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The spirit in which the teachers, as a body, have done their work here the past year is commendable. They have shown a high appreciation of the import- ance of their duties ; their co-operation has been hearty and intelligent. Earnestness, faithfulness and zeal have characterized their labors, and they have spared no reasonable effort to make their work a success.
EXPENDITURES.
The schools everywhere require an increasing expen- diture for their support. The increase for the State during the last ten years has been about 41 per cent., and for Plymouth in the same period about 28 per cent. ; but the amount represented by these figures is not a tithe of the wealth this enlarged expenditure has produced. It is the growing demands of civilization, both on the material and aesthetic sides, that require for their supply a larger expenditure of material wealth and a higher degree of skill to fit citizens to meet these demands. The limit of increased expenditure for schools is not yet reached. Education is the great stimulus of material wants; and while it makes those wants more numerous, it also renders them more com- plex and refined. Education is also a great wealth- producing agency, yielding in material wealth many times more than is necessary to meet the increased needs it creates. The close relation and interdepen- dence of education and prosperity is becoming more generally recognized. The pre-eminence of Massachusetts among her sister states in wealth and prosperity can be adequately explained only by the greater intelligence
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of her people, resulting from her long continued and wise provision for elementary education, and by the number and efficiency of her high schools and colleges.
History records that this community has contributed her share toward the intelligence and therefore toward the prosperity and welfare of the State. Her schools have long enjoyed a reputation for superior worth and efficiency. Has their reputation been deserved; has their power been overestimated ; has their generous support been wise ; - has it all paid? To answer this question adequately, one must know the careers of those whom the schools have been the main agency in train- ing. Have their lives been so much the broader, richer, and thus the world the better because of the training received? To be able, on this evidence, to answer in the negative would be to controvert the judgment of all history. Doubtless they have paid, and are paying, a bounteous return in material wealth and moral growth for all sacrifices made for them and for the fostering care and wisdom exercised in their behalf. The enviable history of the people of this com- munity, with its present standard of intelligence, moral progress and its comparatively large material prosperity and wealth is sufficient answer.
The founders of this community and of this Com- monwealth were right about this matter. They believed that wisdom should be cherished before all things else ; and so they set up their schools even in the wilderness. Those men and women have found worthy successors who believe that an intelligent people is the bulwark of our continued liberty, and who, by common consent,
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herald, on that magnificent structure dedicated to learn- ing and well worthy to bear the inscription :
" THE COMMONWEALTH REQUIRES THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE AS THE SAFEGUARD OF ORDER AND LIBERTY."
These schools belong to the people. Their wealth sup- plies them, and their hearty and generous support will elevate their tone and vitalize their work. There is no more sacred public duty than that which devolves upon the public school officers. They who administer the schools administer a public trust. The teachers and school authorities recognize this, and are working zealousy and, we believe, wisely, to make the best use . of all the resources the citizens have seen fit to place at their disposal. They invite and welcome all fair and generous criticism, and are ready to remedy faults when shown to exist.
The schools are far from perfect, but we believe they are increasing in efficiency; that their spirit is good, their purpose high, and the trend of their work in the right direction. We believe they are worthy the favor and confidence of the people and of their liberal and generous support.
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation of the conscientious work of the teachers of Plymouth, and to thank both them and the members of the Committee for their uniform support and forbearance during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS J. HEAVENS, Superintendent of Schools.
February 1898.
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
The following is the report of the Truant Officers for the year 1897 :
A large number of calls from the teachers to look up absentees from school has been received, and all cases have been investigated. Many children were found absent because of sickness or for some other good excuse. Very few children are found who stay away from school of their own accord; in most cases they are absent with the knowledge and consent of their parents, and because the parents profess not to know the law governing school attendance. It is difficult to convince some parents that, when the schools are in session, they may not retain their children at home when they please ; and there are a few who, knowing the law, persist in trying to evade it. During the year, five cases of children who were habitual absentees were brought to court, and small fines imposed. The result of this action has been wholesome; fewer cases of children habitually kept at home have since appeared.
Some children were found who were retained at home because of insufficient or unsuitable clothing. When the families to which these children belonged were found to be destitute, help was secured from the Town and the children then sent to school.
