- plicable to truant children and absentees from school.
14 .- To see if the town will take action in relation to providing better accommodations for the support of their poor, in the erection of a new building, purchase of land, &c.
66 15 .- To see if the town will discontinue the old town way leading from or near the barn of Charles McCarty, in the rear of the dwelling house of Owen Dean, to its intersection with the new road, as laid out by the County Commissio ers.
16 .- To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, (with the approval of the Selectmen,) to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
17 .- To see if the town will make any discount on the payment of taxes the current year, and accept the provisions of chap. 146 of the acts of 1862, as to interest on taxes unpaid, also to fix the rate.
66 18 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to a claim by Mr. Benjamin Paine, for damage to his horse from an alleged defect in the highway. 19 .- To see if the town will authorize the collector of taxes to use all means for collecting the same, which a town treasurer, when appointed collector, may use.
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20 .- To hear reports, choose committees, and act upon any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
THIRTY - THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE TOWN OF
RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1869.
RANDOLPH, MASS : PRINTED AT THE NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTER OFFICE. 1869.
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