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We further recommend the early introduction of the kin- dergarten system for young children, which has proved so successful in other localities.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Owing to the inability to accommodate all the children qualified to enter the highest grade in the Prescott school,
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which, though to a less extent, has been of yearly recurrence for some time past, and is likely to remain a permanent con- dition, a serious problem was presented to the committee. The various alternatives were to create a new school and employ another teacher - to build an addition to the Pres- cott school, thus enlarging Mr. West's room - to refuse duly qualified pupils promotion merely because of insuffi- cient quarters - or to send such of the children as could most conveniently make the change to the North Grammar school, already well filled. The latter alternative was event- ually adopted, and this, in some cases, necessitated the transportation of the pupils to and from the school. This, however, is a mere temporary evasion of an embarrassing question which, if the same conditions continue, can only be properly solved by furnishing additional school accommoda- tions. This we have urged the town for three or four years to do, and as yet no step has been taken in the desired direction. We earnestly repeat our recommendation of last year that some progress be at once made, looking towards the erection, in the near future, of a union school building, in some central location, to include the High School, the Prescott school and the North Grammar school, and per- haps, also, the South District school (No. 1). As we have heretofore suggested, the expense can be so divided over a series of years, by recourse to notes or bonds, as to make the additional burden of taxation in any one year compara- tively light. It is to be borne in mind that there will probably be a considerable saving of expense in running such a building, upon the present cost of the schools which it is proposed to consolidate. We have asked the Selectmen to insert an article in the warrant for the coming annual meeting, which will bring the matter up for consideration and discussion. It is to be hoped that a harmonious and rational conclusion upon this imporiant subject will be arrived at, and that the voters, after thoroughly understanding the situation, will take a lib-
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eral view of it. Economy at the expense of public instruc- tion is a poor policy for us as a town, or as parents with children to educate. It unfortunately cannot be denied, how- ever, that our taxes are now, and are likely to be for some time to come, all that we can bear.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCE.
This is another subject upon which we are almost weary of enlarging. Although the town has long since become con- vinced of its utility, and has voted for several consecutive years to accept the act, we have as yet been unable to form a desirable union. There seems, however, to be a fair pros- pect, this year, that both Holbrook and Avon will be in a position to join us, if we desire. The usual article has been inserted in the warrant, and we earnestly hope that the town will again vote in favor of the change, if it can be advantageously effected. It is not creditable to be one of the very small number of towns in the Commonwealth which now have no special school supervision. It is needless, per- haps, to repeat, in this connection, a suggestion which we have made heretofore, that if the town should vote to employ a superintendent, an earnest effort should be made to secure the services of a thoroughly experienced and com- petent man. An inefficient superintendent would undoubt- edly do more harm than good.
EXPENSES.
There have been no expenses out of the ordinary course during the past fiscal year, and the disbursements have exceeded the appropriation and income only by a few dol- lars. If the revenue from the State School Fund, the dog licenses, and the Coddington Fund had been as large as our estimate, we should have been well inside of the appro- priation. This is in pleasant contrast with the large over-
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draft of last year, and is due principally to the fact that there has been no necessity for extensive repairs, or changes in text books. A detailed statement of the expenditures in this department for the year ending December 31, 1898, is annexed to this report.
SCHOOL LEGISLATION.
Among the important legislation during the year 1898, affecting schools, are the following provisions :
No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed in a factory or work shop.
The time of taking the school census is changed to Sep- tember first.
Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school (or private school approved by the committee) during the entire time that the public day schools are in session. Every person having under his control such a child shall cause it to attend school as thus required. If he fails to do so for five day sessions, or for ten half-day sessions, within any period of six months, he shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
The following brief and excellent statement of the educa- tional conditions now generally prevalent throughout the Commonwealth, is quoted from the report of the State Board of Education covering the school year of 1897-98 :
" The public schools, in the main, are in good condition. This condition is subject to exceptions that are inevitable in so vast a system, administered, as it is, in three hundred and fifty-three distinct sections, by three hundred and fifty- three school boards, that, however competent and progres- sive, must nevertheless defer to an endless variety of condi- tions in their respective constituencies. If, however, there are exceptions on the side of mediocrity or worse, they are
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far outnumbered by exceptions on the side of conspicuous excellence. It is certain that school buildings are gaining in fitness for their purpose and in beauty as well, that teachers are preparing themselves better for their work, that superintendents are making themselves felt for good, that courses of study are becoming more sensible and attractive, that the normal schools were never in a better position to inspire the schools by demanding good teaching from them and sending out good teachers to them, and that the public interest in educational themes was never keener. School problems were never more numerons, indeed, and never more earnestly debated; but the stir of discussion means far more for the good of the schools than the conceit of satisfaction or the stagnation of indifference. Such dis- cussion would hardly be possible, were it not for the univer- sal conviction that the public schools are not only an inesti- mable blessing to the children of the people, but the State's supreme reliance for the enlargement and strengthening of its civil foundations."
