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Received from State Treasurer, $500.00
Appropriation, 225.00 725.00
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid N. F. Harding, stock and labor on Centre School-house, $16.92 N. F. Harding, stock and labor on North School-house, . II6.73
N. F. Harding, stock and labor on North School-house (damage by lightning), 2I.II
W. W. Preston, stock and labor . 4.15
W. W. Preston, 179 lbs. grates and labor, Centre, 19.40
T. L. Donlan, mason work at North School-house, . 14.30
Lowell Babcock's Son, stock and labor, North School-house, . 14.58 $207.19
CARE, FUEL, SUPPLIES, ETC.
Paid James E. Pettis, care of Centre School-house, . $455.00 Walter D. Kingsbury, care of South School-house, 11.60
Edward R. Barry, care of North School-house, 12.30
Clinton D. Ames, care of North School-house, II.25
I. H. Maker, cleaning North
School-house, 4.08 Mary A. Casey, cleaning North School-house, 1.75 $495.98
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Carried forward,
$495.98
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Brought forward, . $495.98
Paid E. M. Bent, coal for Centre School,
$317.16
E. M. Bent, wood for North School, 24.00
Geo. D. Hamant, wood for South School, 25.00
Geo. W. Kingsbury, wood for Centre School,
14.75
380.91
James E. Pettis, supplies, $30.36
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
80.28
Geo. S. Perry & Co., supplies,
23.32
Abner A. Badger, supplies,
7.55
Silver, Burdett & Co., supplies, . 18.71
University Publishing Co., supplies,
3.35
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies,
80.12
American Book Co., supplies, .
7.04
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies, 26.52
Ginn & Co., supplies,
59.39
Holden Patent Book Cover Co., supplies, . 28.91
Suffolk Ink Co., supplies,
2.50
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., supplies, .
23.07
Norfolk Publishing Co., supplies, .
6.50
Charles Scribner's Sons, supplies, .
1.50
George Washburn, supplies, .
1.48
James Ord, supplies,
1.96
C. F. Read, express and freight,
24.93
Henry F. Beal, rebinding books, 4.80
Medfield Water Co., 45.00
A. F. Engley, germicide,
2.00
Masury, Young & Co., nodusto, 18.00
E. M. Bent, I bbl. lime, Centre,
1.25
Orpin Brothers, desk
12.50
George Washburn, taking school census, . 7.90
George Washburn, expense on ac- count of Superintendent, 1.18
George Washburn, labor with team at North School-house, . 1.00
Carried forward,
$557.12 $876.89
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Brought forward, . $557.12 $876.79
Mary E. Cutler, maple-trees for
Centre School grounds, . 7.50
James E. Pettis, taking up trees, 1.00
James E. Pettis, repairing electric bells, . .90
James E. Pettis, paid Dunbar for repairing clock, 1.00
E. H. Dunbar, repairing clock for South School, . 1.00
Amos H. Mason, services as truant officer, 5.00
537.52
$1,414.41
Appropriation,
$1,350.00
Balance from 1899, .
145.98
1,495.98
Balance unexpended,
$81.57
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE WASHBURN, J. A. SAVAGE, HENRY E. MARSHALL,
School
Committee.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MEDFIELD :
I have the honor to submit the annual report of the Superin- tendent of Schools for the year ending Jan. 31, 1901. This is my second annual report, and the second in the series.
The year just closing has been a very pleasant and profitable one for pupils, teachers, and superintendent. Though our teach- ing force has changed somewhat during the year, we have now a noble, progressive, enthusiastic corps of teachers. A splendid wholesome spirit pervades the atmosphere of the school-rooms, and I feel sure that the schools were never in such good working condition as at the present time. There is also a certain refine- ment and dignity of character noticeable in the conduct of the pupils, not only in and about the school-rooms, but upon the streets and in public gatherings, that is very commendable. This is due in a great measure to the influence and personality of the teachers, who are working so hard to educate, not only the eye and the hand, but the heart. It is by this means they all become better boys and girls, better men and women, better citizens. Any in- vestment, therefore, a town may make in the employment of strong, healthy, energetic, progressive teachers will redound to its benefit a hundred-fold, not only in dollars and cents, but in noble moral citizenship.
The work has been of the same general nature as that of last year. No radical changes or departures have been made; but a general improvement has been attained in all branches, as the result of our observations last year. No number work will be done in the first grades this year, but the time be given to read- ing. It is a pretty well-established fact that, if no abstract num- ber work is required during the first two years of school life, at the end of the third year the child will have a better knowledge of numbers and a larger and richer vocabulary of English.
