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SECT. 24. The annual election of officers of the town of Lowell, in the months of March and April, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be suspended ; and all officers now in office shall hold their places until this act shall go into operation.
SECT. 25. All officers of the town of Lowell having the care and custody of any records, papers or property, shall deliver the same to the city clerk, within two days after his entering upon the duties of his office.
SECT. 26. All acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with, or repugnant to the provisions of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. But nothing in this act shall be so construed as to restrain or prevent the legisla- ture from amending or altering the same whenever they shall deem it expedient.
SECT. 27. This act shall be void unless the inhabitants of the town of Lowell, at a legal town meeting called for that purpose, shall, by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon, by a written vote determine to adopt the same within fourteen days after the passing of this act.
House of Representatives, March 30, 1836. Passed to be enacted.
JULIUS ROCKWELL, Speaker. In Senate, March 31, 1836.
Passed to be enacted.
HORACE MANN, President. Council Chamber, April 1, 1836. EDWARD EVERETT.
Approved,
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CITY CHARTER.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER.
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO " AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CITY OF LOWELL."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :--
SECTION 1. Thirteen members of the common council of the city of Lowell may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
SECT. 2. All the powers and duties now by law in- cumbent upon the mayor and aldermen, as overseers of the poor, are hereby vested in a special board, to consist of the mayor, two members of the board of aldermen to be elected by that board, and six members of the common council, one member from each ward in the city, to be elected on the part of said council.
SECT. 3. The mayor and aldermen may require that any person, who may hereafter be appointed a constable of said city, shall give bonds to the city with such securi- ty and to such amount as they may deem reasonable and proper, before he shall be entitled to enter upon the exe- cution of said office ; upon which bonds the like proceed- ings and remedies may be had, as are by law provided in case of sheriff's bonds in this Commonwealth.
SECT. 4. In all prosecutions by complaint before the police court for the city of Lowell, founded on the special acts of the legislature, or the ordinances or by-laws of the city of Lowell, it shall be sufficient to set forth in such complaint the offence fully and plainly, substantial- ly and formally, and in such complaint it shall not be necessary to set forth such special act, by-law, ordinance, or any part thereof.
SECT. 5. The city council may make and establish necessary or fit rules and by-laws regulating the inspec- tion, measurement, survey and sale of lumber of every description brought into or offered within said city for sale.
SECT. 6. The meeting for the election of the several ward officers enumerated in the nineteenth section of the act, to which this act is in addition, shall be held on the first Monday of March in each year, and shall, in all other respects be conducted in the same manner as is now provided by the aforesaid section.
SECT. 7. The convention of the two branches of the
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city council, provided for in the fifteenth section of the act, to which this act is in addition, may be held at any time during the inonth of October annually.
SECT. 8. All parts of the aforesaid act which may be inconsistent with the provisions of this additional act, are hereby repealed.
House of Representatives, April 23, 1838. Passed to be enacted.
ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Speaker. In Senate, April 24, 1838.
Passed to be enacted. MYRON LAWRENCE, President.
April 24, 1838.
Approved.
EDWARD EVERETT.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LOWELL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
SECTION 1. The time for the election of mayor, alder- men, common council men, and school committee men, of the city of Lowell, shall hereafter be the second Monday of December annually, instead of the time here- tofore by law prescribed.
SECT. 2. The mayor, aldermen, common council men and school committee men of said city, shall hereafter enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January annually, and shall hold their offices for the term of one year thereafter.
SECT. 3. The number of aldermen hereafter to be elected, in each year, in said City shall be eight, instead of six as heretofore prescribed.
SECT. 4. The city council of said city may annually elect any number, not exceeding three, of surveyors of highways who shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities that are by law prescribed in regard to the surveyors of highways of the towns of this Commonwealth.
SECT. 5. Whenever at any ward meeting held in said city for the election of any ward officers, common coun- cil men or school committee men or any of them, it shall be found on counting and declaring the votes that there has been a failure to elect any one or more of such officers.
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INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
the meeting may adjourn for a term not exceeding three days in order to complete such election ; and in case of a failure to complete the election at such adjourned meet- ing, there may be additional adjournments from time to time, not exceeding three days at any one time.
SECT. 6. The first and second sections of this act shall take effect on the first day of May next, and not earlier. [Approved by the Governor, February 14, 1846.]
INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River, incorporated in 1792,-capital, $600,000. Under their charter, this Company, originally, supplied water- power to the other Corporations, manufactured machine- ry, rail-road cars and engines, and contracted for the erection of Mills. In 1845, the shops, smithy, and the boarding-houses connected with them, were purchased by individuals, who were incorporated into a Company by the name of the " Lowell Machine Shop," which Com- pany now carry on the business of manufacturing machinery, &c. Agent, J. B. Francis.
Merrimack Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1822,-capital, $2,000,000. This Company has five cot- ton mills and extensive print works. A new mill, five stories high, 553 feet in length and 48 feet wide, has been erected the past season. It will run 600 looms and 20,- 000 spindles and will give employment to 500 hands. Agent, John Clark. Agent of Print Works, J. D. Prince.
Hamilton Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1825,-capital, $1,200,000. This Company has three mills and extensive print works. A new niill has also been erected by this Company, the past season, four stories high, 317 feet in length and 48 feet wide, calcu- lated for 20,000 spindles. Agent, John Avery. Agent of Print Works, William Spencer.
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Appleton Company, incorporated in 1828,-capital, $600,000. This Company has two mills. Agent, George Motley.
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INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
Lowell Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1828, -capital, $600,000. This Company has 1 Cotton and 1 Carpet Mill contained in the same building. Agent, Alex- ander Wright.
Middlesex Company, incorporated in 1830-capital,$750,- 000. This Company has two mills, one of which is very large, and two dye-houses. It has also erected a new woolen inill the past season, on Concord river, six sto- ries high, 150 feet long and 43 feet wide, together with an engine-house and a large engine for use in case of a failure of water. Agent und Treasurer, Samuel Law- rence.
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Suffolk Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1830- capital,$600,000. This Company has two mills. Agent, John Wright.
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Tremont Mills, incorporated in 1830,-capital, $600,000. This Company has two mills. Agent, Charles L. Tilden.
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Lawrence Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1830,-capital, $1,500,000. This Company has five mills. Agent, John Aiken.
Boott Cotton Mills, incorporated in 1835,-capital, $1,- 200,000. This Company has four mills. Agent, Linus Child.
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Massachusetts Cotton Mills, incorporated in 1839,- capital, $1,200,000. This Company has four mills. Agent, Homer Bartlett.
Prescott Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1844, -capital, $600,000. This Company has four mills. Agent, Homer Bartlett.
Lowell Bleachery, incorporated in 1832,-capital, $50,- 000. Agent, Charles A. Babcock.
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Lowell Machine Shop, incorporated in 1845,-capital, $300,000. This Company has the machine shop, smithy
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and iron foundry belonging to the proprietors of the Locks and Canals. Agent, William A. Burke.
OTHER MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
Powder Works. In 1818, Mr. Moses Hale commenced the manufacture of gun-powder on the Concord river, about a mile above its mouth. Messrs. William Tileston of Boston, and Oliver M. Whipple, were received into partnership, in 1819. Mr. Whipple still continues the manufactory, making 885,000 lbs. per annum.
Belvidere Manufacturing -
Company, Howe street. Agent, Charles Stott. -
Carpet Manufactory, Howe street. Proprietor, James O. Patterson.
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Carpet Manufactory and Dyeing, Howe street. Pro- prietor, William Freeman.
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Paper and Batting Mills, Wamesit Falls. Proprietor, P. O. Richmond.
PAY DAYS ON THE CORPORATIONS.
Appleton Company, week after last Saturday in each month.
Bleachery
66
last
Boott
first
Hamilton
Jast " but one "
66
Lawrence
€
second
Locks & Canals
last 66
Lowell
Machine Shop "
Massachusetts "
Merrimack C
Middlesex
Saturday before the 16th Friday and Saturday after the end of the month ; but if the month ends on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, then on the Friday and Saturday of the next week.
Prescott
week after third Saturday in each month.
Suffolk
last
Tremont 66
last
last
Jast 66
third
66
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 1847.
JEFFERSON BANCROFT, MAYOR.
ALDERMEN.
George Bragdon, Linus Child, Elisha Huntington, Jo- siah Sawtell, Sewall G. Mack, James Fenno, Joseph But- terfield, Stephen Mansur.
COMMON COUNCIL. President, Joel Adams.
1-William Conihe, James C. Crombie, David S. Bach- elder, Jesse Huse.
2-Samuel W. Brown, Hannibal Powers, William New- man, Otis L. Allen.
3-Joel Powers, Franklin Mead, Isaac Farrington, Sam- uel G. Davis.
4-Joel Adams, Horatio Fletcher, Solon Stevens, Ste- phen A. Coburn.