ROLL OF HONOR.
PUPILS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABSENT DURING THE YEAR.
Annie G. Ainsley.
Ina G. Good.
Mary Ainsley.
Chester W. Howard.
Leona Bloonı.
Francis M. Jones.
Flora E. Clark.
Charles E. Lyons.
Lilian Conley. Royal L. Mann.
Della M. Cunningham.
Lester W. Payne.
Florence Devine.
Peter Rooney.
Grace H. Dushame.
Roland R. Tileston.
Roger B. Willard.
PUPILS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABSENT FOR TWO TERMS. Harold Bailey.
Norman Baker.
Edward Hogan. Grace Langley.
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Sara Burke.
Lloyd Chase. Joseph Clark.
Louis Courtney.
John E. Conley.
Albert Cunningham.
Albertis R. Daniels.
Mary Donahoe.
Willie Dyer.
Winfred H. Pierce.
Thomas Fardy.
Isabelle G. Pope.
Elsie Fischer.
Kittie Shepard.
Nellie Gill.
Harold G. Soule.
John Goode.
Annie Sutton.
Marguerite Hayes.
Kittie Sutton.
Raymond Hooper.
Cora E. Taber.
Lillian H. Wentworth.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Number enrolled.
membership.
Average
attendance.
Per cent
of attendance.
No. over 15 years
No. between 8 and
14 years of age.
No. under 5 years of age.
Fred E. Chapin
Isabel M. Breed
107 96
902
94+
83
24
O
Amy H. Wales
Ella L. Chase
Thomas H. West
57 54+52+ 96+
7
36
O
PRESCOTT GRAMMAR,
Katie A. Kiley
38|36.9 34.8
94++
I
32
0
Mary A. Molloy
37|33
3I
94
O
37
0
[ Kittie E. Sheridan
35 33
3I
94+
O
35
14
IO
PRIMARY,
Ellen E. Mclaughlin, Kittie R. Molloy . Joseph Belcher
53 49
45
90+
O
O
NORTH
GRAMMAR,
Ellen P. Henry
38 34++
32
92
35
NORTH
Sarah C. Belcher
35 29
27
93+
O
23
0
PRIMARY,
Clara A. Tolman
37 34
29
85
O
4
I
Susy L. Balkam
37 28
25
89
O
25
0
Hannah F. Hoye
30|29
27
93
87
0
2
I
Elizabeth G. Lyons | Lucie W. Lewis .
29 29
24
38 31.8
29.8 93+
O
26
O
28
0
UNGRADED,
Mary E. Wren
40|35
32++ 94
O
PRESCOTT
4034+31+ 90+
63 56
53+95++
4
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.
May Lawless. Albert Lynch. Nellie Lyons. Caroline McDonald. J. Francis Mooney. Nicholas Moore. Edward Morgan. Gertrude L. Pierce.
Average
of age.
HIGH,
O
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The committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to meet the expenses of the schools for the year ending December 31, 1899 :
For teaching . $7,200 00
Care of rooms
550 00
Fuel
400 00
Miscellaneous and incidental expenses and
general repairs 600 00
Books and supplies
700 00
Shingling
200 00
$9,650 00
Less estimated revenue from the dog tax, State
School Fund and Coddington Fund 780 00
$8,870 00
ASA P. FRENCH, ROYAL T. MANN, MICHAEL A. DONOVAN, School Committee.
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS, 1898.
FOR TEACHING (38 weeks) .
Paid Thomas H. West $1,000 00
Joseph Belcher
1,000 00
Ellen P. Henry
450 00
Katherine A. Kiley
450 00
Katherine E. Sheridan 418 00
Mary A. Molloy
418 00
Mary E. Wren
380 00
Katherine R. Molloy
380 00
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Paid Clara A. Tolman
$380 00
Helen A. Belcher
230 00
Lucy W. Lewis
380 00
Hannah F. Hoye
380 00
Sarah C. Belcher
380 00
Elizabeth G. Lyons
377 00
Ellen Mclaughlin
320 00
Susan Balkam
320 00
$7,263 00
FOR FUEL.