For the Truant Officers,
J. W. HUNTING.
PLYMOUTH, February, 1898.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE .-- Report for the Period Beginning January 4, 1897, and Ending December 24, 1897.
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
Whole Number
"Enrolled for the Year.
Average Membership.
Average Daily Attendance.
Per Cent. of Attendance.
Total Half Days Absence.
No. Cases of Tardiness.
No. Cases of Dismissal.
No. Cases of Truancy Re-
ported by Teachers.
Half Days of Teachers'
No. Visits Made by Superin-
No. of Visits by Members
of School Committee.
Visits by Parents and Others.
High School ·
.
77
102
151
146
96.7
1,009
176
54
0
32
79
17
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North Schools-Primary .
149
145
227.5
216.2
95.
4,447
875
234
0
11
67
15
170
North School-Intermediate
20
27
45.2
42.7
94.
996
105
66
2
4
00
2
15
Burton School .
89
86
164.8
155.4
94.3
3,735
910
331
17
7
115
6
154
Cornish School .
·
·
·
87
85
157.4
148.1
94.1
3,342
604
157
1
134
12
67
Russell District-Primary Schools .
97
89
136.8
126.9
92.8
3,589
466
120
7
-
48
12
249
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Absence.
tendent.
Boys.
Girls.
.
.
.
Mount Pleasant School
93
80
160.8
152.9
95.1
3,079
391
274
9
34
117
14
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Mount
Pleasant
District-Primary
97
73
123.1
113.1
91.9
3,779
635
121
3
31
70
7
169
Chiltonville
Schools-Grammar
55
62
79.7
70.9
89.1
2,613
497
77
0
15
26
0
75
Primary
.
·
.
.
.
Manomet
Schools-Grammar
and
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29
53.
46.
86.8
2,433
574
68
0
12
11
2
68
Vallerville-Ungraded
18
9
16.5
14.9
89.1
768
184
25
0
4
6
2
Ellisville-Ungraded
9
1
8.3
7.9
95.2
150
49
4
0
0
6
3
Cedarville-Ungraded
13
10
17.
15.6
92.
599
334
38
3
4
5
0
-
.
Long Pond-Ungraded .
5
6
8.
7.4
92.5
387
18
6
0
4
6
1
-
.
.
9
8
12.1
10.3
83.5
793
620
13
0
12
9
3
-
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Totals .
.
.
857
812
1361.2 1274.3
93.6
31,719
6,438
1,588
45
159
707
99
1,049
.
·
.
·
and
·
·
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
South Pond-Ungraded .
·
Schools.
·
Primary
-
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LIST OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL. Agnes W. Lindsey, Principal, Literature
and Mathematics.
Grace W. Irwin, Mathematics.
Carrie L. Barker, Classics and French.
Jessie M. Law, History.
Mabel W. Doten, German and Latin.
Helen M. Hanscom, Science.
NORTH DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
GRADE.
1-2. Jean M. Anderson. 1-2. Marie L. Gribbin. 1. Lizzie W. Sampson.
2. Susan Moorhouse.
3-4. Kate G. Zahn.
3-4. Susan C. Thomas.
5-7. Katharine A. O'Brien.
GRADE.
BURTON SCHOOL.
8-9. Charles F. Cole. 5. Clara M. Diman. 5. Laura M. Smith. 3-4. Lucy F. Hadaway.
CORNISH SCHOOL.
GRADE. 9. Arthur R. Gledhill.
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8. Addie L. Bartlett.
7. Grace D. Chandler.
6. Alice H. Blackmer.
RUSSELL STREET DISTRICT.
GRADE.
1-2.
Abbie U. Weston.
1-2. Harriet S. Gooding.
1-2. Lena P. Holmes.
3-4. Teresa A. Rogan.
MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL.
GRADE.
8-9. John W. Herrick. 7. Augusta M. Morton.
5-6. Mary J. Ellis. 3-4. Elizabeth E. Mooney.
MT. PLEASANT DISTRICT.
GRADE.
1. Deborah Howland. 2. Frances E. Weston.
1-2.' Lizzie E. Mitchell. 1-4. Mary C. Hadaway.
CHILTONVILLE.
