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J. E. Warren, hay . . 53 70
E. Shaw & Son, hay and grain 46 61
William Fletcher, hay 43 76
D. C. Perham, hay . 74 69
Mrs. L. B. Emmott, hay .
32 36
D. M. Bickford, grain
27 44
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies.
41 81
E. Shaw & Son, breaking sidewalks
4 96
John McKenedy, breaking roads 2 00
H. R. Hodson, breaking roads.
15 38
Thomas Sheehan, breaking roads .
1 50
Charles Finnick, breaking roads.
2 55
E. E. Dutton, breaking roads .
4 80
Fred Fletcher, breaking roads
7 80
J. H. Hazen, breaking roads. .
4 50
George E. Spaulding, breaking roads
8 25
George P. Mansfield, breaking roads, 1890-91,
14 00
E. L. Russell, breaking roads.
3 00
Warren Berry, breaking roads.
4 95
Samuel Blood, breaking roads.
3 00
Luther Blodgett, breaking sidewalks
3 00
James P. Emerson, breaking sidewalks. .
...
10 50
George F. Snow, labor and expense on roads,
4 00
William Redmond, labor on roads
15 50
R. W. Dix, labor on roads
26 00
135 69
E. E. Dutton, chestnut posts
5 30
S. P. Perham, chestnut posts
5 50
A. L. Brooks & Co., lumber
74 16
Davis & Sargent. lumber
28 43
113 39
H. E Fletcher & Co., covering stone
30 94
Marinel & Co., edgestone
30 00
60 94
H. H. Hanson, blacksmithing
70
F. J. Whittemore, blacksmithing
100 40
T. Durant & Son, blacksmithing
12 55
C. Fisher, blacksmithing
32 90
George W. Wright, blacksmithing
22 19
168 74
Staples Bros., pipe and cement
10 50
10 50
F. G. Pratt, painting guideboards .
3 90
N. E. Parker, stock and labor on guideboards,
3 25
7 15
H. F. Ebert, collars, halters, and straps.
13 55
Fay Bros. &. Hosford, horse blanket
3 25
S. E. Allen, scraper, edge, and bolts
8 50
H. L. Parkhurst, express.
50
25 80
Amount carried forward
$1,117 10
$553 08 41 81
23
Amount brought forward.
$1,117 10
S. H. Nason, horse and collar
$219 00
219 00
John Byam, stringers for bridge
3 00
3 00
W. N. Hicks, labor on cart ..
1 00
1 00
J. C. Butterfield, labor and material on fence, West Chelmsford
39 99
39 99
F. C. Byam, drag and chain
3 50
3 50
R. B. Hillman, rent, stable, North Chelms- ford, 1890
8 00
8 00
John Marinel, Jr., stone chips and labor
25 60
J. A. Bartlett, 200 loads gravel
10 00
F. M. Blodgett, 160 loads gravel
12 80
Atwood & Pierce, 450 loads gravel
22 50
Marinel & Co., 60 loads chips.
6 00
Solomon Spaulding, 29 loads gravel
2 90
J. G. Quessey, 150 loads gravel.
10 00
J. P. Emerson, 484 loads gravel .
24 20
S. S. Sleeper, 200 loads gravel .
20 00
E. F. Richardson, 125 loads gravel.
6 25
140 25
D. W. Lane, board of road-men
535 97
535 97
Highway pay roll, March 1891
120 28
April, 1891 .
175 00
May, 1891.
188 86
June, 1891.
138 50
July, 1891.
170 90
August, 1891.
183 50
September, 1891
170 50
October, 1891.
153 06
November, 1891.
163 37
December, 1891
174 50
January, 1892.
157 00
February, 1892.
149 44
1,944 91
$4,012 72
Highway pay roll includes salary paid highway surveyor, at $2.00 per day.
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS MARCH 1, 1892.
4 horses . .
$700 00
2 sets double harness
100 00
1 two-horse cart.
150 00
1 two-horse cart.
175 00
1 Champion scraper
150 00
2 two-horse sleds
80 00
Amount carried forward. $1,355 00
24
Amount brought forward. $1,355 00
1 jigger . .
30 00
1 two-horse wagon 40 00
Stone tools.
