Town annual report of Weymouth 1890, Part 10

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 260


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ART. 50. Voted, That this article, in relation to claim of Chester D. Pratt, be referred to the Water Commissioners.


ART. 51. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $750 for the purpose of procuring plans and specifications for the erec- tion of a building on the present site of the Public Library, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of five (one from each ward) to carry the same into effect, and to report at the next annual March meeting.


The Moderator appointed the committee on the above vote, viz. : -


WARD 3. Benj. F. Smith.


WARD 1. James Humphrey.


WARD 2. Z. L. Bicknell.


WARD 4. Samuel S. Spear.


WARD 5. Henry A. Thomas.


ART. 52. Voted, That this article, in relation to a sidewalk on Middle Street, be referred to the Selectmen.


ART. 53. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $359.64 for the purpose of paying Josiah Reed the amount paid by him for labor and material in raising the grade of Columbian Square near Fogg's building in 1888.


ART. 54. Voled, To raise and appropriate the sum of $20.06 to . pay Dan. W. Barrows, for seventy-five loads of gravel put by him on Pleasant Street.


ART. 55. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the tenth day of October next, and that the Collector


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be instructed to collect forthwith, according to law, all taxes re- maining unpaid after that date, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum.


Voted, That the compensation for collecting taxes be seven eighths of one per cent.


ART. 56. Alfred O. Crawford was elected Collector of Taxes by ballot, the check list being used.


ART. 57. Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to nominate a committee on appropriation (three from each ward), to report at the next annual meeting. The Moderator appointed the following : Major F. A. Bicknell, J. J. Mahoney, John W. Hart, S. S. Spear, and H. F. Sears.


Voted, To accept and adopt the following report of the above committee, viz. : -


WARD 1. James Humphrey, Henry A. Nash, Wm. A. Drake. WARD 2. Z. L. Bicknell, John Carroll, Jos. A. Cushing.


WARD 3. Geo. E. Porter, John J. Loud, John W. Hart.


WARD 4. Bradford Hawes, F. Dexter Pratt, Lysander Heald.


WARD 5. J. Clarence Howe, A. O. Crawford, H. F. Sears.


ART. 58. Voted, To accept and adopt the List of Jurors as pre- pared and posted by the Selectmen, after striking out the names of Wendall T. Dizer, Charles T. Foster, James W. Hender, and George Hollis, and adding the names of John F. Dwyer and A. Chapin Tisdale.


ART. 59. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to act as attorneys to defend the town in any suit that may be brought against it.


ART. 60. This article in relation to gravelling Middle Street near Lovell's ice-house was not carried.


ART. 61. Was acted upon in connection with Art. 31.


ART. 62. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a new street from Curtis to Shaw Street to be called Howard Street.


ART. 63. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectman laying out an extension of Hawthorne Street to Myrtle Street.


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ART. 64. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen on a relocation of a part of Chard Street, to be known hereafter as Hill- side Street.


ART. 65. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen laying out an extension of King Avenue to Broad Street.


ART. 66. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen laying . out a widening and relocation of Summer Street.


ART. 67. Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a new street to be called Summit Street.


ART. 68. Voted. That this article in relation to the claims of Jeremiah Moran be referred to the Selectmen and that they be in- structed to pay him what they deem expedient ; also that they be instructed to dig out the river from the bridge on Pleasant Street to the bridge on Commercial Street to its natural depth.


ART. 69. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of rebuilding the bridge near the corner of Wash- ington and Front streets.


The committee appointed to sort and count the ballots reported that on the question "Shall license be. granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town " the result was as follows : -


Yes .


315


No .


. 306


Total


621


The indicator on the ballot-box stood 617.


The committee then reported on the number of ballots cast for Town Officers, and the Moderator declared that the following per- sons, having received the largest number of votes, were duly elected viz. : -


TOWN CLERK.


John A. Raymond had . . 625 votes. (Sworn in open meeting by the Moderator.)


TOWN TREASURER.


John H. Stetson had


625 votes.


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SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Ward 1. - Henry A. Nash had .


624 votes.


