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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The law requiring towns to furnish free text-books for the use of the schools has so recently taken effect, that its value is not yet fully tested. It has certainly largely increased the school expenses of the town, and the labors of the Committee. In many towns an agent or assistant secretary has been employed to take charge of this matter, but with us it has fallen principally upon the chairman of the Committee. No one unacquainted with the details of the work could rightly estimate the amount of labor involved in get- ting the books ready for distribution, filling the requisitions of the teachers, and keeping a strict account of the whole. It has been our constant aim to keep this expense as low as possible, and we have succeeded beyond our expectations. The first year's outlay would necessarily be much the largest ; but the second clause of the law, requiring that pupils should finish the books on hand before being supplied with free ones, will make considerable expense the second year, especially in Readers, to which may be added the con- stant demand for writing and drawing books, spelling blanks, slates, and all stationery.
Before purchasing the books for the town, great care was taken to see if any change in text-books would be for the best interest of the pupils, and a careful examination of a large number offered for our inspection, with the advice of the teachers, resulted in the substitution of Reed and Kellogg's Grammar for Greene's, Harper's School Geography for Warien's, and Scudder's U. S. History for Anderson's.
We are especially pleased with the History which Mr. Scudder has enabled us to offer the youth in so attractive a form that we hope it may awaken in their minds an interest in something higher than dime novels or the trashy illustrated papers which demoralize so many.
Few parents care to avail themselves of the opportunity to pur- chase their children's books, and the use of those provided by the town has been general.
With the same Board of School Committee, and the same corps of teachers in our schools as in 1883, no radical change in the
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methods of instruction or the character of the results of the year's work could be expected, yet it has been progressive and faithfully done.
It is gratifying as the year closes to be able to record our appro- val of the present condition of the schools, and our conviction that all the teachers are doing the work of their several departments to the best of their ability.
It is equally gratifying to see that the parents manifest an in- creasing interest in the education of their children, and are acting in harmony with the teachers.
Our statistical report cannot do justice to the excellent attend- ance (coercion seldom being required), as it is largely affected by a few weeks of contagious disease, or a few days of more than ordinarily severe weather. This is especially the case with the East Saugus Primary School, to whose record of only nine cases of tardiness we point with pride. The High School Roll of Honor gives us forty names under the head of not tardy ; and as but forty- eight names are enrolled on the register, eight scholars must be responsible for the fifty cases of tardiness in the synopis. Its report of forty as the average attendance for the fall term, with forty-one belonging, is excellent. Saugus Grammar School ranks second for the same term. The East Saugus Grammar School reports fifty-two not tardy, the largest number reported. While this indicates the anxiety of parents that their children should make the best use of the opportunities given them for intellectual improvement, we suggest that if they would give to the schools that close inspection which is consi lered essential to the workshop, the office, or the household, they would see for themselves that the results of educational work vary in character not only according to the skill and ability of the teacher, but with the mental pecul- iarities of the taught. This public manifestation of their interest would also encourage the teacher, interest the scholar, and help to elevate the standard of the schools.
Complaints of the crowding and cramming process of the present system of education are common, but we think no one who care-
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fully examines the course of study laid down for our own schools can fail to see that it can easily be mastered by the pupil of aver- age ability. Parents do not hesitate to complain of the slow pro- gress of their children, if a more brilliant classmate bids fair to excel them, and consequently teachers feel it an obvious duty to stimulate them and rouse their ambition. We commend to the careful attention of all the following extract from the last Wake- field School Report : -
" So long as parties, balls, sociables, entertainments, show, and dress are made by parents of primary importance and education secondary, the work of the schools must remain inferior in quality, and the money, time, and labor devoted to them will be partially wasted. When children go to school in the morning with their energies exhausted by the excesses of the previous evening, and per- haps by lack of proper sleep and rest, they are in no suitable con- dition for the school work, which requires quick apprehension, lively thought, and a rested brain and body, but they are dull, sleepy, careless, and perhaps cross, annoying to other scholars and their teachers; the day is practically lost to them, and the school is injured by their presence."