19 50
4 horse blankets.
9 00
1 Chicago scraper
12 00
1 scoop scraper 4 00
15 00
2 large plows. Grain and chest
10 00
3 tons English hay
54 00
1 ton meadow hay . 7 50
Post and plank . 12 00
Lead reins, halters, and feed bags
5 50
Bush hooks, axes, and bush scythes 3 13
Chains, spikes, and powder
12 15
Tools and supplies
34 50
$1,623 28
J. P. EMERSON, D. P. BYAM, CHAS. A. HOLT,
Appraisers.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
E. T. Adams, labor and expense, Centre Hall,
$ 2 00
Spaulding & Co., glass, Centre Hall. 1 00
Frederick Taylor, locks, Centre Hall. 1 70 .
Charles E. Parkhurst, labor, Centre Hall . . .
75
F. G. Pratt, labor, Centre Hall.
25
F. G .. Pratt, painting hall, Centre Hall . Bartlett & Dow, vault lock, Centre Hall
5 00
A. W. Holt, labor, Centre Hall
75
$161 45
F. G. Pratt, repairs School house No. 1.
43 50
A. W. Holt, repairs School house No. 1. ... W. R. Fowle, labor and supplies, School- house No. 2. .
1 10
1 10
N. E. Parker, labor and supplies, School- house No. 3.
20 00
C. B. Coburn, supplies, School-house No. 3. .
11 45
31 45
Orrin Pierce, labor and supplies, School- house No. 6.
14 75
13 15
27 90 --
A. P. Bateman, supplies, School-house No. 6, Wm. C. Edwards, repairs, School-house No. 8, J. L. Hammett, seats, School-house No. 8. ..
191 68
95 84
287 52
Amount carried forward
$566 07
150 00
13 15
56 65
25
Amount brought forward
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on seats, School-house No. 8 ..
$16 16
16 16
John Knowles et al, repairs, School-house No. 9 ..
3 82
3 82
Patrick Doyle, labor and supplies, Hall, North Chelmsford
3 50
Wm. J. Quigley, labor and supplies, Hall, North Chelmsford
5 24
8 74
D. W. Robbins, labor and supplies, Centre Hall
4 00
4 00
$598 79
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
A. H. Sheldon, labor in Cemetery, North Chelmsford
$13 97
$13 97
D. P. Byam, labor in Cemetery, South Chelmsford ..
7 30
7 30
Geo. F. Snow, labor and expense, West
Chelmsford
3 50
Geo. W. Buzzy, labor and expense, West Chelmsford .
5 25
8 75
L. K. Howard, labor in Cemetery, Chelms- ford .
9 00
9 00
Wm. C. Edwards, labor and supplies, North Chelmsford
19 61
19 61
C. H. Dutton, drawing plan, and setting stone bounds Cemetery at North Chelmsford ..
42 00
C. H. Dutton, paid for labor, Cemetery at North Chelmsford.
17 13
C. H. Dutton, 592 granite posts, Cemetery at North Chelmsford .
47 36
106 49
F. A. Page, labor, Centre Cemetery Nels Nelson, labor, Centre Cemetery
10 00
William Greenwood, clipping hedge. .
6 00
25 00
$190 12
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Trull & Wier, attorney fees.
$ 55 00
$ 55 00
Simon B. Harris, search warrant.
12 82
12 82
John T. McCoy, service and expense.
109 02
John T. McCoy, expense obtaining evidence,
49 55
158 57
Due town from fines in Police Court in liquor cases
$226 39
$150 00
$566 07
9 00
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COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Martin Robbins, collecting 1889 taxes, $150.76 at .011. . $ 1 66
Martin Robbins, collecting 1890 tax, $1,769.11, at .01 . . . 17 69
Martin Robbins, collecting 1891 tax, $14,349 .- 39, at .015.
215 24
Martin Robbins, abatement for 1890 .
148 60
$383 19
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, Statutes of 1889. .. $635 00
Paid under Chapter 279, Statutes of 1889. .. 265 00
$900 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
J. P. Emerson, dinner supplies
$10 89
J. P. Emerson, flags . .
70
$11 59
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies. .
