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support vi poor 3,000 00
repairs of highways 3,500 00
railroad loan 2,000 00
railroad interest 1,500 00
aid to indigent sailors and soldiers 350 00
school incidentals 500 00
repairs of public buildings 200 00
repairs of school houses 250 00
removing snow . 500 00
Memorial day . 50 00
expenses of Public Library 250 00
salary of Superintendent of schools 225 00
incidental expenses. Bank and corporation taxes
Voted, To accept the List of Jurors as presented by the Selectmen.
Voted, That the Treasurer of the Town be directed to use any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to the payment of any expenses that may accrue from the in- fringement of the liquor license.
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Voted, That William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R., be allowed to have the $50 appropriated by the Town.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Voted, That a bounty of 15 cents be paid on each crow killed within the Town, to be paid by the Treasurer.
Voted, That the Town do not authorize the purchase of a stone crusher.
Voted, That a Committee of three be chos a to look into the matter of botter roads and report at a free Town meeting, and chose Frederic B. Knapp, Robert I'. Randall and Dr. N. K. Noves as a Committee for this propor.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to jay the in- come, or any ) perpart of the principal of asy in his hands, for us. Stale cemeteries to Mir properly authorized persons for the purpose designated.
Voted, That a Committee of five be appointed at this meet- ing to report a plan for the care and government of the cemeteries to report at the next Town meeting.
Chose Mrs. Jonathan S. Ford, Laurence Bradford, Elisha Peterson, Samuel P. Soule and Mrs. Almeda Ellison as this Committee.
Voted, That a Committee be chosen to ascertain what Town landings legally exist, to have those landings to which the Town has an arloabted right, surveyed and properly defined upon the ground by bounds and registered by the Town Clerk; that the Committee report to the Town rext year in the Town report, and that the Town appropriate what money is necessary to carry out this motion, and
Chose, Hamilton Wadsworth, Laurence Bradford and John S. Loring as this Committee.
Voted, That it is the sense of this meeting that it is ex- pedient that Water Street be laid out as a highway.
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Voted, To reimburse the Town of Hanover for expense incurred by payment for medical attendance for Eva Sim- mons of Duxbury.
Voted, That hereafter at the annual Town meeting all of- ficers that the law requires to be elected by ballot, except the Moderator, shall be voted for upon one ticket.
Voted, To post Town Warrants in all the post offices, except Island Creek, one at Island Creek Hall and one at Temperance Hall.
Voted, To have the Warrants printed.
Voted, That the Warrants be held open until fourteen days before the day of Town meeting.
Voted, To accept Weston Road.
Voted, That the School Committee be requested to inves- tigate fully the matter of the consolidation of schools and if they deem it advisable to report at a future Town meeting a plan for the consolidation of the schools of Duxbury, to- gether with the probable cost.
At the above Town meeting the total number of persons who voted was 171.
Number of registered voters, 431.
One hundred and thirty-three votes cast for Town officers. Thirty-eight persons voted on license question only.
At the meeting held May 20, 1893.
Chose Edmund H. Sears, Moderator.
Voted, That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $10,000, payable, $1,000 each year, for ten years, the money to be received to be applied for payment of the Town's pro- portion for the construction of the Gurnet bridge, this be- ing the sum levied by the County Commissioners.
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Voted, That the matter of floating stages on both sides of the draw be left with the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept Water Street as laid out by the Select- men.
Voted, To accept the road from King Cæsar's Road to Powder Point Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted, That the wages for highway labor remain the same as at present.
Voted, To accept the following report of the Committee on Cemeteries :
DUXBURY, May 13, 1893.
