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MISCELLANEOUS.
to a charm, or so I flattered myself. When I came to a standstill my eyes were within a foot or two of hers; in fact, I could get no nearer without running my head against the branch; yet she sat quietly, apparently without a thought of being driven from her post, turning her head this way and that, but making no sound, and showing not the least sign of anything like distress. A mosquito buzzed about my face, and I brushed it off. Still she sat undisturbed. Then I placed my hand against the bottom of the nest. At this she half rose to her feet, craning her neck to see what was going on, but the moment I let go she settled back upon her charge. .. . By this time a daily inter- view had come to be counted upon as a matter of course. . . . I opened my store of dainties, wet the tip of my little finger, took up an insect, and held it to her mandibles. For a moment she seemed not to know what it was, but soon she picked it off and swallowed it. The second one she seized promptly, and the third she reached out to anticipate, exactly as a tame canary might have done. Before I could pass her the fourth she stepped out of the nest, and took a position upon the branch beside it; but she accepted the morsel, none the less. And an extremely pretty sight it was - a wild wood bird perched upon a twig and feeding from a man's finger ! ... I set out the next morning with a little water and a teaspoon, in addition to my ordinary outfit of rose- leaves. The mother bird was at home, and without hesitation dipped her bill into the water-the very first solitary vireo, I dare be bound, that ever drank out of a silver spoon. . .. Within an hour I was speeding toward the Green Mountains. There, in those ancient Vermont forests, I saw and heard other solitary vireos, but none that treated me as my Melrose pair had done. Noble and gentle spirits ! though I were to live a hundred years, I should never see their like again.
The remainder of the story is, unhappily, soon told. I was absent a fortnight, and on getting back went at once to the sacred oak. Alas ! there was nothing but a severed branch to show where the vireo's nest had hung. The cut looked recent; I was thankful for that. Perhaps the " collector," whoever he was, had been kind enough to wait till the owners of the house were done with it, before he carried it away. Let us hope so, at all events, for the peace of his own soul, as well as for the sake of the birds.
ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MELROSE.
In the Melrose Fournal, of date March 25, 1893, George F. Perry, of No. 22 Adams Street, gave a list of the rocks and minerals to be found on our territory, describing them quite fully; giving their component parts and characteristics. The names only are here given:
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ROCKS. Quartsite; slate; micaschist; hornblendie granite; felsite, porphyretic, banded, pyritiferous, sperophyric and petrosilex; diabase, porphyretic and disintegrated; melaphyre, amygdaloidal and brecciated; till; sand, ferruginous and rock flour; peat.
MINERALS. Quartz; limonite; hematite; magnetite; iron pyrite; hornblende; actirolite; asbestos; calcite; epidote; pyrolusite; garnets.
VALUATION
Year.
Census.
Dwell- ings.
Polls. Val. Build'gs. Val. Land.
Val. Per- Total Value Real Estate. sonal Est.
Total Valuation.
1850
1,260
125
317
$423,497
$59,949
$483,446
1851
....
335
547,974
73,894
621,868
1852
....
350
576,542
74,927
651,469
1853
....
. .
496
906,794
117,631
1,024,425
1855
1,976
361
523
1,021,712
124,785
1,146,497
1856
2,206
....
573
1,114,448
136,074
1,250,522
1857
...
....
622
1,197,476
145,904
1,343,380
1858
2,297
567
1,165,224
121,883
1,287,107
1859
2,431
....
610
1,246,781
122,971
1,369,752
1860
2.482
545
621
1,276,150
137,021
1,413,171
1861
496
618
1,288,066
134,755
1,422,820
:862
521
615
1,320,280
126,792
1,447,072
1863
523
659
1,334,643
161,186
1,495,829
1864
524
667
1,329,685
126,057
1,455,742
1865
2,866
550
714
1,366,485
311,369
1,677,854
1866
550
761
1,386,502
242,310
1,628,812
1867
..
...
