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Some difficulty is experienced in grading the students of an evening school, because of the difference of knowledge, or the total ignorance of the English language, the absence of previous training even in foreign schools, the large number of nationalities, the difference in the ages of the students, etc. All these difficulties were met during the session the past year and solved, as a rule, with a view to the practical benefit of the
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individual concerned. The general work of the school may be summarized in the statement that the instruction extended from the most elementary principles of the English language to what is known as ninth grade work, excepting, however, the later additions with which faddists have burdened the so- called ninth grade.
As may be seen in the statistics hereto attached, about three-fourths of the students required drilling in the rudi- ments of English, while fully fifty per cent of the enrolment were illiterates, without training in any tongue. The more advanced students, many of whom attended during previous years, devoted their time to bookkeeping, arithmetic, history with an incidental study of the branches of government, spell- ing, reading, and such subjects as give to the average pupil practical knowledge which he will need in everyday life. Much attention has been given to what may be termed "men- tal arithmetic," and this furnishes sort of a key to the number of years the pupil has been away from the day school ; gen- erally his ability to solve the problems bears an inverse ratio to the number of years he has been absent from school. There is appended a table of statistics of the school for this year which may be of interest to readers following the pro- gress of the school.
It is admitted on all sides that two months, the term of the school this past year, was too short to accomplish the work desired of an evening school. To my mind four months should be devoted to the school, and the committee should be given sufficient funds to support it for this length of time, with the idea not merely of living up to the law regarding the maintenance of the school, but also of affording substantial as- sistance to those who have not had the advantages of a day school training. The school should open about the middle of October, and registration limited to a definite period. I have no doubt that the committee have the power which seems in- cidental to the right to make rules governing the evening school, to require of each applicant a certain deposit to be for- feited in the event of unnecessary absence, otherwise to be re- turned at the close of the term. Such procedure would raise
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the percentage of attendance, better and more work could be accomplished, as less repetition for the benefit of absent mem- bers would be required. Lectures by local speakers on cur- rent subjects accompanied with stereopticon views, with an occasional evening devoted to a musicale, would be pleasing, instructive, and beneficial.
The High school building is, without question, the most suitable place for the evening school. Centrally located, prop- erly lighted and heated by a competent man, close to the base of supplies, no building or set of buildings in Milford could be better adapted for the purpose than this one; and to have the use of this building is a privilege which the students have a right to enjoy. To be sure, those who attend an evening school are not conceded, at least at their entrance, to be models of gentlemanliness; their associations during the rest of the day sometimes prevent this; but under proper guidance the discipline, good order, respect for authority and property, will compare very favorably with that of day students, and the faculty of the Milford evening school are a unit in their com- mendation of the discipline maintained at this school. This high standard has resulted from the earnest co-operation of the several teachers, who at all times have made an individual effort to carry out whatever suggestions have been made ; and for the kindly spirit which they have manifested during the term, I would be pleased to have them accept my thanks. It would probably be difficult to select a more efficient and har- monious corps of teachers than were chosen for the evening school during the past year.
Very truly yours,
JOHN E. SWIFT.
NATIONALITY OF PUPILS IN EVENING SCHOOL.
American,
43
Italian,
200
Armenian,
35
Polish,
¥1
English,
2
Russian,
2
French,
2
Scottish,
1
Greek,
1
Swedish,
15
Irish,
1
Total enrolment, 303
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Number under 20 years of age Number between 20 and 30 years of age Number over 30 years of age Illiterate
196
72
35
153
Places of Employment.
Greene Bros.,
56
Quarries, 31
Draper Co.
104|
Shoe factories,
53
Milford Iron Foundry,
4 Miscellaneous, 55
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Truant Officer's Report.
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Dear Sir :-
Number of cases reported by teachers and superintendent 52
Number of cases found to be truancy 22
Number of cases found to be sickness ·
7
Number of cases due to careless parents . 12
Number of cases due to lack of proper clothing
.
10
Number of truants returned from street
3
5 Number of visits to schools .
.
Respectfully submitted,
C. H. WATERS,
Truant Officer.
Time Schedule of the Supervisor of Drawing.
Odd Weeks.
Even Weeks.
DAY.