5-Ignatius Tyler, Edward C. Johnson, Elihu Gates, Charles M. Short.
6-Thomas Wentworth, Isaac N. Parker, John R. South- wick, Isaiah Morse.
WARD OFFICERS.
Ward 1. Warden, John W. Holland ; Clerk, Jonathan S. Gordon ; Inspectors, E. M. Titcomb, Gilman N. Nich- ols, Jonathan Smothers.
Ward 2. Wurden, David Wells ; Clerk, John Wilson ; Inspectors, Ziba Abbott, Samuel Kidder, Andrew C. Wright.
Ward 3. Warden, Ithamar A. Beard ; Clerk, Wm. L. North ; Inspectors, James Dinsmoor, Jacob Turner, Ben- jamin Watson.
Ward 4. Warden, Alpha Stevens ; Clerk, Alden B. Buttrick ; Inspectors, Enoch W. Baichelder, Samuel L. Folsom, Sylvester Crosby.
Ward 5. Warden, Ebenezer Champney ; Clerk, Thos. Wright; Inspectors, Samuel Bentley, Stephen Castles, Edward C. Johnson.
Ward 6. Warden, Jesse Stiles; Clerk, Christopher Morgan ; Inspectors, Abiel W. Sheldon, John J. Close, Abram J. Converse.
City Clerk, Thomas Ordway.
City Solicitor, Seth Ames.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
City Treasurer and Collector, John A. Buttrick. Superintendent of Streets, William Carlton.
Superintendent of Burials, Abner H. Brown.
City Physician, Abner H. Brown.
Clerk of Common Council, John G. Locke. City Marshal,
Messenger to the City Council, Daniel G. Greenleaf.
Assessors, J. H. B. Ayer, Hazen Elliott, M. Parkhurst. Auditor, John G. Locke.
Undertaker of Funerals, Amos Hull.
Superintendent of City Scales, Benjamin Mather.
Superintendent of the Market, Alonzo Hunt.
Superintendent of the Alms-house, Isaac Day. Scaler of Weights and Measures, Oliver A. Richardson. Pound-Keeper, Reuben Butterfield.
City Crier, George Teel.
Measurers of Plastering and Painting, William Wade, Hazen Elliott, Abner Frost, Samuel K. Hutchinson.
Measurers of Wood and Bark, J. H. B. Ayer, Artemas Holden, William Wade, Hazen Elliott, Jacob Carlton, Stephen Carlton.
Measurer of Upper Leather, Nathaniel Morrison.
Surveyors of Lumber, J. H. B. Ayer, William Wade, Horace Howard, Stephen Carlton, Abner Frost, Jonathan Bowers, Paul Holt, David W. Grimes, Elkanah F. Bean.
Surveyors of Highways, Jefferson Bancroft, Sewall G. Mack, James Fenno.
Fence-Viewers, Simeon Moors, A. McFarlin, Z. Rogers. Overscers of the Poor, the Mayor, Aldermen Hunting- ton and Mack ; Messrs. Huse, Brown, Farrington, Co- burn, Short and Wentworth of the Council.
Constables .- Charles J. Adams, Zaccheus Shed, Daniel G. Greenleaf, James Fisher, Thomas Wentworth, Sam- uel Meserve, William S. Chamberlin, Orin Reed, Charles Stone, Enoch W. Batchelder, Thomas W. Pressey, Ed- win L. Shed, Benjamin Stickney, Hazen Elliott, Stephen S. Seavy, William Lamson.
Watchmen .- George W. Hancock, (Capt.) Eben Me- serve, Warren Damon, Samuel Miller, Simeon B, Dodge, Benjamin B. Mooney, Lyman Freeman.
Tythingmen .- Charles J. Adams and all the watchmen ; Abijah Sanderson, Theophilus C. Blaisdell.
Field-Drivers, Samuel Fletcher, Simeon Moors, Eben Meserve, Emerson Melvin, James Fisher, William B. P. Blair, Windsor IIowe, Gilman Gale.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Directors of City School Library, Jefferson Bancroft, Joel Adams, Elisha Huntington, Daniel S. Richardson, John Clark, John Aiken, John W. Graves, Ithamar W. Beard. Librarian, Josiah Hubbard.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
(The Mayor and Aldermen, ex officio.)
Ward 1-Samuel L. Dana. Ward 2-Theodore Edson. Ward 3-Alonzo A. Miner. Ward 4-Frederick Parker. Ward 5-John O. Green. Ward 6-John Wright.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Samuel L. Dana, of Grammar Schools Nos. 2 and 6, and of Primary Schools Nos. 1, 3, 23, 24, 26 and 29.
