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2.00
$15.00
$364.37
.95
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RECEIVED. FROM OTHER TOWNS.
City of Lawrence,
.
·
$121.34
Town of Leominster,
·
·
126.55
Town of Ashby,
.
86.00
Town of Warren,
134.90
Town of Ware,
1.50
City of Holyoke,
63.33
City of Fitchburg,
.
$573.62
RECEIVED.
From the State,
$347.11
From Bridget Bresnahan, . 122.50
For board of Mary Ryan at Northampton In- sane Asylum,
500.00
$969.61
$1,543.23
DUE FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Town of Brimfield,
·
$127.18
City of Boston,
248.77
City of Chicopee,
4.00
City of Holyoke,
15 00
State,
·
121.34
$516.29
.
40.00
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APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation,
$6,000.00
PAID OUT.
Town Farm, ·
·
. $1,191.56
Tramp Room,
·
.
.
211.71
Other Towns,
.
·
.
631.23
State,
364.37
Not on Town Farm,
.
3,554.24
$5.954.11
$45.89
RECEIVED.
From other Towns,
.
$573.62
State,
.
347.11
Bridget Bresnahan,
.
.
122.50
Mary Ryan,
500.00
$1,543.23
$1,589.12
The Overseers would recommend an appropriation of five thousand dollars for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
JAMES O. HAMILTON, ) Overseers WILLIAM MERRIAM, of
H. T. BISHOP, Poor.
Young Men's Library Association.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1891.
Number of volumes in Library, March 1, 1890, 3,941
Number of volumes bought during the year, 55
Number of volumes donated to the Library, 68
Total, 4,064
Number of volumes loaned to readers in fiction, 9,272
Number of volumes loaned to readers, in history, travels, etc., 2,791
Total,
12,063
There has been a notable increase in the patronage of the Library during the past year, fully attesting how well the citizens of the town appreciate its value. Owing to the small appropriation for its sup- port at the last annual meeting, the managers have not been able to add as many new books as could have been desired, but have done what they could with the means in hand. The affairs of the Library are conducted on the most economical scale possible, none of the members receiving pay for services rendered, devoting as they do much time to its management, entirely for the public benefit. As the town has generously provided a beautiful home for the Library, it is hoped that it will not be unmindful of its yearly needs, and give support to an institution in its midst of which it may well feel proud.
O. P. ALLEN, Librarian.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
1890
RECEIPTS.
March 1. Cash on hand, . $510.06
Received for fines and catalogues, 28.00
Received from Reading Room As- sociation, 8.97
Received from Town Treasurer, 300.00
EXPENDITURES.
Fuel,
$ 17.48
Lights,
·
.
10.02
Insurance,
·
14.00
Rent,
100.00
May E. Robinson, Assistant at Library,
104.00
Miscellaneous expenses,
26.51
Binding and repairing books,
221.93
New books,
113.53
Balance on hand March 1st, 1891, .
239.56
$847.03
$847.03
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
School Committee's Report.
The school committee would present the following as their report of the condition of the schools and school buildings for the year 1890.
In the town there are thirteen buildings designed for school pur- poses.
The high school building is comparatively new and has been kept in good condition. Some shelves and bookcases are needed for books and apparatus not in use. During the year concrete walks have been laid, making it much more convenient, when the ground is muddy, to approach the building. In June fifteen pupils, having com- pleted the course of study, received certificates of graduation. The High School is doing good work and is a credit to the town.
Most of the Grammar and District school houses have been built for some time. The outside of nearly all of these buildings needs painting, and some of the class rooms would be greatly improved if the walls were kalsomined, and the wood work painted or varnished.
The school room in which the children spend so much of their time, when awake, should be made cheerful and comfortable.
During the summer vacation the blackboards in several of the school houses were put in good repair.
At the beginning of the year the committee received notice from the State Inspector of public buildings that the Bondsville and Three Rivers school houses were lacking in means for proper ventilation.
After examining the condition of the Bondsville school house it was thought best to recommend to the town that a new building be erected in that village. A town meeting was held and ten thousand dollars were appropriated for that purpose.
Three thousand dollars were also appropriated for the Three Rivers
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building, but the bids for doing the work have been so high that the committee have waited, hoping to receive more favorable proposals.
"As is the teacher so will be the school," is a trite maxim, still it is none the less a true one. Our teachers, as a body, seem devoted to their work. In order to procure and retain the best teachers, a suitable remuneration must be given them. The committee believe it to be sound policy to pay teachers good salaries, and then to expect of them good work.