,586
825
1,608,974
365,042
1,974,016
1869
590
800
1,674,985
437,684
2,112,669
1870
3,181
629
850
2,106,326
523,933
2,630,259
1871
665
881
2,408,241
404,515
2,812,756
1872
706
917
3,007,928
645,742
3,653,670
1873
742
967
3,234,658
409,249
3,643,907
1874
786
1,039
3,797,965
380,460
4,178,425
1875
3,990
946
1,099
4,062,450
390,378
4,452,828
1876
4,185
1,027
1,102
4,178,765
488,124
4,666,889
1877
4,101
1,037
1,121
3,743,844
451,400
4,195,244
1878
4,221
1,045
1,183
3,661,500
364,298
4,025,798
1879
4,365
1,002
1,203
$1,697,350
$1,642,900
3,340,250
326,093
3,666,343
1880
4,443
1,001
1,195
1,729,050
1,626,950
3,356,000
294,384
3,650,384
1881
4,508
1,014
1,226
1,747,950
1,628,250
3,776,200
328,858
3,705,058
1882
4,739
1,038
1,292
1,803,425
1,644,425
3,447,850
302,939
3,750,789
1983
5,071
1,126
1,388
2,130,039
1,690,386
3,829,425
368,376
4,197,801
1884
5,607
1,206
1,607
2,357,814
1,742,411
4,100,225
369,713
4,469,938
1885
6,110
1,323
1,772
2,585,014
1,789,236
4,374,250
395,415
4,769,665
1886
6,536
1,443
1,870
2,795,425
1,872,225
4,667,650
403,750
5,071,400
1887
7,073
1,580
1,994
3,075,925
2,096,025
5,171,950
430,088
5,602,038
1888
7,535
1,674
2,134
3,360,950
2,213,755
5,574,705
426,861
6,001,566
1889
7,821
1,765
2,204
3,706,375
2,315,755
6,022,130
413,490
6,435,620
1890
8,127
1,911
2,321
3,999,375
2,355,700
6,355,075
369,630
6,724,705
1891
8,827
2,032
2,412
4,272,025
3,093,275
7,372,025
405,600
7,777,715
1592
9,539
2,282
2,723
4,786,150
3,379,700
8,165,850
430,715
8,596,565
1893
10,474
2,484
3,048
5,308,500
3,590,975
8,899,475
500,655
0,400,130
1894
10,847
2,583
3,126
5,677,800
3,708,975
9,386,775
538,098
9,924,873
1895
11,651
2,836
3,361
6,207,475
3,874,625
10,082,100
556,650
10,638,750
1×96
12,314
3,022
3,591
6.786,100
4,010.250
10,796.350
637.815
11 434.165
1897
12,520
3,145
3,673
7,143,950
4,306,650
11,450,600
758,215
12,208,815
1898
12,630
3,212
3,690
7,430,000
4,320,895
11,750,895
724,249
12,475,144
1899
12,625
3,233
3,695
7,496,100
4,324,250
11,820,350
845,085
12,665,435
1900
12,676
3,237
3,650
7,582,525
4,398,150
11,980,675
797,690
12,778,365
1901
12,781
3,248
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875 1,286,890
14,890,765
1902
13,417
3,280
3,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
..
....
....
. .
. .
567
775
1,511,624
283,682
1,795,306
1868
....
. .
420
800,538
97,139
897,677
185-4
....
.....
* Overlay for 1901 and 1902 includes Metropolitan Park tax for three years, viz. 1900, 1901 and 1902.
TABLE.
Rate per $1000
Town Appropriation.
Sewerage Tax.
State Tax. County Tax. Overlay.
Total Tax Levy.
Year
$4 10
$1,472 10
1850
5 50
3,729 17
..
$505 08
$88 90
$4,323 15
1851
6 50
4,150 00
191 43
4,840 26
1852
₹ 80
6,850 00
$270 00
505 09
108 14
7,733 23
1553
8 50
8,550 00
270 00
527 40
270 14
9,617 54
1854
8 30
9,200 00
405 00
527 40
353 C9
10,485 49
1855
8 70
10,450 00
540 00
527 40
398 34
11,915 74
1856
11 77
15,000 00
810 00
659 25
480 59
16,949 84
1857
₹ 20
9,100 00
324 00
570 06
350 40
10,344 46
1858
7 80
10,480 00
270 00
620 73
399 04
11,769 77
1850
7 80
10,850 00
225 00
658 74
413 31
12,147 05
1860
9 50
11,960 00
483 00
1,403 15
500 00
14,346 15
1861
11 60
13,800 00
2,929 15
1,190 81
268 28
18,188 24
IS62
15 80
19,125 00
3,864 00
1,190 81
880 00
25,059 81
1803
13 40
17,550 00
3,864 00
1,189 19
21,150 87
1861
15 70
17,800 00
8,413 00
1,298 01
516 33
28,027 34
1865
21'00
29,343 47
5,370 00
1,423 26
...