Theodore Edson, of Grammar Schools Nos. 1 and 3, and of Primary Schools Nos. 7, 18, 19, 20, 28 and 37.
A. A. Miner, of Grammar School No. 8, and of Prima- ry Schools Nos. 8, 10, 12, 16, 36 and 38.
Frederick Parker, of Grammar Schools Nos. 4 and 5, and of Primary Schools Nos. 5, 6, 9, 13, 27 and 33.
John O. Green, of the High School, and of Primary Schools Nos. 2, 4, 11, 14, 21, 25, 30 and 35.
John Wright, of Grammar School No. 7, and of Pri- mary Schools Nos. 15, 17, 22, 31, 32 and 34.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Chief Engineer, Aaron H. Sherman.
Assistant Engineers, Samuel Horn, Joseph Bedlow, William Fiske, Horace Howard, Josiah B. French, Thos. L. Randlett, Edward F. Watson, Charles G. Giles, For- dice Coburn, Joseph M. Bullens, George W. Larrabee, Nathaniel B. Favor.
LOCATION OF ENGINE HOUSES.
No. 1, Ames street. No. 2, Boott Yard. No. 3, War- ren street. No. 4, Merrimack Yard. No. 5, Merrimack Print Works Yard. No. 6, Appleton Yard. No. 7, rear of Carpet Blocks. No. 8, Suffolk street. No. 9, Law- rence Yard. No. 10, Chestnut street. No. 11, rear of Dutton street. No. 12, Middlesex street. No. 13, rear of Massachusetts Boarding-houses. No. 14, near Lowell Bleachery.
The number of members belonging to the Fire Depart- ment is about 700. They are paid at the rate of 20 cents per hour for every hour in which they are actually en- gaged at fires or alarms.
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STATE GOVERNMENT-BANKS.
GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Governor, George N. Briggs, of Pittsfield.
Lieutenant Governor, John Reed, of Yarmouth. Secretary of State, John G. Palfrey, of Cambridge.
Treasurer und Receiver General, Joseph Barrett, of Concord.
Adjutant General, Henry K. Oliver, of Salem.
Secretary of Bourd of Education, Horace Mann, of Boston.
Senators of Middlesex, Calvin Shepard, Jr., of Ash- land, John A. Knowles, of Lowell, Joseph T. Bucking- ham, of Cambridge, Thomas Emerson, of South Reading, Hobart Spencer, of Ashby, David Heard, of Wayland.
Representatives of Lowell, Daniel S. Richardson, Lewis R. Winslow, Joshua Converse, William Schouler, George A. Butterfield, Ziba Abbott, Arnold Welch, John L. Tripp.
POPULATION OF LOWELL.
The population of that part of Chelmsford now inclu- ded in the boundaries of Lowell, was, in 1820, 200. The population of Lowell in 1826, when it was incorporated, was about 2,300.
In 1828, 3532. [ In 1833, 12363. [ In 1840, 20796.
1830, 4085. 1836, 17633. 1844, 25163.
1832, 10254. 1837, 18010. 1846, 29127.
BANKS.
All the Banks in the City are now in the Savings Bank Building, near the City Hall.
LOWELL BANK .- Incorporated in 1828. Capital $250,- 000 .- Nathaniel Wright, President; David Hyde, Cashier; George H. Holden, Clerk. Directors, Joshua Bennett, G. H. Carleton, John O. Green, Stephen Cushing, Thomas Nesmith, Cyril French, Harlin Pillsbury, James G. Carney, Nathaniel Wright. Discount Days, Mon- days and Thursdays.
LOWELL INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS .- Incorporated in 1829. Two per cent. in interest is paid for every six months, which, if not withdrawn in three months, is added to the principal, thus compounding interest twice a year. At the end of every five years, all extra interest is divided.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
President, Theodore Edson ; Vice Presidents, John O. Green, John Clark, Elisha Huntington. Trustees, Cyril French, Thomas Ordway, George H. Carleton, Amos Blanchard, John Avery, Lemuel Porter, John Aiken, Samuel L. Dana, Seth Ames. Treasurer, James G. Carney.