SCHOOL.
DAY.
SCHOOL.
Monday A. M.
Park.
Monday A. M.
Plains grammar. Plains primary.
Monday P. M.
Spruce street.
Monday P. M.
Tuesday A. M.
High.
Tuesday A. M. High.
Tuesday P. M.
Chapin street.
Tuesday P. M.
Claflin 5 & 6.
Wednesday P. M. Oliver street.
Wednesday A. M. Sonth.
Silver Hill.
Thursday A. M.
West street. Hoboken. Fountain street.
Thursday A. M. Thursday A. M. Thursday A. M. Thursday P. M. Claflin 2-3 4.
Purchase prim. Purchase gram.
Thursday P. M.
Bear Hill. Braggville.
Friday A. M.
High.
Thursday P. M. Friday
High.
Friday P. M.
Park 6.
Time Schedule of Music Teacher.
Tuesday A. M.
Plains.
Tuesday P. M.
South.
Tuesday A. M. Tuesday P. M.
Park. West street. Hoboken. Bear Hill.
Wednesday A. M. High school. Wednesday A. M.
High school. Chapin street. Oliver street.
Silver Hill. Purchase primary. Purchase gram. Fountain street. Wednesday P. M. Claflin.
Wednesday P. M.
Braggville. Spruce street.
Thursday A. M.
Thursday A. M.
STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING SEPT. 8, 1902, AND ENDING JUNE 26, 1903.
SCHOOL.
NAME OF TEACHER.
Total
Membership.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per Cent of
Attendance.
Total Half Days'
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Number Cases of
Corporal Punishment.
Half Days Teacher
was Absent.
HIGH,
Mr. J. C. Hull,
149
136.6
131.2
96.1
1012
435
59
2
PARK,
Mrs. K. E. Edwards,
37
32
30.8
96.2
403
8
21
Miss H. M. Broderick,
48
44.4
42.5
95.7
736
27
31
co
16
Miss M. T. McGrail,
54
43.5
40.6
93.3
855
-7
55
1
OT
23
Miss S. F. Sullivan,
48
37.3
34.8
93.3
700
9
23
SOUTH,
Miss M. J. Kelly,
38
33.8
32.2
95.3
582
6
32
1
Miss S. R. Broderick,
42
35.6
34
95.5
575
10
39
1
1
13
Miss A. M. Ames,
40
39
37.6
96.2
534
15
16
2
6-5
Miss K. G. McDermott,
48
44.4
42.2
95
838
26
57
1
2
8-7
Miss M. F. Devine, Miss M. E. Mullane,
53
44.4
41.1
92.5
1120
101
50
1
3
6
4
Miss S. A. Dyer,
44
38.2
35.9
94.1
768
101
49
1
9
co
Miss K. B. Conely,
46
40.3
37.3
92.5
993
97
21
2
7
52
43.6
41.9
96
551
213
17
1
2
12
Miss J. F. McGann,
51
46.1
42
91
1525
150
21
53
42.7
38.1
89.2
1266
56
7
10
1
Miss M. A. McCool,
35
29.6
28.7
97
320
49
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PLAINS,
GRADE OF SCHOOL.
Tardiness.
Dismissal.
Truancy.
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3
42
9-86
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1
-7 00 00
6-5
Miss M. F. Gallagher,
Absence.