A great improvement has been made in reading, writing, arith-
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metic, and drawing. Music, which was so well started last year, has been carried on with remarkable success, so that the singing compares very favorably with that in much larger towns. The brush and paint introduced at the opening of the fall term has given an impetus to the work in drawing, and some very good results have been obtained in sketching already. English and literature have received more attention this year than last, and another year ought to see a decided improvement along this line throughout the schools.
COURSE OF STUDY.
An outline for a course of study for the grades below the high school was worked out last year; and during the summer this was typewritten and hektograph copies made, so that each teacher could have a complete outline of the " course." This will be worked over during the year, revised, and printed. As the major- ity of pupils leave school before entering the high school, it seems best that the course of study for our elementary schools should be made with that fact in view. An educator of wide repute has said that elementary education should be directed exclusively or chiefly to the needs of children who will leave school forever at the age of thirteen or fourteen years. The problem, therefore, is to pre- pare these children, who are to be the workingmen and working- women, to know the best in the world and to get their share of it ; and to give their best, through their work, in exchange.
Now what is to be the nature of their work? It is to be chiefly the production of material things. Hence, since so much of their liyes will deal with material objects, the properties of such objects, form and color, and the manipulation of such objects, by hand and eye, are the first elements of training which these children, who are to be the workers, should receive.
In the simple agricultural life of our fathers, every boy and girl got this training on the farm, where there were plenty of chores to do; but now nearly all of that training must be obtained through the kindergarten and the manual training school. The main sub- stance of the curriculum during the elementary school years should be required rather than elective ; for, while children differ, the world is one, and the great avenues of approach to the world are the same to all. The subjects are six,- English, mathematics,
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geography, history, natural history, and art. Of these English is most fundamental ; mathematics is most disciplinary ; geography, most instructive ; history, most enlightening ; science, most sharp- ening ; art, most refining. Taken all together, taught at their best, they will prepare even the boy or girl who must leave school at fourteen to get that service and joy of life which is the aim of education.
Since the kindergarten can make up in a measure for the change in environment from that of our fathers' time, and since it does more to develop boys and girls than any other section of the public school system, it seems to me that every town ought to maintain one. Then the children, after spending one or two years in the kindergarten, would be old enough to enter the primary school with pleasure and profit. An eminent American authority says that a healthy, robust child may enter school with safety at the age of seven or eight; but he may enter the kinder- garten at a much younger age.
LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
In order to comply with the law and to raise the standard of our schools, the present school year will be forty weeks in length for the high school and thirty-eight weeks for the eighth and ninth grades, while all the others will be thirty-six weeks, as formerly.
I think a school year of forty weeks none too long for all grades, if the year be divided into four terms of ten weeks each, with a vacation of one week between each term, and a recess of two days at Thanksgiving and two or three at Christmas.
ATTENDANCE.
In the appendix will be found the statistics taken from the school registers and the monthly reports which show the enrol- ment, attendance, etc., for the school year, Sept. 5, 1899, to June 8, 1900, also for the term ending Dec. 14, 1900. It will be noticed that the per cent. of attendance is less than that of the previous year, and that the number of tardy marks has increased.
The decrease in the per cent. of attendance was due to a great amount of sickness during the winter and spring terms, but the
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increase in the number of tardy marks was due to carelessness or indifference on the part of a certain few. The term just closed shows a good gain in per cent. of attendance, as well as a decrease of nearly one-half in the number of tardy marks over that of the corresponding term of the year previous. I trust that the number of tardy marks will continually grow less throughout the year. This needs the hearty co-operation of parents and teachers to reduce the evil to a minimum.
We are much gratified that the schools have been visited so often during the year by the parents and friends, and that those visits have nearly doubled during the last term. The schools need your interest, your kind criticisms, and your whole-hearted support.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The school year has been lengthened to forty weeks to comply with the State law, and the "course of study " adopted last year has been slightly changed to better meet our needs.
The plan of maintaining a two years' course in the high school, and paying the tuition in Dedham or Walpole for all pupils who wish to complete a four years' course, is a wise one, and ought to be continued, as it is less expensive for the town, and gives the pupils the advantages of a better equipped school than if the pres- ent course were extended two years and an assistant employed. If four or five towns, like Medfield, Walpole, Norwood, Foxboro, and Wrentham, could unite and maintain a centrally located high school, I am sure a school second to none, with less expense to each town, would be the result. The numerous electric and steam car lines, which do and will intersect the country, make such a union possible, if the towns could agree on such a plan.