2. - Jacob F. Dizer had 618


3. - George A. Cushing had


620 66


4. - Leonard V. Tirrell had 618 66


5. - J. Clarence Howe had


615


ASSESSORS.


Ward 1. - Wilmot Cleverly had . 625 votes.


2. - John P. Burrell had .


625


3. - George A. Cushing had


623 66


6 4. - Gilman B. Loud had .


625


6. 5. - J. Clarence Howe had


617


66


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Joseph A. Cushing, three years, had .


625 votes.


James H. Flint, three years, had . · 620 66


TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.


James Humphrey, three years, had 625 votes.


Augustus J. Richards, three years, had .


615


66


F. Dexter Pratt, three years, had .


625


WATER COMMISSIONER.


Augustus J. Richards, three years, had . 616 votes.


PARK COMMISSIONER.


Louis A. Cook, three years, had . 621 votes.


AUDITORS.


Joseph Dyer had .


625 votes.


Francis Ambler had


624


Zechariah L. Bicknell had


·


·


625


CONSTABLES.


Ward 1. - B. Frank Richards had .


625 votes.


66


" 1. - Isaac H. Walker had . 625 “


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Ward 1. - George G. French had


625 votes.


2. - Asa B. Pratt had


1 623


66


6 2. - Andrew J. Garey had 618


66 2. - Joseph P. Ford had .


625


66


66 2. - Nathaniel B. Peare had


625


.6


66 2. - Patrick Butler


622


66


66 2. - George W. Fay had .


625


66


66 2. - Nelson W. Gardner had


609


66


66 3. - Thomas Fitzgerald had


625


66


66 3. - George W. White had


625


66


66 3. - Oliver Houghton had .


625


66


66 3. - Francis M. Drown had


625


66 3. - James B. Ford had .


624


66


66 3. - Lorenzo H. Loud had


622


66


66 3. - Thomas F. Ahearn had


. 620


66


66 3. - John F. Dwyer had .


·


622


66


66 3. - Edmund B. Whelan had


621


66 4. - Isaac N. Tirrell had .


625


66


4. - George B. Bayley had


624


66


66 4. - Ezekiel W. Morton had


622


66


66 4. - Nathaniel R. Ells had


625


4. - George F. Maynard had


625


66


66 4. - Silas W. Newcomb had 5. - George W. Conant had


625


66


66 5. - John B. Corkery had .


622


66


5. - Michael Allen had


623


66


66 5. - Thomas F. Brady had


628


5. - John T. Madden had .


623


66


5. - Harry W. Woodbury had :.


623


66


66 5. - John F. Welch .


624


66 5. - Stephen Thayer had .


623


" 5. - James H. Meara had .


621


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0


.


624


.


.


Voted, To accept and adopt the report of the committee to nominate minor officers, viz. : -


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FENCE VIEWERS.


Ward 1. Lot W. Bicknell, Solomon Ford.


Ward 2. Z. L. Bicknell, John P. Burrell.


Ward 3.


S. W. Gutterson, Albion Hal !.


Ward 4. James Moore, Joseph W. Holbrook.


Ward 5. James A. Read, Q. L. Read.


FIELD DRIVERS.


The Constables Elected.


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


J. P. Burrell.


WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY.


Ward 1. J. R. Orcutt, F. A. Lewis, J. J. Lane, W. J. Cole- man, H. L. McLeod, G. W. McLeod.


Ward 2. T. H. Emerson, Wm. Enright, A. E. Sherman.


Ward 3. M. R. Wright, A. J. Richards, H. A. Richards, James Lonergan, Jr., John G. Worster.


Ward 4. Wm. Nash, M. P. Sprague.


Ward 5. Alvin Hollis, Frank H. Richards.


SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, AND BARK.


Ward 1. J. E. Orcutt, F. A. Lewis, Lot W. Bicknell, N. P. Keen.


Ward 2. T. H. Humphrey, Joshua Vinal, T. H. Emerson, Chas. Simmon, J. P. Burrell.


Ward 3. John F. Condrick, Ed. Billings, W. P. Sanborn, Henry F. Willoby, A. J. Richards, H. A. Richards, M. R. Wright, Charles B. Trask.