PURCHASE GRAMMAR,
Miss E. O. Taylor,
22
20.5
19.9
97.1
224
25
10|
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SPRUCE STREET,
5
Miss L. E. Gilfoyle,
50
47
45
96.6
651
12
46
4-3
Miss E. M. Waters,
52
49.1
47.5
96.7
401
4
26
14
2
Miss S. E. Sheldon,
46
39
36.6
93.8
851
20
47
1
1
1
Miss M. E. Toohey,
42
38.3
35.9
93.5
915
16
17
CLAFLIN,
6
Miss K. G. Gilmore,
41
35
33
95.1
579
23
37
1
2
5
Miss S. A. Ryan,
54
49.8
- 48.6
94.7
881
37
66
4
1
4
Miss A. S. McDermott,
54
50.5
47.7
94.5
990
21
39
2
3
Miss K. F. Tully,
55
51.9
49
94.8
995
39
29
1
2
Miss
50
41.8
39.8
95.2
767
32
12
3
1
Miss K. Chapin,
53
43.9
41.7
81.5
1327
39
12
1
2
CHAPIN STREET,
4.3
Miss N. M. Conely,
61
55.9
53
94.8
987
45
56
2
Miss J. L. Devine,
38
36.2
34.4
94.9
616
59
29
1
1
1
Miss A. C. Luby,
54
47
43.8
91.5
1235
54
13
2
43
4-3
Miss M. H. McDermott,
48
42.6
40.6
95.3
872
22
2
2-1
Miss L. McNamara,
71
63 8
60
94.2
1374
27
28
HOBOKEN,
2.1
Miss H. F. Swift,
29
29
23
95.6
358
32
2
3
FOUNTAIN STREET,
41
Miss S. E. Inman,
25
23.8
22.1
92.8
527
55
9
PURCHASE PRIMARY,
41
Miss M. Davoren,
23
17.5
16.8
96.1
243
19
3
- SILVER HILL,
Miss M. T. Gilmore,
16
13
12.8
92
298
18
7
6
BEAR HILL,
Miss Rose E. Keany,
28
20.5
17.5
85.3
882
23
18
6
BRAGGVILLE,
Miss S. M. Gorman,
33
28.2
27.8
95.8
394
81
33
1
9
6
Totals,
1783 1575.8 1487.4
94.6
29145
2046
1057
17
53
125
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McNamara,
WEST STREET,
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LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1904.
SCHOOL.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
SALARY
DATE OF APP'T.
High,
J. C. Hull,
10 Gibbon Ave.,
$1,700 1902
T. J. Murphy,
11 Grant St.,
800 1902
Miss A. C. Teele,
159 Congress St.
650 1897
Miss H. E. Morton,
29 Franklin St.,
650 1900
Miss Carolyn M. Field,
96 Congress St.,
600 1900
Miss M. L. Jackson,
South Milford,
550 1903
Mrs. K. E. Edwards,
41 Sumner St ,
600 1873
Miss H. M. Broderick,
37 Pine St.,
432 1879
Miss M. T. McGrail,
Hopkinton,
360 1902
Miss M'. A. McCool,
21 Spruce St.,
34 1901
South Grammar,
Miss M. J. Kelly,
87 High St.,
600 1877
Miss S. R. Broderick,
37 Pine St.,
432 1878
Miss S. L. Sullivan,
73 So. Main St.,
432 1900
Plains Grammar,
Miss M. F. Devine,
55 Beach St.,
600 1875
Miss Harriet Sullivan, Miss M. E. Mullane,
Bellingham,
342 1903
Plains Primary,
Miss K. B. Conely,
25 Taylor St.,
378|1900
Miss M. F. Gallagher,
104 Spruce St.,
414 1895
Miss J. F. McGann,
145 Congress St.,
432 1887
Miss Rose Keany,
Hopkinton,
324 1902
Miss E. O. Taylor,
9 Otis St.,
414 1883
Miss K. M. McNamara,
250 Central St.,
500 1880
Miss K. Chapin,
250 Main St.,
432 1869
Miss K. F. Tully,
23 Sumner St.,
432 1889
Miss A. S. McDermott,
33 Depot St.,
432
1897
Miss S. A. Ryan,
61 So. Bow St.,
378 1899
Miss K. G. Gilmore,
141 West St.,
432 1896
Spruce Street,
Miss S. E. Sheldon,
31 Franklin St.,
500 1871
Miss L. E. Gilfoyle,
46 High St.,
450 1889
Miss E. M. Waters,
8 Carroll St.,
450 1887
Miss A. C. Luby,
100 Water St.,
378 1902
Oliver Street,
Miss N. M. Conely,
25 Taylor St.,
432 1888
Miss L. McNamara,
44 Sumner St.,
414 1892
Miss A. L. Sheehan,
340 Main St.,
360 1899
Chapin Street,
Miss A. M. Ames,
14 Fruit St.,
414 1889
Miss J. L. Devine,
414 1884
Miss E. St. John,
36 Sumner St.,
324 1903
West Street,
Miss M. H. McDermott,
4 Pearl St.,
414 1893
Miss M. T. Gilmore,
141 West St.,
342|1900
Hoboken,
Miss H. F. Swift,
83 High St.,
342 1900
FountainSt.Prim.,
Miss S. E. Inman, Miss M. Davoren,
21 Spruce St.,
324 1903
Bear Hill,
Miss L. A. Broughey,
Hopedale,
324 1903
Braggville,
Miss M. L. Heath,
Water St.,
324|1903
Music Teacher,
Marlboro,
350 1901
Sup. of Drawing,
Miss Esther O'Connor, Miss C. W. Pond,
Mendon,
450 1902
$22,644
414 1898
Miss M. C. Toher,
132 Spruce St., Hopkinton,
342 1903
Purchase Gram., Claflin Grammar and Primary,
Miss K. G. McDermott, 33 Depot St.,
432 1893
Park Grammar,
7 Taylor St.,
414 1868
Purchase Primary, Silver Hill,
82 Purchase St., 378 1896
Miss C. G. McCool,
55 Beach St.,
GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF THE
Class of'03, Milford High School,
AT TOWN HALL, Thursday Evening, June 25, AT 8 O'CLOCK.