In some of the schools there is considerable tardiness and irregu- larity of attendance. Habits formed in childhood are apt to show themselves in after life. Promptness and close attention are essen- tial qualifications to success in any business. Parents, by a little forethought, can help to remove these hindrances to school work,
Twenty-seven pupils passed a successful examination to enter the High School. Judging from some of the papers presented, the com- mittee think that more attention should be given by teachers to pen- manship, spelling and the construction of sentences.
A course of study for the schools has been under consideration during the year, but it is not as yet fully completed.
The study of drawing has also received some attention, but for want of sufficient funds has not been adopted.
When drawing is considered, not for the purpose of making beau- tiful pictures, but as a language for expressing thought, a means for training the mind to see the forms of things and the hand to repre- sent these forms, no study in our schools will prove more valuable.
The cost of text books is becoming quite an item in the school expenses of the town. Teachers cannot be too careful to see that the books are not misused.
The most economical way of conveying pupils to and from the High School will require careful consideratien if the number of pupils each year continues to increase.
Some of the schools in the outer districts of the town are so small it has been a question with the committee whether it is wise to con- tinue them. They would prefer to have some instruction from the town before disbanding any school.
Taxes for the support of schools are generally the most cheerfully paid. The amount required to maintain them may seem a large one.
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It is difficult, however, to see where the sum can be reduced without lessening their effeciency. A larger sum ought to be expended and the schools would be greatly benefited.
Many details in regard to the cost of the schools and the attendance of the pupils may be found in the tabular statement annexed to this report.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
H. B. Knox,
. $1,537.50
Helen L. Cobb,
·
· 492.50
Lillian F. Norton,
. 460.25 .
$2,490.25
DEPOT.
E. A. Burnham,
$150.00
F. H. Green,
.
·
300.00
Addie L. Rogers,
140.00
Anna L. Fisherdick,
175.00
Abbie J. Wallis,
315.00
Ellen S. Leach,
315.00
Alice H. Peabody,
.
105.00
Agnes Howard,
.
. 240.00
$1,740.00
THREE RIVERS.
A. W. Smith,
$150.00
F. H. Sanford,
150.00
H. N. Cross,
146.50
Lizzie M. Carrier,
96.25
Edna S. Aldrich,
210.00
Helen L. Robinson,
.
315.00
·
.
·
·
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Kate L. Warriner,
$192.50
Cora B. Clark, · ·
105.00
H. May Sears, .
308.00
Frances E. Beauregard,
315.00
$1,988.25
THORNDIKE.
Geo. L. Smith,
$150.00
W. D. Tillson,
150.00
J. F. Cattern,
150.00
Effie E. Smith,
306.25
Hattie M. Smead,
315.00
Lucy A. Talmadge,
210.00
Florence N. Carter,
105.00
S. Beulah Thayer, .
315.00
Mary E. Murdock, .
.
306.25
$2,007.50
BONDS VILLAGE.
Thos. K. McAllister,
$150.00
Jerry F. Crowley,
.
.
L. B. Ely, .
.
·
315.00
Hattie V. Fiske,
105.00 .
Maggie T. Shea,
210.00
Helen F. Jackson,
105.00
Katharine Burns,
.
.
210.00
$1,395.00
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
CENTER. .
Hattie E. Sargent,
. $105.00
Huldah J. Gibson,
·
180.00
-- $285.00
WHITING.
Hattie E. Higgins,
·
$ 49.00
Addie S. Hamilton,
·
· 35.00
Lizzie F. Brown, .
·
168.00
$252.00
·
300.00
.
.
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WIRE MILL.
Minnie S. Lawson,
. $315.00 $315.00
BLANCHARDVILLE.
Nellie A. Grimes, .
. $ 37.50
Carrie L. Tuthill, .
45.00
Helen P. Emery, .
.
.
7.50
Marion R. Paine, .
.
$270.00
MASON.
Jennie D. Gates, .
. $ 84.00
Effie W. Moffat, .
168.00
.
$252.00
SHORLEY.
Maggie T. Shea, .
. $ 84.00
Annie O'Connor,
. 168.00
$252.00
SHAW.
Jessie M. Shaw,
. $252.00
$252.00
$1,878.00
$11,499.00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Judge Bros., paper, pencils, etc., $ 56.43
Allyn & Bacon, books, .
40.00
Warren P. Adams, books, . · .