Paid S. A. Thayer .
$6 50
M. E. Leahy .
18 00
Edwin M. Mann
5 00
M. E. Leahy .
35 50
James Barry, preparing wood, etc. .
3 00
Martin Harty, preparing wood, etc. .
2 50
E. M. Mann .
8 00
D. B. White .
12 50
S. A. Thayer .
293 76
Harvey J. DeForest, labor on wood
2 00
M. E. Leahy .
3 75
E. M. Mann
8 00
$395 51
FOR CARE OF ROOMS.
Paid George M. Johnson
$100 00
Martin Harty .
87 50
Mrs. A. J. DeForest
22 00
Francis B. Thayer .
35 00
Mrs. Eleanor Holbrook
44 05
James Barry .
50 00
.
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Paid William Fox . $25 15
John P. Rooney
125 00
S. M. Jones . 2 25
$490 95
FOR BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Paid American Book Company
$653 40
Ginn & Co.
144 85
Boston School Supply Co.
204 94
Edward E. Babb & Co.
191 97
Leach, Shewell & Co.
16 55
Silver, Burdett & Co.
24 65
T. H. Castor . ·
26 73
De Wolfe, Fisk & Co.
8 25
D. C. Heath .
8 00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
3 40
Oliver Ditson Co.
8 37
Thomas Groom
3 75
J. L. Hammett Co.
9 83
F. J. Barnard & Co.
5 06
L. E. Knott
5 73
Maynard, Merrill & Co.
3 75
$1.319 23
FOR MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE AND INCIDENTAL REPAIRS.
Paid E. A. Perry, labor and material $3 00 Walter French, tuning piano 2 00
Frank J. Donahoe, truant officer M. E. Leahy, labor and material Daniel Kiley, labor
20 00
1 50
4 00
James Barry, shoveling snow, etc.
1 75
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Paid E. P. Clapp, lumber $26 13
James H. DeForest, labor and stock
2 00
F. A. Boyd & Co., labor and stock 10 53
John E. McDonald, taking census Francis B. Thayer, labor
20 00
1 30
J. C. Haynes, repairing drum, etc. . .
3 35
Mrs. Harty, labor . Joseph Belcher, piano cover 4 00
Michael E. Leahy, labor .
6 00
C. W. H. Moulton, ladder 2 70
F. A. Boyd & Co., repairing stoves 46 98
Lizzie A. Burke, cleaning rooms 6 90 ·
Francis B. Thayer, cleaning rooms 7 83
John P. Rooney, cleaning rooms
16 84
Mrs. James Barry, cleaning rooms
10 00
Mrs. A. J. DeForest, cleaning rooms
6 43
Hannah C. Johnson, cleaning rooms
15 00
E. A. Perry, labor .
7 00
J. W. Belcher, insurance .
45 00
J. W. Belcher, insurance, $14.00, $18.13, 32 13
F. M. French, insurance . 22 50
M. W. Baker, repairing stoves
3 20
H. M. White, supplies
2 50
Arthur W. Alden, care of room
6 00
S. M. Jones, labor 2 00
Charles Prescott Estate, supplies 4 37
D. H. Huxford, printing 27 75
J. F. Hurley, labor
1 50
C. H. Belcher, supplies
33 99
F. B. Thayer, labor
5 75
N. Mann, truant officer
20 00
M. W. Baker, labor, etc. 7 41
John P. Rooney, labor
5 00
John P. Rooney, watchman
2 00
1 75
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Paid William Mahady, labor
$4 41
Walter A. French, piano string
1 00
M. A. Donovan, cash paid
5 94
F. W. Hayden, supplies
2 82
A. J. Gove, expressing
24 30
Wales Bros., labor
1 50
F. H. Langley, labor and stock
1 45
William A. Croak, labor and stock
6 43
Charles H. Cole, labor
5 00
D. H. Huxford, printing
5 50
$506 44
PERMANENT REPAIRS.
Paid E. A. Perry, building fence
$12 59
E. A. Perry and assistant
18 45
M. Wales Baker, labor and stock
5 00
Griffith Jones
5 60
Wales Bros. .
