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Mr. Eugene Averell, assisted by Miss Elise H. Carret, is seeking to bring the High School to a high state of per- fection. Their reports appear in another part of this vol- ume.
Miss Alta A. Whitlock was unable to resume her duties in the Centre Grammar School at the beginning of the fall term. During her illness the position is being. filled by her sister, Miss Sarah E. Whitlock. I hope she will soon favor us again with her services, because she was a teacher prom- inent by her devotion to the duties of her school, and her willingness and desire to profit by the suggestions of others.
Hyannis has become the Mecca of learning for the teach- ers in Barnstable County, since the establishment of the Normal School in that village. The opportunities offered at its summer school should not be overlooked by our teach- ers, some of whom have had no training except that of a very narrow experience. At the summer session of the Normal School one can get regular normal school work, and credit is given for the work done. The tuition is absolutely free, and board, room, and necessary supplies, are furnished at cost. Miss Loena M. Wixon of North Harwich, Miss Selena M. Kerr of South Harwich, and your Superintend- ent, attended the session last summer and can testify to its efficiency.
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There is one recommendation which has not received the full attention of your committee, yet it should be mentioned.
The school at North Harwich has at present twenty-three pupils and is a mixed school of eight grades, having a full share of the disadvantages which this circumstance implies. It costs at least forty-seven (47) dollars per month to maintain the school, besides the cost of repairs and inciden- tals connected with the building. The cost of the transporta- tion of these children to West Harwich would be much less than this, and the pupils would have the advantages of a graded school system. The West Harwich Schools can easily accommodate the pupils from North Harwich. At present there are twenty-six pupils in the West Primary. The North School would add about thirteen, making a total of thirty-nine. The West Grammar now has twenty-eight pupils, which, with about ten from the North school, would make thirty-eight. The change should not be instituted until the beginning of the fall term, when the number of pupils in the three schools may differ slightly from the above figures, but cannot vary sufficiently to render the plan undesirable. I believe that this union of West and North Harwich would prove beneficial to both schools by making classes larger and increasing the pupils' interest.
The eight members of next year's seventh and eight grades at Pleasant Lake should be transported to the Centre schools when the fall term begins, giving them the advan- tage of one or two years in a graded school and relieving the teacher at Pleasant Lake of a portion of her burden as was recommended by Supt. Dutton. I believe that the amount saved at North Harwich would pay for the trans- portation of the children from Pleasant Lake.
The people of Harwich have reason to be proud of their schools, and I trust that parents and tax-payers will do all in their power to still further advance the interests of our educational system.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. H. CHACE, Superintendent.
Jan. 7, 1899.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr. Seth Howard Chace, Supt. of Schools.
DEAR SIR : In accordance with your request, I submit, at this time, the following report of the High School, for the vear 1898. As I have had charge of the school but twelve weeks out of the forty, constituting the school year, the material for a report, is necessarily somewhat more limited than it would have been, had I had charge of it for a full year. The school has been, thus far, a pleasant and har- monious one, not only from the fact, that the pupils have been uniformly courteous, but have also shown a disposition and capacity for work, which, if continued, must place the school, in these respects at least, on a level with many of our city high schools.
The attendance has been unusually good, throughout the past term.
As to the building itself, it is evident, that a coat of paint would make the exterior, much more attractive. The rooms of the school-building are unusually pleasant to work in, and we are fortunate, in having the walls, of our main room, adorned with some unusually fine and well-framed pictures. The laboratory, which has been fitted up as a recitation room and supplied with new chairs and a stove, has proven, in a great measure, satisfactory for that purpose.
The means at hand, for the ventilation of the rooms, are not of the best and it is only with great care that the teachers can secure, what may approach proper ventilation, without endangering the health of the pupils.
The care of the rooms, as regards cleanliness, has not been satisfactory to pupils or teachers. On the other hand, the placing of a small stove in the laboratory and a change of stoves in the large room, together with care in the man- agement of the fires. have made us all comfortable.
As to the equipments of the building, we have, at pres- ent, a good library of some two hundred and fifty volumes, and it is part of the required work, that each pupil make use of the books or of those in the Public Library.