4 40
4 40
J. R. Parkhurst, bouquets for West Chelms- ford
1 50
1 50
R. S. Ripley, barges.
9 00
R. S. Ripley, standards and flags for North Chelmsford .
4 35
13 35
A. J. Lamphere, services
5 00
5 00
$35 84
WELL AT CENTRE.
John Higgins, digging well.
$81 00
H. E. Fletcher & Co., well stone.
12 00
M. C. Wilson, use of force pump.
3 00
George H. Holt, 1 pump ..
16 00
George H. Holt, labor, with man, on well and platform
5 25
A. B. Adams, plank.
1 44
Chelmsford Foundry Co., iron cover
2 50
E. R. Marshall, pattern for cover.
50
H. S. Perham, use of tub.
25
S. P. Perham, services as committee
7 00
J. E. Warren, services as committee
3 00
$131 94
BRIDGE AT NORTH CHELMSFORD
George C. Moore, claim allowed on bridge .. $1,094 00
27
IMPROVEMENT OF BRIDGE STREET.
Alfred Day, services and labor with team ... $ 19 50
L. K. Howard, labor, 8} days. 12 75
John Higgins, labor, 11 days. 19 25
Joseph Sullivan, labor, 11 days.
16 50
E. D. Nickles, labor, 1 day with team
4 00
George M. Wright, sharpening drills
1 00
E. E. Dutton, labor with team. 1 75
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies. . 6 45
F. J. Whittemore, sharpening drill
1 65
H. H. Hanson, sharpening drill
1 00
Willard Stone, labor, 10 days
15 00
T. J. McDuffee, labor .
200 00
C. H. Hanson & Co., labor 89 15
E. H. Warren, services 3 00
$390 10
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Edwin H. Warren, services as treasurer $75 00
Edwin H. Warren, expenses as treasurer. . ..
6 00
Edwin H. Warren, services as bridge con- mittee, 1890. 5 00
$86 00
George A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as Town Clerk
57 17
George A. Parkhurst, services and expenses as registrar.
14 50
Lewis M. Dutton, services as registrar.
19 50
John F. McManomine, services as registrar .. Jos. E. Warren, services as clerk, Precinct 1, E. R. Marshall, services as warden, Precinct 1,
4 50
Warren Berry, services as warden, Precinct 1, 4 50 Dan'l P. Byam, services as inspector, Precinct 1, 3 00 Almon W. Holt, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 1 .. 4 50
Albert P. Perham, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 1.
4 50
25 50
Fred'k K. Ripley, services as clerk, Precinct 2, Arthur H. Sheldon, services as warden, Pre- cinct 2.
4 50
Charles H. Dutton, services as warden, Pre- cinct 2.
4 50
John C. Hobbs, services as deputy inspector, Precinct 2.
3 00
Hubert Bearce, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 2.
4 50
William J. Quigley, services as deputy in- spector, Precinct 2
3 00
24 00
Amount carried forward
$234 17
7 50
4 50
4 50
28
Amount brought forward .
$234 17
George Hyde, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 2.
3 00
Charles F. Scribner, services as inspector Pre- cinct 2. .
3 00
6 00
Marcus H. Winship, services as clerk Pre- cinct 3. .
3 00
Alfred G. Parkhurst, services as warden, Pre- cinct 3
3 00
Eugene M. S. Dutton, services as warden, Precinct 3
3 00
William H. Brown, services as inspector, Precinct 3. .
3 00
Joseph G. Quessy, services as inspector, Pre- cinct 3
3 00
Samuel Naylor, services as deputy inspector, Precinct 3
1 50
Edwin F. Coburn, services as deputy inspect- or, Precinct 3
1 50
Charles Dane, services as deputy inspector, Precinct 3.
1 50
19 50
David A. Polley, services as constable
25 25
David A. Polley, services as truant officer ... .
11 00
36 25
John T. McCoy, services as constable
3 00
3 00
James P. Emerson, services as constable ....
55 60
James P Emerson, services as appraiser . ...
3 00
58 60
John H. Whidden, services as constable. . . .
13 00
13 00
Daniel P. Byam, services as appraiser .
3 00
Charles A. Holt, services as appraiser
3 00
6 00
Almon W. Holt, services as fireward .