RAILROAD BANK .- Incorporated in 1831. Capital, $600,000. President, Benjamin F. French. Cashier, Samuel W. Stickney. Clerk, Artemas S. Tyler. Direc- tors, John Aiken, Seth Ames, Homer Bartlett, Linus Child, John Clark, David Dana, Charles Ilovey, Sewall G. Mack, Benjamin F. French. Discount Days, Thurs- days and Fridays, 12 M.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
LOWELL MUTUAL. Horace Howard, President ; Isaac S. Morse, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors, Horace Howard, Jonathan Tyler, John Nesmith, J. H. B. Ayer, James Russell, Ransom Reed, Cyril French, Josiah B. French, Tappan Wentworth.
Middlesex, (Concord, Mass.) Joel Adams, Agent.
Charlestown, Mass. Thomas Hopkinson, Agent.
Portsmouth, N. H. Oliver March, Agent.
Rockingham, (Exeter, N. H.) Benjamin Dean, Jr., Agent.
Holyoke, (Salem, Mass.) Henry Patch, Agent.
State Mutual, (Boston.) Abram French, Agent.
A. J. Atna Insurance Company, (Hartford, Conn.) Richmond, Agent.
Hartford Insurance Company, (Hartford, Conn.) Isaac S. Morse, Agent.
Protection Insurance Company, (Hartford, Conn.) A. J. Richmond, Agent.
LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Oliver March, Agent.
New England Life Insurance Company, (Boston.) S. W. Stickney, Agent.
National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, (London.) Frederick Parker, Agent.
State Mutual Life Assurance Company, (Worcester.) Wm. P. Webster, Agent.
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CHURCHES AND PASTORS.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, (New York.) Joshua Merrill, Agent.
New England Health Insurance Company, (Norwich, Ct.) Frederick Parker, Agent.
CHURCHES AND PASTORS.
First Episcopal Church, (St. Anne's,) Merrimack,-or- ganized in 1824. Theodore Edson, D. D., Rector.
First Baptist Church, Church,-organized in 1826. Daniel C. Eddy, Pastor.
First Congregational Church, Merrimack,-organized in 1826. Willard Child, Pastor.
First Universalist Church, Central,-organized in 1826. Pastor.
First Methodist Episcopal Church, (St. Paul's,) Hurd,- organized in 1827. Charles K. True, Pastor.
Appleton-strect Church, (Congregationalist,) organized in 1830. Uzziah C. Burnap, Pastor.
South Congregational Church, (Unitarian,) Merrimack, -organized in 1830. Henry A. Miles, Pastor.
Worthen-strect Baptist Church, - organized in 1830. Lemuel Porter, Pastor.
First Roman Catholic Church, (St. Patrick's,) Fenwick, -organized in 1831. James T. McDermot, Priest.
Second Methodist Episcopal Church, Worthen, -or- ganized in 1832. Jacob Sanborn, Pastor.
First Freewill Baptist Church, Merrimack,-organized in 1834. Silas Curtis, Pastor.
Second Universalist Church, Market, - organized in 1836. Alonzo A. Miner, Pastor.
John-street Congregational Church,-organized in 1840. Stedman W. Hanks, Pastor.
Third Baptist Church, John,-organized in 1840. Ira Person, Pastor.
Second Roman Catholic Church, (St. Peter's,) corner of Gorham and Appleton,-organized in 1841. Peter Crud- den, Priest.
First Wesleyan Methodist Church, Prescott,-organized in 1843. Edmund S. Potter, Pastor.
Sccond Wesleyan Methodist Church, corner of Lowell and Suffolk,-organized in 1843. William H. Brewster, Pastor.
Third Universalist Church, corner of Merrimack and Central,-organized in 1844. John Moore, Pastor.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Fourth Congregational Church, Kirk,-organized in 1845. Amos Blanchard, Pastor.
Fifth Congregational Church, High,-organized in 1846. Timothy Atkinson, Pastor.
Church of the Pilgrims, (Unitarian,) Bank Building,- organized in 1846. M. A. H. Niles, Pastor.
Ministry at Large, Hamilton Chapel, Middlesex,-or- ganized in 1844. Horatio Wood, Pastor.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL,-Kirk street. Principal of the Male Department,-C. C. Chase. Principal of the Female Dc- partment, Susan E. Burdick. Assistant Teacher, Martha F. M'Kown. Teacher of Mathematics, James S. Russell. Teacher of Languages, David C. Scobey. Teacher of Pen- manship and Book-keeping, Charles H. Farnsworth.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. No. 1, South street. Principal, Perley Balch. Assistants, Lucy C. Young, Sarah E. Boyden, Sarah B. Jackman. Writing Master, A. B. Wilcox.