Motto-Aspire to Perfection.
Flower-Carnation. Colors-Red and Gray.
PROGRAM.
Orchestra
Salutatory-"After School, What?" Mary Clara Ide.
"The Lost Chord" Sullivan The School.
Address J. E. Burke, Supt. of Schools, Lawrence, Mass. "Madeleine" Roeckel Semi-Chorus.
Presentation of Class Gift.
Valedictory-"Old Home Week" Leslie Clifford Whittemore.
"The Legend of the Bells" Planquette The School.
Presentation of Diplomas Singing of Ode
The Class.
Orchestra
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GRADUATES, 1903.
Ellen Josephine Brosnahan, Jennie Victoria Hartwell,
Rachel Florence Howe,
Mary Lillian Callanan, Lizzie Veronica Hayes, Clarence Loring Hussey, Mary Dorothy Jackson,
Mary Clara Ide,
Winifred Catherine Keany, - Emerson Fletcher Lyford, Gertrude Louise Mann, Ellen Gertrude McKenna, John Joseph McMahon, Martha Gordon Moore, Elmer Ellsworth Thomas, Percy Lothrop Walker,
Leslie Clifford Whittemore.
THREE YEARS' COMMERCIAL COURSE.
Jennie Louise Clarke,
Beatrice Irene Smith.
STATISTICS.
As it has been the custom for many years, we give below the statistics of the class of 1903 as compared with those of the preceding class :-
1903.
1902.
Oldest . 19 yrs. 2 mos. 5 days.
20 yrs. 3 mos. 16 days
Youngest 17 yrs. 4 mos. 29 days.
16 yrs. 4 mos.
Average 18 yrs. 5 mos. 14 days.
18 yrs. 1 mo.
Tallest · 6 ft. 24 in.
5 ft. 114 in.
Shortest ·
4 ft. 10 in.
5 ft. 1 in.
Average 5 ft. 5g in.
5 ft. 6 in.
Heaviest 170 1bs.
165 lbs.
Lightest 91 lbs.
95 lbs.
Average · 121 lbs.
127 lbs.
High School Course of Study.
GENERAL COURSE.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
Required.
Required.
Required.
Required.
Algebra
4(4)
English
3(3) English
3(3)
English
3(3)
English
3(3) Geometry
4(4) |History
2(2)
History
2(2)
History
2(2) History
2(2)
Elective.
Elective.
Elective.
Elective.
Com.Arith 5(4)
Bookkeep'g
Algebra
2(2) Chemistry
5(4)
Com. Geog
Bus. Prac.
5(4)
Drawing
2(1) Drawing
2(1)
Botany
2(2) Com'l Law
French
4(4) French
4(4)
Drawing
2(1) Drawing
2(1)
Geometry
2(2) German
4(4)
Latin
5(5) |French
4(4)
German
5(5) Greek
4(4)
Physiology 2(2)
Greek
4(4)
Greek
4(4) Latin
4(4)
Latin
5(5)
Latin
4(4) |SolidGeom'try3(3)
Phys. Geog.