In conformity with the order of the last annual Town meeting, the Committee on Cemeteries would make this brief report : The order reads "that a Committee of five be appointed at this meeting to report a plan for the care and government of the cemeteries and to report at the next Town meeting. On this Committee were chosen : Mrs. Jonathan S. Ford, Laurence Bradford, Elisha Peterson, Samuel P. Soule and Mrs. Almeda Ellison." The Committee could not arrange for a meeting before last Saturday even- ing, and then Mr. Soule was unable to attend. The brief time left for a more extended action, and the ladies confess- ing that they did not feel like joining in a more elaborate report, the Committee agreed to make these recommenda- tions :
1. That the Town elect by ballot a Committee of Five, who shall have full charge of the cemeteries.
2. That this new Committee, considering that they would be elected by a special Town meeting, when the attendance was likely to be small, should propose a series of by-laws for the consideration of the next annual Town meeting, out- lining a plan by which the Committee would act in govern- ing and superintending the cemeteries.
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3. That this new Committee be requested to consider how best money can be raised for the care of the ceme- teries in general, and how a particular fund can be created for the perpetual care of lots held by persons who are una- ble to look out for these lots themselves, and would desire a way to have them always cared for.
4. That Laurence Bradford be directed to make these recommendations to this Town meeting.
Voted, That the recommendations of this Committee be adopted.
Chose Samuel P. Soule, Laurence Bradford, Elisha Pe- terson, William J. Wright and William J. Alden, Jr., as Cemetery Committee. William J. Wright resigned and Thomas Alden was chosen to complete the Committee.
Voted, That this Committee be authorized to draw on any money available for the care of the cemeteries.
Voted, That the Town appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars for guns to be used at the Partridge Academy.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING
THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1893.
Feb. 2. In Duxbury. Avard L. Gates and Harriet A Hastings, both of Duxbury; by Rev. William H. Branigan
Feb. 4. In Duxbury, Charles T. Walker and Henrietta K. Myren, both of Bridgewater ; by Elder J. C. Osgood.
Feb. 19. In Kingston, Zoeth P. Freeman and Sarah H. Spear, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie,
March 11. In Roxbury, J. Mercer Seaver of Duxbury and Anne W. Gillingham of Roxbury; by Rev. James DeNormandie.
March 16. In Boston, Walter Lover of Duxbury and Lizzie A. Berry of Boston ; by Rev. Albert H. Plumb.
April 5. In Hanson, Frank C. Chandler of Duxbury and Mabel F. Fisher of Hanson ; by Rev. William Brewster.
April 27. In Plymouth, Edward J. Guare and Katie Kelly, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Thomas A. Reid.
June 1. In Waltham, Mass., William J. Alden, Jr., of Duxbury and Maria Jones of Waltham ; by Rev. B. M. Ful- lerton.
June 3. In Kingston, Harry E. Littlefield and Priscilla M. Hunt, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Benjamin R. Harris.
June 27. In Cambridge, Mass., Micah S. Soule of Dux- bury and Mary E. Twomey of Cambridge; by Rev. M. J, Flaherty.
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Oct. 22. In Marshfield, Albert E. Beaman and Helen B Fowle, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Ebenezer Alden.
Nov. 15. In Duxbury, Harvey J. Day and Alice F. Davis, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Austin S. Chase.
Nov. 19. In Kingston, Levi E. Perkins of Plympton, Mass., and Lenora M. White of Duxbury ; by Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.
Nov. 20. In Cohasset, Alfred V. Freeman of Duxbury and Nellie Studley of Cohasset; by Rev. Joseph Osgood.
Nov. 29. In Plymouth, William F. Glass and Mary E. Mullaney, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. J. J. Buckley.
Nov. 30. In Duxbury, Walter F. Cushman and Lucie Hall, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Charles P. Lombard.
Dec. 13. In Duxbury, Joseph V. B. Merry and Mary E. Chandler, both of Duxbury ; by Rev. Austin S. Chase.