Ward 4. F. Dexter Pratt, Leonard Gardner, Gilman B. Loud. Ward 5. J. B. Corkery, Joseph Dyer, Gordon Willis.


Voted. That the thanks of the town be extended to Louis A. Cook, Esq., Moderator, for the able and impartial manner in which he has conducted this meeting.


Voted. To adjourn.


Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of thetown of Weymouth in said County, GREETING :


In the name of said Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town House in said town on Tuesday, the eighth day of April next, at two o'clock in the after- noon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. : -


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.


ART. 2. To choose one Selectman, one Overseer of the Poor, and one Assessor to fill the vacancies occasioned by the death of George A. Cushing.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each Ward, 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 or before the time of said meeting.


Given under our hands, at Weymouth, this thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.


HENRY. A. NASH, J. CLARENCE HOWE, J. F. DIZER, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, Selectmen of Weymouth.


NORFOLK, SS. WEYMOUTH, March 31, 1890.


Pursuant to the within direction, I this day posted up true and attested copies of this warrant in three public places, in each of the wards of the town, as herein required.


GEO. W. WHITE, Constable of Weymouth.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


APRIL 8, 1890.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth, qualified to vote in elections, was held in the Town House on Tuesday, April 8, A. D. 1890, at 2 o'clock P. M., the meeting being called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.


ARTICLE 1. John J. Loud, 'Esq., was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in the election.


ART. 2. Voted, To proceed to the election of one Selectman, one Overseer of the Poor, and one Assessor, all on one ballot.


The Moderator appointed Henry A. Nash and A. E. Newhall as Tellers to check the names of persons voting on the voting list, and Gilman B. Loud, John W. Hart and Jacob F. Dizer as Tellers to sort and count the ballots, all of whom were sworn by the Town Clerk.


Voted, To close the polls at 2 : 30 o'clock P. M.


The Tellers appointed to sort and count the ballots reported the result as follows : -


Whole number of ballots cast, 26.


For Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, E. Atherton Hunt had 26, and he was declared elected by the Moderator.


For Assessor, E. Atherton Hunt had 26, and he was declared elected by the Moderator, and was duly sworn in open meeting by the Moderator.


Voted, To adjourn.


ATTEST :


JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.


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PRECINCT OFFICERS APPOINTED OCT. 13, 1890.


JOHN A. RAYMOND, Esq., Town Clerk :


Dear Sir, - On the 13th of October the following were appointed Precinct Officers for the year ending Nov. 1, 1891 : -


WARD 1. John .W. Bartlett and Arthur E. Jackson, Wardens ;. Herbert A. Newton, Clerk ; John A. Holbrook and Augustus Beals, Inspectors ; Geo. L. Newton and N. Sanford Litchfield, Deputy Inspectors.


WARD 2. Thos. H. Humphrey and Geo. W. Baker, Wardens ; Wm. H. Pratt. Clerk ; Robert McIntosh and Chas. D. Canterbury, Inspectors ; Peter F. Hughes and Horace M. Randall, Deputy In- spectors.


WARD 3. William S. Wallace and Jolm F. Dwyer, Wardens ; David J. Pierce, Clerk ; Albert Worthen and Frank M. Drown, Inspectors ; John B. Whelan and Chas. E. Bicknell, Deputy In- spectors.


Ward 4. Charles Hawes and Marshall P. Sprague, Wardens ; Joseph E. Gardner, Clerk ; N. H. Goodspeed and W. T. Spilsted, Inspectors ; James Moore and Geo. B. Bailey, Deputy Inspectors.


WARD 5. E. J. Pitcher and Gordon Willis, Wardens ; John F. Welch, Clerk; Bradford Chandler and Chas. M. Grundstrom, Inspectors ; Martin Derby and Geo. F. Hayden, Deputy In- spectors.


The following Constables are detailed for duty at the polls on the day of election, Nov. 4, 1890 : -


WARD 1. George G. French and Isaac H. Walker.


WARD 2. Asa B. Pratt and Jos. P. Ford.


WARD 3. Oliver Houghton and Terence Murphy.