GRADE.
6-9. William Keyes. 1 --- 5. Martha W. Whitmore. 1-5. Kate W. Sampson. 1-5. Mary A. Morton. 10
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MANOMET.
GRADE.
6-9. Kittie W. Hadaway. 1-5. Ella M. Bagnell.
VALLERVILLE.
Ungraded.
Amelia B. Holmes.
ELLISVILLE.
Ungraded.
Esther C. Manter.
CEDARVILLE.
Ungraded.
Alice G. Drew.
LONG POND.
Ungraded.
Adeline M. Stevens.
SOUTH POND.
Ungraded.
Gertrude C. Bennett.
Drawing. Clara F. Robinson.
Music,
Fred L. Diman.
TOWN MEETING.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Plymouth, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify aud warn the inhabitants of Plymouth, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Davis Opera House, in said Plymouth, on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, 1898, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, and in the Armory, in said Plymouth, on Saturday, the nineteenth day of March, 1898, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the Town and act thereon.
ART. 3. To revise and accept a list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the law relating to State Aid and Military Aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1st, 1899.
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ART. 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to pay the expenses of Decoration Day.
ART. 7. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Public Library.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore authorized, which are now due or may become due the present year, for such time and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interests of the Town.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the Town.
ART. 10. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and improvement of the various public parks and of Training Green.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept and allow the alteration and widening of Middle Street, as altered and widened by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men, in the name and on behalf of the Town, to convey to the trustees of the Masonic Building, on the corner of Main and Middle Streets, so much of the engine house lot on the easterly side of Main Street, as, in their judgment, may be necessary for moving said Masonic Block for the widening of Middle Street.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, in the name and on behalf of the Town, to convey to Samuel
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H. Doten so much of the engine house lot on the easterly side of Main Street, as, in their judgment, may be necessary for moving Standish Block for the widening of Middle Street.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase for the Town a right of way from Middle Street over land of B. A. Hathaway to the rear of the engine house lot on the easterly side of Main Street, and raise and appropriate any money the action of the Town may require.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will accept and allow the alteration and widening of Main Street, near Middle Street, as altered and widened by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
ART. 16. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the bequest of the late J. Henry Stickney, of Baltimore.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to issue bonds, or notes of the Town, to an amount not exceeding $12,000, for a term not exceeding 30 years, to be expended in working Standish Avenue, and the payment of land damages on the same.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will accept and allow the new way from the Russell Mills to the Long Pond road, near the Vinal Burgess house, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will discontinue the Bump Rock road, so called, from the Russell Mills road to the Long Pond road.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to remove the Town tomb on Burial Hill.
ART. 21. To hear the report of the committee on Old High School House and act thereon.
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ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take concern- ing the disposition of the Old High School House, and the whole or any part of the lot on which the schoolhouse stands.
ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the purchase or appropriation of land for an Armory and the erection of an armory and raise and appropriate any money the action of the Town may require.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to issue bonds or notes of the Town to an amount not exceed- ing $10,000 for the purpose of raising money for an Armory and land therefor.
ART. 25. To see what action the Town will take to provide an Armory for the Standish Guards, and act thereon, in view of Inspector-General Carter's recommendation to the gover- nor, to disband the Standish Guards, unless some action is taken by the Town to furnish a more suitable Armory for the company. Also call upon the committee of fifteen appointed at the last annual Town meeting, to get the cost and plans for altering the Old High School house into an Armory and voting place. Also get the cost and plans for a new build- ing for the same purpose, as they were instructed to do so by a vote of 150 to 6 at the meeting, and report their doings as soon as possible. [By request.]
ART. 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to reduce the rate of interest on guarantee of cost for extension of water pipes from 6 per cent. as now required under vote of the Town, to a rate not less than four per cent.
ART. 27. To see what action the Town will take to have the first volume of births, deaths and marriages copied and indexed. (By request.)
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ART. 28. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to have the flats in the harbor seeded with clams, and that no digging of clams on the flats seeded be allowed for the next three years. (By request.)
ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate two hun- dred dollars in addition to the amount already recommended by the Board of Selectmen for the care of cemeteries, mak- ing the whole amount five hundred dollars for the ensuing year. (By request.)