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The apparatus in the laboratory, though limited in amount, can be made to answer the needs of a good course in Physics, with judicious handling on the part of the teach- er, supplemented with good work by the pupil.
The Swedish system of gymnastics has been in- troduced into the curriculum. The movements are easy and fitted to the needs of the pupil, and make an excellent vari- ation in the regular work of the school.
Drawing has been introduced as part of the regular school course. It has not only been greatly enjoyed by the pu- pils, but, under the direction of Miss Carret, has opened up to them possibilities of future pleasure and usefulness, of which many did not dream.
It is evident that much of the success of a school, depends upon the interest which parents take in the children, which they send to the school, and I sincerely hope, that the parents of the pupils at the High School, will not only give us their "outside" encouragement, but feel it their duty to encourage both teachers and children, by an occasional visit to the school. In closing, I will say, that the present con- dition of the school is due, in a great measure, to the patient work and efficient help of the assistant, Miss Elise H. Carret.
Respectfully Submitted,
EUGENE AVERELL,
Harwich, Jan. 7, 1899.
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Mr. S. Howard Chace, Superintendent.
DEAR SIR : At your request, I submit my report of the work done in Drawing for the last three months. My re- port will necessarily be limited, for the time, which it cov- ers, is such a small part of the year.
"Scatter diligently in susceptible minds The germs of the good and the beautiful. They will develop then to trees, bud, bloom, And bear the golden fruit of paradise," (Ruskin. )
We educate children to give them, broadly speaking, cul- ture, and by means of Drawing, we gain for them, culture through their powers of observing and comprehending the form of objects.
The object of teaching drawing in our schools is :
I. To develop in the child a true and lasting love for all that is beautiful in Nature. To develop this love to such a degree, that the child will study Nature care- fully, minutely, and thus learn her many secrets for himself, not depending on another's eyes and thoughts for his ideas.
II. To develop the child's originality, leading him to create new forms.
III. To give the child such training in Drawing, that he may be enabled to express his feelings and thoughts of whatever he sees or hears.
Nature is so interesting the more we study her-she opens such a store-house of riches to those who seek then.
A child, when properly taught Drawing, in any or all of its branches, sees so much more of the beauty round him. His life is thus much fuller and his pleasures greatly in- creased.
A child could not be situated in a better, place to study Drawing, than in our town of Harwich, Such a wealth and variety of subjects-sea-shore, hills and open country. All the blossoms, flowers, grasses, sprays, and twigs, that one wants, and all for the taking !
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As Wordsworth says :
"Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings."
All but one of the schools were visited before the date of the first Teachers' Meeting. At this meeting, the Course in Drawing was fully explained to the teachers.
The course is so planned, that each of the two divisions, into which the grades are divided, has two lessons per week.
In the High School, as the Course of Study is broad, and the time so occupied, each class receives one lesson a week, but extra work is required to be done by each pupil. This extra work takes the place of the second lesson to some degree.
I visit each school, weather permitting, ONCE a week, giving each school a lesson. Some of the schools can only be visited once in two weeks, as the distance to and from them is so great.
The work has been, thus far, most satisfactory. The great interest which teachers and pupils have alike shown, is re- sponsible for the good results obtained. The work has called for many grasses, sprays, twigs, etc., and they are ALWAYS forthcoming. The children are enthusiastic col- lectors.
In regard to the design for the cover of the Town Report, there were many competitors, three hundred and sixteen drawings having been submitted. I think the children of the town deserve great credit for their interest and hard work.
The committee, who judged the drawings, was as follows : Mr. Darius M. Nickerson, Jr .. Mr. Ambrose N. Doane, Supt. S. Howard Chace, Elise H. Carret, Supervisor.
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In judging these drawings, the points carefully considered were : (1) The suitability of the design for the purpose intended. (2) The age and grade of the pupil. (3) The relative merits of all the designs.
From the number of drawings submitted, seventeen de- signs made by the following pupils were selected : Imogen H. Small, Bessie L. Bearse, Essie L. Bearse (2), Viola F. Chase, Arthur E. Nickerson, Mary D. Hentz, Carrie Sayles (2), G. LeRoy Weekes, Florence Larkin, Eliza Bearse, Walter Baker, Clifton Ginn, Lucretia Clark (2), Emylla Cahoon.