1 20
$42 84
FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Paid Royal T. Mann, cash paid
$13 50
Royal T. Mann, cash paid
24 50
Royal T. Mann, cash paid
19 00
Royal T. Mann, cash paid
16 50
$73 50
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid for teaching
$7,263 00
Fuel
395 51
Books and supplies
1,319 23
Miscellaneous and incidentals
506 44
Permanent repairs
42 84
Transportation of pupils
73 50
Care of rooms
490 95
·
$10,091 47
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STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The only change in the investment of this fund, since our last annual report, has been due to the liquidation of the Shawmut National Bank, in which we held thirteen shares, and its re-incorporation as the National Shawmut Bank. Under the new arrangement, we were able to acquire four shares in the new bank for each five of the old. The price paid was $150 per share and, at the present quotations, the stock is worth about $160 per share. In addition to this there will ultimately be a small cash dividend returned from the old bank, representing the proceeds of the original stock over and above the amount requisite to purchase the new. The fund, therefore, now stands as follows, the valuations being given at par :
10 shares Eliot National Bank . $1,000 00
10 shares Hide & Leather National Bank . 1,000 00
10 shares Shoe & Leather National Bank . 1,000 00
10 shares National Exchange Bank . 1,000 00
10 shares Boylston National Bank 1,000 00
5 shares Tremont National Bank 500 00
10 shares Old Boston National Bank 1,000 00
10 shares National Shawmut Bank 1,000 00
6 shares Webster National Bank 600 00
3 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5 per cent. bonds, 3,000 00
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1 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5 per cent. bond, $500 00 Dividend from Shawmut National Bank, estimated at 75 00
$11,675 00
The investment of the Turner Fund has been unchanged.
The exercises of the fifty-fourth annual commencement oc- curred on the 24th day of June last, at which time diplomas were presented to sixteen pupils, the largest number in many years, as follows :
Latin Course.
Elizabeth J. Fardy.
Mollie F. Kingsbery.
Alice R. Kingsbery.
Grace A. Belcher.
Katharine A. Goode.
Thomas V. Uniac.
Ellen G. Forrest. Charles E. McMahon.
Alice M. Dennehy.
Annie E. Chessman.
Mary K. Hill.
Alice A. McGaughey.
William J. Goode.
Elizabeth G. Clark.
English Course.
Emma C. Anderson. George L. Thatcher.
The Turner medals were awarded to Annie E. Chessman, the valedictorian, and William J. Goode, the salutatorian.
At the beginning of the current school-year, the number of pupils in the school was 107, of whom 83 were pursuing the Latin course, and 24 the English course.
Of the class of 35 who entered the school in September, 1898, 31 elected to take the Latin course, and 4 the English course.
The school, we are convinced, could not be in better hands. Mr. Chapin's success has been very marked both in scholarship and discipline, and was demonstrated by the exceptional excellence of the last graduating exercises. We have the utmost confidence in him and in his assistants.
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It has been a source of great regret to us and to the pupils of the school that Miss Breed was obliged by illness to tem- porarily give up her work as assistant teacher. She has been away since the latter part of September and hopes to return at the beginning of the Spring term. In the meantime, we have been fortunate in securing the services of Miss Amy H. Wales, of Randolph, a graduate of Boston University, of the class of 1898, to fill her place.
Miss Chase, whose first year in the school ended in De- cember, has more than justified our expectations by the high character of her work.
The report of the secretary, Charles G. Hathaway, Esq., is hereto annexed.
ASA P. FRENCH, ROYAL T. MANN, MICHAEL A. DONOVAN, Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
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DR.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT WITH
1898.
To balance of old account . $7 45
Jan. 29.
town appropriation in part . 550 00
Feb. 22. final dividend, Randolph Nat. Bank II 83
Mar. I. C. B. & Q. coupons
87 50
28. town appropriation in part .
550 00
Apr. 6. bank dividends, Eliot National, $30 00
Webster 12 00
Hide & Leather, 25 00
Shoe & Leather, 22 50
Exchange 30 00
Boylston 30 00
Old Boston . 25 00
Shawmut · 39 00
213 50
June 22.
town appropriation in part .
100 00
29. town appropriation in part .
