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The following statistical data is respectfully submitted to the people: of our town :
Number of cases of infectious and contagious
disease reported to this board, 42
Number cases scarlet fever, 32
diphtheria and croup, 4
typhoid fever, 6
Number houses quarantined, 31
fumigated by agents of board, 19
fumigated by occupants, 12
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TABLE NO. 1.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Total
TABLE NO. 2.
Number of burial permits issued by the board through the secre- tary :
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
8 12 12 6 15
20
14 8 10 14 17 16
TABLE NO 3.
Causes of deaths from February 28th, 1898.
Anæmia,
1. Hemiplegia, 1
Apoplexy,
6. Hemorrhage Stomach, 1
Appendicitis,
1. Intersuseption, 1
Arterio Sclerosis,
1.
La Grippe,
2
Bronchitis,
5. Meningitis,
3
Bright's Disease,
3. Neurasthenia,
1
Convulsions Infantile,
2. Malnutrition,
1
Cancer,
1. Malarial Fever,
1
Cholera Infantum,
17.
Œdema of Lungs,
3
Cerebral hemorrhage,
2. Peritonitis,
4
Congestion Brain,
1. Pneumonia,
18
Consumption,
8. Puerperal Fever,
1
Disease of Liver,
3. Paralysis,
1
Diabetes Mellitus,
1. Spina bifida,
1
Diphtheria,
1. Stomatitis,
1
Drowning,
2. Senility,
3
Dysentery, .
2. Typhoid Fever,
1
Emphysema,
1. Tabes Mesenterica,
1
Enteritis,
3. Whooping Cough,
3
Gastro Enteritis,
2. Killed by cars,
3
Gastritis,
2. Still births,
Disease of Heart,
11. Unclassified,
Whole number of deaths, 150.
15
1
2
1
4
Scarlet Fever
1
1
3
3.
5
2
9
7
1
32
Typhoid Fever
1
1
2
1
1
6
Total
1
1
1
3 4 6 6
11 8
1
Diphtheria
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TABLE NO 4. Ages at death of persons dying in Palmer. Under one year, 39 males, 36 females.
M F M F
1 to 2 yrs., 2
M F 3 10 to 15 yrs., 1
3 50 to 60 yrs., 6 4
2 to 3 3
3 15 to 20 .6
1 60 to 70
6 4
3 to 4 3
1 20 to 30 3
2 70 to 80 5 6
4 to 66
30 to 40 66 4
1 80 to 90 3 5
5 to 10 1
2 40 to 50 2
Over 90, 1 aged 98.
We have received several petitions and complaints regarding alleged nuisances, all of which have received the attention merited.
Number of complaints investigated, 12
Number of nuisances abolished,
18
Number of immigrants, inspected and vacci-
nated on arriving, when small pox was present on board vessel, 8
Number of protective vaccinations to children
in families receiving emmigrants,
5
NON-ENTRANCE OF SEWERS.
The laws of the Commonwealth make it mandatory that abuttors on streets in which a Town has constructed sewers must make con- nection with same and pay the town a stated sum. This has two- fold intent : first the guarding of public health, and secondly, the partial reimbursement of the town for the expense of sewer connection. Several hundred dollars are due the town, should property owners comply with the law. This board has waited what would seem a very reasonable time for compliance with the law and we feel it is our duty to take action regarding all failures or neglect to enter sewers, on and after May 1, 1899.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We recommend that the town purchase a Formaldehyde generator- for the purpose of fumigating and disinfecting after contagious dis- ease. Many towns are using the same and report satisfactory results, both from sanitary and financial standpoints.
We recommend that the policy of building additional sewers each year in the several villages of the town be continued and pushed to completeness as rapidly as possible.
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A recent act regarding slaughter house licenses
Provides that boards of health shall have inspection, supervision and licensing of all slaughtering houses and places. All persons owning such premises, or any one doing slaughtering therein, must apply to this board for licensing of said places, on or before April 30, 1899. Persons receiving licenses will be charged a fee of two dol- lars for expense of inspecting premises, and granting and issuing the same. Blanks for making application for license can be secured of the chairman of this board.