ART. 30. To see if the Town will accept and allow the layout of Standish Avenue across the Plymouth & Middle- boro Railroad, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take to pro- vide apparatus to guard against fires in the woods and out- lying districts, and what appropriation, if any, it will make therefor. (By request.)
ART. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the celebration of Independence Day. (By request.)
ART. 33. To choose all necessary Town officers. The following officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz : five Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, one Assessor for three years, seven Constables, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Park Com- missioner for three years, and three members of a Committee on Agawam and Half Way Pond Fishery, and to vote by ballot, "yes" or "no" in answer to the ques- tion, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
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The polls for the election of officers and the vote on the license question will be open at the Armory at eight o'clock in the forenoon, on said Saturday, the nineteenth day of March, 1898, and may be closed at four o'clock in the after- noon. Both of said days will constitute the Annual Meet- ing, and this call is issued in accordance with the vote of the Town passed June 5th, 1897.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant in the manner prescribed by a vote of the Town, by posting notices thereof in three public places in the Town, seven days at least before the meeting, one of which postings shall be in Chiltonville and one in Manomet Ponds, and also by pub- lishing the warrant in the newspapers published in Plym- outh, and make return thereof with your doings thereon at the time and place first above mentioned.
Given under our hands this third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- eight.
JAMES MILLAR, HORACE M. SAUNDERS, DEXTER H. CRAIG, of
JAMES B. COLLINGWOOD,
T. ALLEN BAGNELL,
Selectmen
Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, SS.
March 3, 1898.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, are hereby notified to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes therein mentioned.
BENJ. F. GODDARD,
Constable of Plymouth.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officer's
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31
1898
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ANNUAL REPORT
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Town of Plymouth
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN-James Millar, Horace M. Saunders, D. H. Craig, James D. Thurber, Charles P. Hatch.
TOWN CLERK-Edward L. Burgess.
TOWN TREASURER-Edward L. Burgess.
AUDITOR-Frank D. Bartlett.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Benjamin F. Ward.
CLERK OF SELECTMEN-Benjamin F. Ward.
ASSESSORS-Charles Henry Holmes, chosen 1896, for three years; Alonzo Warren, chosen 1898, for three years; George Harlow, chosen 1897, for three years.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Charles P. Hatch, chosen 1896, for three years; Benjamin F. Ward, chosen 1897, for three years; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1898, for three years.
WATER COMMISSIONERS-Everett F. Sherman and In- crease Robinson, chosen 1897, for three years; Horace P. Bailey and James Millar, chosen 1896, for three years; John H. Damon, chosen 1898 for three years.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-William W. Brewster, chosen 1898, for three years; Charles E. Barnes, Elizabeth Thur- ber, chosen 1896, for three years; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1897, for three years.
BURIAL HILL COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
AGAWAM FISHERY COMMITTEE-Martin V. B. Doug- lass, Frank Harlow, Harrison O. Barnes.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS-Nathaniel Morton, chosen 1898, for three years; George R. Briggs, chosen 1897, for three years; Frank H. Lanman, chosen 1896, for three years.
SURVEYORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER-Leavitt T. Robbins, Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Christopher T. Harris.
BEACH COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-Stillman R. Sampson.
FIELD DRIVERS AND FENCE VIEWERS-Hosea C. Bart- lett, Wallace J. Nightingale.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS-Richard W. Bag- nell.
COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES-N. Reeves Jackson.
POUND KEEPERS-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Hosea C. Bartlett.
COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES-Thomas D. Shum- way, Charles B. Stoddard, Benjamin A. Hathaway.
HARBOR MASTER-Ellis Whiting Harlow.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION-J. T. Collingwood, appointed 1898, for three years; Elkanah Finney, appointed 1896, for three years; Nathaniel G. Lanman, appointed 1897, for three years; Edward L. Burgess.
SUPERINTENDENT OF OAK GROVE AND VINE HILLS CEM- ETERIES-Edward F. Stranger.
SEXTON-Ozen Bates.
SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE-Obed C. Pratt.
BOARD OF HEALTH-Selectmen.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS-Horace P. Bailey, William E.