Physics
6(4) Stenograp'y
5(4)
Astronomy
5(4)
Stenography5(4) Bus. Prac.
Geology
Typewriting4(2) Typewriting
4(2)
The figures immediately after each subject indicate the number of recitations per week, and those in parentheses indicate the number of points to be credited to each pupil for the satisfactory completion of the work in that subject.
Diplomas will be awarded to pupils when they have received 60 or more credits, and have otherwise satisfied the requirements of the school.
Each pupil must take sufficient subjects to secure 15 diploma cred- its per year unless excused by the committee for valid reasons.
Music is required throughout the course, and rhetoricals at least a portion of the course.
Classes in elective subjects will not be formed unless there is a sufficient number of applicants.
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SUGGESTED COURSES. COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
Algebra Botany Drawing English History Latin
English French or Greek
Geometry History
Latin
Algebra English
French or Greek Geometry History Latin
Chemistry orPhys- ics or German English French or Greek History Latin
PREPARATORY TO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD
YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
Algebra Drawing English History Latin
Drawing English French Geometry History Latin
Algebra
Drawing
English
French or Ger- man Geometry
Chemistry Drawing English German History Solid Geometry
BUSINESS.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
Algebra Com'lArith. Com'l Geog. English History Physiology
Bookkeeping Business Practice Commercial Law English French
English French
History Physics
Stenography
Stenography
Geometry History
Typewriting
Business Prac.
Typewriting
NORMAL PREPARATORY.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
FOURTH YEAR.
Algebra Botany Drawing English History Latin
Drawing
English
Algebra Drawing English French or Ger- man
Chemistry Drawing English French
Geometry History Latin or Physical Geog.
Astronomy Geology
Geometry History Physics
German
History
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History Physics
Chemistry English French History
SCHOOL CALENDAR.
WINTER TERM .- High school :- Began January 4, 1904. Closes March 25, 1904. Vacation, one week.
Other schools :- Began January 11. Close March 18. Vacation, two weeks.
SPRING TERM .- High school :- Begins April 4. Closes June 24.
Vacation, ten weeks. Other schools :- Begin April 4. Close June 10. Vacation, twelve weeks.
FALL TERM .- All schools :- Begin September 6. 1
Close December 23. Vacation-High school, one week. Other schools, two weeks.
WINTER TERM .- High school :- Begins January 2, 1905. Other schools :- Begin January 9, 1905.
HIGH SCHOOL DECORATION.
As a convenient means of reference, the following list of pictures and busts, already in the High school, is given. Those starred (*) have been added during the year.
Pictures-Purchased with money from Art Exhibit :-
The Windmill-Ruysdael.
The Jungfrau.
The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.
El Capitan.
Acropolis. Parthenon.
Interior of Coliseum.
Arch of Titus and Exterior of Coliseum.
Dance of the nymphs-Corot. Taking a pilot-Seeley.
*Spirit of '76.
*Washington on horseback.
*Capitol at Washington.
*Christ and the Doctors. *Sistine Madonna-Raphael.
Busts-Purchased with money from Art Exhibit :-
Diana.
Apollo.
Hermes.
Longfellow, with pedestal. Winged Victory, with pedestal.
Pictures, busts and casts given to the school:
Portrait of Rembrandt, by J. A. Rice.
Canal in Venice, by Tourist Club. Campanile at Florence, by E. L. Wires. House of Parliament, by Class of 1894.
*Reading from Homer, by Class of 1878.
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*The Standard Bearers, by Class of 1903.
*San Marco, by Class of 1899.
*Bust of Washington, by F. J. Dutcher. Bust of Beethoven, by High school orchestra.
Cast of The Trumpeters, by Social Service Department of Quinshipaug Woman's Club.
*Cast of Singing Girls, by Social Service Department of Quinshipaug Woman's Club.
The Class of 1902 have put into the hands of the Super- intendent $29.25 with which he is to purchase a picture for the school.
Below is a partial list of others that would be desirable :- -
Niagara Falls.
Size 30x40.
Mt. Shasta.
" 30×40.
Yosemite Falls.
" 30x40.
Cleopatra Terrace.
" 30x40.
Muir Glacier.