WARD 4. Geo. F. Maynard and Isaac N. Tirrell.


WARD 5. Geo. W. Conant and Michael Allen.


Yours respectfully,


HENRY A. NASH,


Clerk of Selectmen.


WARRANT FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND STATE ELECTIONS.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETSS,


NORFOLK, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Weywouth, in said County, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit : -


In precincts numbered one, two, three, and five, in the halls of the fire-engine houses located respectively in those precincts, and in precinct numbered four, in the upper hall of the Town House, on Tuesday, the fourth day of November next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their several precincts their votes on one ballot, for the following-named public officers, to wit : -


For Representative in Congress.


For Governor of the Commonwealth.


For Lieutenant-Governor.


For Councillor for the Second District.


For Secretary of the Commonwealth.


For Treasurer and Receiver-General.


For Auditor of the Commonwealth.


For Attorney-General.


For Senator for First Norfolk District.


For District Attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by the decease of Charles W. Sumner.


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For County Commissioner.


For three Representatives in the General Court for the Fifth Norfolk District.


Also to vote " Yes " or " No" on the two following proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the State : -


ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT TO PREVENT THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS BECAUSE OF A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH.


No person otherwise qualified to vote in elections for governor, lieutenant-governor, senator, and representatives, shall, by reason of a change of residence within the Commonwealth, be disqualified from voting for said officers in the city or town from which he has removed his residence, until the expiration of six calendar months the time of such removal.


ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT RELATING TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS EXERCISING THE RIGHT OF FRANCHISE.


" Article XXVIII. of the Amendment to the Constitution is hereby amended by striking out in the fourth line thereof the words ' being a pauper,' and inserting in place thereof the words, ‘ receiving or having received aid from any city or town,' and also by striking out in said fourth line, the words ' if a pauper,' so that the article, as amended, shall read as follows : Article XXVIII. : No person having served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from such service, shall be disqualified therefor on account of receiving or having received aid from any city or town, or because of the non- payment of a poll tax."


The polls will open at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in three public places in each Ward 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 of said town, three days at least before the time of meeting aforesaid.


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Given under our hands, at Weymouth, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.


J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, E. ATHERTON HUNT, J. F. DIZER, Selectmen of Weymouth.


NORFOLK, SS.


WEYMOUTH, Oct. 27, 1890.


Pursuant to the above direction, I this day posted up true and attested copies of this warrant in three and more public places in each of the wards of the town, as therein required.


GEO. W. WHITE, Constable of Weymouth.


TOWN HALL, WEYMOUTH, NOV. 4, 1890.


A meeting of the Selectmen and Town Clerk was held at the Town Hall this day, for the purpose of examining the copies of records of votes cast in the several precincts of the town, in accord- ance with the foregoing warrant, and to make an aggregate of the same, the result being as follows : -


FOR GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.


Whole number of votes cast, 1,884.


PRECINCT.


TOTAL.


1


2


3


4


5


John Blackmer, Springfield


13


37


6


9


12


77


John Q. A. Brackett, Arlington


130


290


204


94


149


867


William E. Russell, Cambridge


106


341


203


96


153


899


Blanks .


3


34


4


41


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.


Whole number, 1,870.


John W. Cocoran, Clinton .


98


331


193


94


149


865


William H. Haile, Springfield


.


132


295


213


98


146


884


George Kempton, Sharon


.


12


34


4


6


9


65


Blanks


10


42


4


56


200


SECRETARY. Whole number, 1,860.


PRECINCT.


TOTAL.


1


2


3


4


5


George D. Crittenden, Buckland .


11


32


5


5


12


65


Elbridge Cushman, Lakeville


96


321


187


90


151


845


William M. Olin, Boston


131


291


209


102


139


872


Blanks


14


58


6


78


TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL. Whole number, 1,852.


William H. Gleason, Boston


10


37


4


7


10


68


George A. Marden, Lowell .


130


286


212


102


139


869


Edwin L. Munn, Holyoke


95


317


184


87


146


829


Blanks


17


62


7


86


AUDITOR. Whole number, 1,824.