The brilliant scholar and the dull, those who mature early or develop late, to say nothing of those who bid fair to remain for- ever undeveloped, require great skill and tact on the part of the teacher so to give to each his portion in due season as to best expand the thinking and reasoning faculties. Equal tact and skill are required to check that spirit of insubordination which sometimes manifests itself when the lesson of obedience has not been fully learned at home in the years that precede school life. An essential element of a prosperous nation is a law-abiding people, so that to be trained to the habit of implicit obedience is as necessary for the public as for individual good. The children of the nation are educated at the public expense in order that they may beeome wise and virtuous, and thus be able to appreciate and maintain our free institutions.
For the Committee,
M. P. SWEETSER.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY.
JUNIOR YEAR.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Algebra,
Algebra,
Algebra,
Physical Geography, Book-keeping,
Book-keeping,
Latin or French.
Latin or French.
Latin or French.
MIDDLE YEAR.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Natural Philosophy,
Geometry,
Geometry,
Rhetoric,
Physiology,
Botany,
Latin or French.
Latin or French.
Latin or French.
SENIOR YEAR.
Fall. Winter. Spring.
Astronomy,
Chemistry,
Civil Government,
Latin or French,
Latin or French,
Arithmetic,
Hist. and Literature. Hist. and Literature. Hist. and Literature.
General Exercises during the Year. - Spelling, Letter-writing Drawing, Reading, Declamations, and Compositions.
LIST OF TEXT-BOOKS USED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
CLASSIFIED.
Junior Class. - Warren's Physical Geography, Monroe's Sixth Reader, Greenleaf's Algebra, Meservey's Book-keeping, Prang's Drawing-book (No. 5), Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Writing' Westlake's Letter-writer, Harkness's Latin Grammar and Reader, Otto's French Grammar.
Middle Class. - Steele's Natural Philosophy, Walker's Physi-
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ology, Wood's Botany, Hart's Rhetoric, Wentworth's Geometry, Otto's French Grammar, Prang's Drawing-books (Nos. 5 and 6), Payson, Dunton & Scriber's Writing, Westlake's Letter-writer, Harkness's Latin Grammar and Cæsar.
Senior Class. - Anderson's General History, Collier's English Literature, Steele's Chemistry, Otto's French Grammar, Steele's Astronomy, Martin's Civil Government, Prang's Drawing-book (No. 6), Payson, Dunton & Scribner's Writing-book (No. 10), Westlake's Letter-writer, Harkness's Latin Grammar, and Hark- ness's Cæsar.
TEXT-BOOKS USED IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Readers .- Franklin Primer and Advanced First, Second, Ad- vanced Second, Third, Advanced Third. Monroe Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth.
History .- Scudder's United States.
Grammar .- Reed and Kellogg's.
Drawing Books .- Bartholomew's Series Industrial.
Writing Books .- Duntonian Duplex.
Arithmetics .- Franklin Primary, Elementary, Written. Spellers .- Worcester's Primary, Worcester's New Pronouncing. Geography .- Harper's Common School, Warren's Primary.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ROLL OF HONOR.
HIGH SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Sarah A. Biffin,
Corinne A. Coburn,
Frank Ramsdell,
Clara S. Bryer,
Annie F. Esgate,
Jessie H. Stocker,
Harry G. Butler,
Bertie L. Hitchings,
Lewis O. Stocker,
Ernest L. Butler,
Willie D. Johnson, Amos Thompson,
Anna M Butterfield, Annie B. McKenney, Alice A. Waterman,
Frank H. Coburn,
Emery C. McKenney, Leila C. Weeks. Ada L. Oliver,
ABSENT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Annie G. Fiske, Winslow A. Parsons, Henry C. Pearson.
NOT TARDY.