40×60.
Sphinx and Pyramids.
30x40. Carbon.
Hardanger Fjord, Norway.
" 30x40.
Luxor on the Nile.
Matterhorn. Melrose Abbey.
Westminster Abbey.
Kenilworth Castle.
Notre Dame Cathedral.
Tower of London.
St. Mark's, Venice. Interior.
Canterbury Cathedral.
Castle and Bridge of St. Angelo.
Chariot Race. Size 40x60.
Roman Forum.
Arch of Constantine.
Alhambra. Court of Lions.
Spring (Roman Festival). Alma-Tadema. Homer and his Guide. Size 25x30.
Landing of Columbus. " 30x40. Carbon.
Return of the Mayflower. " 40x60.
Battle of Lexington. " 26×35. 66
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Signing of the Declaration of Inde- pendence.
Size 20x32. Carbon.
Portraits of
William Shakespeare.
Sir Walter Scott.
Tennyson.
Abraham Lincoln.
Cæsar Augustus.
Size 25x34. Carbon. " 25×30.
Noted American Authors and Statesmen.
TOWN RECORDS. 1903=1904.
TOWN RECORDS, 1903-1904.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1903.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester ss.
To either constable of the town of Milford, in said county,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the sec- ond day of March, A. D., 1903, punctually at six o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
[The polls may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon on said day of meeting.]
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing. A town clerk, town treasurer, tax collector, auditor, three selectmen, three assessors, three overseers of the poor, two members of the school committee, two trustees of public library, one member of the board of health (3 yrs.), two trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery, and fifteen constables; to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws; also upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the se- lectmen, school committee, overseers of the poor, treasurer, engineers of fire department, tax collector, trustees of public
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library, trustees of Vernon Grove cemetery, and any other officers and committees of said town.
ARTICLE 4. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 5. To see what action the town will take in regard to lighting its streets, and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will authorize the treas- urer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the cur- rent year.
ARTICLE 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collect- ed and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the compensation of the collector of taxes for collecting the same.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will raise and appropri- ate one hundred and fifty dollars towards defraying the ex- penses of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will authorize the select- men to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the town.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to purchase the corporate property and all the rights and privileges of the Milford Water Company according to the provisions of Sec- tion 9 of Chapter 77 of the year 1881, and will authorize the selectmen to take the necessary steps thereto, including the purchase of said property, rights and privileges, agreeing up- on the price thereof, and failing in such agreement to apply to the supreme judicial court for the appointment of commission- ers under the provisions of said Section 9; and to see if the town will vote to issue bonds under the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Revised Laws, upon the determination of the pur- chase price, for the purpose of paying the expenses hereby in- curred.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as reported by the selectmen.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to purchase a chemical combination wagon for use in the fire department,
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raise and appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to locate an electric light at the corner of Water and South High streets, appropriate money, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will raise money by loan or otherwise, and appropriate the same, for the purchase of land and the building of two schoolhouses, one at the "Plains," so called, and one in the southerly part of the town, or act in any manner in relation to increased school accommodations.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the care and transplanting of shade trees, shrubs and flowers, under the direction of the tree warden, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200 for the celebration of an "Old Home Week," appoint a committee for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will authorize the asses- sors to publish a report of valuation and taxes, other than polls, of the town of Milford for the year 1903, appropriate any money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to elect three road commissioners, in accordance with the Revised Laws, Chapter 11, Section 341.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars, to construct a gravel side- walk on West street, from land of Mrs. Abby Madden to High- land street, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will vote to reduce the number of constables to be elected at the annual meeting from fifteen (15) to five (5), or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will vote to contract with the Milford Water Company for its water supply, or take any action in relation to the same.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, at each of the public meet-
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ing-houses and at the post-office in said town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Gazette, a news- paper printed in said town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the clerk of said town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this seventeenth day of February, A. D., 1903.
ABBOTT A. JENKINS, JOSEPH F. HICKEY, WALTER S. V. COOKE, Selectmen of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 2, 1903.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the in- habitants of the town of Milford herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the pub- lic meeting-houses, and at the post-office in said town; and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Gazette, a newspaper printed in said town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest:
CHARLES H. WATERS,
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