47.50
Ginn & Co., books,
70.07
Boston School Supply Co., paper, crayon, etc., 88.25
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books, . .
16.67
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
31.25
Harper Bros., 38.07
A. S. Barnes & Co., . 20.83
Thos. K. McAllister, supplies,
5.65
·
·
·
· 180.00
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C. A. Brown & Co., supplies, $ 15.94
Effingham, Maynard & Co., books, . 6.70
J. & I. E. Moore, ink, 7.00
D. C. Heath & Co., books, .
3.50
Palmer Mill, supplies, ·
5.67
American Book Co., books, 64.32
Silver, Burdette & Co., books,
180.00
A. M. Bond & Co., supplies,
18.83
J. H. Haynes,
1.25
Henry J. Dill,
1.25
J. B. Shaw, .
2.00
$721.18
CARE OF HOUSES.
DEPOT.
H. L. Gray,
.. $253.00
$253.00
THORNDIKE.
Henry J. Dill,
$47.25
Isadore Gay,
13.50
C. F. Gerald,
48.00
$108.75
THREE RIVERS.
C. S. Smith,
. $154.85
Fred Freak,
·
·
10.00
Palmer Mill,
.
.
2.50
$167.35
BONDS VILLAGE.
H. A. Smith,
$ 2.80
T. K. McAllister,
20.00
Jerry Shea,
·
2.00
Jerry Crowley,
50.00
$74.80
.
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UNGRADED.
Wire Mill, janitor and cleaning,
$15.00
Center,
15.00
Center, 1889,
5.00
Whiting,
15.00
Shaw,
10.00
Mason,
15.00
Blanchardville, “
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18.00
Shorley,
· 10.00
$103.00
$706.90
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Boston & Albany R. R. Co., .
520.00
C. E. Shumway,
91.25
Chas. Russell,
105.75
C. F. Smith, ·
·
66.00 .
Jerry Shea, .
392.93 ·
J. F. Twiss,
.
192.67 ·
$1,368.60
FUEL.
W. S. Whiting, wood, Mason, 4.50
J. F. Holbrook, coal, 436.95
J. A. Palmer, High School and Depot, ·
9.00
C. P. Haynes, Three Rivers, ·
131.47
T. D. Potter, Thorndike, 121.10
Jerry Shea, Bondsville,
·
77.00
M. A. Sherman, Mason,
15.00
Thorndike Co., Thorndike, .75 .
E. Keith, Whiting,
2.75
·
·
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S. Brown, Center, · Jos. Kerigan, Bondsville,
$19.00
15.00
L. C. Snow, Wire Mill,
5.37
J. O. Hamilton, Whiting,
23.00
Chas. R. Shaw, Shaw,
20.00
Dennis Mahoney, Shorley,
14.87
$895.76
REPAIRS.
W. H. Hitchcock,
$ 22.85
F. F. Marcy,
49.33
Phillips Mfg Co.,
.
·
10.06
W. H. Gates,
3.00
M. Cashman,
1.50
N. S. Taylor,
.70
C. T. Brainerd.
7.43
J. A. Breckenridge,.
13.85
Henry McElwain,
238.95
C. F. Gerald,
18.00
Geo. D. Whiting.
3.33
M. J. Dillon,
16.53
Thorndike Co.,
1.25
Henry J. Dill.
13.54
S. Brown.
1.18
N. K. Rogers,
3.00
C. E. Shumway,
5.05
C. S. Ruggles,
9.45
John Wilson,
4.99
Palmer Mill, .
2.31
J. F. Crowley,
.
3.00
F. D. Barton.
1.25
$430.55
CONTINGENCIES.
Palmer Water Co., . ·
. $ 22.00
M. J. Dawson, truant officer, . ·
7.00
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Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., . $100.00
Flynt Building and Construction Co., .
3.00
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing, . 44.75
Eaton & Barnes, curtains, 15.00
S. S. Taft, insurance, ·
207.00
C. S. Smith, enumerator,
50.00
P. J. Nelligan, concrete walk High School,
102.85
Morris McCormick, truant officer,
4.50
C. A. Bogue, truant officer, .
15.00
Geo. W. Christie, cash expenses,
4.41
C. H. Hanks, cash expenses,
14.94
E. S. Brooks, clocks,
4.35
Town of Wilbraham, tuition,
119.32
C. E. Shumway, 3.00
O. P. Allen, care of books and freight charges,
48.56
$765.68
SALARIES OF COMMITTEE.