30,490 90
1867
17 00
28,950 00
3,580 00
1,650 98
1,365 55
35,546 53
1868
20 00
36,100 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
2,225 71
44,622 48
1869
15 00
33,716 00
4,475 00
1,821 77
1,410 13
41,422 00
1870
15 00
37.570 00
4.475 00
1,821 77
87 00
43,953 77
1871
16 50
3,660 00
2,122 32
64,042 46
1872
15 50
51,325 00
4,117 50
2,345 72
627 04
58,415 26
1873
15 80
62,061 84
3,660 00
2,504 53
009 74
69,136 11
1874
16 00
65,990 16
3,GGO 00
2,347 99
1,445 10
73,443 25
1875
13 00
55,585 00
4,284 00
1,495 01
1,509 55
62,873 56
1876
12 50
48,107 00
3,570 00
2,093 03
912 53
54,682 56
1877
12 00
43,703 06
2,380 00
1,719 22
2,873 29
50,675 57
1878
15 00
51,861 55
1,190 00
1,719 22
2,630 37
57,401 14
1879
14 25
47,545 61
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,498 40
54,407 97
ISSO
13 80
46,624 12
3,570 00
1,793 96
1,593 69
53,581 66
ISSI
14 80
50,048 81
4,760 00
1,793 96
1,492 84
58,095 61
1882
14 40
55,393 71
3,330 00
2,242 43
2,258 13
63,224 29
1883
13 80
56,777 52
4,440 00
2,042 40
1,639 21
64,899 13
18$1
14 20
63,753 64
3,330 00
2,373 35
1,817 24
71,274 23
1885
13 60
65,306 23
3,930 00
2.362 GO
1,112 12
72,711 04
1886
14 00
72,350 50
5,895 00
2,756 47
1,414 56
82,416 53
1887
13 60
75,104 03
5.895 00
3,307 77
1,550 49
85,857 29
ISSS
13 60
79,552 69
5,880 00
4,558 50
1,923 21
01,914 40
1889
13 70
85,335 80
5,145 00
4,733 83
1,536 56
96,751 19
1890
11 20
104,061 87
4,410 00
4.733 83
1,779 04
114,984 74
1801
15 80
123,604 46
$646 75
5,757 50
6,428 39
4,834 62
141,271 72
1892
11 10
121,014 08
1,649 14
8,225 00
6,716 22
3,927 41
141,532 75
1801
14 80
137,973 25
5,581 48
5,895 00
9,307 02
5,418 73
164,175 48
1805
15 20
154.999 74
5 .- 81 48
6,877 50
9.865 44
3.664 11
180,981 27
1890
15 60
165,521 31
12.182 21
6.877 50
9,307 02
3,915 46
197,803 50
1897
16 10
187,636 69
7,100 42
6,645 00
11,018 42
3.314 37
215,714 90
1898
17 00
191,391 10
0,645 53
6,645 00
12,007 07
3,013 69
222,702 30
1899
18 00
199,837 41
0,431 01
6,645 00
11,857 11
3,309 39
237,310 57
1900
16 20
206,635 82
0,727 23
7,437 50
13,388 55
11,463 29*
248,652 39
1901
11 20
237,017 27
10,561 13
6,375 00
13,355 88
4,838 98*
272,148 26
1902
11 20
123,852 57
4,041 00
6,580 (0)
7,195 97
5,514 76
147,185 20
36,136 73
1866
16 00
8,950 00
1,594 05
ADDENDA.
Page 16. Foot note. Daniel Green, Jr. should read Gould.
Page 29. Foot note. Read June 17, 1894, instead of 1893.
Page 133. The location of the "Emerson Tavern " is not clearly indi- cated. It was situated on what is now a vacant lot, corner of East Emerson and Lebanon Streets. Here stood, after the inn was moved across to the other side of Lebanon Street, the homestead of the late Anos P. Lyude. A few years ago this was removed to the opposite side of Lebanon Street, and is now the home of his son, A. Wilbur Lynde. The sign of the inn had on it the square and compass, and a star. The old well-sweep and Ell Pond Brook are seen in the fore- ground.
Page 289. The names of W. DeHaven Jones and William A. Dole, Civil Service Commissioners were omitted.