We respectfully call the attention of property owners to the regu- lations regarding sink drains and the cleaning of outhouses. Com- pliance with the same must be insisted upon, and neglect or refusal will compel action on our part.
The laws of the Commonwealth also require that all plumbers shall secure a license from the Board of Health, and the attention of per- sons engaged in such business is respectfully drawn to this provision.
The thanks of the board are extended to the School Board and Principal Thompson, for co-operation and assistance rendered us, in our efforts to guard the health and prevent the spreading of contagion among the pupils of our public schools.
Most respectfully,
LESLIE H. HENDEE, Chairman. WM. HOLBROOK. J. P. SCHNEIDER.
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Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
The provisions of Chapter 264 of the Acts passed by the Legisla- ture during the session of 1890, having been previously adopted by the town, Cemetery Commissioners were elected for the first time at the annual meeting of the town in March, 1898. There being no officers previous to that meeting whose duty it was to recommend an appropriation, no appropriation was made by the town until the special town meeting Oct. 13th, 1898, when $500 was appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners. At the same meeting the following by-laws, prepared by the Com- missioners, were adopted by the town, which have been published, and copies can be procured on application to the Clerk of the Cemetery Commissioners.
BY-LAWS.
1. The lots sold in the different cemeteries of the Town of Palmer shall only be used by the owners for the burial of their dead and the erection of monuments and memorials.
2. Owners of lots shall have the right to plant and cultivate shrubs and flowers upon their lots under the advice and control of the Cemetery Commissioners. No tree or shrub shall be cut down, mutilated or removed without the prior consent of the commissioners.
3. The Cemetery Commissioners shall have the right to change the grade of any lot or lots in order that they may conform to the general surroundings, and also to remove at any time shrubs, trees, monu- ments or inscriptions, that may seem to them objectionable or injurious.
4. All plans of future curbings, copings, fences or grades shall be submitted to the Cemetery Commissioners for their approval and acceptance, and no curbings, copings, fences or grades shall be re- moved or changed without the prior consent of the said com- missioners.
5. Foundations for monuments and headstones shall be of solid
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masonry. The foundation for monuments shall be at least six (6) feet in depth, and foundations for headstones shall be at least three and one-half (3}) feet in depth.
6. Workmen employed in the cemeteries of the town, in the con- struction of vaults, erection of headstones and monuments, or for any other purpose, will be subject to the control and direction of the Cem- etery Commissioners. Any workman or other person failing to con- form to their rules and regulations, will thereafter be excluded from employment in the cemeteries of the town.
7. Walking on the grass, picking flowers, improper language, rapid driving, leaving horses without care or unhitched, and all per- sons with firearms, will not be permitted in the cemeteries of the town.
8. The Cemetery Commissioners are directed to enforce the laws in regard to trespassing, pilfering, and vandalism of every kind, in or from the cemeteries of the town.
9. Sextons, workmen, and all persons visiting the cemeteries of the town, will at all times conduct themselves with decorum.
10. Upon payment to the town treasurer of two hundred dollars, by the owner or any person interested in a lot in the cemeteries of the town, the same shall be safely invested, and the income paid to the order of the Cemetery Commissioners and the selectmen. The lot designated shall thereafter receive perpetual care, and its monuments and memorials, etc., shall at all times be maintained in their proper position.
11. The Cemetery Commissioners will annually care for lots of the several following kinds and adornments :
(a) Lots surrounded with flowers, five dollars.
(b) Curb lots, without flowers, four dollars.
(c) Plain lots, with flowers, four dollars.
(d) Plain lots, three dollars.
(e) One-half size lots, of the several kinds and adornments, at one-half the above rates.
The cemetery funds now in the town treasury, besides the balance of the appropriation made by the town are :
The Mrs. Minnie K. Bennett fund, $200.00
The bequests of Henry Scism, 100.00
" Mrs. Callista E. Hendricks, 100.00
.' Mrs. Laura E. Child, 500.00
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The income of the above funds is to be applied to the care of indi- vidual lots, except that of Mrs. Laura E. Child, the language of whose bequest is, " The income to be expended by the proper officers of said town in the care and preservation of the cemetery at the Depot Village, particularly the lots where the Dewey and Child families are buried." Additions were made to the Depot Village Cemetery in 1865 and 1897, and to the Four Corners Cemetery in 1881.