W. A. Breckenridge.
$100.00
C. H. Hanks,
100.00
Geo. W. Christie,
100.00
J. J. Flynn,
.
100.00
W. H. Hart,
100.00 ·
S. S. Taft,
100.00
$600.00
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' Salaries,
$11,499.00
Text books and supplies,
721.18
Transportation of scholars to High School, . 1,368.60
Care of Houses,
706.90
Contingencies.
765.68
Repairs,
430 55
Fuel,
·
895.76
Salaries of Committee, .
. 600.00
·
·
.
-
$16.987.67
·
·
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AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Salaries of Teachers,
$11,250.00
Text Books and Supplies,
. 1,000.00
Transportation,
. 1,000.00
Care of Houses,
700.00
Contingencies,
· 700.00
Repairs,
. 1,000.00
Fuel,
900.00
Salaries of Committee,
600.00
Mass. School Fund, .
221.60
Merrick Fund,
·
34.34
Dog Fund,
442.24 ·
$17,848.18
Amount Expended,
16,987.66
Amount Unexpended,
$860.51
Your committee would recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year :
Teachers' Salaries,
$11,500.00
Text Books and Supplies, .
800.00
Transportation to High School,
1,200.00
Care of Houses,
700.00
Contingencies,
600.00
Repairs, .
1,000.00
Fuel, ·
900.00
Salaries of Committee,
600.00
·
·
·
·
.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
and
Attendance
2d Month.
3d Month.
4th Month.
5th Month.
6th Month.
7th Month.
8th Month.
9th Month.
10th Month.
Average
For Year.
Average
For Year.
Enrolled
No.
H. B. Knox ..
79
79
78
87
88
85
82
83
82
81
82 4
80 4
84
High ..
Miss Helen L. Cobb ...
...
:78
77
76
85
87
S4
79
80
79
79
47 3
43 8
39 7
69
Palmer Grammar.
. Fred. H. Green ...
34
35 75
32 7
44
45 3
41 8
41 5
42
40 5
38 5
35 8
46
Second Intermediate.
Anna L. Fisherdick.
33 4
34 1
31 3
37 5
38 6
38 7
35 9
37 4
36
34
35
31 8
36
First Intermediate.
Abbie J. Wallace ..
32 35
31 5
30 6
35
34 4
31 1
29 7
30 7
30 8
7
32 5
35 7
33 1
45
Second Primary ..
Ellen S. Leach ..
36 85
37 57
35 4
30 7
30 3
32
32 9
31 7
30 7
43
57
47
84
Agnes Howard ...
51 6
67 5
69
41 3
43 1
42
37 5
36
37
·
16
13 45
13
22 5
23 9
26
26 5
24 75
23 5
21
19 5
37
Thorndike Grammar
W. D. Tillson.
14 75
11 95
12 10
21 35
23 5
24
23
22 4
22 6
30
30
36
25 2
26 25
26
26
28
28
28 8
25 6
38
Second Intermediate ..
Effie E. Smith ..
28 7
27
28
23 5
24
23 3
23 7
25 7
26 8
19 7
18 5
17 5
19 7
20 7
19 5
17 3
19
19
18 9
16 9
28
First Intermediate ..
.
Hattie M. Smead ...
18
17 8
16 6
18 5
16 8
15 5
15 9
16 9
16 7
36 4
31 6
64
Third Primary.
.
Lucy A. Talmadge.
30 8
25 6
26 8
39 7
32 5
39 6
33 3
30 6
26
33 1
30 1
51
30 1
29 5
27 2
31 6
32 7
32 9
29 3
29 2
29
57
53 5
48 5
83
First Primary .
Mary E. Murdock.
45 6
44 1
44 6
51 6
52
50
46 9
49 8
52
19 8
18 7
16 5
26 2
25 5
24
22
21
21
21 6
20 7
28
Three Rivers Grammar .. . F. H. Sanford ...
17 7
16 6
14 9
24
32 3
21
20 7
19 6
19 9
H. N. Cross ..
Lizzie M. Carrier ..
24 3
22 5
20 2
18 4
18 9
16 6
16
16
16
18 7
16 8
26
Second Intermediate ..
Edna S. Aldrich ...
22 2
20 4
18 6
17 2
117 4
16 2
12 3
14
13
23 8
24 6
23 2
20 8
22 8
22 2
21 4
20
20
22 08
19 3
34
.
121 6
21 4
20 2
18 8
118 9
120 4
119 5
115 5
|17 3
.