Dec. 28. In Brockton, Mass., David S. Goodspeed of Duxbury and Lucy W. Cummings of Brockton; by Rev. Pitt Dillingham.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1893.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
January 6,
Eliza Jane Redmond,
Thomas W. and Mary Ann,
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January 12,
Margaret Townsend Errington,
January 14,
Nellie May Gates,
February 22,
Earl Stanley Cushing, Albert Douglass Parks,
March
7,
Johnson.
March
13,
Edith Brooks Fowle,
Percy B. and Frances P.,
April . 14,
Carl Grover Freeman,
Judson B. and Lillia J., John P. and Addie, Herbert C. and Hattie,
Chandler.
April
29,
Adele Burgess, Freeman, (Still born)
May
4,
May
6,
Lester Caswell,
Leander W. and Susan A.,
July
25,
Marcia Brewster Turner,
William J. and Zilpha,
August
4,
Arthur Henry Hodge,
Edwin W. and Cora,
Peterson.
August
9,
Lucy Arnold Simmons.
Richard and Kate A.,
Lavine.
-
August
12
Harriet Higgins,
George E. and Isabel F., Avard L. and Hattie A., Harry and Helen B., John H. and Maud A.,
McKay. Townsend. Hastings. Chandler. Prest.
Beaman.
Sampson. Bumpus. Brewster.
Arthur H. and Elizabeth W.,
Dunster.
BIRTHS -CONTINUED.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
August 20, September 6,
Christine Wheeler,
Charles N. B. and Etta E., Edward N. and Hattie L.,
Bartlett. Palmer.
September 8,
Deborah Maria Guare,
Edward J. and Katherine E.,
Kelly.
September 10, September 14,
Beulah Wendell Chandler,
Ford.
September 18, October 9,
Sarah Isabelle Mills,
October 24. Hope Frances Briggs,
Cushman.
November 5, November 16,
Warren Russ I Holmes,
Moses. Eldridge.
December 5,
Eliza Wisser Simpson,
Peterson.
December 13,
Hazel Sh res ivning,
Waldo F. and Minnie F.,
Wadsworth.
December 24,
Jennie Bailey Rand. 11,
J. Dexter and Ada J.,
Chandler.
December 30,
George Torry PanLing,
George M. and Elizabeth,
Terry.
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Herbert Elmer Mcclintock,
Wendell O. and Sarah A., Howard and Mabel, Albert and Jennie, Henry A. and Helen E .. Herbert M. and Carrie C., George A. and Rosa C., Peleg C. and Lillie H.,
Fowle. Walker.
Gladys Blanchard,
George L. and Harriet A.,
Evans.
Catherine A. Davis,
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DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE WHO DIED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1893.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 11,
Annie P. Glass,
24
10
Diabetes,
Feb. 3,
Isaac Keene,
85
2
27
Paralysis,
3,
Nathaniel Delano,
85
7
15
Heart Disease,
" 25,
James H. Winsor,
74
8
-
Heart Disease,
Mar. 18,
Walter S. Simmons,
45
10
7
Charlotte Bradford,
79
9
Catarrhal Pneumonia,
" 20,
Samuel P. and Clara.
" 20,
Josiah A. Briggs,
29
-
10
Consumption of the Blood,
“ 21,
Esther Delano (Howard),
90
3
5
Old Age,
Ezra and Rebecca.
" 22,
Benjamin B. Cushing,
71
5
6
Typhoid Fever,
Horace W. and Jerusha A. Isaac and Lucy. Nathaniel and Betsey. George and Alice. Lyman and Mary. Gershom and Sarah.
