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Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE. MRS. MARY E. CONVERSE, MRS. SADIE P. MORRIS,
Trustees of Library
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REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR
I have this day examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer and Tax Collector of the town of Rutland, for the year 1915, and have found them correct.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES E. CARROLL, Auditor.
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REPORT OF
The School Committee
OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1915
STATISTICS
Number of persons in town between five and sixteen years
of age, as per school census September 1, 1915 207
Number of pupils enrolled since September 1, 1915 210
Average membership for the year 1914-1915 197
Average attendance for the year 1914-1915 179
Per cent of attendance 92
For the attendance by schools and terms, see the statistical table in the Superintendent's report.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
APPROPRIATIONS
Town appropriation
$5200 00
State, Superintendent's salary
312 50
State, for High School
500 00
State for tuition
234 61
Income Massachusetts School Fund
1071 62
City of Boston, tuition
126 00
Promotion of health
25 00
$7469 73
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TOTAL EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
Salaries of teachers
$3743 80
Transportation
1749 20
Supervision
492 83
Books and supplies
346 98
Janitors
393 00
Fuel etc.
355 57
Repairs
230 11
Sundries
15 89
Promotion of health
50 00
$7377 38
Unexpended balance
$92 35
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Edward H. Leonard, Principal High School
$375 50
Winfred S. Ross, 66 666 00
Miss Henrietta H. Brigham, Asst. 6.
299 00
Miss N. Gertrude Handy,
6. 436 50
Miss Edith A. Stevens, 60 165 00
Miss Catherine Maloney, Grammar
195 50
Miss Edith M. Mahaney 172 50
Miss Mary Monaghan, Intermediate 374 90
Miss Catherine D. Putnam, Primary 374 90
Miss Crescentia Killion, West Rutland 337 50
Miss Alice Fagan, North Rutland
370 50
$3743 80
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TRANSPORTATION
Matthew J. Cullen
$418 00
Horace E. Smith
277 20
Weston R. Upham
268 80
Mrs. Julia L. Davis
214 20
George E. Smith
252 00
Deller Latowne
163 00
George H. Rice
68 00
W. R. Segar
78 00
H. E. Segar
10 00
$1749 20
SUPERVISION
Robert I. Bramhall, Superintendent
$410 42
Louis M. Hanff, School Committee
25 00
William C. Temple, School Committee
15 00
Louis M. Hanff, postage and expenses
2 75
George E. Smith, census
15 00
Robert I. Bramhall, postage etc.
13 90
Edward Tripp, printing reports
8 75
The Davis Press, printing
2 01
$492 83
FUEL
Joseph E. Ware, West Rutland
$ 1 50
Arthur E. Codding, North Rutland
30 50
$32 50
Centre Building fuel and two-thirds public building sundries
323 57
$355 57
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REPAIRS
Clarence T. Oliver, North Rutland
$ 4 25
George E. Smith, Center
1 50
George E. Smith,
West Rutland
13 01
William E. Hunt,
15 80
W. H. Sawyer Co.,
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2 18
George W. Cook, shingles
66
40 00
Clarence W. Griffin, nails
6.
2 43
Brewer & Co., paint
66
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25 80
John W. Jameson, labor
66
42 88
Frank Gleason, labor
40 00
J. L. Hammett Co , blackboard “
12 82
B. & M. R. R., freight
66
88
American Express Co.,
66
94
Walter B. Ware, labor
66
10 00
Joseph E. Ware. labor
66
2 00
Brewer & Co., oil Center
11 25
Willard & Co., hardware
2 52
Robert I. Bramhall,
1 60
American Express,
25
BOOKS
Charles E. Merrill
$24 38
Silver, Burdett & Co.
15 20
E. E. Babb & Co.
52 07
D. C. Heath & Co.
14 33
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
24 72
J. Fischer & Co.
5 22
Ritter & Flebee
7 28
MacMillon & Co.