Sarahı A. Biffin, Bertie L. Hitchings, Leona E. Oliver,
Gertie E. Bryer,
Harry E. Irving, Winslow A. Parsons,
Clara S. Bryer, Willie D. Johnson, Henry C. Pearson,
Anna M. Butterfield, Nellie L. Joy,
Alice Philbrook,
Harry G. Butler, Fannie B. Libbey,
Minnie L. Proctor, Frank Ramsdell,
B. Frank Calley, Alice H. Maxfield,
Frank H. Coburn, Annie B. McKenney, Jessie H. Stocker,
Corinne A. Coburn,
Emery C. McKenney Mamie E. Stocker, Jessie P. Mugridge, Lewis O. Stocker, Amos Thompson,
Arthur E. Copp, Stella L. Davis, John K. Newhall, Annie F. Esgate, J. Walter Newhall, Ada L. Oliver,
Willie Flaherty,
Nettie B. Florence, Arabel Hawkes,
Lillian S. Oliver,
Alice A. Waterman, Leila C. Weeks,
Willie Whittaker.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WARD ONE.
NOT ABSENT.
Clara H. Coburn,
Edward W. Wilson.
ABSENT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Madge A. Coburn, Earnest McCormick, Rosa M. Robinson, Bessie G. Wilson. NOT TARDY.
Sidney M. Eaton, Harry Homan.
WARD TWO. GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
NAMES OF SCHOLARS NOT ABSENT FOR THE YEAR.
Ida Berrett,
George Hull,
Hugh McManus,
Frank Berrett,
Arthur Jenkins,
Grace Paul.
Henry Devine, Vergnes Leroyd,
NAMES OF SCHOLARS ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Annie Biffin,
Alice Cowdry, Walter Putnam,
Laurence Biffin, Lillian Foster, Nellie Robinson,
George Berrett,
Stella Fairchild,
Frank Scott,
Lizzie Brown,
Daisy Francois,
Arthur Sawyer,
Archie Cheever,
Gertrude Nourse,
Carrie Waldron.
Nellie Parsons,
NAMES OF SCHOLARS NOT TARDY FOR THE YEAR.
Louie Berrett, Agnes Hallowel,
Gertrude Nourse,
Frank Berrett,
Mary Higgins,
Etta Nolan,
Annie Biffin, Clinton Hill,
Nellie Parsons,
Laurence Biffin,
George Hull,
Grace Paul,
Alice Cowdry, Arthur Jenkins,
Archie Cheever, Carrie McKenney,
Nellie Robinson, Arthur Sawyer,
Henry Devine, Vergnes Leroyd,
Frank Scott,
Lillian Foster,
Bertha Mansfield,
Carrie Waldron,
Daisy Francois,
Hugh McManus,
Mabel Westwood.
Stella Fairchild, Kate Murphy,
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Amy Francois,
Eddie Kirkman.
ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Jennie Ashworth, May Howard,
George Robinson,
Laura Cowdrey,
Julia Nourse,
Jessie Ramsdell,
Alice Howard,
Ernest Pratt,
Albert Stuart,
Hattie Hall,
Amelia Phillips,
John Stocker.
NOT TARDY.
Jennie Ashworth,
May Howard,
Clayton Penney,
Laura Cowdrey,
Eddie Kirkman,
Ernest Pratt,
Amy Francois,
John McGilvray,
Mary Pilling,
Alice Howard,
Julia Nourse,
George Robinson.
Hattie Hall,
Amelia Phillips,
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Lottie Gordon, Willie Lees, Henry Phillips.
ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Lottie Acres,
Johnnie Howard,
Sadie Phillips,
Johnnie Ashworth,
Mary Lees,
Henry Phillips,
Tommy Berrett,
Evelyn Parsons,
Charlie Parker.
NOT TARDY.
Johnnie Ashworth,
Mabel Hill,
Leon Penney,
Lottie Acres,
Lena McGilvray,
Eddie Berrett,
Lizzie Neale, Edna Nourse,
Ida Wiley,
Lottie Gordon,
Evelyn Parsons,
Mamie Waldron,
Charlie Hitchings,
Susie Pratt, Sadie Phillips,
Charlie Parker, Maud Shackford,
Edith Gutterson,
Georgie Westwood.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SUB-PRIMARY SCHOOL. NOT ABSENT. Lottie Gordon.
ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Patsy McManus, Bertie Stocker,
Sammie Parker,
Ella Townsend,
Solomon Phillips,
Ida Verity,
Mamie Waldron.
Ernest Stewart,
NOT TARDY.
John Howard, Ida Shaw,
Andrew McGilvray,
Ella Townsend,
Patsy McManus,
Nellie Wiley.
Sammie Parker,
WARD THREE. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. NOT ABSENT.
Arthur E Bryer, C. Willie Day,
Agnes A. Bryer, Grace M. Richardson.
ABSENT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Bertha M. Day,
Willie J. Sweetser.
Herbert S. Allen, Melieu C. Jonsen,
ABSENT ONE DAY.
Frank W. Foss,
Amos M. Thompson.
NOT TARDY.
Herbert S. Allen,
Nellie F. Albee,
Arthur E. Bryer,
Annie G. Burleigh, Arthur E. Copp, Mary R. Cunningham,J. Arthur Raddin, Bertha M. Day,
C. Willie Day, Thomas D. Esgate, Mabel E. Foss,
Mariam S. Hatch, Alice M. Hawkes,
Maud L. Irving, Melieu C. Jonsen, Lillian S. Oliver,
Charles F. Raddin, Bertha M. Rawson, May B. Rawson,
Grace M. Richardson,
Allen M. Stocker,
Clara E. Stowell,
George A. Sweetser,
Willie J. Sweetser, George W. Taylor, Amos M. Thompson, George W. Waitt, Alice A. Waterman.
Addie Copp, Lizzie Forster, Alice Lees, William Lees,
Ethel Cross, Lizzie Forster, James Hanson,
Ida Shaw,
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Frank E. Baker,
Mary B. Hill.
ABSENT ONLY FOR SICKNESS.
John McCauley,
Willie E. Waterman, Flora A. Martin,
Arthur I. Sweetser, Mabel E. Martin, Grace E. Martin.
NOT TARDY DURING THE YEAR.
Sadie A. Bond,
Jennie B. Raddin,
Frank E. Baker,
Rua D. Burleigh,
Edith H. Rea, Fred. A. Hicks,
Mary B. Hill,
Lilian A. Waitt,
Ford H. Stocker,
Carrie B. Jonsen,
Mabel E. Martin,
Arthur I. Sweetser,
Minnie 'T. Leary,
Flora A. Martin, Albert E. Waitt,
Maud F. Palmer,
Grace E. Martin,
Fred. W. Winslow.
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Louis Atwood,
Stephen Bryer.
ABSENT ONLY FOR SICKNESS. Lizzie Atwood.
NOT TARDY.
Ada Sabean,
Ella Leary,
Nellie Richardson,
Addie Florence,
Ella Pierce,
Norman Somes,
Annie Ward,
Georgie Amerige,
Olive Bryer,
Arthur Amerige,
Georgie Atkinson,
Arthur Waitt, Delia Flaherty, Lizzie Atwood,
John Bryer,
Russell Clucas, Stephen Bryer,
Walter Richardson,
Washington Bryer,
Willie Doyal.
Edith Clapp,
Eddie Copp, Louis Atwood, Matilda Pitts,
Edith Palmer, Minnie Leary,
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WARD FOUR.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Nellie E. Burns,
Willie D. Johnson,
Walter F. Swan,
Nellie M. Baldwin,
Fanny B. Libbey,
Albert I. Oliver,
Winfield H. Butler,
Alice H. Maxfield, Ina M. Oliver.
ABSENT ONLY FOR SICKNESS.
George W. Blodgett, Amy P. Nourse,
Jessie H. Stocker,
Harry N. Dunn,
Lizzie M. Newhall,
Jessie M. Scott,
Maud Gray, Louis M. Newhall, Emma E. Stocker,
Etta C. Lockwood, Allston W. Newhall, Edward A. Trefethen,
Augusta M. Kinney, Bennie W. Oliver,
M. Eda Waldron.
NOT TARDY.
Ho ace H. Atherton, Augusta M. Kinney, Eva P. Brown,
Hattie N. Kinney,
Emma F. Roots,
Nellie E. Burns,
Fanny B. Libbey,
Willie H. Savage.