100 00
Aug. I. Mass. Loan & Trust Co., interest on account 3 69
Sept. 30. C. B. & Q. coupons
87 50
Oct. 3. bank dividends, Eliot National, $30 00
Webster 12 00
Hide & Leather, 25 00
Shoe & Leather, 25 00
Exchange 30 00
Boylston
39 00
Old Boston
25 00
Tremont
10 00
Shawmut
39 00
226 00
13.
town appropriation in part
350 00
Nov. 28. town appropriation, balance of
550 00
Dec. 19. bank tax refunded by town
122 10
rental of hall for year .
135 00
$3,094 57
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THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND).
CR. 1898.
Feb. 4. By paying F. E. Chapin, account salary . $136 84
+ Isabel M. Breed, account salary, 57 89
4.
Ella L. Chase, account salary . 57 89
8. Charles Doughty, bill 33 18
8. A. J. Gove, bill
14 05
25. Walter French, tuning piano 2 00
Mar. II.
F. E. Chapin, account salary
100 00
16.
F. E. Chapin, account salary ·
105 25
16.
Isabel M. Breed, account salary,
86 84
16.
Ella L. Chase, account salary .
86 84
22.
Arthur W. Alden, janitor
22 IO
28. Thorpe & Martin Co., bill
5 50
Apr. 6.
Postage
1 00
15.
Edwin M. Mann, wood
4 00
29.
F. E. Chapin, account salary
136 84
29.
Isabel M. Breed, account salary,
57 89
29. Ella L. Chase, account salary . 57 89
May 4.
L. E. Knott App. Co., chemicals,
37 08
26.
F. E. Chapin, account salary .
136 84
26.
Isabel M. Breed, account salary,
57 89
26.
Ella L. Chase, account salary .
57 89
June 24.
24.
Isabel M. Breed, account salary, Ella L. Chase, account salary .
57 89
24.
H. C. Kendall, bill
4 00
24.
Oliver Ditson Co., bill
6 23
28.
J. H. Richardson, orchestra
44 20
30.
Arthur W. Alden, janitor 37 52
Sept. 19.
F. E. Chapin, account salary 100 00
Oct. I.
F. E. Chapin, account salary
47 36
I.
Isabel M. Breed, account salary, 57 89
I.
Ella L. Chase, account salary 57 89
13.
William Mahady, bill 5 00
17.
F. A. Boyd & Co., bill
23 55
27.
F. E. Chapin, account salary
147 36
27. Ella L. Chase, account salary 57 89
Amy H. Wales, account salary,
57 89
Nov.
W. L. Pulson, bill
3 56
3.
Edwin M. Mann, bill
II 50
3. E. A. Perry, bill
2 50
7.
E. W. Campagna, bill
2 17
F. E. Chapin, account salary . 136 86
57 93
24.
27. 2.
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Nov, 7. By paying C. E. Lyons, bill $2 00
14. Kingsbury Tibbets, bill
2 25
25. F. E. Chapin, account salary .
147 36 25. Ella L. Chase, account salary . 57 89
25. Amy H. Wales, account salary,
57 89
25.
Arthur W. Alden, janitor
28 02
28.
W. M. Baker, bill
2 00
28.
Taunton Lumber Co., bill
2 00
Dec. 23.
F. E. Chapin, account salary
147 36
23.
Ella L. Chase, account salary . 57 89
23.
Amy H. Wales, account salary, 57 89
30. Charles H. Belcher, bills ·
12 23
30. Frank F. Smith, charcoal
9 00
30.
American Bank Note Co., diplomas, 4 25
31.
D. B. White, coal
115 00
31.
William B. Spear, bill
3 00
31. D. H. Huxford, bill .
22 75
31. James Fardy, bill
24 00
31.
Charles Doughty, bill
24 54
31.
A. J. Gove, bill
22 74
31.
W. A. Croak, bill
I 25
31.
Postage and revenue stamps
I 25
31. Trustees and Secretary for 1 year,
20 00
$2,997 45
Balance
97 12
$3,094 57 C. G. HATHAWAY, Secretary.
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RANDOLPH, February 20, 1899.
The undersigned, Selectmen of the town of Randolph, have this day made an examination of the accounts of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund for the year 1898 and find them correct.
The investments for the fund are as follows, viz. :
Eliot National Bank, 10 shares · $1,000 00 Hide and Leather National Bank, 10 shares · 1,000 00
Shoe and Leather National Bank, 10 shares 1,000 00 Exchange National Bank, 10 shares 1,000 00 .
Boylston National Bank, 10 shares . .