In the list of Town and City officers, pp. 280-88, the names of those who served the Town as Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors were omitted. Most of the time until 1887, the Selectmen were also Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors. That year Henry G. Fields, John Singer, Jr., and Martha D. Bale were elected Overseers of the Poor. The Board remained the same until 1897, except that Joshua T. Nowell was elected in 1893, instead of John Singer, Jr., and Thomas W. Ripley in 1894, instead of Joshua T. Nowell. In 1897 the following were elected and served until Melrose became a city: Sidney H. Buttrick, Thomas W. Ripley and Matilda E. Stantial. James Marshall, George P. Fuller and Walter B. Ellis were elected Highway Surveyors in 1879, and A. Wilbur Lynde in 1880. The Selectmen again resumed both of these duties until 1890, when Walter B. Ellis was elected Superintendent of Streets, remaining until 1897, when he was succeeded by James Marshall, who served until Melrose became a city.
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FIRST PIANO EVER OWNED IN MALDEN.' It was owned by REBECCA LYNDE EATON, corner Main Street and Goodyear Avenue.
APPENDIX .- A.
ACT OF INCORPORATION.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION I. All that part of the town of Malden, in the County of Middlesex, which lies north of the following line, to wit: Beginning at the monument set up at the junction of the towns of Saugus, North Chelsea and Malden; thence run- ning north eighty-eight degrees, twelve minutes west, to the town of Medford; said line, where it crosses Main Street so called, being one hundred and sixty-seven feet south of the mile stone standing on the easterly side of said street, south of the dwelling house of Joseph Lynde, 2d, and on Washington Street, one hundred and twenty-two feet north of the land of Robert T. Barrett, on said Street, and the most northerly corner of said Barrett's land, adjoining land of John J. Mahoney, is hereby incorporated into a town by the name of Melrose; and the said town of Melrose is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges, rights and immunities, and made subject to all the duties and regulations to which other towns are entitled and subjected by the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.
SECTION 2. The inhabitants of said town of Melrose shall be holden to pay all arrearages of taxes, legally assessed upon them before the passage of this act, and also their proportion of such State and County taxes as may be assessed upon them before the taking of the next State valuation (said proportion to be ascertained and determined by the last town valuation of the town of Malden) to the Treasurer and Collector of said town, and all moneys now in the treasury of said town of Malden, or may hereafter be received from taxes already assessed, or directed to be assessed, shall be applied to the purposes for which they were raised and assessed in like man- ner as if this act had not been passed.
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HISTORY OF MELROSE.
SECTION 3. The said towns of Malden and Melrose shall be respectively liable for the support of all persons who now do, or hereafter shall, stand in need of relief as paupers, whose settlement was gained by, or derived from a settlement gained or derived within their respective limits.
SECTION 4. The inhabitants of the town of Melrose shall be holden to pay their just and equitable proportion of all debts due from said town of Malden, and shall be entitled to receive their just and equitable proportion of the value of all property, real and personal, and of all assets now owned and held by said town of Malden; and in case said towns shall not agree in respect to a division of property, funds, debts, town paupers, or state or county taxes, the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex, shall upon the petition of either town appoint three competent and disinterested persons to hear and award thereon, and their award or the award of any two of them, being accepted by said court, shall be final.
SECTION 5. Any justice of the peace within and for the County of Middlesex, may issue his warrant, directed to any principal inhabitant of the town of Melrose, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the time and place therein appointed, for the purpose of choosing all such town officers, as town officers are, by law, authorized and required to choose at their annual meetings. Such justice, or, in his absence, such prin- ciple inhabitant, shall preside until the choice of moderator of said meeting.
SECTION 6. The town of Melrose is hereby made liable to pay all expenses that may legally accrue, in consequence of the action of the County Commissioners, of the County of Middlesex upon any petition now pending over any way in the town aforesaid.
SECTION 7. This act shall take effect, from and after its passage.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 3, 1850.
Passed to be enacted.
ENSIGN H. KELLOGG, Speaker. IN SENATE, May 3, 1850.
Passed to be enacted.
MARSHALL P. WILDER, President. May 3, 1850. Approved. GEORGE N. BRIGGS.
APPENDIX .- B.
REPORT OF ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE.