9 96
R. I. Bramhall, express
1 37
James E. O'Connor, cartage
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$230 11
$155 03
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JANITORS
Michel H. Scott, Centre school Julia A. Davis, North Rutland
$360 00
16 50
Miss Crescentia Killion, West Rutland
16 50
$393 00
SUPPLIES
J. L. Hammett & Co. $122 00
E HI Leonard, freight
2 42
Frost Stamp Co. 3 50
Denholm Mckay Co., flags
2 75
H. A Wales, flags
4 05
Miss Henrietta H. Brigham, sewing material
5 35
Miss Edith Stearns, ..
50
George W. Hastings, chemicals
17 22
Noyes, Randall & Co.
2 15
Central, Scientific Co.
20 47
E. E. Babb & Co.
65
Clarence W. Griffin
5 58
Robert I. Bramhall
3 25
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1 21
I. W. Calkins, cartage
85
$191 95
SUNDRIES
Denholm, Mckay & Co. $9 00
Clark, Sawyer & Co.
4 00
Red Heart Chemical Co.
1 75
V. S. Ross
1 14
$15 89
PROMOTION OF HEALTH
r. William E. Chamberlain, two years
$50 00
$50 00
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HIGH SCHOOL
To further enrich the work of the High School I recommend that the course of study be revised as follows :
FIRST YEAR
1916-1917 English, German, Business Arithmetic and Business Methods, European History to 1700, General Science, and Sewing.
1917-1918 English, Beginners' Latin, German, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Community Civics, Biology, and Sewing.
SECOND YEAR
1916-1917 English, Caesar, German, Business Arithmetic and Business Methods, Plane Geometry, European History to 1700, General Science, and Sewing.
1917-1918 English, Beginners' Latin, German, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Community Civics, Biology, and Sewing.
THIRD YEAR
1916-1917 English, Cicero, German, Commercial Geography, Plane Geometry, European History since 1700, and Physics.
1917-1918 English, Virgil, German, Advance Civics and Economics, Review Mathematics, American History, and Chemistry.
FOURTH YEAR
1916-1917 English, Cicero, German, Commercial Geography, European History since 1700, and Physics.
1917-1918 English, Virgil, German, Advanced Civics and Econo- mics, Review Mathematics, American History, and Chemistry.
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Such an arrangement, with the indicated alternation of courses, would greatly increase the choice offered to pupils not electing foreign languages, and at the same time would not impose an undue burden on any of the teachers.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
The enrollment at the North Rutland School is too large again this year for the most effective work. No teacher can handle 39 pupils scattered through eight grades and give each child the amount of attention needed. The constant coming and going of pupils at West Rutland breaks up the work in that school. At one time last year there were 33 pupils enrolled, while at the close of school in June there were only 16. Last September the school opened with 15 pupils, while today there are 26. The enrollment in the intermediate room at the Center School was so large this fall that it was necessary to divide the third grade, putting part of it in the primary room. The discipline in all the rooms is good and the work is proceeding smoothly.
TEXTBOOKS
While partial sets of spellers, arithmetics, penmanship manuals, and sixth grade histories have been purchased during the year, our textbook supply is low, and many of the books in use are worn out. At least $200. should be expended for books next year. Parents are urged to see that their children do not abuse the books loaned them and to make the children themselves earn the money to pay for the books which they have abused. Too many of the pupils, in both the elementary and the High School are very careless of books, supplies, and public property in general. I believe they should be made to pay for what they destroy as is provided by law.
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HIGH SCHOOL
To further enrich the work of the High School I recommend that the course of study be revised as follows :
FIRST YEAR
1916-1917 English, German, Business Arithmetic and Business Methods, European History to 1700, General Science, and Sewing.
1917-1918 English, Beginners' Latin, German, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Community Civics, Biology, and Sewing.
SECOND YEAR
1916-1917 English, Caesar, German, Business Arithmetic and Business Methods, Plane Geometry, European History to 1700, General Science, and Sewing.
1917-1918 English, Beginners' Latin, German, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Community Civics, Biology, and Sewing.
THIRD YEAR
1916-1917 English, Cicero, German, Commercial Geography, Plane Geometry, European History since 1700, and Physics.
1917-1918 English, Virgil, German, Advance Civics and Economics, Review Mathematics, American History, and Chemistry.