2 00
Arthur H. Sheldon, services as fireward .
2 25
Warren Berry, services as fireward .
3 00
7 25
Eben T. Adams, services as selectman
75 00
Eben T. Adams, expenses as selectman
16 00
91 00
George F. Snow, services as selectman . ..
45 00
George F. Snow, expenses as selectman . . .. .
15 00
60 00
Martin Robbins, services as selectman . ..
33 50
Martin Robbins, expenses as selectman . . .
6 00
39 50
Elisha H. Shaw, services as selectman . .
43 50
Elisha H. Shaw, expenses as selectman . . ..
11 16
54 66
Newell E. Parker, services as selectman . .
46 00
Newell. E. Parker, expenses as selectman ...
6 50
52 50
George F. Snow, services as assessor
72 00
George F. Snow expenses as assessor
13 00
85 00
Eben T. Adams, services as assessor
41 50
Eben T. Adams, expenses as assessor. .
8 00
49 50
Martin Robbins, services as assessor
51 00
Martin Robbins, expenses as assessor
2 50
53 50
Amount carried forward.
$869 43
29
Amount brought forward
$869 43
Newell E. Parker, services as assessor
31 50
Newell E. Parker, expenses as assessor 5 00
3 75
40 25
Elisha H. Shaw services as assessor
24 75
Elisha H. Shaw, expenses as assessor
3 50
28 25
Edward F. Richardson, services as auditor. . .
3 00
Henry S. Perham, services as auditor
3 00
6 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE.
Vox Populi Press, printing town reports.
$71 04
Vox Populi Press, 1 order book
5 75
Vox Populi Press, supplies ..
1 00
$77 79
Wm. M. Sargent, invoice books and supplies,
6 00
6 00
Oliver Fiske, use of rifle range 1890-1891. ..
5 00
5 00
Geo. E. Spaulding, care of Town Hall, North Cheln sford ..
4 50
4 50
Wm. J. Quigley, care of Town Hall, North Chelmsford
34 00
34 00
George F. Stiles
19 34
19 34
Jesse A. Viles, examining horse, case of glan- ders
3 00
3 00
A. N. Kidder, varnishing hearse
12 00
12 00
W. A. Josselyn, painting hearse.
17 00
17 00
8 00
8 00
6 33
6 33
7 89
7 89
3 50
3 50
2 00
2 00
E. T. Adams, repairs on pump at Centre .... Frank St. Armour, repairs on pump at Centre, E. L. Russell, wood for selectmen's room .... W. H. Spalding & Co., curtains for select- men's room
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
4 87
4 87
3 80
3 80
French & Puffer, lamps, Town Hall, North Chelmsford
30 00
French & Puffer, lamp chimneys and globes, Centre
10 38
40 38
S. W. Parkhurst, zinc
35
35
L. K. Howard, reporting 17 deaths
4 25
A. H. Sheldon, reporting 11 deaths
2 75
D. P. Byam, reporting 5 deaths
1 25
8 25
J. H. Wilson, care of hall and selectmen's room
4 50
4 50
Simon B. Harris, service in case of Common- wealth
3 88
3 88
Newell E. Parker, services as registrar
$943 93
$274 38
S. W. Huse & Co., election warrants, etc .... George A. Parkhurst, record book and blanks, A. J. Lamphere, care of hall, town meetings, Geo. H. Holt, repairs on pump at Centre .... Geo. W. Wright, repairs on pump at Centre,
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions.
Expendi- tures.
Surplus.
Deficit.
Schools, apppropriations
$5,700 00
School fund.
212 73
Dox tax
311 22
Tuition, non-resident pu- pils ..
11 70
Teaching
$5,427 80
Care of houses.
371 49
Fuel.
537 76
Apparatus.
100 00
97 24
$
2 76
School incidentals ..
400 00
337 71
62 29
Free text-books, appropriation .. Receipts .
51 27
648 74
2 53
Support of poor, appropriation.
Receipts
1,625 71
3,673 32
252 39
Highway, appropriation.
135 75
4,012 72
123 03
State aid, receipts.
645 00
635 00
10 00
Repairs of public buildings, ap- propriation
800 00
598 79
201 21
Relief of indigent soldiers and
sailors, appropriation .