...
.
.
35
35
34
36
36
36
32
35
40 25
42 75
40
32
32 5
33
34 7
33
Alice H. Peabody.
68 1
78
79
46 5
53 5
55 4
43 8
45
First Primary.
.
Hattie M. Smead ....
35 25
32 3
31 3
42
37
44 5
38 8
35 5
31 7
32
31 5
29
33
37
36
31 7
34
34
Second Primary ..
S. Beulah Thayer ..
49 1
49 4
50 2
54 8
56 3
58 2
50 5
56 8
36
37
35
39
40 7
42 15
38
40
38 75
E. A. Burnham.
37 5
39 25
35 7
46 9
47 8
46 5
45
48
Lillian Norton ...
.
.
Average
Membership
1st Month.
Membership
Attendance
44
George L. Smith ...
J. F. Cattern.
Florence M. Carter ..
..
..
-
A. W. Smith.
.
First Intermediate ..
Helen L. Robinson ...
Addie L. Rogers ...
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS .- Continued.
Kate L. Webb ..
27 3
28 6
28
27 7
26 6
26 3
26
28
25
27
24
31
Third Primary ..
Catharine L. Warriner ...
·
25 2
25 5
23 6
26 5
23 3
23 7
23
24 8
21 8
Cora B. Clark ...
35 8
37 8
36 8
32
37 8
35 5
33 8
32 5
35 3
35 2
31 7
57
Second Primary.
. 31 2
31 8
32 4
29
38
31 8
30
28 7
32 5
49 1
46 4
109
First Primary.
50
49 7
46 8
52
26 2
31
3.2
31
28
25
25 6
28 3
25 7
37
Bondsville Grammar.
J. F. Crowley ..
26 3
24 5
24 5
29 3
29 8
29 5
23
122 4
22 3
26
25
24 4
23 8
38
Intermediate ..
Mrs. L. B. Ely.
. 21
21
20
26 5
25 1
25 7
26
25 5
23 5
47
45 9
40 8
40 3
47
Second Primary.
Katharine Burns.
38 1
36 6
32 9
40
50 9
57 7
59 4
57 9
54 3
56 9
60
52 4
84
First Primary .
Maggie T. Shea ...
1 160 9
68 3
54 3
139 7
49 9
56 6
48 4
45 1
48 6
32 8
35 8
29
42 2
40 5
41 5
43 8
45 8
43 2
39 4
33 3
48
Wire Mill.
Minnie B. Lawson.
29 8
29 5
25
36 6
31 7
34 7
39 4
38 2
34 8
28 7
23 5
40
Palmer Center ..
Huldah J. Gibson ..
26
25 5
25 9
23 2
20 8
23 7
22 16 5
17
18
17 6
14 9
22
Nellie A. Grimes ..
17 3
18 7
17 4
19
18 2
16 5
:12 4
13 8
13 3
15 8
6
5 5
5
4
4
4
4
5 7
6
4 8
4 2
6
Whiting .
Addie C. Hamilton.
5 5
4 5
3 8
3 2
3 8
3
3 4
5 2
5 5
8
6
6
6
6
6
4
4
4
5 5
4 6
8
Shaw
7 1
51
5
53
4 7
4 2
4
31
3 2
11
12
13
10
10
10
11 5
12 5
13
11 4
9 7
14
Mason District.
Effie W. Moffat ..
8 4
10
11 1
8 9
8 3
9 4
10 6
10 3
11
7 6
5
4 7
7 8
10 5
13
10
9
9
8 4
7 6
14
Shorley.
Annie E. O'Connor ...
...
6 3
33
4 4
73
83
12 3
95
8 7
8 6
1
1
.
30
30 3
29 4
27 7
28 9
30
27 9
26 2
28
22 5
22 3
.
.
.....
15 9
16 6
14 7
17
15 1
43 5
43 5
Hattie V. Fisk ....
31 7
37
135 4
41 4
42 5
41 8
42 2
142 2
45 3
43 6
E. F. Jackson.
67 3
75 7
59 9
52
47
49
45
44 7
41 5
41
47 5
Thos. K. McAllister ..
·
1 28 4
27 4
22
20
27
26
26
26
43
51
52
51
54
H. Mary Sears
...
.
. .
Lizzie F. Brown ..
.
.
....
.
.....
Maggie T. Shea.
..
.
Hattie Sargeant ...
45
Blanchardville
Marion R. Paine ...