John and Betsey.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS. 49
Heart Disease,
DEATHS -CONTINUED.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Mar. 29,
Lucia Alden Bradford,
85
8
15
Acute Bronchitis,
April 2,
Inez Smith,
17
10
13
Tuberculosis,
5,
Thompson P. Thomas,
67
4
15
Chronic Bronchitis,
" 11,
Artemas Inglis, Jr.,
35
6
10
Phthisis Pulmonalis,
" 27,
Sarah M. Weston (Holmes, )
58
3
Pneumonia,
" 28,
Briggs B. Delano,
84
5
28
Bright's Disease,
May 1,
John Bradford,
70
Heart Disease,
4,
Freeman,
60
7
21
Pneumonia,
“. 23,
Hannah D. Winslow (Drew), Rufus Holmes,
91
4
23
Heart Failure from Old Age,
" 28,
Eunice B. Brown (Weston),
73
10
10
Heart Disease,
Lydia F. Hutchins (Hunt),
39
8
Suicide by Paris Green,
8,
Sarah C. Champney,
28
4
4
Consumption,
“ 12,
Fannie J. Shepard (Hawkins),
37
5
7
Hyperemesis,
". 20,
Laura A. B. Loring (Loring), Nathaniel C. Ryder,
83
6
18
Senile Gangrene,
" 28,
Mercy B. Chandler (Chandler),
50
5
12
Scrofula Sore,
Aug. 2,
Mary Gardner (Delano);
86
2
-
Old Age,
Gershom and Sarah. Edgar J. and Mary. Israel and Kesiah. Artemas and Sarah J. Thomas and Sarah.
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Nathan and Mercy. Ephraim and Lucy. Herbert C. and Hattie. John and Almeda. Charles and Betsey. Bradford and Betsey. Asa and Eunice.
June 17,
81
7
-
Bright's Disease,
Melzar and Deborah C.
July 3, 66
Oscar B. and Julia A.
David and Sarah A. Samuel and Lucy.
78
5
1
Heart Failure,
" 28,
Richard B. and Mercy. Ichabod and Mary.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Still born,
7,
John F. Weston,
Aug. 5, Hannah C. Hunt (Sampson), Fannie H. Burgess,
83 20
6
12 14
" 14, " 26,
Augusta C. Thomas (Chandler), John W. Weston,
66 87
2
17
Sept. 9,
Elizabeth B. Hathaway (Hunt), Mary Simmons (McLauthlin),
75
-
" 26,
Catharine A. Davis,
30
5
20 General Tuberculosis,
“. 27,
Arthur H. Hodge,
63
10
28
Heart Disease,
" 28,
Thomas Marsh,
61
8
7
Consumption,
Oct. 13,
James E. Miner,
1
7
16
Scalds,
" 22,
Grace E. Partridge,
9
4
7
Cerebral Typhoid Fever,
Nov. 1,
Sarah H. Winsor (Cushing),
69
8
3
Inward Sore,
5,
Jabez Peterson,
94
9
7
Old Age.
.6 25,
Samuel P. Briggs,
62
9
22
Mitral disease of heart.
" 27,
Eliza A. Peterson, (Winsor),
66
8
1
Consumption,
Dec. 1,
Levi Simmons,
82
6
2
General Asthenia,
3,
Lucinda Loring (Chandler),
74
2
15
Internal Cancer,
. 19,
Alfred Drew,
72
9
10
Heart Disease,
George and Sally. James K. and BetseyJ. Ira and Hannah. Thomas and Betsey. Samuel and Sarah.
Patrick and Ellen. Edward N. and Harriet L. Henry and Frances. Joseph and Nellie. James and Nancy. William T. and Levina. Edward H. and Ada L.
John and Betsey K. Jabez and - Samuel and Lucy. Alden and Eliza. James and Nabby. Asa and Diana.
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Reuben and Temperance.
-
18
Cancer of Stomach, Acute Peritonitis, Heart Disease, General Asthemia, Debility from Old Age, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
9
-
" 31,
80
4
“ 15,
“ 18,
Edwin T. Gardner,
DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE WHO DIED OUT OF TOWN AND WERE BROUGHT TO DUXBURY FOR INTERMENT DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1893.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Feb. 18, Mar. 3,
Charles Soule,
72
1
15
Boston,
Apoplexy,
Edward Chandler,
70
6
14
Consumption,
Peleg and Clara.