150 00
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, receipts.
111 00
265 00
4 00
Town officers
and committees,
900 00
943 93
43 93
300 00
383 19
83 19
Collection and abatement of taxes. Miscellaneous expenses, appro- priation
300 00
Miscellaneous expenses, receipts ..
276 66
274 38
302 28
Enforcement of liquor law. ..
.
150 00
Enforcement of liquor law, re- ceipts
62 72
226 39
13 67
Care and improvement of ceme- teries .. .
300 00
190 12
109 88
Bridge at North Chelmsford.
1,100 00
1,094 00
6 00
Well at Centre .
150 00
131 94
18 06
Memorial day ..
50 00
35 84
14 16
Bridge street appropriation
400 00
391 00
9 00
$21,143 76 $21,143 76 $1,113 59 $1,113 59
Appropriations
· $17,700 00
Amount of orders. .
· $20,276 36
Receipts
3,443 76
Surplus.
867 40
$21,143 76
$21,143 76
EBEN T. ADAMS, ELISHA H. SHAW, NEWELL E. PARKER, MARTIN ROBBINS, GEORGE F. SNOW,
Selectmen.
$246 19 867 40
$21,143 76 $20,276 36 $1,113 59
867 40
$101 40
600 00
2,300 00
4,000 00
Receipts .
appropriation .
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer for the year end- ing Feb. 29. 1892, and fiud his receipts and payments properly en- tered and vouched for, and a balance of eight hundred and thirty- six dollars and seventy-three cents ($836.73) in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Select- men, and find receipts amounting to twenty thousand two hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-six cents ($20,276.36), vouching for orders drawn on the Treasurer, which have all been paid by him.
We find :
Cash in treasury ..
$ 836 73
Taxes of 1890, uncollected
$ 618 28
Accrued interest on same
61 32
Taxes of 1891, uncollected
2,756 04
Accrued interest on same
80 38
3,516 02
School books, etc., on hand
152 20
Due from the State :
State aid to January, 1892
$515 00
State aid for January and Feburary
120 00
Relief to January, 1892
243 00
Relief for January and February
22 00
Armory rent
150 00
1,050 00
$5,554 95
Due from Police Court
165 00
$5,719 95
Kimball fund and interest
123 77
Silver fund and interest .
134 15
Adams Emerson fund and interest
207 50
Estimated liabilities .
100 00
Abatements estimated
150 00
715 42
Balance of assets
$5,004 53
E. F. RICHARDSON, HENRY S. PERHAM, Auditors.
CHELMSFORD, March 3, 1892.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-first day of March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ARTICLE 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges.
ARTICLE 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ARTICLE 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the Select- men.
ARTICLE 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and payable therefrom.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the current year.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the ensu- ing year.
ARTICLE 11. At the request of E. L. Russell, J. H. Hazen, J. E. Warren, and others, to see if the town will vote to discontinue the road leading from the Billerica road, from the residence of E. L. Russell to the Boston road, near the residence of Samson Stevens; the same being known as the "Causeway road."
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ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of one hundred dollars, in trust, from Harlan P. Goodale and R. Wilson Dix, as executors under the will of Bradley Marshall, the income to be expended in care of the Thomas Marshall lot in Chelmsford Centre Cemetery.