Mary Burns, Etta C. Lockwood,
Thomas J. Scollin, Walter F. Swan,
Nellie M. Baldwin, Rosie A. Burns,
Alice H. Maxfield, Emma S. Mansfield, George F. Scollin, W. Horace McMillan, James H. Scollin, Jessie M. Scott, Maggie Sullivan,
Ernest L. Butler,
Charles A. Boyce,
Louis M. Newhall, Bennie F. Newhall, Annie M. Newhall,
Mabel T. Sargeant,
Amy P. Nourse, Jessie H. Stocker,
Lizzie M. Newhall, Ina M. Oliver,
Florence H. Stewart, Annie P. Schofield, Emma E. Stocker,
John F. Gilman, Bennie W. Oliver,
Walter D. Huntress, Mabel A. Pearson, Jeremiah Hyde, B. Amelia Powell,
Willie D). Johnson,
Charles H. Townsend,
Edward A. Trefethen, Louise E. V. Waitt.
Henry M. Brown, Willie W. Chapman, I. Lena Deshon, Harry N. Dunn, Maud Gray, Cora E. Graves, Albert I. Oliver,
Bertha B. Rhodes,
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Sarah E. Ames,
A. Gertrude Baldwin.
ABSENT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Alice P. Atherton, George R. Holmes, Carrie M. Nourse,
H. Eugene Brown, Fred. C. Johnson, Ethel H. Nourse,
Harry F. Deshon, Effie C. Kinney, Clarence A. Oliver,
Alfred H. Fisk, C. Gertrude Lovering, Hermon W. Oliver,
Edward I. Fisk, Henry L. Maxfield, Walter R. Schofield,
George E. Graves, Annie B. Montgomery, Susan Scollin,
B. Carleton Hitchings, Alice E. Newhall,
Aimée L. Stocker.
Florence E. Holbrook,
NOT TARDY.
Alice P. Atherton, B. Carleton Hitchings Alden G. Nourse, Sarah E. Ames, Florence E. Holbrook Carrie M. Nourse, A. Gertrude Baldwin, G. William Holbrook, Ethel H. Nourse, H. Eugene Brown, Annie Hyde, Clarence A. Oliver, Walter S. Brown, Fred. C. Johnson, Hermon W. Oliver, M. Etta Powell,
Willie L. Bragg, Effie C. Kinney,
Harry F. Deshon,
C. Gertrude Lovering, Hayesetta Rhodes,
Margaret J. Duncan, Henry L. Maxfield, Gertrude H. Smith, Alfred H. Fisk, Annie B. Montgomery Aimée L. Stocker,
Edward I. Fisk, Albert H. Newhall, Walter R. Schofield,
John F. Gallagher, Alice E. Newhall, Susan Scollin.
George E. Graves,
OMMITTED FROM LAST YEAR'S LIST.
Lizzie M. Newhall,
Willie H. Savage.
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
NOT ABSENT.
Orimel F. Leech,
Winnifred E. Evans.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ABSENT ONLY FOR SICKNESS.
E. Lillie Butler,
Ernest C. Brown,
Bessie W. Brown,
Emma L. Joy, Harvey R. Oliver,
Willie C. Coles,
MarthaJ. Montgomery, Walter Scollin,
Edna L. Mugridge, Susie Schofield.
NOT TARDY.
Louis M. Atherton, Bessie W. Brown,
Annie Bagley,
E. Lillie Butler,
Susie Gallagher, Ida Gilman,
Grace S. Newhall, Harvey R. Oliver, Guy D. Powell,
Annie M. Brown,
Silas Holbrook, Mike Hickey, J. Henry Holmes,
Grace Richardson,
Ernest C. Brown,
Annie Campbell,
Effie Haskall,
Walter Scollin,
Sarah Campbell,
Orimel F. Leech,
Susie Schofield,
John Campbell, MarthaJ.Montgomery, Wilbur D. Sargeant,
Willie W. Coles, Edna L. Mugridge, Lizzie Stewart,
Isabel Duncan, Ella McMillan, Della T. Smith,
Eddie E. Emerton, Freddie C. Newhall, Benj. Wormsted. Winnefred E. Evans, George P. Neal,
WARD FIVE.