Mary F. Ford (Doyle),
69
11
9
Fatty Degeneration of Heart,
Mar. 20,
Elbridge G. Clark.
81
5
1
Colic,
John and Ann. Elias and Sylvesta.
Mar. 30,
Maria F. Moore (Doane),
78
4
4
Pneumonia,
James C. and Sus- [annah W. Samuel and Eleanor.
Apr. 15,
Andrew Northey,
62
10
27
Paralytic Insanity,
May 11,
Ellen Brewster,
55
11
7
Pulmonary Oedema,
Wm. M. and Sarah.
June 19,
Lebbeus Harris,
70
1
16
Cardiac Disease,
July 1,
Henry C. Amory,
69
-
-
Plympton, [Mass., Rockland, [Mass., Pembroke, [Mass., Quincy; [Mass., Taunton, [Mass., Kingston, [Mass., Whitman, [Mass., Boston,
PLACE OF DEATH.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Charles and Mercy.
52
Nathaniel and Mercy.
July 16, 1 Aug. 6, Aug. 10, Aug. 10, Sept. 5,
George C. Roberts, Adriana Brown,
71
8
8
Tumor of Brain,
Thomas and Sophia.
Amos and Rhoda. Jacob and Eliza.
George W. and [Alice M. Stephen and Lydia.
Joshua and Sarah.
Sept.21,
Ida E. Bailey,
37
3
23
Oct. 3,
Mary H. Standish,
17
9
2
Oct. 25,
Daniel Sampson,
59
-
-
4
28
Marshfield,
[Hernia Intestinal Indiges- [tion,
Nov. 14,
Sarah S. Sampson (Sprague),
88
-
-
Boston,
Old Age,
Nov. 22,
Calvin J. Samson,
59
1
-
East Boston,
Aortic Regurgi- [tation, Chronic Pneumonia
Thomas H. & Eleanor,
Nov. 26,
Luther S. Chandler,
65
9
-
Dec. 1,
Lucy A. Simmons ( Arnold ).
94
2
6
Abington, [Mass., So. Boston,
Old Age,
Dec. 4,
Henry H. Pike,
60
10
27
Cambridge,
Heart Disease,
Benjamin and Sarah.
-
Frank H. Watson,
2
6
-
Louisa S. Messenger (Soule),
67
-
-
Kingston, [Mass., Brookline, [Mass., Boston,
Clark's Isl'd Plymouth, Rayville, [N. Y., Brookline, [Mass., Neponset, [Mass., Boston,
Basaltic Meningitis Cancer of Lungs, Pernicious Anacmia Typhoid Fever,
Strangulated
Daniel and Mary. 53
Adopted child of Zalotus and CEllen Prince. Seth and Deborah.
Nov. 4,
Susie L. Prince,
88
6
21
George F. Bigelow,
73
-
Fracture Fermur [and Old Age, Nephritis,
J. Warren & Jane M.
Isaac and Abigail.
DEATHS REGISTERED OUT OF TOWN - CONTINUED.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Dec. 7,
Lottie E. Hunt,
23
6
Dec. 13,
Betsey Babbidge
98
8
23 Somerville, [Mass., 17 Fargo, No. Dakota, East Boston, -
Laparatomy for Tubercular [Disease and Shock, Old Age,
La Grippe,
.54
Dec. 24,
Emily W. Herrick,
8
10
13
So. Brain- [tree, Mass., East Boston,
Diphtheria,
Dec. 25,
Catherine R. Peterson (Beal),
71
8
11
Paralysis,
John and Jane.
Dec. 28,
Sarah Blanchard Ransom,
80
9
11
Brockton, [Mass.,
Dec. 31,
Hannah Drew (Thomas),
85
3
22
Boston,
Pneumonia,
Nathaniel and [Abigail.
1892. Aug. 25, 1887. July 18,
Elton Percy Lane,
1
-
26
Caribou, Me.