ARTICLE 13. At the request of Henry S. Perham, to see if the town will vote to have the ancient Town Records transcribed, appro- priate money for the same, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. At the request of E. H. Warren, E K. Parkhurst, C. E A. Bartlett, and others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars, for the purpose of defraying the expense of running the village clock at the centre of the town, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. At the request of Andrew M. Blaisdell, Thomas Sheehan, William L. Gordon, and others, to see if the town will vote to dig a well, put a pump in the same, and prepare it for a public watering place, at or near the corner of the road, between the house of Andrew M. Blaisdell and Thomas Sheehan, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. At the request of R. S. Ripley and John C. Hobbs, to see if the town will vote o raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of decorating the graves of our town soldiers in the several cemeteries, on the 30th of May next, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. At the request of A. H. Sheldon, Ziba Gay, S. P. Sampson, and others, to see if the town will vote to dig a well at the cemetery in North Chelmsford, put a pump in the same, and make an appropriation therefor, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. At the request of E. H Shaw. C. A. Holt, George C. Moore, and others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars, for the purpose of extending water pipes and purchasing hose for extinguish- ing fires in North Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. At the request of Henry S. Perham, John C. Hobbs, and others, officers of the Chelmsford Veterans' Association. to see if the town will cause to be prepared and placed upon its records a more accurate and complete statement than now exists of the military service of the men who. as resi- dents of the town, enlisted in defence of the Union during the war of the Rebellion, or act in relation thereto
ARTICLE 20. At the request of Warren Berry, B. J Spaulding, D. W. Bick- ford, and twenty-eight others, to see if the town will vote to purchase land to enlarge the cemetery at South Chelmsford, fence, grade and lot the same, and make an appropriation therefor, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. At the request of Warren Berry, B. J. Spaulding, D. W. Bick- ford, and others, to see if the town will vote to dig a well in or near the cemetery at South Chelmsford, put a pump in the same, and raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars therefor, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase a gravel bank of Ira Atwood and Orrin Pierce, near the residence of Owen Lowney, at East Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the widening of the townway known as Bridge street, as laid out by the Select- men, beginning at a guide-post at the junction of said way with the way leading from the centre of the town to the West village, near the residence of David Perham, and run- ning westerly about two hundred feet to a stone wall at the end of the fence near the barn of William A Hoyt, or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the post-offices in the Centre of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the school- house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appoint- ed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
EBEN T. ADAMS, GEO. F. SNOW, MARTIN ROBBINS,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing warrant, by posting up true and at- tested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
Attest : JOHN T. McCOY,
Constable of Chelmsford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 29, 1892.
LOWELL, MASS .: VOX POPULI PRESS: S. W. HUSE & CO.
1 892.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The first meeting of the School Committee for the year 1891 was held March 18, 1891, and the Committee organized by the choice of J. A. Bartlett as chairman, and Riley Davis as secretary. Mr. George F. Snow was again elected Superintendent of Schools and Book Agent for the Board. Of the faithful manner in which he has fulfilled his duties, it is unnecessary to speak here, as it is as well known to all the citizens as it is to your Committee. The past year has been one of continued prosperity on the part of the schools. There have been fewer
changes in the corps of teachers, which is in itself a decided improvement; no complaints have been made to the Board as to the schools, and very few to the individual members who have charge of the various schools. This leads your Committee to the conclusion that their efforts to bring the schools of the town up to a higher standard each year, is appreciated by the parents and pupils. While there remain many things to be done to bring the schools up to the standard of many schools in our
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State, still we feel that there has been a very rapid stride made in that direction. The length of the school year has been kept at thirty-six weeks, as in the past three years. Your Committee has used its best endeavors to keep all the schools up to grade, and to do all that they could, with the means at hand, to keep them in the line of improvement.
In the Superintendent's Report you will find the condition of the schools, as they have come under his eye, more fully `set forth than it would be possi- ble to do in this report. We commend a careful and earnest perusal of it by each citizen of the town. In the performance of their duties your Com- mittee find many things that could be changed for the better, and, so far as they are able, make these changes.
We would call the attention of the Town to the crowded condition of the schools at the North and Centre villages, especially in the primary departments. At the North village the primary department has over seventy pupils. No teacher, however good, can properly look after and teach, with any degree of success, so many small children. The classes are too large, and some must be neglected. The teacher who has charge of this school is one of our best, but under the limitations of frail humanity she can not do the work of two, and do it properly. The number for the spring term will be even larger, and an assistant must be employed in this school next year.
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At the Centre Primary School, although not so large as the North one, every seat is taken, and we have no room to seat more. It is understood that about twelve new pupils expect to go into this school in the spring. To make room for them, a class had to be sent forward to the Intermediate room, and that forced a class from that room for- ward to the Grammar room, each before they were fitted to go. The school-house is full now, in every room; the High School has over forty pupils, and more are coming. If the increase of pupils con- tinues for the next year as it has for the last two, the town will have to provide more room. Any one can verify these statements, if he will take the trouble to visit the schools spoken of. We ask your consideration of these facts, as they will cer- tainly come before you for action in the near future.
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