" Whereas, The General Court of Massachusetts by an act passed the third day of May, A. D. 1850, did set off and incor- porate a portion of the town of Malden, in the County of Middlesex to be a Town by the name of Melrose, and by said act did authorize and empower the said Towns of Malden and Melrose to make a just and equitable settlement of all the financial concerns appertaining to said Towns and of the prop- erty belonging to the same :- and whereas the said Town of Malden at legal meetings of the inhabitants thereof, duly called for that purpose, did make choice of Gilbert Haven, Lemuel Cox and Daniel A. Perkins as a Committee with full power and authority to make such settlement with the inhabi- tants of said Melrose. And whereas the said Town of Melrose at a legal meeting of the inhabitants thereof duly called for that purpose, did make choice of George Emerson, Isaac Emerson and Aaron Green as a Committee with full power and authority to make such settlement with the inhabitants of said Malden. Now therefore, know all men by these presents, that we the above named Committee, having frequently met and fully understanding the subject committed to us by said Towns, do hereby appraise the property belonging to said Towns of Malden and Melrose, as follows, to wit:
REAL ESTATE.
The Alms House, Farm and buildings thereon, . $II, 500.00 The House and land used by the Volunteer Engine No. 2, . 1,223.00
The House and land used by the Endeavor Engine No. 3, . $50.00
The House and land used by General Taylor Engine No. 4, 850.00
The House and land used by the Hook and Ladder Company, 300.00
The Hearse House near Mr. Brintnall's and land under the same, 166.00
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HISTORY OF MELROSE.
The Pound near Mr. Faulkner's, $90.00
The Pump and Well, Corner of Salem and Main Sts., 40.00
Total of Real Estate, . $15,019.00
PERSONAL ESTATE.
The various Engines with their apparatus, Alms House Furniture, Hearses, Iron Safe, etc., amounted to . $ 7,837.56
Amount raised in 1850 for paying Town Debt, 2,300.00
Due from the State for Paupers, 159.00
Uncollected Taxes of 1848 and 1849, 939.60
Cash in Treasury March 1, 1850,
855.46
$12,091.62
Real Estate,
15.019.00
Total, . $27,110.62
From which was deducted various demands against the towns of Malden and Melrose, which had been either paid or assumed by Malden, amount- ing to the sum of . $18,033.16.
Leaving a balance to be divided between the two towns, of
9,077.46
Of which balance the Town of Melrose is to receive according to the valuation of 1849, 21 per cent., $1,906.26 In making this settlement, it is hereby mutually agreed that the Town of Malden shall take and hold all the property mentioned in the above schedule, according to the appraisement, ex- cepting that portion hereafter enumerated, which shall be taken and held by the said Town of Melrose at said appraisal, viz:
The Engine house and land, situate in Melrose, 850.00
The Engine Endeavor No. 3, and Apparatus, . 1,800.00
Furniture in said Engine House, 20.00
Hearse and Harness, and Hearse Runners, I 10.00
Total $2,780.00
The portion of the public property belonging to Melrose is .
$1,906.26
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Leaving a balance due from Melrose to Malden of, . $873.74 From this balance the Cominittees allowed various
other items amounting to, . 382.74
Leaving a total balance against Melrose of $491.00
The Committees agree that the several Burying Grounds shall not be appraised, but shall remain the property and be at the disposal of the Towns in which the same are located.
And the said Committees hereby agree that all demands in favor or against the Town of Malden, which originated prior to May 3, 1850, which may hereafter come to light, shall be settled by and between the two Towns on the same principles that have governed this settlement; excepting that Melrose shall not be liable to pay any costs that may arise on account of any taxes that have been received from the City of Charles- town.
In testimony whereof, we, the said Committees, have here- unto interchangeably set our hands and seals this first day of May eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
GILBERT HAVEN, [SEAL ]
LEMUEL COX, [SEAL ]
DANIEL A. PERKINS,
[SEAL] Committee of the Town of Malden.
GEORGE EMERSON, [SEAL ]
ISAAC EMERSON, [SEAL]
AARON GREEN, [SEAL ]
Committee of the Town of Melrose.
Executed in presence of
JONA COCHRAN.
WILLIAM E. FULLER.
MIDDLESEX, SS., May 1, 1851.
Then personally appeared the above named Gilbert Haven, Lemuel Cox, Daniel A. Perkins, George Emerson, Isaac Emer- son and Aaron Green, and acknowledged the above instru- ment to be their free act and deed.
Before me, JONA COCHRAN, Justice of the Peace.
APPENDIX .- C.