NOT ABSENT.
Nelson Edmands, Frank M. Ramsdell, * Hattie M. Coates,
Charles J. McClintic, Jacob Kley, *Celia I. Sweetser.
ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
Fred W. Carnes, Marion M. Carnes, Genie C. Longfellow,
Annie B. Carnes, Oscar M. Edmands, Aggie E. Watson.
Isabel Duncan, Eddie E. Emerton,
Willie Graham,
Archie H. Neal,
Arthur Graham,
Walter B. Neal, Mabel Norwell,
Ida Baxindale,
J. Henry Holmes, Grace S. Newhall,
Mike Hickey, Freddie C. Newhall,
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NOT TARDY.
Nelson W. Edmands, *Celia I. Sweetser,
Emilie A. Ziegler,
Oscar M. Edmands, Arthur Johnson,
Bertie Edmands, Warnie Rhodes,
Sadie E. Mayers, *Hattie M. Coates,
Ernie M. Longfellow, Charles J. McClintic, James C. Black,
Annie B. Carnes, John J. Hitchings,
*Arthur F. Penney,
Marion M. Carnes, Jacob Kley,
*Brooks Faxon,
Lilla Parker,
Frank M. Ramsdell,
*Freddie T. Reed.
Della Z. Copp, Agnes E. Watson,
* The pupils whose names are marked with a star have only attended school four or five weeks.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN of SAUGUS,
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886.
TOGETHER WITH THE
Report of the School Committee.
1887.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN of SAUGUS,
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886.
TOGETHER WITH THE
Report of the School Committee.
1887.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1886.
Selectmen and Assessors. JOHN W. HITCHINGS, Chairman. EDWARD S. KENT. WILLIAM F. HITCHINGS.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM H. NEWHALL.
Treasurer. JOSEPH WHITEHEAD.
Overseers of the Poor.
JOHN ARMITAGE. GEORGE FAULKNER. JOHN M. BERRETT.
Collector of Taxes. WARREN P. COPP.
Constable. SOLON V. EDMAMDS.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
IIERBERT B. NEWHALL, term expires 1889. SAMUEL HAWKES. 66 1888.
HIERBERT O. PRATT, 66 1887.
School Committee.
GEORGE PARSONS, Chairman, term expires 1888.
WILBUR F. NEWHALL,
1887.
ALBERT H. SWEETSER, 66 1889.
Road Commissioners. ANDREW A. SCOTT, Chairman, term expires 1887. ANTHONY HATCHI, 1889.
FREDERIC STOCKER, 66 1888.
Registrars of Voters. WILLIAM H. NEWHIALL. A. CLARKE NEWHALL, WILLIAM W. LOWE. JAMES PRATT.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the receipts and ex- penditures of the Town for the year ending December 31, 1886, as presented to your Auditing Committee by the several boards of Town Officers, for examination and approval. A careful perusal of the figures and information contained in the report is invited, so that all who are interested in the future of the Town, can see how faithful to their trusts have been our public servants. The reports are made in detail and convey in a direct way all that is needed to inform the reader of the condition of the affairs of the Town, and are of more value than any comments or recommenda- tions which your committee might make.
The amount due the treasurer from uncollected taxes is large, excessively so, and should stimulate those who are in arrears to consider that by reason of such delays the financial progress of the Town is much retarded, its credit impaired, and involves the borrowing of money with interest which together with a large list of abatements seems to be unwarranted.
In conclusion, we would say we have found proper vouchers for all expenditures of funds and suitable record of same in books of account.
H. H. ATHERTON, Auditors.
JAMES R. HUGHES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid School Committee
$7,225 19
SINKING FUND.
Paid Sinking Fund Commissioners
$1,390 00
SALARIES.