Cholera Infantum,
George W. and [Margie W.
Thomas F. Wainwright,
76
-
-
Boston,
Edwin and Charlotte. Charles and Betsey. Daniel and Betsey F. Thomas W.and Lucy.
Dec. 23,
John C. Watson,
(Drew),
64
2
PLACE OF DEATH.
DISEASE.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Congestion Lungs
Elijah and Huldah.
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SUMMARY.
Number of births 29
Males 9
Females 20
Number of marriages 18
Number of deaths 47
Males 23
Females 24
Number of deaths of persons over 80 years of age .... 13
Number of deaths of persons between 25 and 60 years of age 9
Two deaths of children under 2 years of age.
Six deaths of persons between 9 and 30 years of age.
Average age, 60 years and 4 days.
Number of dogs licensed in 1893 155
Males .
141
Females 14
Paid to County Treasurer, $321.
Attest :
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk. DUXBURY, Feb. 1, 1894.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
Town of Duxbury
FOR THE YEAR
1893.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF DUXBURY:
The School Committee herewith respectfully sub- mit the annual report for the year ending January 31, 1894 :-
The expenses of the schools in all departments will be found elsewhere in detail; the following summary shows the available means for maintaining the schools during the past year, and the expenditures :
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for -
Support of schools $3,000 00
School incidentals. 500 00
Repairs of school houses. . 250 00
Salary of Superintendent
225 00
Received from income of Mass. School Fund 189 03
Dog fund 280 57
Received from State, because of employ-
ment of a Superintendent 309 17
$4,753 77
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid for -
Support of schools $3,466 52
School incidentals 604 30
Repairs of school houses 198 06
Salary of Superintendent. . . 456 25
$4,725 13
Unexpended . $28 64
The following appropriations, which, with one exception, are the same as those of last year, are recommended :
For support of schools $3,000 00
" school incidentals 500 00
" repairs of school houses 250 00
" salary of Superintendent 250 00
At the last annual meeting, the Town requested the School Committee to consider the subject of the con- solidation of the schools, and to report at a future meeting. The Committee directed the Superintendent to make investigations, and considerable information has been obtained, but the Committee have no formal report to make at present.
The High Street school became so small during the Spring term that, after careful inquiries during the Summer vacation, it was decided to discontinue
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the school for the present, and to transfer the pupils to the nearest schools. As a result of this, a part of the pupils went to the Ashdod school, and the remain- der to a school in Pembroke, the Committee having made the necessary arrangements with the School Committee of Pembroke. Whenever the number of pupils in this district is sufficient to warrant it, the school will be re-opened.
At the last annual meeting of the joint committee of the towns of Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury, the School Committee of Scituate, because of the consoli- dation of the schools of that town, wished a reappor- tionment of the Superintendent's time, and conse- quently, of the amount of salary to be paid by each of the towns. Formerly Scituate had paid 40 per cent. of the amount raised by the district, receiving a cor- responding portion of the Superintendent's time, the other towns paying 30 per cent. each, and receiving the same proportion of the service rendered. It was voted that, for the year commencing May 15, 1893, each town should receive one-third of the Superin- tendent's time, and pay a like amount of the part of the salary which is paid by the district, or $250.
On April 15, 1893, the law relative to the employ- ment of a district Superintendent, as amended by the last legislature, took effect. The amount to be raised by the towns in the district unitedly, remains the same, but the state pays towards the salary of the Superintendent $750 per annum, instead of $500, as
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heretofore, dividing among the towns in the district the sum of $500 for salaries of teachers, this sum being divided upon the basis of the amount spent by the towns for the Superintendent's salary. There will be due the Town from the State, on May 15, 1894, $416.67.
