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J. Crowley, mason work, 12.00
G. E. Lent, carpenter work, 36.00
T. D. Potter & Co., building material, 234.24
Cheney Bigelow Wire Co., iron partition, 34.80
$413.09
Whole amount expended,
$8,328.37
RECAPITULATION.
CASH PAID OUT.
Poor not on Town Farm,
$4,441.83
Poor on Town Farm,
2,673.72
Other Towns,
308.09
State Poor,
288.80
Tramps,
202.69
Contingent Fund,
413.09
$8,328.22
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CASHI RECEIVED.
Appropriation for Poor,
$6,500.00
Overseers' salaries,
400.00
$6,900.00
Contingent Fund,
400.00
From the State,
281.01
From Northampton,
90.00
Ware.
307.45
Petersham,
10.00
" Chicopee,
6.35
Hardwick,
19.00
" Springfield,
5.60
Monson,
12.00
Hadley,
47.28
Blackstone,
18.00
6 Fall River,
59.90
Rebecca Burpee.
141.67
$8,298.26
BILLS DUE THE TOWN.
From the State,
$72.54
" Athol,
56.80
" Gill,
67.04
" Northampton,
72.00
$268.38
$238.42
Outstanding, bills estimated,
$500.00
Overseers recommend for Support of Poor,
$6,500.00
Contingent Fund,
$300.00
Overseers' Salaries,
400.00
WILLIAM MERRIAM,
H. T. BISHOP,
Overseers of Pour.
R. L. BOND,
$29.96
Report of the Board of Health.
PALMER, March 1st, 1900. M. J. Dillon, Chairman Board Selectmen :
DEAR SIR :- We herewith submit report of the work done by this board for the year ending Feb. 28th, 1900.
We have had more than the usual amount of cases of conta- gious diseases reported to the board ; especially has this been true regarding cases of scarlet fever. This fact, and the many complaints of unsanitary conditions in the several villages, has made our work larger and more onerous than in years past. However, the violence of contagion has not been great, and, as a result, there have been but two deaths from scarlet fever during the year, and not more than ordinary mortality from the other contagious and infectious diseases.
No doubt many cases of scarlet fever have been so slight that parents have not thought necessary to call a physician, and not until desquamation began have they realized the nature of the affection. Of necessity these cases were not known to the board in time for proper quarantine and posting of premises. Undoubtedly such cases have been the source of infection to others. We have purchased the most modern and effective apparatus for the disinfection and fumiga- tion of apartments wherein there has been contagious disease. This was one of the recommendations in our report for last year, and has been found perfectly satisfactory in all the tests to which we have submitted the same. Not only is it a powerful germicide, but it is a cleanser and deodorizer as well, with the additional advantage of being perfectly controlled and powerless to injure or change the finest fittings of a room.
There have been several entrances to sewers during the season, and yet many are still delinquent who have no excuse for neglect to comply with the laws of the state regarding such matters except on the ground of avoiding expense. Our desire has been to give all
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ample time ; nevertheless, we have a duty to perform in this connec- tion, and respectfully ask the expression of the voters at the coming town meeting as to whether they desire that we take legal action against those who have neglected to enter the sewer after due notice from this board.
We submit the following statistical data :
Number of cases infectious and contagious diseases reported to us, 92
Number of cases scarlet fever,
56
Diphtheria and croup, 25
Typhoid fever,
7
Measles, 4
Number houses quarantined,
58
TABLE No. 1.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Diphtheria and Croup
2
2
6
2
2
4
1
1
1
1
Scarlet Fever
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
7
-
Total
5
3
6 |1
4
5
2
5
1 8 25
8
16
TABLE NO. 2.
Nummber of burial permits issued by this board through the chair- man :
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
20 13 9
6 11 18 9 13 12 10
18 11
5
15
56 25 | Total
7
23
Typhoid Fever f.
.
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TABLE NO. 3. Causes of death from Feb. 28th, 1899.
Apoplexy,
5. Gastritis,
1
Anemia,
2. Gangrene Senile, !
1
Angina Pectoris,
1. Fractured Cervical: Veterbrae,
1
Ascities,
1. Heart Disease, | BIE 8
1
Atrophy Progressive, 1. Intersuseption,
1
Bronchitis,
3. Lungs, Oedema of
1
Bright's Disease,
5. Laryngitis,
1
Convulsions,
1. Meningitis, A.T.9 6
1
Cholera Infantum,
5. Nephritis Chronic Intersticial,
1
Consumption,
16. Peritonitis,
1
Cystitis,
1. Pneumonia,
3
Carbuncle,
1. Puerperal Fever,
1
Disease of Liver,
4. Paralysis,
4 1
Drowning,
1. Senility,
1
Dysentery,
1. Typhoid Fever,
1
Dyspepsia,
1. Uremia,
1
Enteritis,
4. Still births,
18
Enteritis Gastro,
4. Premature births, 21.
5
Unclassified,
TABLE No. 4.