Considerable work has been done in the old cemeteries the past year, both at the Old Center and Three Rivers. J. Wesson Phelps, landscape engineer, of Hartford, Conn., has, by direction of the Commissioners, surveyed and made plans, in which lots, paths, drives, trees and shrubs have been designated, both of the Four Corners and the Depot Village cemeteries, and, also, of the recent addition to the latter cemetery. The report of Mr. Phelps in regard to the Depot Village Cemetery has been adopted by the Cemetery Commissioners, and is made a part of this report.
REPORT UPON THE DEPOT VILLAGE CEMETERY.
SUBMITTED TO CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS OF PALMER, MASS., MARCH 1st, 1899.
This report is accompanied by "Plan of Depot Cemetery," and by a "Record Book of Burials in Depot Cemetery."
The plan contains the present contour of the ground and location of principal trees in the latest addition-hereinafter designated as. "New Part," also location of lots and graves and of trees in the older portions of the cemetery-hereinafter designated as the "Older Part." The plan is, also, for the new part a construction plan, containing location of proposed drives and paths, location of proposed lots, and a suggested scheme for planting. The drives are shown in brick color, the paths in dark gray, and the planting in green. To this I may add that the places for trees (not always for large trees) are shown by a circle colored green. The plan is divided by "cross section lines" into squares 100 feet on a side, and for every intersec- tion-of these lines in "New Part" there will be found a stake in the field. These points serve to connect accurately field and plan.
The scheme which was followed in making the plan of the "New Part" is as follows : the main entrance was put about 175 feet north of the corner between New and Older portions on Thorndike street. The drives were so placed as to give access to the various parts of
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the ground, and so that reasonable grades might be obtained with moderate expense. The lots have been planned in sections, each section containing a double row of lots as shown in following sample- of lots.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Between each section is a path so that each lot may be reached without crossing any other lot. The width of the drives is 16 feet. The normal size for lots has been chosen as 12x20 feet, and for a path the usual width is four feet. Two feet is allowed between path. and lot in order that the entire lot may be usable for burials. 'The object of the planting is two-fold,-beauty and screening from Thorndike street. The latter object is quite important ; the grounds bordering upon a main thoroughfare, it is desirable that persons. while they are within the cemetery may enjoy a large degree of" privacy. For this reason, planting along Thorndike street is also recommended in the "Older Part," and, moreover, it may be advisable to close the northern entrance of this "Older Part," except to pedestrians. About one-half acre along the eastern border has been reserved to allow for future developments. The scheme is completed by reserving the portion of the grounds bordering upon Thorndike street as a park.
It is recommended that the plans be carried out in the nature of a "lawn cemetery,"-no curbings to be allowed, and all bounds and numbers to be placed flush with the ground so that the grass may be readily mown with the lawn mower, and no lots to be terraced. It is also intended that dirt paths be built only where they are indi -- cated upon the plan in dark gray. The other paths between sections of lots should form with the lots a continuous lawn surface. In the "Older Part" tar concrete is found near several lots. This should be prohibited in the "New Part," there being little more excuse for it around a cemetery lot than around a flower bed in an ordinary house lot.
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The "Older Part" has an area of 5 acres, and the total length of its drives is about 3,200 feet. The "New Part" has an area of 6.76 acres, and the length of the new drives and paths is as follows :
Drives about
3,100 feet.
Eight-feet walks about
450
Six-feet walks about
500
Four-feet walks about
1,800 6:
The normal size of proposed lot is 12 by 20 feet, there being 160 of this sort. The smallest lot is 12 by 12, and there are three lots 24 x 25. The total number of lots is 352. There is also 4,790 square feet for single graves reserved.
The construction called for by the plan includes the following : --
(a) Building drives and laying underdrains for same.
(b) Reshaping hills near drives, including grading around the tomb.
(c) Clearing ground of stumps and making lawn.
(d) Making paths and providing suitable drains for same.
(e) Placing bounds and numbers for lots.
(f) Planting shrubbery and trees.
Road building should be the first step.