FOURTH YEAR
1916-1917 English, Cicero, German, Commercial Geography European History since 1700, and Physics.
1917-1918 English, Virgil, German, Advanced Civics and Econo- mics, Review Mathematics, American History, and Chemistry.
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Such an arrangement, with the indicated alternation of courses, would greatly increase the choice offered to pupils not electing foreign languages, and at the same time would not impose an undue burden on any of the teachers.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
The enrollment at the North Rutland School is too large again this year for the most effective work. No teacher can handle 39 pupils scattered through eight grades and give each child the amount of attention needed. The constant coming and going of pupils at West Rutland breaks up the work in that school. At one time last year there were 33 pupils enrolled, while at the close of school in June there were only 16. Last September the school opened with 15 pupils, while today there are 26. The enrollment in the intermediate room at the Center School was so large this fall that it was necessary to divide the third grade, putting part of it in the primary room. The discipline in all the rooms is good and the work is proceeding smoothly.
TEXTBOOKS
While partial sets of spellers, arithmetics, penmanship manuals, and sixth grade histories have been purchased during the year, our textbook supply is low, and many of the books in use are worn out. At least $200. should be expended for books next year. Parents are urged to see that their children do not abuse the books loaned them and to make the children themselves earn the money to pay for the books which they have abused. Too many of the pupils, in both the elementary and the High School are very careless of books, supplies, and public property in general. I believe they should be made to pay for what they destroy as is provided by law.
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ATTENDANCE
One of the greatest sources of waste in a school system is irreg- ular attendance. Some children are never absent except for sickness or because of severe storms. Others are frequently absent for the most trivial causes. Every child should be at school every day his health will permit his attendance. It is not legal to keep children from school for any other cause for more than seven days in any period of six months. Every child between the ages of 14 and 16 must attend school regularly until he obtains written permission from the superin- tendent of schools to engage in gainful employment regularly at least six hours per day. Every child between the ages of 14 and 16 must either be at school or else, with the permission of the superintendent, be at work.
MUSIC
I regret that the work in music has been neglected for so long a period. I recommend that the School Committee ask for an appro- priation to secure the services of a supervisor of music for one day per week. I would also recommend that the town purchase some records for use on the talking machine so that the machine may be used in connection with the work in the primary school and to furnish music for the pupils to march into and from the school building.
REPAIRS
The two rural schoolhouses are now in good condition and need only a few minor repairs. The outbuildings should be repaired and put in good sanitary condition. The stoves should be enclosed with jackets to secure a more even distribution of the heat and better ven- tilation. The underpinning at the North Rutland School will have to be relaid. In view of the relatively high cost of repair work in
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Rutland Irecommend that in the future all larger repairs be made under contract. The greatest amount of repairing will need to be done at the Center School next year. Metal ceilings should be installed in the basements and corridors. But the most serious need is a new heating plant. The present system is utterly inadequate and will need expen- sive repairs before an other winter. With a hot air system it is impossible to heat so large a building on cold, windy days. When the temperature in some of the rooms is below 60 degrees all day, school work is impossible, and the health of the children is endangered, especially during the wet weather. The Center School in Holden is heated by a 15 foot boiler and is always warm enough for school work on the coldest of days. The four classrooms contain about 38,400 cubic feet and the corridors and small rooms used as offices contain about 29,000 cubic feet, making a total of 67,400 cubic feet to heat. The basement, containing about 26,000 cubic feet, is also heated. In 1915 it cost the town $213.75 for fuel for this building-or $3.18 per 1000 cubic feet if the basement is left out of consideration, or $2.29 per 1000 cubic feet if the basement is reckoned in. The Jefferson School is heated by two furnaces. Two rooms are heated by a furnace put in less than two years ago, and one room and the corridors are heated by the other furnace, which is in good repair. The rooms are frequuently too cold for regular school work, the corridors are only slightly heated, and the basements are not heated at all. There are 33,200 cubic feet in the three rooms, 14,400 cubic feet in the corri- dors and cloak rooms, making a total of 47,600 cubic feet-nearly 20,000 cubic feet less to heat than at the Center School. Yet the fuel in 1915 cost $368.18-about $150.00 more than the fuel for the Center School costs. The cost was $7.71 per 1000 cubic feet-over twice the cost at the Center School. Of course the Center School is a newer building and easier to heat, but that will not account for the great difference in the cost of heating the two buildings. While steam is more expensive to instal and keep in repair and requires more care-
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ful attention from the janitor, it is undoubtedly cheaper to run and more efficient in heating large and exposed buildings in such extremes of temperature as we have in Rutland.