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Baker, Daniel M. Bosworth, Ephraim D. Bartlett, Albert E. Davis, George E. Saunders.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MANOMET CEMETERY-Sidney B. Blackmer.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CHILTONVILLE CEMETERY- Charles Rogers.
CONSTABLES-Michael Casey, Joshua A. Douglass, Joseph W. Hunting, Benjamin F. Snow, Benjamin L. Thomas, Freeman Manter, Benjamin F. Goddard.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE IN THE WOODS-Samuel Bradford, Nehemiah L. Savery, Gustavus G. Sampson, Martin V. B. Douglass, Nathan B. Perry, Ziba R. Ellis, Joseph F. Towns, Nathaniel Morton, William F. Doten, Frank B. Holmes, Nathaniel T. Clark, Silas Valler, Howard Hirsch, George R. Briggs, Freeman H. Holmes, George H. Pierce, James M. Dowsett, Adelbert C. Finney, Herbert Morissey, Charles Woodward.
COMMITTEE ON SEWERAGE-Selectmen.
CHIEF OF POLICE-Benjamin F. Goddard.
ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 1898.
March 14 .- Voted, That the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the Town be ac- cepted and placed on file.
March 14 .- Voted, That the names of Ichabod Holmes, Elkanah Finney, Nehemiah L. Savery, El- win N. Stranger and Arthur L. Brown be stricken from the list of jurors and the name of Thomas C. Ellis be added.
March 14 .- Voted, That the list of jurors revised as above be accepted.
March 14 .- Voted, That the Town authorize the Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the law relating to State Aid and Military Aid, and to defray the expense of the Town after January Ist, 1899.
March 14 .- Voted, On motion of William W. Brewster that an additional sum of ($1,000) one thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriat- ed to be expended by the School Committee for heating and ventilating apparatus.
March 14 .- Voted, That the Town appropriate the sum of ($150) one hundred and fifty dollars to de- fray the expense of Decoration Day.
March 14 .- Voted, That the Dog Fund for the year 1897, amounting to ($896.65) eight hundred, ninety-six dollars and sixty-five one hun-
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dredths, and the additional sum of (403.35) four hundred and three dollars and thirty- five one-hundredths be appropriated for the use of the Public Library for the current year.
March 14 .- Voted, That the Town authorize the Select- men to renew any note or notes heretofore authorized, which are now due or may be- come due the present year, for such time and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interests of the Town.
March 14 .- Voted, That the Town authorize the Select- men to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the Town.
March 14 .- Voted, That the sum of ($500) five hundred dollars be appropriated for the care and im- provement of the Public Parks of the Town.
March 14 .- Voted, That the subject matter of Articles II to 16 inclusive be referred to a committee of ten to be appointed by the Moderator to re- port at an adjourned meeting or some subse- quent meeting.
March 14 .- Voted, That the subject matter of articles seventeen and thirty be referred to a com- mittee of ten to be appointed by the Modera- tor to report at an adjourned meeting or sub- sequent meeting.
March 14 .- Voted, To discontinue the Bump. Rock Road, so called, from the Russell Mills to the Long Pond road.
March 14 .- Voted, To accept and allow the new way from the Russell Mills to the Long Pond road near the Vinal Burgess house, as laid
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out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
March 14 .- Voted, To accept the report of the committee on the Old High School House, and place it on file.
March 14 .- On motion of Edward B. Atwood, Voted, That the subject matter of Articles 23, 24 and 25 be indefinitely postponed.
March 14 .- On motion of William T. Davis, Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to sell by auction the old High Schoolhouse, to be taken down and removed within three months from the passage of this vote. Voted, That so much of the lot of said schoolhouse as shall not be needed to widen Franklin street, be retained by the town.
March 14 .- On motion of William T. Davis, Voted, That a committee of three, consisting of the Mod- erator and two others to be appointed by him, be authorized to have the first volume of Births, Deaths and Marriages arranged, cop- ied, indexed and bound, and that the cost be charged to Contingent account. The Moder- ator appointed William T. Davis and Edward L. Burgess on such committee.
March 14 .- On motion of George E. Saunders, Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to seed such flats in the harbor with clams as they think best, and that no digging of clams on the flats seeded be allowed for the next three years.
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