The reading table recently established is proving to be of great service in the study of English as well as that of history. Cur- rent events are now made an important part of each day's work; and, while the student is studying ancient history, he must at the same time know what is transpiring in the world around him. Thanks are due those who have contributed matter for the table, upon which may be found the following : Boston Evening Tran- script, Springfield Republican, Current History, and Great Round World.
As soon as a charter can be secured, a "School City " will be
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organized in the Ralph Wheelock School, including the high school and grades six, seven, eight, and nine. The " School City" affords the pupils of our schools an opportunity to know and experience self-government, so that, when they leave school, they will go out into the world with a practical knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of good citizenship. I believe it lies within the scope of the " School City " to completely reform our municipal governments. The November number of the Review of Reviews, 1899, contains a very good description of this movement, and a biographical sketch of its originator, Mr. Wilson L. Gill, New York City.
SCHOOL SAVINGS-BANK.
At the opening of the present term the Medfield Public Schools Penny Savings Institution was organized for the purpose of culti- vating the habit of saving and of helping the children save those pennies that they would otherwise spend for candy and other useless articles. Deposits of one cent or more will be received, every school day at the morning session, by the teacher of each school. The amount will be delivered to the superintendent at the end of each week, who will deposit the same in the Medway Savings Bank. When a pupil wishes to deposit money, he will go to the teacher, hand her his money, the amount of which she will write in figures on a folder issued to every one depositing, and also enter the same in her book kept for the purpose. When a pupil has a deposit of two dollars or more, the amount will be deducted from the general fund; and his name handed to the treasurer of the bank, who will issue him a bank book with the amount of his deposit. Every six months thereafter what he may have deposited during that time will be deducted from the general fund and added to the account in his bank book. Money thus deposited can be withdrawn only upon a personal request by the parent or guardian and through the superintendent. When a child leaves school, he will be given the amount of his deposit in cash or his bank book. "Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves," is an old adage. If a child should begin to save his pennies, when he enters school, that he would otherwise spend for candies and baubles, he would have a bank account, when he left school, that would be of great assistance in securing a higher education or in getting a start in business.
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RECEPTION.
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 12, 1901, arrangements have been made for the teachers and superintendent to hold an informal reception in Chenery Hall, to which the parents of the pupils and the friends of the schools are invited. Some of the daily written work of the pupils will be arranged on tables along the sides of the hall. The object is to enable the parents, teachers, and superintendent to become better acquainted, to give those parents who are unable to visit the schools an opportunity to observe and compare the work of their children with that of others, and to create a greater public interest in the schools.
In closing, I wish to thank all those who have contributed in any way to the uplifting of our schools.
Yours respectfully,
ABNER A. BADGER.
MEDFIELD, Jan. 31, 1901.
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APPENDIX.
STATISTICS.
The population of Medfield in 1890, 1,872
66 " 1900, 2,926
The number of children in town Sept. 1, 1899, between 5 and 15 years of age,
227
The number of children in town Sept. 1, 1900, between 5 and 15 years of age, 233
The number of boys between 5 and 15 years of age, I22
66
" girls 5 I5
66
III
66
66 " children " 7 I4 66 66
15I
66 66 " boys 66 66
7 I4
66 66
88
" girls 7 14 66 66
66 66
63
66
66 " different children enrolled during the
year ending June 8, 1900, 284
The number of male pupils enrolled during the year, . %
142
" female "
66 142
66
66
66 over 15 years of age, 32
66
66 66
66 less than 5 years of age, 8
The average membership for the year, 247.37
66 daily attendance for the year,
66
219.05 66 " absence 66
28.32
per cent. of attendance
66 66
88.37
number of tardy marks, 1,075
66 " visits by the School Committee,
52
66
66
" " superintendent, 323
66 66
" parents and friends, . 476
66
66 different teachers employed, 8
who have attended a normal school, 6
66
graduated from a normal school, 6
244
" children between 5 and 15 years of age, 66
7 " 14 66 177
74
The number of different children enrolled in the schools
240 for the term ending Dec. 14, 1900,
The number of males,
I22
66 " females,
I18
66
66 " pupils between 5 and 15 years of age, 219
66
66
66 66
66
7 " 14 66 I53
over 15 years of age, I6
66
66
66
less than 5 years of age, 5
66 average membership, 23I
66
daily attendance,
218.48
per cent. of attendance, .
94.31
number of cases of tardiness, .