Ages at death of persons dying in Palmer (exclusive of still births) from Feb. 28, 1899, to Feb. 28, 1900.
1 to 2 years, 7. Males, 4 ; females, 3.
2 to 3
4.
..
1 ;
3.
3 to 4 3.
66
1;
6 .
2.
4 to 5 2.
6.
..
2.
5 to 10 66
5.
66 2;
3.
10 to 15 15 to 20
20 to 30
16.
6;
10.
30 to 40
7.
..
3 ;
4.
40 to 50 9.
6;
..
3.
50 to 60
9.
. 6
6;
60 to 70 5.
2;
66 3. 3. 4. 2.
80 to 90
3;
Less than 1 year, 40.
23;
17.
1.
1.
70 to 80 9. 5.
5;
Diphtheria and Croup,
7. Suicide,
Cancer,
5. Malnutrition,
Arthritis Rheumatoid, 1. Hematuria,
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
CASH RECEIVED.
From J. B. Shaw, treasurer,
$98.40
Slaughter house licenses.
4.00
Undertakers' licenses,
5.00
Total,
$107.40
CASH EXPENDED.
Formaldehyde disinfecting apparatus and fluid,
$38.00
Quarantining and posting houses,
41.00
Express and postage,
5.70
Printing,
3.00
Miscellaneous supplies,
1.40
Car fare,
.70
Tracing map of Palmer, showing sewers and buildings,
15.00
$104.80
Cash on hand,
2.60
Total,
$107.40
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We recommend that the work of constructing sewers in all the vil- lages be continued with as great dispatch as possible.
We recommend that the sum of two hundred dollars be appropri- ated "for the use of the board of health," exclusive of that for salary of the members.
To all those who, by their courtesy and cooperation have aided us in guarding the public health, and to those who have cheerfully complied with the irksome regulations that are often required, we re- turn our personal thanks.
Most respectfully. LESLIE H. HENDEE, Chairman. J. P. SCHNEIDER, J. C. BOULAY.
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Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
The Cemetery Commissioners herewith submit their second annual report.
Work has been done in both the old cemeteries at the Old Center and at Three Rivers. The greater part of the work has been done at the Depot Village cemetery. The Four Corners cemetery has also received due attention. In the old part of the Depot Village cemetery the work has been largely done by the Palmer Cemetery Association. In the new part the work of road building, clearing the land, and the laying out of the lots has progressed far enough so that any citizen who examines the cemetery can see that, when com- pleted according to the plans, it will be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in this vicinity. A main sewer connecting the cemetery grounds with the Thorndike street sewer is a most pressing necessity . The drives have been temporarily provided with paved ditches, but the plans call for under-drains which, until the sewer is built, are impracticable.
A good deal of interest has been shown in the progress of the work. The cemetery funds now in the town treasury besides the balance of the appropriation made by the town, have been increased during the year by the Avery W. Green bequest of $200. Fifty- six cemetery lots have been sold and deeds issued, a detailed account of which is given below. Two deeds of cemetery lots were issued and delivered, by order, and payment therefor has not been made. The respective amounts of each deed is still due the town according to the statement below. By vote of the Commissioners, the lot which had been assigned for the burial of the bodies of United States soldiers was deeded to the L. L. Merrick Post, No. 107, G. A. R., to be used for the same purpose.
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The Commissioners would recommend to be expended on the cem- eteries of the town for the current year an appropriation of $500 and the balance in the hands of the Town Treasurer to the credit of the Cemetery Commissioners, also an additional appropriation of $600 for a sewer to connect the cemetery grounds with the Thorn- dike street sewer.
The eleventh by-law of the Cemetery By-laws of the town is :
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.
When the lots in the new part of the Depot Village cemetery are sold, the amount received will reimburse the town for all outlay.
Below will be found a list of the receipts and expenditures.
Appropriation, April 3, 1899,
$500.00
Balance in the treasury,
201.70
$701.70
Received of Frederick Thompson, et al, sub-
cription for water connection, 5.00
Balance overdrawn, deposited with Treasurer, 2.49
RECEIVED FOR DEEDS IN DEPOT VILLAGE CEMETERY.