Charles R. Ladd, Springfield


100


242


185


78


123


728


Augustus R. Smith, Lee


12


41


6


13


14


86


William D. T. Trefry, Marblehead


93


322


191


90


148


844


Blanks .


47


97


22


166


ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Whole number, 1,850.


Wolcott Hamlin, Amherst


10


34


2


8 62


Elisha B. Maynard, Springfield


97


317


186


8 87


144


831


Albert E. Pillsbury, Boston .


131


277


211


97


142


858


Blanks


14


74


11


99


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS (SECOND DISTRICT). Whole number, 1,868.


Thomas J. Lothrop, Taunton


8


32


2


7


6


55


Bushrod Morse, Sharon


102


322


203


89


151


867


Elijah A. Morse, Canton


135


300


200


103


149


887


Blanks


59


COUNCILLOR (SECOND DISTRICT). Whole number, 1,841.


Charles T. Duncklee, Brookline


95


318


184


91


142


830


Charles L. Smith, Norwood .


10


36


20


5


7


78


Arthur W. Tufts, Boston


·


128


278


189


100


142


837


Blanks


19


70


7


96


·


.



48


4


·


·


201


COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Whole number, 1,839. .


PRECINCT.


TOTAL.


1


2


3


4


5


Joshua Hanners, Walpole


10


34


6


6


8


64


William H. White, Brookline


95


319


184


91


142


831


George W. Wiggin, Franklin


127


279


204


98


138


846


Blanks


.


20


70


S


98


DISTRICT ATTORNEY (SOUTH EASTERN DISTRICT).


Whole number, 1,834.


Harvey H. Pratt, Abington .


107


353


188


99


168


915


Alonzo B. Wentworth, Dedham .


115


246


198


91


123


773


Blanks


30


103


13


146


SENATOR (FIRST NORFOLK DISTRICT). Whole number, 1,846.


Jacob F. Dizer, Weymouth .


23


63


14


21


13


134


William N. Eaton, Quincy


94


303


184


89


134


809


Willard F. Gleason, Holbrook


116


257


199


83


145


800


Blanks .


.


19


74


10


103


REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT. (FIFTH NORFOLK DISTRICT.)


Zechariah L. Bicknell, Weymouth


117


407


200


115


171


1,010


James F. Burke, Quincy


85


296


165


83


130


759


Joseph A. Cushing, Weymouth


116


274


155


79


108


732


James H. Flint, Weymouth .


127


233


227


97


144


828


Josiah Quincy, Quincy .


110


323


192


92


147


864


John Shaw, Quincy


92


167


161


70


110


600


A. W. Sprague, Quincy


6


20


3


5


6


40


Waldo Turner, Weymouth


53


5


11


13


97


J. H. Yeoman, Quincy


6


17


1


2


5


31


Blanks


82


316


54


452


Amendment to the Constitution to prevent the disfranchisement of voters because of a change of residence within the Common- wealth :


Yes


60


202


130


65


99


556


No . ·


.


.


48


101


54


25


29


257


·


202


Amendment to the Constitution relative to soldiers and sailors exercising the right of fran- chise : -


Yes ·


66


212


143


70


98


589


No .


36


37


26


23


128


Attest JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.


CLERK'S DISTRICT MEETING.


The undersigned, Town Clerk of Weymouth, met the City Clerk of Quincy, at Quincy, at twelve o'clock at noon, Friday, Nov. 14, 1890, the time and place appointed for the Clerks of the Fifth Nor- folk District to meet to examine the returns of votes cast in said district for representatives to General Court, and found that Josiah Quincy and James F. Burke, both of Quincy, and Zechariah L. Bicknell, of Weymouth, having received the largest number of votes, were duly elected and so certified according to law.


JOHN A. RAYMOND.


The following is the vote of the City of Quincy for Representa- tives in General Court as certified to by the city officers : -


Zechariah L. Bicknell, Weymouth


. 1,022 votes.


James F. Burke, Quincy, 1,137 .6


Joseph A. Cushing, Weymouth


· 933


James. H. Flint, Weymouth


843 . 6


Josiah Quincy, Quincy


. 1,212


66


John Shaw, Quincy


1,029


A. W. Sprague, Quincy .


61


66.