251
66
" visits by Committee,
26
66
66
66
יי
" parents and friends, 336
STATISTICS FROM SCHOOL REGISTERS.
AUTUMN TERM, 1899,-15 WEEKS.
Grade.
School.
NAME.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Males.
Females:
Average
Membership.
Attendance. Average
Absence. Average
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Tardy.
Visits by
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
High
R. W.
Walter L. Van Kleeck,
27
14
13
24.88
23.13
1.75
92.68
57
2
I8
5
8, 9
Carrie A. Smith, .
32
I]
21
29.82
27.49
2.33
92.4
39
4
14
7
6,7
Jeannette E. King,
36
I6
20
32.72
30.98
1.74
93.7
47
3
22
7
4, 5
Ivy E. Towne, .
50
2
23
45.26
42.75
2.51
94.47
73
5
26
45
2, 3
Susan M. Chase,
30
I8
I2
29.03
28.21
.82
97.17
90
3
15
29
I
Alice G. Barrett,
42
22
20
39.6
36.4
3.2
91.90
89
3
25
40
1-7
North
Grace Stoddard,
25
14
23.45
21.94
1.51
94.28
22
3
I4
2
I-7
South
Willma E. Bowden, .
30
16
14
28.17
27.01
1.16
94.85
I6
2
I3
19
Totals,
272
138
I34
252.93
237.91
15.02
93.93
433
25
I47
154
66
" superintendent, .
215
Committee.
66
75
WINTER TERM,- II WEEKS.
School.
Grade.
TEACHERS ..
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Males.
Females.
Membership. Total
Membership. Average
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Times Tardy.
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
R. W.
IO-12
Walter L. Van Kleeck,
27
I4
I3
24
23.74
20.53
86.14
40
I4
28
8-9
Carrie A. Smith,
33
II
22
27
27.16
22.76
85.50
10
6
32
6-7
Jeannette E. King,
32
14
I8
32
31.08
28.42
91.20
40
12
IO
23
2-3
Susan M. Chase,
32
19
13
29
27.67
22.83
82.23
115
II
16
I
Alice G. Barrett,
45
24
21
40
38.55
25.13
65.70
43
14
28
North
I-7
Grace M. Stoddard,
25
14
II
24
24.24
20.06
82.90
IO
6
8
South
I-7
Willma E. Bowden, .
31
I7
I4
29
28.70
23.50
82.91
I7
5
I2
Total, .
280
143
I37
272
245.83
204.12
83.61
362
78
157
SPRING TERM,- 10 WEEKS.
School.
Grade.
TEACHERS.
Whole No.
Enrolled.
Males.
Females.
Total
Membership.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Times Tardy.
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
R. W.
10-12
Walter L. Van Kleeck,
27
14
I3
20
19.45
15.56'
73.56
26
II
8
8-9
Carrie A. Smith,
33
II
22
25
25.50
22.0
86.38
24
I2
13
6-7
Jeannette E. King, .
32
14
18
31
30.60
27.76
90.80
90
II
9
66
4-5
Ivy E. Towne,
55
30
25
45
44.85
41.91
93.41
II6
22
27
60
3-2
Susan M. Chase,
32
19
13
29
29.06
26.13
90.00
115
23
Alice G. Barrett
47
24
23
47
45.41
35.17
77.03
80
15
45
North
I-7
Grace M. Stoddard, .
27
I4
I3
22
20.67
19.45
90.92
28
6
19
South
I-7
Frances E. Baier,
32
I7
15
28
27.92
27.19
97-43
I
IC
20
Total, .
:285
I43
142
249
243.46
215.17
87.44
480
98
164
4-5
Ivy E. Towne,
55
30
25
45
44.69
40.89
92.30
87
I
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SUMMARY FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 8, 1900.
No.
School
Grade.
Total
Enrolment.
Males.
Females.
Membership. Average Daily
Attendance. Average Daily
Average Daily
Absence.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Times Tardy.
Committee.
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
H
H. S.
IO & II
Walter L. Van Kleeck,
27
14
13
22.69
19.74
2.95
84.12
123
43
41
N
R. W.
8-9
Carrie A. Smith,
33
II
22
27.49
24.08
3.4I
88.09
73
32
52
w
6 & 7
Jeannette E. King,
36
16
20
31.46
29.05
2.4I
91.9
177
a
45
27
4
4 & 5
Ivy E. Towne,
50
27
23
44.93
41.85
3.08
93.39
276
IO
58
95
5
2 & 3
Susan M. Chase,
32
IC
I3
28.58
25.72
2.86
90.13
320
V
37
68
6
H
Alice G. Barrett,
47
24
23
41.18
32.23
8.95
78.21
212
9
54
I13
7
North
I-7
Grace Stoddard, .