Paid Treasurer $200 00
Selectmen and Assessors 400 00
School Committee 150 00
Town Clerk
40 00
Constable 28 00
Road Commissioners
160 00
$978 00
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Paid Charles C. Patch, services as detective $ 97 00
Henry C. Lockwood, “ 160 00
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J. S. Oliver, expressing 15 00
A. B. Breed, carriages . 24 50
Keith & Leighton . 20 00
316 50
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SALEM TURNPIKE.
Paid John P. Perkins, labor on bridge $350 00
Milton Ray, 66 42 70
D. T. Letterny,
6 25
Fredric Stocker, 66
102 83
Thomas Roach
21 00
Hitchings & Newhall, oil and tools 4 97
Fredric Stocker, labor and gravel
123 63
John Mudge, for gravel . 53 46
John W. Hitchings, for labor
586 50
$1,291 34
Received of Lynn and Boston R. R. Co., for labor .
$130 62
HIGHWAYS.
Paid Road Commissioners $3,000 00
Balance due on 1885 1,177 35
For Winter Street
3,000 00
For Central Street .
300 00
For Central Street at Kent Mill 296 86
For Bridge at No. Saugus
72 13
$7,846 34
DECORATION DAY.
Paid Post 95 expenses $ 100 00
ABATEMENTS.
Paid Warren P. Copp on 1883 list $340 09
1884 " 201 34
1885 “ 43 77
B. F. Calley
1879 « 53 00
$638 20
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STATE AID.
Paid A. W. Bruce
$ 36 00
Robert Harrison and wife . 84 00
James Webb . 36 00
Elisha Bragg 36 00
Daniel G. Pinkham
72 00
Prudence Flye
36 00
Abby Mansfield
48 00
Mary Timony
48 00
Lydia Wiggin
48 00
Margret William
48 00
Carroline Ingalls
12 00
Joseph Adlington and wife
20 00
Nath'l Ward and wife
100 00
William Fuller 52 00
Charlotte Holbrook 20 00
Binsley Guilford 60 00
William E. Gabriel 106 00
Abel Hanson 42 00
$904 00
INCIDENTALS, EXPENSES.
Paid Warren P. Copp, collecting taxes $330 00
David Williams, painting flag staff 20 50
David Williams, painting school house 21 30
Hall & Newhall, insurance on school house, Ward Four 80 00
E. H. Tarbell, lamp shades 92
T. H. Marston, street signs 31 50
Thomas P. Nichols, printing 30 25
William H. Newhall, collecting taxes . 33 31
Auditors and Appraisers expenses 35 00
Selectmen, stationery . 1 45
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 209 90
Amount carried forward, $794 13
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward $794 13
Paid A. B. Breed, carriages, 1885 26 00
Charies F. Clark, services as police 117 36
Solon V. Edmunds, distributing Town Reports 3 00
Albert H. Sweetser, services as Moderator 15 00
Lewis & Winship, Town Reports 107 28
Printing 27 50
Charles W. Oliver, labor on Town Hall 6 25
Thomas Groom & Co., letter files 3 80
A. H. Sweetser, insurance on school house Ward Three 50 00
The Bee Newspaper Co., advertisement 6 00
W. F. Paul, labor on 'Town Hall 7 69
W. F. Hitchings, services as Registrar
13 48
L A. May Co., supplies for Town Hall 3 90
Gideon Marshman, repairing of Town Hall 1 50
Lynn Water Board, for water for Ward Four school house 10 00
David Dwinnell, painting vane on flag staff, Ward
Two 20 00
E S. Kent, for distributing Town Reports 1 00
J. W. Hitchings, 1 00
Solon V. Edmuuds, services as police . 9 00
A. C. Newhall, services as Registrar 30 50
Charles W. Gay, for plans and surveys for County Commissioners . 98 56
Fredrick Fields, for labor on flag staff, Ward Two 2 00
Martin Slo, services as police 5 00
Frank Delate, 2 00
C. F. Weeks, printing ballots 2 00
Dexter Bros., paint and oil for school houses 151 98
Bubier & Co., repairing vane on flag staff 25 00
George Atwood, police services 5 00
H A. Wait, expressing . 1 50
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