Marion E. Spooner, Waltham, Mass.,
$10.00
Artun Peterson,
5.00
Calvin Blodgett, 14.00
Elbridge G. Hastings,
14.00
William Hayden, Chelsea, Mass.,
5.00
Hiram M. Palmer, 11.00
6.50
Byram Woodhead,
15.00
John J. Helliwell, No. Brookfield, Mass.,
8.00
William B. Ham, 6 00
S. H. Hellyar,
10.00
Thankful A. King, Westerly, R. I.,
12.00
Walter E. Fay,
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Charles Forssman,
$ 5.00
Edwin C. Sexton,
6.00
Eugene Shorley,
8.50
William A. Breckenridge,
8.00
William A. Breckenridge,
19.00
Mary L. Robinson,
17.50
Louis Calkins, Springfield, Mass.,
12.00
Elvira Tupper, Providence, R. I.,
10.00
Frank M. Eager,
13.50
Orrillus W. Studley, Springfield, Mass.,
11.00
Hiram M. Palmer and Chas. E. Butler,
11.00
John O. Hamilton,
9.00
Ebenezer Brown,
15.00
Andrew Pinney,
10.00
Joseph A. Brown, Montclair, N. J.,
21.00
Henry G. Loomis,
14.50
William C. Burnett,
9.00
Charles B. Fiske,
14.25
James A. Hawkes,
12.00
Lewis R. Sherman,
8.00
George E. Buck,
12.00
Frederick Thompson,
10.00
L. A. Conant,
18.00
Homer C. Strong,
15.50
Arthur W. Holbrook,
9.00
Mrs. Carrie J. Holbrook and William Merriam,
11.50
Frank W. Washburn,
3.00
George M. Atkins,
30.00
William J. Dean,
8.00
Horace H. Paine,
10.00
Pascal P. Brown, Easthampton, Mass.,
7.75
L. L. Merrick Post, No. 107, G. A. R.,
00.00
$485.50
.
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FOR DEEDS IN FOUR CORNERS CEMETERY.
Adelaide Gott, New York City,
$ 8.00
H. E. W. Clark, 10.00
Moulton M. Thayer, Belchertown, Mass., 8.00
Henry McElwain, Boston, Mass., 8.00
Mary Ellen Hutchinson, 8.00
Heirs of Nicholas Coleman,
17.50
B. Frank Emery,
8.00
Willard F. Fillmore,
8.00
Samuel Sharratt,
8.00
John L. Scott, Springfield, Mass., for himself and Whiting heirs,
24.00
$107.50
Total amount received for deeds,
$593.00
DUE THE TOWN FOR DEEDS.
Henry D. Converse,
$14.50
Edward Goodes,
22.00
$36.50
Total,
$629.50
The cemetery funds now in the town treasury, besides the balance of the appropriation made by the town for care of cemeteries, are :
The Mrs. Minnie K. Bennett fund,
$200.00 8.58
$208.58
The Avery W. Green fund,
200.00
Interest drawn, $4.25
.25
200.25
The bequests of Henry Scism,
100.00
Interest drawn,
6.49
106.49
The bequests of Mrs. Calista E. Hendricks, Interest drawn,
8.74
108.74
The bequests of Mrs. Laura E. Child,
500.00
Interest drawn,
21.40
521.40
Total,
$1,145.46
Interest drawn,
Expended for painting fence, 4.00
100.00
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The income of the above funds is to be applied to the care of individual lots, except the income of the bequest of $500 by Mrs. Laura E. Child.
Total receipts, $1,306.19
EXPENDITURES.