27
14
I3
22.78
20.48 25.9
2.3 2.36
91.73
34
4
28
51
Totals,
284
142
I42
247.37
219.05
28.32
88.37
1,075
52
323
476
AUTUMN TERM, 1900.
No.
School.
Grade.
Total
Males.
Females.
Total
Membership.
Average
Membership.
Attendance. Average Daily
Average Daily
Absence.
Attendance. Per cent. of
Times Tardy.
Dismissed.
Committee.
Visits by Su-
perintendent.
Visits by
Others.
1
R. W.
IO & II
Leonard M. Patton, .
17
6
II
I7
16.18
14.30
1,88
88.27
I9
IO
6
28
43
N
8 & 9
Carrie A. Smith, .
29
I2
17
29
28.9
27.44
1.45
94. I
15
4
H
I2
20
w
6 & 7
Frances E. Baier,
38
22
I6
37
36.38
35.08
I.3
96.5
46
15
A
52
19
+
4 & 5
Mabel C. Pond,
38
22
I6
38
36.98
35.61
1.36
96.54
53
w
w
39
49
5
2 & 3 N
Susan M. Chase, .
35
19
16
36
34.55
31.67
2.88
91.66
68
4
N
26
58
9
H
Ella B. Boyden, .
35
IC
33
31.8
28.91
2.89
90.68
31
4
34
63
N
North
I-7
Mabel H. Ellis,
24
I3
II
23
22.22
21.76
.46
97.93
I3
Uz
w
I2
39
00
South
I-7
Bertha A. Pettee, .
24
12
12
24
.24
23.7
in
98.77
6
H
w
12
45
Totals,
240
I22
I18
237
23I.
218.48
12.52
94.31
25I
42
26
215
336
1
32
I7
15
28.26
00
South
I-7
§ Willma E. Bowden, { Frances E. Baier,
89.36
60
A
26
29
Enrolment.
NAME.
Times
Visits by
-
NAME.
Visits by
av
16
77
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY.
First Year.
Periods, a Week.
Periods, a Year.
* English,
5
200
* Algebra,
4
160
* Physics,
3
I20
Latin, .
5
200
English History,
3
I20
Book-keeping,
2
80
Drawing,
2
80
Physiology and Hygiene,
I
40
Each pupil must elect for this year 200 periods above those required.
Second Year.
Periods, a Week.
Periods, a Year.
* English and American Literature,
4
160
* Ancient History, .
3
I20
Geometry,
4
160
Civil Government (25 weeks),
4
100
Botany (15 weeks),
4
60
French,
4
160
Latin,
4
160
Greek,
4
160
Drawing, .
I
40
Physiology and Hygiene,
I
40
Each pupil must elect for this year 480, periods above those required.
* Required.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield in said County, greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Medfield, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1901, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles : -
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose the following-named town officers, under the provisions of Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898, namely : one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year; one School Com- mittee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years ; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years ; one member for a Board of Health for one year; one member for a Board of Health for three years. Also to vote on the following question : " Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year ?" The vote to be " Yes " or "No." All of the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at half-past nine o'clock in the forenoon, and to be kept open at least four hours.
ART. 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keepers.
ART. 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers for the past year.
ART. 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year; also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all
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such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
ART. 9. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, and posted according to law.
ART. IO. To see what compensation the town will allow the mem- bers of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
ART. II. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year or do or act anything relating thereto.
ART. 12. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 13. To see if the town will accept the sum of one hundred dollars, in trust, given by the heirs of Jeremiah B. Hale, the interest thereof to be used for the care of lot in cemetery.
ART. 14. To see if the town will accept the sum of fifty dollars, in trust, given by Margaret R. Janes, the interest thereof to be used for the care of the Janes lot in cemetery.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the Norfolk Western Street Railway Company to act as a common carrier of baggage and small parcels of merchandise, and also to carry the United States Mail, as provided in Chapter 288 of the Act of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, of the year 1899.
ART. 16. To see if the town will discontinue the election of a Board of Health, the duties of said Board to be performed by the Selectmen.
ART. 17. To see if the town will appoint a committee to take into consideration the advisability of enlarging the town safe or providing in some other manner for storing the town records, and report at some future meeting.
ART. 18. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Medfield Electric Light and Power Company for lighting the streets of the town for the ensuing year, grant and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything relating thereto.
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