No. 2, Lowell street. Principal, Jacob Graves. Assis- tants, Hannah C. Gilman, Euphemia L. Briard, Eliza A. Warren. Writing Master, Joseph B. Giles.
No. 3, South street. Principal, Jonathan Kimball. Assistants, Tabitha Hayward, Judith Ordway, Elizabeth D. Pope. Writing Master, A. B. Wilcox.
No. 4, Middlesex street. Principal, Nason H. Morse. Assistants, Augusta L. Lovering, Louisa A. Richardson. Writing Master, James M. M'Coy.
No. 5, Lewis street. Principal, George W. Shattuck. Assistants, Sarah E. Tapley, Harriet E. King, Eliza A. D. Tapley. Writing Master, Benjamin Walker. No. 6, Lowell street. Principal, Otis H. Morrill. Assistants, Elizabeth Sanborn, Mary F. Morgan, Sophia P. Wetherbee. Writing Muster, Joseph B. Giles.
No. 7, East Merrimack street. Principal, Seth Pooler. Assistants, Ephraim Brown, Olivia P. Eastman, Louisa S. Perley. Writing Master, Benjamin Walker.
No. 8, Middle street. Principal, Charles Morrill. Assistants, Lewis L. Record, Nancy H. Green, Sarah E. Crombie. Writing Master, James M. M'Coy.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Location.
No. 1 .- Middle street, 2 .- School street, 3 .- Paige street, 4 .- Centre street, 5 .- Hamilton Corp., 6 .- Hamilton Corp., 7 .- Hamilton Corp., 8 .- Mechanic street, 9 .- Church street, 10 .- Race street, 11 .- Lewis street,
12 .- Tilden street,
13 .- E. Merrimack street, Mary Gillis. 14 .- Andover street, 15 .- Fenwick street, Mary Major.
16 .- Suffolk Corp., 17 .- Middlesex street, 18 .- Central street,
19 .- Charles street, 20 .- Central street, 21 .- Lewis street, 22 .- Fenwick street, 23 .- Tilden street,
24 .- Middle street,
25 .- Chestnut street, 26 .- Lowell street,
27 .- Church street, 28 .- Grand street, 29 .- Middle street, 30 .- Mill street, 31 .- Chelmsford Road, 32 .- Fenwick street, 33 .- Church street, 34 .- Middlesex street, 35 .- Near 7th G. S. H., 36 .- Moody street, 37 .- Everett street,
38 .- Race street,
Teachers. Angeline M. Cudworth. Frances Hazeltine. Miranda Sherman. Emily G. Woodward. Elizabeth C. Norton.
Mary A. B. Pierce.
Harriet F. B. Norton.
Evelina Hunt. Ellen S. Boyden.
Susan S. Bridge.
Jane U. Dennahy. Eliza Merriam.
Ruth E. Stuart.
M. A. M'Cluer.
Caroline M. Peabody. Delia M. Young.
Mary A. Russell.
Persis Lovejoy.
Catharine Callaghan.
Ann Friell.
Martha A. Merrill.
Mary Scobey.
Sarah S. Priest.
Mary A. Peabody.
Sarah A. Chase.
Emily M. Warren.
Philena D. Fuller. Eliza A. Noyes.
Sarah C. Gates. Caroline Hale.
Helen C. Shed. Ann M. Dennis.
Aurelia L. Howe.
Sophia D. Gilman. Harriet Bradley.
Mary A. Wight.
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COURTS OF MIDDLESEX.
SESSIONS OF COURTS IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, LAW TERM. At Cam- bridge, on the third Tuesday next after the fourth Tues- day in September.
NISI PRIUS TERM. At Lowell, on the second Tuesday in April.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. At Concord on the second Monday in March and second Monday in June. At Low- ell, on the first Monday in September. At Cambridge, on the second Monday in December.
Criminal .- At Concord, on the fourth Monday in June. At Lowell, on the third Monday in October. At Cam- bridge, on the second Monday in February.
PROBATE COURTS. Judge, Samuel P. P. Fay, of Cam- bridge. Register, Isaac Fiske, of Weston. At Cam- bridge, on the second Tuesday in January ; third Tues- day in March ; first Tuesday in May and in September ; second Tuesday in October, and third Tuesday in Novem- ber. At Concord, on the second Tuesday in February, April, August and November. At Charlestown, on the third Tuesday in February and August. At Framing- ham, on the last Tuesday in June and November. At Groton, on the first Tuesday in May and November. At Lowell, on the first Tuesday in June and December. At Woburn, on the fourth Tuesday in May.
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