Waldo Turner, Weymouth


30 66.


J. H. Yeoman, Quincy .


.


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Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk of Weymouth.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF WEYMOUTH, 1


INCLUDING THE


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,


1890.


BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, NO. 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1891.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


The School Committee, in the discharge of their official duty, submit this their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1890, together with the report of the Superintendent of Schools. The report of the latter gives a clear statement of the condition of the schools.


The sum appropriated at the annual town-meeting for the sup -- port of schools was as follows : -


From April 1, 1890, to April 1, 1891 . $38,000 00


For salary of Superintendent of Schools . 1,800 00


To which was added the alewife fund 252 00


One half of the dog-license fund


606 62


State school fund


70 76


Tuition of non-resident pupils


20 00


Total .


$40,749 38


Balance in the treasury, Jan. 1, 1890, for the support


of schools from Jan. 1, 1890, to April 1, 1890 . 5,437 52


Total .


$46,186 90


Expenditures from Jan. 1, 1890, to Jan. 1, 1891 :


$1,800 CO


Salary of Superintendent


26,043 35


Salaries of teachers


·


Text-books and supplies 2,875 53


Fuel, janitors, and cleaning


4,424 79


Incidentals


547 45


Miscellaneous


·


.


. 1,655 42


·


4


$41 25


Truant officers


Repairs (including changes and additions ordered by the state) £ 7,662 06


Total . $45,049.85


Leaving a balance for the support of schools, from


Jan. 1, 1891, to April 1, 1891, of $1,137 05


SALARIES.


At the annual town-meeting, two thousand dollars were appro- priated for the ostensible purpose of increasing the salaries of our lady teachers. After careful consideration, the following was fixed as a salary table governing all teachers : -


FOR FIRST SIX GRADES.


First year


$320 00


Second year .


.


· 360 00 .


Third year, and maximum .


400 00


FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES.


For first year . .


$400 00


For second year, and maximum


440 00


FOR NINTH YEAR.


Female teachers


$500 00


Male teachers


900 00


ASSISTANTS IN HIGH.


First year


$500 00


Second year .


550 00


Third year, and maximum


600 00


Principals of High


.


1,200 00


·


All substitutes to receive first-year salaries.


While these salaries are much below the average in cities and large towns in this state, the increase will enable us to obtain better teachers, and to retain them for longer periods than for-


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merly. Our low salaries have prevented us from making changes that can now be brought about by dropping inefficient teachers and allowing their positions to seek those who are better fitted to fill them, thereby improving the general character and standing of all the schools in town.


CHANGES.


More than the usual number of changes have occurred in our corps of teachers during the past year, and many times your com- mittee have been seriously perplexed by the loss of valuable teachers who have left our schools for higher salaries in neighboring towns ; particularly do we find this trouble in the higher grades. These frequent changes necessarily cause serious detriment to the educa- tion of pupils in schools thus affected. While we regret the loss. of valuable instructors, we feel pleased to state that each has earned his promotion by long and faithful service.


Mr. Gilman C. Fisher, who has so ably guided and directed our schools during the past nine years, received a unanimous call from the school committee of Muskegon, Mich., to superintend the schools in that city, at a much larger salary than it was possible for Weymouth to pay. He tendered his resignation in June. and immediately removed to his future field of labor, where, we learn, he is meeting with merited success. Upon the receipt of Mr. Fisher's resignation the committee immediately took steps to fill the vacancy. After visiting several superintendents, and studying their work in the schools under their care, and receiving numerous applications from this and many other states, it was unanimously voted to offer the position to Mr. Irving M. Norcross, of Chelsea, Mass. Mr. Norcross assumed charge of our schools at the com- mencement of the year, in September. He is an earnest and inde- fatigable worker, of scholarly attainments, and much experience in educational matters. Mr. Robert F. Raymond was elected to the position of Instructor in Music, in place of Mr. Albert E. Bradford, who closed his connection with our schools at the end of the last school year.


In the North High School, Miss Myra L. Judd resigned her position, and was succeeded by Miss Louisa E. Humphrey. Mr.




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