A rough estimate of total cost (outside of maintenance) is as follows :-
Roads with drains,
$1,200
Reshaping hills ane making lawn,
800
Paths with drains,
200
Bounds and setting,
300
Plants and planting,
800
Total, $3,300
To this must be added a possibility of buying loam. Much good loam will be needed to form durable sod upon the steep banks, and the considerable amount which will be saved in the construction of the dirt paths and drives may or may not be sufficient.
The following is a scale of possible prices for sale of lots, and therefore an estimate of possible income. The numbers of lots men- tioned refer to numbers upon plan in the "New Part," 352 in all.
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Lots Nos. 8-16, 18-28, 32, 316, 319, 321, 322, 25 lots at $ 8.00 each, $ 200.00' 2 lots at 10.00 each, 20.00.
Lots Nos. 174, 178,
Lots Nos. 1-7, 17, 46-51, 208, 209, 296, 297, 306, 307,
Lots Nos. 29-31, 33-35, 92-98, 100, 101, 120-124, 126-129, 161-166, 168-173, 175-177, 179-191, 317,318, 320,323- 345,
Lots Nos. 36-45, 52-91, 99, 102- 119, 130-135, 160, 167, 192-195, 200-207, 210-277,
298-305, 308-315, 346-354, 182 lots at $24.00 each, 4,368.00 Lots Nos. 136-151, 153-159, 196-199, 289,
Lots Nos. 290-295,
Lots Nos. 278-285,
Lots Nos. 286, 287, 288,
3 lots at 50.00 each, 150.00
Totals, 352 $7,738.00.
If lots are subdivided, the price should be $1.00 per half lot in addition to above ratio, but provision should be made prohibiting the subdivision or transfer of lots without the approval of the Cemetery Commissioners, and the actual prices for lots is to be left to their discretion.
The method of recording burials in the old part is explained in the "Record Book " accompanying this report. In the "New Part " this method may be changed by using lot numbers combined. with grave numbers as follows,
Lot 1. Name of purchaser.
1.
2. 3.
Lot 2. Name of purchaser.
1. 2.
20 lots at 12.00 each, $240.00,
78 lots at 20.00 each, 1,560.00›
28 lots at 25.00 each, 700.00.
6 lots at 30.00 each, 180.00
8 lots at 40.00 each, 320.00
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A quantity of these numbers, say from 1-7, may be purchased and one of them used for each burial. If a stone should afterwards be placed at the grave, the number may be used again in another lot. If the numbers are of different material from those used in numbering the lots. there need be no no confusion.
Respectfully submitted,
J. WESSON PHELPS, Landscape Engineer.
Hartford, Conn., March 1st, 1899.
It may be seen from the estimates of the engineer that a considera- ble sum of money will be realized from the sale of cemetery lots.
The plan, with a book which explains the same, may be found at the Library Building. Blank deeds of cemetery lots and a book for recording such deeds when given have been prepared. The prices of cemetery lots in the addition to the Depot Village Cemetery may be found in the report of the Landscape Engineer. The price of lots which have been assigned prior to Jan. 1st, 1899, in the cemeteries of the town, if the holders desire deeds, has been fixed at fifty cents per run- ing front foot. Other lots in the cemeteries of the town will be fifty cents per running front foot and upwards, according to location. Provision has been made for the burial of those who are not lot owners.
We believe that a beginning in the right direction has been made, and a reference to the plans will show that there is reasonable ground to expect that in the near future our cemeteries will become both ornamental and creditable to the town.
We recommend to be expended on the cemeteries of the town the current year an appropriation of $500.00. Below will be found a list of receipts and expenditures :
Appropriation,
$500.00
EXPENDED.
Franklin M. Shaw, labor at Depot Village
Cemetery,
$ 8.50
Cash paid out for labor at Old Center and Three Rivers Cemetery, 51.50
C. A. LeGro, record and cash book, 1.50
Franklin M. Shaw, labor at Depot Cemetery, 11.00
H. D. Converse, building one-half fence at Depot Village Cemetery, 24.30
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C. L. Johnson & Co., printing orders and binding, $ 8.00
Melissa Richards, water rent, etc., at Four Corners Cemetery, 3.75
H. C. Strong, cash paid for stationery, etc., 1.25
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing 500 copies by-laws, 4.00
C. L. Johnson & Co., printing deeds and bind- ing, 6.50
J. Wesson Phelps, surveying and drawing plans for Four Corners Cemetery, Depot Vil- lage Cemetery, and the new addition to the same, 178.00
$298.30
Balance in the hands of the Town Treasurer,
201.70
$500.00
Respectfully submitted.