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
$30.00
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers, 40.00
E. A. Buck & Co., tools, 12.50
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
50.00
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
75.00
S. H. Hellyar, clerical assistance, 5.50
George A. Smith, labor with team,
44.38
George A. Smith, labor with team,
12.00
Charles T. Brainerd, labor with team and superintendence, 118.50
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
100.00
C. S. Ruggles, labor,
26.00
Peter Ditto, labor with team,
22.00
Carrie J. Holbrook, cash paid out for labor,
25.00
Jos. Bondville, labor with team,
15.20
C. L. Johnson & Co., printing,
2.50
William Murphy, for labor,
24.79
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
60.00
W. H. Brainerd, surveying,
5.00
C. A. Brown & Co., pipe and labor,
64.37
S. Leach, lumber and labor, 13.01
J. Wesson Phelps, surveying,
13.82
C. T. Brainerd, labor with team,
5.13
E. A. Buck & Co., merchandise,
16.20
J. M. Allen, labor with team,
24.00
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
100.00
W. H. Hitchcock, sewer pipe,
4.16
John Daily, labor, man and team,
16.00
Palmer Water Co., for water fixtures,
2.75
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
40.00
J. M. Allen, labor with team,
40.00
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C. S. Ruggles, labor, $ 33.00
Homer C. Strong, clerk, cash paid laborers,
110.00
Homer C. Strong, making and recording 51 deeds, 18.20
Homer C. Strong, making and recording 5 deeds, 1.75
Melissa Richards, water rent,
3.00
Homer C. Strong, labor of man and team, 3.45
A. W. Green, painting fence of Green lot, 4.00
Homer C. Strong, stamps, stationery, etc.,
1.88
Balance in treasury,
123.10
$1,306.19
LABOR ACCOUNT.
Received by Homer C. Strong, clerk,
$605.00
EXPENDITURES.
George E. Davis,
$ 4.00
James Kerr,
2.55
T. Edmunds,
2.25
D. Crimmins,
1.50
E. Welch,
1.50
T. Edmunds,
5.00
T. Edmunds,
1.00
T. Edmunds,
3.00
E. Crimmins,
8.00
P. Murphy,
11.25
E. Welch,
.75
D. Crimmins,
18.00
P. Crimmins,
9.00
Fred Wright,
1.00
E. Crimmins,
1.75
T. Edmunds,
4.50
F. D. Thompson, repairing tools,
1.25
F. Wright,
3.50
D. Crimmins,
3.75
P. Crimmins,
3.75
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$1,183.09
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H. Gragg, $ 3.75
D. Crimmins, 8.25
P. Crimmins, 8.25
M. Murphy.
2.20
J. H. Tuthill, repairing tools,
1.00
F. Wright,
13.20
D. Sullivan,
3.00
F. R. Cooley,
3.00
J. Merriam,
10.95
J. S. Jones,
13.20
Louis Sherman,
3.00
P. Murphy,
7.50
W. Murphy,
7.20
P. Crimmins,
3.00
J. S. Jones,
9.00
D. Crimmins,
8.70
P. Crimmins,
1.20
F. R. Cooley,
4.00
D. Sullivan,
7.50
D. Crimmins,
15.00
F. R. Cooley,
3.50
M. Murphy,
5.00
F. Wright,
9.75
P. Crimmins,
15.00
P. Murphy,
9.00
W. Murphy,
15.00
J. Conlin,
2.25
J. W. Phelps,
2.25
J. Merriam,
9.00
E. Dodge,
.80
P. Murphy,
21.00
G. E. Davis,
4.00
P. Murphy,
12.00
F. M. Shaw.
2.50
R. B. Francis, grinding tools,
1.00
F. M. Shaw,
6.24
C. J. Leary,
10 00
P. Murphy,
9.00
F. M. Shaw,
10.63
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D. Crimmins,
15.00
F. M. Shaw, 5.00
F. M. Shaw, 5.00
P. Murphy, 5.00
P. Murphy,
7.00
D. Crimmins,
9.75
F. M. Shaw,
4.00
W. Murphy,
3.75
C. J. Leary,
20.00
22.00
F. M. Shaw,
5.31
P. Murphy,
29.75
J. Conlin,
7.50
J. B. Longwill, fixing lock,
.50
F. M. Shaw,
7.50
O. E. Butler,
9.00
P. Murphy,
18.75
C. J. Leary,
25.00
11.00
C. D. Holbrook & Co., grass seed,
1.29
P. Murphy,
2.10
C. J. Leary,
10.60
S. Leach, sawing stakes,
.89
Returned to the Treasurer, 2.49
$605.00
In the Annual Report of the Town Officers for the year ending March 1, 1899, will be found the report of J. Wesson Phelps, Landscape Engineer, and also the Cemetery By-laws of the town, copies of which can be obtained of the Clerk. Plans of the Depot Village and of the Four Corners cemeteries can be seen at the clerk's office and at the Public Library.
Respectfully submitted,
HIRAM E. W. CLARK, HOMER C. STRONG,
Cemetery Commissioners.
March 10, 1900.
HENRY G. LOOMIS,
8.80
Young Men's Library Association.