There has been an apparent increase of $81.25 in the amount paid by the Town for the past year, for the Superintendent's salary, but, deducting the sum due from the State, the actual increase has been but $16.25, this increase being due to the reapportionment of the amounts paid by the several towns of the dis- trict. The actual cost to the Town of a Superintendent of Schools for the last fiscal year, not reckoning inter- est on the amount paid by the Town, to be refunded by the State, is $241.25, and including the interest mentioned above, it cannot exceed $250. It should be remembered that, because of the employment of a district Superintendent, the Town received last year from the State, for salaries of teachers, $159.17, and will receive next year for the same purpose, $166.67, these sums being no portion of what the Town has already paid out, in anticipation of its being refunded by the State, in any sense whatever.
Changes in teachers have occurred in only three of the schools during the year, and the work has pro- ceeded with little interruption. By having the Fall term, in all schools except the Academy, commence
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two weeks later than formerly, and by having a con- tinuous year, excepting vacations of one week at Christmas and Fast, a gain has been made. The interruption caused by the Marshfield Agricultural Fair, which usually occurred in the second week of the Fall term, is thus avoided, and to some extent, the absence caused by cranberry picking, for if the cran- berry picking is not finished, the pupils in many cases, do not enter school until it is, and as the term commences later, less time is lost.
The Committee consider the year a very profitable one, and feel that no mistake was made when, five years ago, the employment of a district Superintendent was undertaken. More subjects are taught in the schools, and those subjects which have long been con- sidered the most essential, have been taught better. It is the opinion of disinterested persons, whose opin- ion in school matters is entitled to respect, that the work of the schools is worthy of commendation, par- ticularly when the conditions under which we labor are considered.
In closing this report, the Committee call attention to the reports of the Superintendent and the Principal of Partridge Academy.
(Signed)
HERBERT E. WALKER, - S
School EMMA S. STETSON, HENRY BARSTOW,
Committee of Duxbury.
SCHOOL STATISTICS-1893-4.
DISTRICTS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
P. O. ADDRESS.
Number Enrolled.
Number under 5
Years of age.
Number between 8
and 14 years of age.
Number over 15
years of age.
Membership.
Attendance.
Attendance.
Per Cent. of
Attendance, 1892-3.
High.
Partridge Academy,
Thos. H. H. Knight, Hannah D. Symmes, Emily W. Sears, Emily D. Delano, Annie L. Coffey, Phosie Peterson, Hattie N. Peterson, Leora W. Boylston, Ella J. Brown,
Duxbury,
56
0
20
36
52.08
47.01
92.1
92.5
1
Village,
No. Duxbury,
36
0
25
1
29.5
26.5
89.8
90
3
Island Creek,
So. Duxbury,
25
17
1
19.07
18.3
95.9
97
4
Tarkiln,
So. Duxbury,
30
0
23
1
16.8
15.3
91
91.3
5
Ashdod,
29
0
19
1
20.4
17.47
85.6
84.2
6
North Duxbury,
No. Duxbury, Mill Brook,
41
1
32
0
33.1
28.6
86.4
85.5
7
Mill Brook,
8
Point,
Kate K. Freeman,
Duxbury,
30
0
22
0
24.5
22.4
91.4
89.4
326
1
217
43
250.65|228.48
91.4
90.9
S
Duxbury,
45
0
35
0
36.2
34.9
96.1
94.6
2
Nook,
19
18
94.7
94.4
Island Creek, 34
0
24
2
Average
Average
Per Cent. of
So. Duxbury,
CO
0
9
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Duxbury : -
I have the honor to present herewith my fifth annual re- port of the work of the schools of the Town :-
The Superintendent has performed his regular duties as usual. Since the reapportionment of time by the joint Com- mittee, at their meeting held last April, one-third of his time has been given to each town. More visits have been made this year than in previous years. Teachers' meetings have also been held. In addition, during the past term, a monthly report has been required from each teacher, in matters rela- ting to the schools, which enables the Superintendent to keep better informed concerning the schools. Though this monthly report is much simpler than that required in many towns and cities, still it is deemed sufficient.
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