Hattie E. Higgins.
·
Jessie M. Shaw.
Jennie D. Gates ..
22
Frances E. Beauregard.
42 9
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Number of children in town May 1st, 1890, between five
and fifteen years of age, according to school census, . 1,271 Number between eight and fourteen, 871
Number enrolled in all the schools, .
1,300
Number enrolled under five, .
7
Number enrolled over fifteen, ·
83
Number enrolled between eight and fourteen,
794
Average membership for the year,
927
Average attendance for the year, .
838.9
WM. A. BRECKENRIDGE,
C. H. HANKS,
School
W. H. HART,
J. J. FLYNN,
Committee of Palmer.
G. W. CHRISTIE,
S. S. TAFT,
.
.
Auditor's Report.
PALMER, MASS., March 11, 1891.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and School Committee, and find them correct and to correspond in each and every particular.
ENOS CALKINS, Auditors. E. N. HALE,
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HAMPDEN. { ss. To LOUIS E. MOORE, Constable of the town of Palmer, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town House in said Palmer, on Monday, the sixteenth day of March current, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To elect all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot, which shall be yes or no, in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxica- ting liquors in this town ?"
ART. 4. To act on the reports of the town officers.
ART. 5. To raise money and make appropriations to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to bor- row money in anticipation of the taxes for the ensuing year, the same to be paid from said taxes.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to bor- row money, not to be paid from the taxes of the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 9. To choose committees and give them instructions.
ART. 10. To see if the town will allow a discount, and determine what interest shall be paid on the taxes to be assessed for the ensuing year.
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ART. 11. To determine the manner and state the terms and con- ditions of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the com- pensation of the Collector of Taxes.
ART. 12. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see if the town will hire the present lock-up and tramp-room.
ART. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 15. To act on the list of jurors as prepared by the Select- men.
ART. 16. To see if the town will raise money for the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.
ART. 18. To see if the town will raise money for the celebration of Memorial day.
ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate money for necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and the families of the slain, and entrust the same to L. L. Merrick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, under the provisions of Chap. 189, Acts of the year 1885.
ART. 20. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Sec. 72, Chap. 423, of the Acts of the year 1890, relating to precinct voting.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to build a branch of the Central street sewer, along Park street to School street, in the Depot Village.
ART. 22. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of five hundred dollars to build a side-walk from the iron bridge to Baptist church in Three Rivers.
ART. 24. To see if the town will place its public documents in the care of the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 25. To see what action the town will take with regard to the appointment of a superintendent of schools.
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ART. 26. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to ap- point special officers for nights and Sundays.
ART. 27. To see what action the town will take in relation to the sale of town histories, and whether it will refund any portion of the money heretofore received for said histories.
ART. 28. To see if the town will raise the sum of four hundred dollars to construct a sewer from a point near the residence of Daniel J. Sullivan on High street, along School street to the corner of Com- mercial street, in Thorndike.
ART. 29. To see if the town will raise the sum of eight hundred dollars to construct a sewer from the pine grove on Main street to the corner of Commercial street in Thorndike.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Palmer Depot, extending from the intersection of Pine and Knox streets, through Knox street to North Main street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer on Walnut street, from Converse avenue to sewer on Main street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to establish and maintain a library to be owned by the town, the same to be managed by a board of trustees under the pro- visions of chapter 384, Acts of the year 1888.
ART. 33. To see if the town will accept the provisions of chapter 347, Acts of the year 1890, relating to libraries.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in the Depot Village beginning at the easterly corner of Converse avenue and Walnut street, and connect the same with Main street sewer at corner of Main and Walnut streets, also lay out and build a sewer on Pleasant street, beginning fifteen rods north of Walnut street, and connect same with the Walnut street sewer.
ART. 35. To see if the town will raise the sum of two hundred dollars to harden and repair the road from "Still Brook," so called, to the top of Kendall Hill on the West Warren road.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to extend the main sewer at the Depot Village to the river and use the money raised in 1890 to pay for the same.
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ART. 37. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to dis- pose of the school house at Bondsville, and appropriate the proceeds towards the new school house.
The polls will be open at 10 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 2 o'clock p. m.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places designated by the vote of the town, seven days at least, before the holding of said meet- ing, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal, at least two issues before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this fifth day of March, A. D. 1891.
H. P. MARCY, Selectmen
W. H. BRAINERD, ) Palmer. of
A Copy. Attest :
LOUIS E. MOORE, Constable.
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