We are indebted to the pupils of the High School for a gift to the school of a ten volume set of the Century Dictionary. It is a valuable addition to the school library. I wish also to express my appreciation of the courtesy of the Librarian in loaning books for use in the two rural schools. I wish to thank the teachers for their loyal cooperation and the School Committee for their interest, support and helpful suggestions.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT I. BRAMHALL, Superintendent of Schools
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ROLL OF HONOR
THREE TERMS
Ruth Davis
TWO TERMS
Harriet Tucker, Bernice Putnam, Elizabeth Allen, Oliver Chester, Lloyd Viner, Freeland Dingley, Grace Jameson, Genevieve Davis, Harold Davis, Ernest Lamoreaux, Evelyn Ware, Albina Celle.
ONE TERM
Luke Burke, Ethel Gray, Charles Hill, Gladys Hill, Elizabeth Wheeler, Frank Brooks, Frank Calkins, John Campbell, Eva Hatstat, Eleanor Upham, Chamberlain Williams, Amelia Kehoe, Leonard Cullen, Ralph Dean, William Griffin, Albert Hill, Everett Mann, George Campbell, George Kehoe, Joseph Miles, Elizabeth Chavoorian, Douglas Viner, Cecilia Curtis, Nelson Mann, Mildred Bates, Ellen Bosquist, Olive Bray, Earl Glidden, Walter Scott. Lorena Fitzpatrick, Bertha Oliver, Myrtle Viner, Edith Josepheson, Alice Hatstat, Irving Buck, Pearl Parady, Lillian Parady, Clara Russell, Leo Russell, Dora Lamoreaux.
SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1915-1916
SCHOOL
TEACHER
PREPARATION
TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP
AVERAGE
MEMBERSHIP
AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE
PER CENT OF
ATTENDANCE
High
Edward H. Leonard Winfred S. Ross Henrietta H. Brigham N. Gertrude Handy
Dartmouth Dartmouth Lawrence Boston University
46
41
39
95
Grammar
Catherine M. Maloney
Worcester Normal
29
27
24
92
Intermediate
Mary M. Monaghan
Framingham Normal
46
41
37
90
Primary
Catherine D. Putnam
Fitchburg Normal
36
29
26
91
West
Mabel A. Kelley Crescentia M. Killian
Worcester Normal Salem Normal
34
27
24
91
North
Alice C. Fagan
Worcester Normal 1
35
32
29
91
Totals
226
197
179
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SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1915-1916
SCHOOL
TEACHER
PREPARATION
TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP
High
Winfred S. Ross N. Gertrude Handy Edith M. Stevens
Dartmouth Boston University Radcliffe
42
Grammar
Ethel M. Mahaney
Worcester Normal
27
Intermediate
Mary M. Monaghan
Framingham Normal
48
Primary
Catherine D. Putnam
Fitchburg Normal
28
West
Crescentia M. Killian
Salem Normal
26
North
Alice C. Fagan
Worcester Normal
39
Totals
210
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WARRANT
FOR
Town Meeting, February 7, 1916
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
To EITHER of the Constables of the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester.
Worcester, ss.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the town hall in said Rutland, on the seventh day of February next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To chose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the annual reports of the town officers, ind to act thereon.
ART. 3. To bring in and deposit their ballots for Town Clerk for three years, one Selectman for three years, for one Assessor for three years, for one Overseer of Poor for three ears, for a Treasurer for one year, for a Collector of Taxes for ne year, for one Water Commissioner for three years, for one School Committee for three years, for one member of Board f Health for three years, for one Library Trustee for three ears, for Highway Surveyor for one year, for Auditor for ne year, for a Tree Warden for one year, for five Constables or one year, and to vote "Yes" or "No" on the question : Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors n this town ?"