1,000 00
Tremont National Bank, 5 shares 500 00
Old Boston National Bank, 10 shares
1,000 00
Webster National Bank, 6 shares
600 00
*Shawmut National Bank, 13 shares
1,300 00
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 5 per cent. bonds
3,500 00
$11,900 00
We also find in the hands of the secretary a $1,000 bond of the City of Minneapolis, Minn., the investment for the Turner Fund.
PETER B. HAND, PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, M. WALES BAKER.
* NOTE .- See the Trustees' report. Inasmuch as the liquidation of the Shawmut National Bank is not yet completed, the original;certificate, representing 13 shares, on which a partial dividend of $1300 has been paid, is still among the securities in the hands of the trustees. Pending the final dividend, the new stock is held by the bank as collateral for the balance of the purchase price.
TURNER FREE LIBRARY.
TRUSTEES, 1898.
J. WHITE BELCHER, President.
REV. J. C. FOSTER, D.D., Vice-President.
JOHN J. CRAWFORD, Treasurer.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY, Secretary.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. M. WALES BAKER.
PETER B. HAND. Selectmen of Randolph, ex-officiis.
JOHN B. THAYER. JOHN V. BEAL. ASA P. FRENCH. J. WINSOR PRATT.
HENRY A. BELCHER.
MRS. ALICE M. T. BEACH.
MRS. CLARA A. WALES.
MRS. ELLEN J. T. CRAWFORD.
Librarian. CHARLES C. FARNHAM.
Assistant Librarian.
MRS. FRANCIS O. HOWARD.
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TURNER LIBRARY
HEJ
TURNER FREE LIBRARY.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In compliance with Article 3 of the by- laws of the Turner ` Library, the twenty-third annual report is herewith sub- mitted, showing the condition of the trust, the building, library and funds, with extracts from the reports of different committees and of the librarian, presented to the trustees for the year ending December 31, 1898.
TRUST.
The trust consists of the library building, library, funds invested, and the income arising therefrom. The present condition of the funds will be found in the report of the finance committee, herewith submitted.
BUILDING.
The committee on building (consisting of Rev. J. C. Fos- ter, John J. Crawford, John B. Thaver, Patrick H. Mc- Laughlin, and M. Wales Baker) report that "the building is in good condition, and no large outlay, except for ordi- nary repairs, will be required on the same the coming year."
LIBRARY.
The annual examination of the library has been made by the library committee (consisting of Rev. J. C. Foster, J. White Belcher, Asa P. French, Mrs. Clara A. Wales, and Mrs. Ellen J. T. Crawford), and the books, charts, and fur- nishings of the library were found in their usual excellent condition ; all books belonging to the library were accounted for by the librarian. The rules and regulations for the gov- ernment of the library have generally been observed.
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FUNDS.
The committee on finance (consisting of John V. Beal, Charles G. Hathaway, J. Winsor Pratt, and Peter B. Hand) report as follows :
"To the Board of Trustees of the Turner Free Library :
" In compliance with the requirements of Article Tenth of the By-Laws of the Turner Free Library, the Committee on Finance herewith present a report of the receipts and ex- penditures thereof for the financial year commencing Jan- uary 1, 1898, and ending December 31, 1898, also the result of their examination of the treasurer's accounts and of such estimates and recommendations for the ensuing year as in their judgment seem requisite for the prosperity of the library.
" The receipts of the treasury during this period of time as per accounts of John J. Crawford, treasurer, including the balance of $239.28 of last year, were $3,262.71.
" The payments from the treasury during the same period were $3,046.38, making an excess of receipts over expendi- tures of $216.33.
" Having examined the accounts of the treasurer, the com- mittee find that all bills and orders for expenditures which have been presented for payment have been paid by the treasurer upon the approval of the proper committee of the library, and proper vouchers therefor by him retained and placed on file, and that his accounts are in all respects true and accurate; that a cash balance of $216.33 as above shown is now in the treasury and remains on deposit in the National Hide and Leather Bank, Boston.
"The committee further find that all the rents, the inter- est, and all the revenues from whatever source have been duly collected and properly secured.
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" The remaining funds of the library, exclusive of the above mentioned balance, consist of five thousand (5,000) dollars invested in a promissory note of the Town of Ran- dolph bearing interest at the rate of four percentum per annum and the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars known as the 'Turner Fund ' invested as follows :
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