HIRAM E. W. CLARK, Cemetery HOMER C. STRONG, Commissioners
HENRY G. LOOMIS, of Palmer.
March 1st, 1899.
Young Men's Library Association.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1899.
The additions to the Library and the circulation for the past year are as follows :
Number of volumes in the Library March 1, 1898,
4,979
Volumes purchased during the year,
178
Volumes donated during the year,
25
203
Volumes now in the Library,
5,182
Volumes loaned during the year, fiction,
10,892
Volumes loaned during the year, other classes, 4,225
Total,
15,117
The above figures do not represent all the books which have been purchased, as there are now something over one hundred additional volumes in the Library to be added to the list as fast as they can be made ready for the shelves. The town appropriation for the Library was made so late in the year that the selection and purchase of new volumes was considerably delayed in consequence. It should perhaps be stated that there are bills for books, etc., which have not yet reached the treasurer, that will reduce the cash on hand about $250 when paid.
It is pleasant to note the gradual increase in the call for books of other classes than fiction, and an effort has been made to encourage this tendency by the addition of volumes in these classes which are not only profitable and instructive, but likewise attractive and entertaining. A number of valuable works of this class will be found in the list which will soon be on the shelves.
CHAS. B. FISKE, Librarian.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Cash on hand March 1st, 1898,
265.52
Received from Town of Palmer,
1000.00
Sales of catalogues, and fines,
26.00
Contributions,
22.00
G. A. R., for coal, 23.41
Paid for Books, Magazines and Papers,
$202.96
Cataloguing, supplies and incidentals,
24.55
Attendant, Miss M. E. Robinson,
166.67
Fuel and lights,
240.78
Janitor service,
84.00
Cash on hand March 1st, 1899,
617.97
$1,336.93 $1,336.93
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I hereby certify that I have examined the books and accounts of the treasurer of the Young Men's Library Association, and find them correct in every respect. M. J. DILLON, Auditor.
Palmer, March 11, 1899.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, - ss.
HAMPDEN,
To H. A. Northrop, Constable of the Town of ·Palmer.
GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places in said Palmer, designated by the selectmen to wit : In Precinct A at the Engine House on Park street in the Depot Village ; in Precinct B at Columbian Band Room, on Commercial street, in Thorndike; in Precinct C at the room occupied by the Athletic Club, near the dwelling house of Charles S. Ruggles on East Main street in Three Rivers ; in Precinct D at Liberty Hall on Main street in Bondsville, on Monday, the 20th day of March, A. D., 1899, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to the precinct officers of the several voting. precincts of said town for the following town officers, to wit : Three Selectmen, three Assessors, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, a Tax Collector, two Auditors, five Constables, and three Fence Viewers, all for the term of one year ; one Overseer of the Poor for the term of three years ; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years, and one member of the School Committee for the term of one year ; one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years ; also two Trustees of the Public Library for the term of three years ; also to vote by ballot, which shall be Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhab- itants of said Palmer qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the
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Town House, at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the 3d day of April, A. D., 1899, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers, Measurers of Wood and Bark, and all other usual town officers.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to hire the present tramp room and lockup.
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 borrow 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 borrow 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.
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 raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 14. To act on the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 16. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils. to and from the public schools, and instrnet the School Committee as. to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
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ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in regard to lighting the streets, and whether it will authorize the selectmen to make contract therefor.
ART. 20. To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
ART. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and the families of the slain, and intrust the same to L. L. Merrick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, under the provisions of Chapter 189 of the Acts of 1885.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to maintain night police in the several villages, and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks.
ART. 24. To see if the town will build a sewer in Pine street from a point opposite the house of Charles Johnson to Thorndike street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the town will make an appropriation for care and improvement of cemeteries.