AN ACT TO SET OFF A PART OF THE TOWN OF STONEHAM AND ANNEX THE SAME TO THE TOWN OF MELROSE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION I. So much of the town of Stoneham in the County of Middlesex, as lies of a line commencing at the stone monu- ment between the towns of Stoneham and Melrose, at the Wilson place, and thence running north thirteen degrees, thirty minutes; east two hundred and seventy-four rods, to a stone monument between the towns of Stoneham and South Reading, with all the inhabitants and estates thereon, is hereby set off from said town of Stoneham and annexed to said town of Melrose.
SECTION 2. The said inhabitants and estates so set off shall be liable to pay all taxes that have been legally assessed on them by the town of Stoneham, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed.
SECTION 3. If any persons, who have heretofore gained a legal settlement in said town of Stoneham, by reason of resi- dence on the territory set off as aforesaid, or who may derive such settlement from any such residence, shall hereafter come to want and stand in need of relief or support as paupers, they "shall be relieved and supported by the town of Melrose, in the same manner as if they had gained a legal settlement in that town.
SECTION 4. The Town of Melrose shall pay to the treasurer of the town of Stoneham, until the next decennial census, the just proportion of all State and County taxes which may be assessed upon said Stoneham, in proportion to the valuation of the polls and estates hereby set off to Melrose. The said
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proportion shall be fixed by the valuation of the said polls and estates next preceding the passage of this act.
SECTION 5. In case the surplus revenue of the United States, heretofore received by said town of Stoneham, should ever be refunded, the town of Melrose shall pay such proportion of the same as the valuation of the polls and estates of said territory bears to the whole valuation of said town of Stoneham.
SECTION 6. The schoolhouse, with lot of land on which it stands in said territory, shall be the property of the town of Melrose, from and after the passage of this act, and the said town of Melrose shall pay to the said town of Stoneham, the sum of fifteen hundred and thirty-one dollars as the price of the same, in three years after the passage of this act, with interest annually.
SECTION 7. Peter Green, Jonathan Green, Joshua Green, Jesse Green, second, and James S. H. Green, who reside in Stoneham, near the territory hereby set off to Melrose, and any other occupants of the houses in which the said Greens reside, shall have the privilege of sending their children to the schoolhouse in said territory and the town of Stoneham shall every year pay to the town of Melrose for the schooling of said children, so much of the whole sum expended by the town of Stoneham for schools and schooling in every year as the number of the children so sent to school out of Stoneham into Melrose bears to the whole number of children belonging to Stoneham attending school during the same year.
SECTION 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 12th, 1853.
Passed to be enacted.
GEORGE BLISS, Speaker. IN SENATE, March 15, 1853.
Passed to be enacted.
C. H. WARREN, President.
March 15, 1853. Approved.
JOHN H. CLIFFORD.
INDEX.
Abbott, Benjamin F., 231, 280, 398; Guy E., 418 ; John H., 290. Abigail, the, 5.
Abousett [Saugus] River, 5, 31, 32, 52, 78.
Academy Hall, 143, 168, 176, 191, 264, 265.
Adanıs, Charles H., 195, 251, 270, 289, 315, 320, 321, 322, 353, 354, 360, 381, 386, 400, 402, 415, 416, 417, 422, 423, 441; Herbert B., 37, 38; Rev. John, 138; John Q., 231 ; Rev. J. Augustus, 139; Rev. John G., 17, 126, 168, 169, 367 ; Martha A., 126; Richard, 41; Samuel, 459, 462; William H., 175.
Adjustment Committee, Report of, 478-48I.
Amateur Gardeners' Society, 442.
American Benefit Society, 444. American Legion of Honor, 443. Ancient Order of Hibernians, 445 ; of United Workmen, 443. Alden, David A., 228, 449.
Allen, Charles S., 411; John L., 227, 230; Rev. Ralph W., 139; Willianı H., 175, 230, 336; Wil- liam S., 163.
Altamont Avenue, 78. Alyward, Patrick, 418. Amadon, Arthur F., 272.
America, 3, 4, 79, 91, 108, 209.
American Unitarian Association, 176, 177, 180. American Bell Telephone Co., 375. Ames, Philander, 294. Amesbury, Mass., 192. Ammann, Albert, 422. Amphion Club, 361-364. Anderson, John H. L., 228, 238 ; Leonard, 238; Robert, 217. Andover, Mass., 42, 70, 71. Andrew, John A., 218, 233. Andrews, Edwin A., 238 ; John L., 231, 285.
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