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All the above to be voted for on one ballot, each to specify the person to be voted for by placing a cross (X) after his name.
The polls will be open at ten o'clock, A. M., and may close at two o'clock, P. M.
ART. 4. To chose all necessary town officers and com- mittees.
ART. 5. To see what interest shall be paid on taxes not paid in a specified time.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the town, in anticipation of revenue under the approval of the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools, for repairs on highways and bridges, for support of poor and public chari- ties, for salaries of town officers, for use on Memorial Day, for contingent expenses, for paying debts and interest, for employ- ment of school physician, for use of public library, for the enforcement of the liquor laws, for Soldiers' relief, for 1915 overdraft.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to make an appropria- tion to the water department on account of hydrant service, and for replacing of water mains.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate money for maintenance of street lights.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to pay the corporate surety on the bonds of its bonded officials, as provided by Acts of 1897, or act anything thereon.
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ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for repairs on the public buildings.
ART. 12. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes and Treasurer.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to pay for expenses at fires and forest fires.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate any unexpended balances of appropriations there may be, the com- ing year, also any unappropriated money received by the treasurer.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money to pay for work done in exterminating the gypsy and brown tail moths.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to dispose of the hearse, and hearse house or take any action thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the construction and maintaining of sidewalks.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money, to be used to defray the expenses of the town officials and others, in protecting the interests of the town.
ART. 19. To see if the town will take any action relative to installing a steam heating plant in the public building, and vote to raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 19, Section 42, of the revised public statutes, in relation to sidewalks.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to assist the local Sanatoria to install a sterilizing plant, as required by the Board of Health.
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ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay for crushed rock.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to make any extension of the water mains.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to make any loans for the purpose of extending water mains.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof agreeable to vote of the town. One at each post-office, one at store at Noth Rutland and one at the public building in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforsaid :
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred sixteen.
J. WARREN MOULTON, WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, DANIEL J. FITZGERALD,
Selectmen of Rutland
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WARRANT FOR
Town Meeting, February 5, 1917
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
To EITHER of the Constables of the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester.
Worcester, ss.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the town hall in said Rutland, on the fifth day of February next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on thte following articles :
Article 1. To chose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the annual reports of the town officers. and to act thereon.
Art. 3 .- To bring in and deposit their ballots for one Selectman for three years, for one Assessor for three years. for one Overseer of Poor for three years, for a Treasurer for one year, for a Collector of Taxes for one year, for one Water Commissioner for three years, for one School Committee for three years, for one member of Board of Health for three years, for one Library Trustee for three years, for one Library Trustee for one year, for Highway Surveyor for one year, for Auditor for one year, for a Tree Warden for one year, for five-Constables for one year, and to vote "Yes" or "No" on the question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
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All the above to be voted for one ballot, each to specify the person to be voted for by placing a cross (X) after his name.
The polls will be open at ten o'clock A. M., and may close at two o'clock P. M.
Art. 4. To chose all necessary town officers and com- mittees.
Art. 5. To see what interest shall be paid on taxes and water rents not paid in a specified time.
Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the town, in anticipation of revenue under the approval of the Selectmen.
Art. 7. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the public school, for repairs on highways and bridges, for removal of snow, for support of poor and public charities, for salaries of town offi- cers, for use on Memorial Day, for contingent expenses, for paying debts and interest, for employment of school physician, for use of public library, for the enforcement of the liquor laws, for Soldiers' relief, for unpaid bills, for public building account for Tuition at Trade Schools and for any other depart- ment that may be necessary.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to make an appro- priation to the water department on account of hydrant service, and for replacing of water mains.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for maintenance of street lights.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to pay the corporate surety on the bonds of its bonded officials, as provided by Acts of 1897 ,or act anything thereon.
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Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for repairs on the public buildings.
Art. 12. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes and Treasurer.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to pay for expenses at fires and forest fires.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate any unexpended balances of appropriations there may be, the coming year, also any unappropriated money received by the treasurer.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money to pay for work done in exterminating the gypsy and brown tail moths.
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