ART. 26. To see if the town will build a sewer in South Main street from Fox Avenue to Dublin street and thence southerly in Dublin street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to build an extension of the Thorndike street sewer, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 28. To see what action the town will take, if any, relative to the bequest of one Morrison.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new steam fire engine, or repair the old one, or take any action relative thereto, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 30. To see what action the town will take in regard to dis- posing of the produce raised on the town farm.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to build a sidewalk on the west side of Commercial street in Thorndike, beginning at the market of Clark & Hastings and running to the junction of High and Commercial streets, the abutters to bear half the expense.
ART. 32. To see if the town will build a ten-room brick school house on the site of the present grammar school building at the Depot village, and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 33. To see if the town will raise and make an appropriation for improved school accommodations at the Depot village.
ART. 34. To see if the town will issue bonds sufficient in amount to meet the expense of necessary increased school accommodations.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars for insurance of school buildings, and four hundred dollars for music in schools.
ART. 36. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ror removing the rocks in the highway near the pine grove between the Catholic church and the residence of George W. Keith in Thorndike.
ART. 37. To see what action the town will take relative to build- ing a sidewalk in Thorndike from the corner of A. P. Adams' drug store along Commercial street to Michael Roche's, and thence on the Ware road to Gay avenue.
ART. 38. To see what action the town will take relative to wid- ening Commercial street in Thorndike at a point near land of George Wilson and one Halliez.
Y ART. 39. To see what action the town will take relative to re- pairing the roof of the library building.
ART. 40. To see what action the town will take relative to build- ing a sewer near the house of Patrick Ferris in Bondsville.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to build sidewalks in Bondsville as follows: From Rev. B. McKeany's house to the house of Thomas Carmody on the Ware Road; from Rev. B. Keany's house to Brown Brothers' on Pleasant street ; and from a point opposite the Boston Duck Company's office to the Boston Duck Company's barn on Main street, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to straighten the sidewalks from a point near St. Bartholomew's church to a point near B. D. Parsons' house on Main street in Bondsville.
ART. 43. To see if the town will take any action relative to clearing side walks in the town.
ART. 44. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the Public Library.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to build a new bridge over the Ware River near the house of Michael Roche in Thorndike, and a new bridge over the canal near the No. 1 Mill in Thorndike, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 46. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 347 of the Acts of 1890, relative to public libraries.
ART. 47. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission and author- ize its treasurer to borrow money to construct such section of state highway as said commission may lay out within the town.
ART. 48. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the selectmen to petition the court for the abolition of any grade cross- ings in the town.
ART. 49. To see what action the town will take relative to suits now pending, or that may be brought against the town.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Springfield street in Three Rivers, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to accept and allow a town way as laid out by the selectmen and described as follows, viz. : be- ginning at a stone bound on the westerly side of South Main street in the Depot Village, and at the northwest corner of land of Robert Lewis ; thence running S. 43º 45' W. 553 91-100 feet to a stone bound : thence S. 72° 15' W. 1862 feet to a stone bound three feet easterly from the east end of the wagon shed near Holden & Fuller's mill. Said town way is laid out 50 feet wide on the northwesterly side of the line described, over land of H. P. & J. S. Holden and land of H. P. Holden and Charles E. Fuller.
ART. 52. To see if the town will accept and allow a town way as laid out by the selectmen and described as follows, viz. : Beginning at a stone bound on the northerly side and at the easterly terminus of Pearl street in the Depot Village and at the southeast corner of land of C. W. Bennett ; thence running the same course as Pearl street, N. 64° 15' E. 200 feet to a stone bound 36 feet southeasterly from the southeast corner of the dwelling house of Wilson Stebbins. Said town way is laid out two rods wide on the southerly side of the line. described and over land of C. E. Dewey.
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to pay bills of members of the Board of Health for extra services or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 54. To see if the town will vote to employ a police officer at the Depot Village between the hours of 6.30 p. m. and 5 a. m., and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 55. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to grant a pawn-broker's license to D. F. Holden.
ART. 56. To see what action the town will take toward adopting the nine hour per day law and paying the the town laborers $1.50 per day.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote not to let town work by contract or take any action relative thereto.
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 9th day of March, A. D., 1899.
M. J. DILLON, Selectmen of
GEO. M. ATKINS, S Palmer.
A true copy. Attest :
H. A. NORTHROP, Constable of Palmer.
20.0000
200.00
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