The Young Men's Library Association has had a prosperous year. The additions and circulation of books have been as follows :
Number of books in library March 1st, 1899,
5,182
Purchased,
317
Donated,
31
In library March 1st, 1900,
5,530
Number of books loaned :
Fiction,
11,511
Miscellaneous works, 4,460
15,971
The steady increase in the circulation of its books and larger use of its reading room show that the free access to good books and periodicals is appreciated by the public, to whom the Library and Reading Room have been open three hundred and five days during the year.
As shown by the figures above, fiction finds wider circulation than any other class of books, which is true in all circulating libraries. Yet the use of books of reference and instruction is relatively greater than in the past. This is probably due in part to a more interesting and attractive style in the newer books, and in part to a freer use of the Library in supplementing the work of the schools.
It is desired by the Association that the Library may be made increasingly helpful to the teachers and pupils of our schools, by furnishing the best books to stimulate thought and investigation, as well as those that entertain.
During the year the By-Laws have been amended so that member- ship in the Association is more easily obtained, and it is hoped that in the near future the number of members may be very greatly increased.
GEO. H. WILKINS, President.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Cash on hand March 1, 1899,
$ 617.97
Received from Town, 1,000.00
Catalogues sold and fines collected,
50.00
Old papers sold, 1.25
Paid for Books,
$540.84
Papers and Magazines,
37.10
Cataloging,
32.45
Rebinding books,
37.34
Supplies,
12.15
Attendant, Miss Robinson (14 months),
233.33
Janitor,
101.25
Fuel,
188.81
Lights,
48.28
Freight and cartage,
9.19
Cash on hand March 1, 1900,
428.48
$1,669.22 $1,669.22
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HAMPDEN, SS.
To Thomas J. Conroy, Constable of the Town of Palmer.
GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn all of 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 Select- men, to wit : In Precinct A at the Engine House on Park street in the Depot Village ; in Precinct B at Columbian Band room in Ex- change Block on Commercial street in Thorndike ; in Precinct C at Ruggles Hall on East Main street in Three Rivers ; in Precinct D at Liberty Hall on Main street in Bondsville, on Monday, the 19th day of March, A. D., 1900, 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 ; one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner 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 6 o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhab-
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itants of said Palmer qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town House at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the 2d day of April, A. D., 1900, 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 compensation 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 instruct 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. 100
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ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
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 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. a. 1 2
v ART. 21. 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. 22. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks.
ART. 23. To see if the town will make an appropriation for care and improvement of cemeteries.
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise the sum of three hundred dollars and appropriate the same for the purpose of repairing the plastering and frescoing in Memorial Hall. 300
ART. 25. To see what action the town will take to provide for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks within the limits of the highways or town ways in the town, and whether it will adopt any by-laws in relation thereto.
ARL. 26. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to change the watering-trough at Bondsville, from its present location to the opposite side of the street, and make the necessary connections.
ART. 27. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to place a marker of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the grave of each Revolutionary Soldier and Sailor buried in this town, the expense not to exceed one dollar each.
ART. 28. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to lower the grade of Willow street leading from Park street to Sumner Blodgett's house.
ART. 29. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to build the road as laid out by them from Willow street to School street, known as "Dewey Hill"' road.
ART. 30. To see if the town will raise $620 to pay land damages
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awarded by the County Commissioners for changes on Commercial street, Thorndike.
ART. 31. To see what action the town will take in matter of claim of the Palmer Water Company for expense of changing their water main in Depot Village to avoid the new sewer.
ART. 32. To see what action the town will take in the matter of suit of Mary Moran, now pending against the town.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to build a culvert and raise the highway between the house of B. F. Emery and Whipple's bridge.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to establish evening schools and raise the sum of $500 therefor.
ART. 35. To see if the town will raise the sum of $100 to be expended by the selectmen in building bicycle paths.
ART. 36. To see what action the town will take to increase the school accommodations at the Depot village, and whether it will vote to build a new schoolhouse, and raise money for the same.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $1500 to purchase a new hearse.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to have a sewer three feet in diameter extending from Central street westerly through Main street to Commercial street, and thence southerly through Commercial street to the river, of sufficient depth through Main street to drain cellars, and in addition to present sewer.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote to issue bonds sufficient in amount to meet the expense of necessary increased school accom- modations.
ART. 40. 'To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer on Foster avenue in the Depot Village, from a point about 200 feet east of Knox street, running to and connecting with the Knox street sewer, and raise 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.
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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 meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the PALMER JOURNAL, at least two issues before 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 7th day of March, A. D., 1900.
M. J. DILLON, Selectmen
CHAS. L. HOLDEN, of
CHAS. T. BRAINERD, ) Palmer.
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