From this number, the drawings made by Bessie L. Bearse, Essie L. Bearse, Walter Baker, Lucretia Clark (2) were voted upon and one of the drawings made by Lucretia Clark of Pleasant Lake was finally chosen.
The children in all parts of the town took part in the contest, which was a remarkably close one.
It has been a great pleasure to visit the schools, and I found in one school that the children were raising peas, corn and several other plants, especially to draw during the win- ter. In another school, several pupils have done extra work at home and in their spare time, thus showing me their interest in the work.
In order to make the work PERFECTLY SUCCESSFUL in ALL respects, there should be some means provided for the Supervisor to visit schools in stormy and extremely cold weather. A bicycle can be used to good advantage on all but stormy days, when it is then useless. If means could be provided, the Supervisor would be able to give ALL lessons as scheduled and not have to postpone any on account of inclement weather. The work would thus gain.
Respectfully,
ELISE H. CARRET, Supervisor.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Names of pupils who have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Winter Term-Orwell S. Crosby, John H. Paine, George I .. Small.
Spring Term-Bessie L. Bearse, Essie L. Bearse, John H. Paine, George L. Small, Imogen H. Small, Mary E. Smith, Susie G. Smith.
Fall Term-George L. Small, Wilbur E. Stokes.
Year-George L. Small.
CENTRE GRAMMAR.
Winter Term-Eliza Bearse, Viola Chase, Arthur Doane, Charlie Ellis, Claude Hamer, Bertha Paine, Sophia Van Amringe.
Spring Term-Estelle Baker, Eliza Bearse, Viola Chase, Arthur Doane, Charlie Ellis, Claude Hamer, Bertha Paine.
Fall Term-Edgar Bassett, Eliza Bearse, Charlie Ellis, Susie Gage, Willie D. Sullivan.
Year-Eliza Bearse, Charles Ellis, *William D. Sullivan, * Susan H. Gage.
PORT GRAMMAR.
Winter Term-Eva Allen, Cecil Eldridge, Robert Me- gathlin, Lina Mayo, Earle Phillips, Abbie Small, Norwell Smalley, Norwood Tuttle, Fred Clark.
Spring Term-Phineas Baker, Ethel Ellis, Albert Kelley, Muriel Megathlin, Robert Megathlin, Lina Mayo, Wilbur Stokes, William Willson, Hubbard Willson, Harold Willson.
Fall Term-Ethel Allen, Eva Allen, Freeman Doane, Ida Eldredge, Albert Kelley, Zadella Kelley, Muriel Megathlin, Robert Megathlin, Lina Mayo, Norwood Tuttle.
Year-Lina Mayo, Robert Megathlin.
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WEST GRAMMAR.
Winter Term-Walter M. Chase, Tryphenia Lothrop, Benjamin Kendrick, John B. Ellis. Spring Term-John B. Ellis. Fall Term-Eva B. Wixon.
Year -* Eva B. Wixon.
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE.
Winter Term-Bessie A. Nickerson, Ethel F. Bassett, Florence A. Nickerson, William D. Sullivan, Joseph E. Hamer, Ethel C. Lee, Susan H. Gage.
Spring Term-Minnie Van Amringe, Susan H. Gage, Florence A. Larkin, Ethel C. Lee, Edgar F. Bassett, Jr., William D. Sullivan, Harold Ellis, Florence A. Nickerson, Edith Chase, Ethel F. Bassett.
Fall Term-Joseph T. Howes, Florence A. Nickerson, Ethel F. Bassett, Leo I. Bassett, Bessie A. Nickerson, James Sullivan, Lois Van Amringe, Maude F. Baker, Ida Hoxie, Huldah Nickerson, Hattie Ellis, Curtis Chase.
Year-Florence A. Nickerson, Ethel F. Bassett, *Curtis Chase, *Maude F. Baker, *James Sullivan.
CENTRE PRIMARY .
Winter Term-Maude F. Baker, Marie A. Baker, Lettie C. Weekes, James Sullivan, Curtis D. Chase, Hope Chase, Arthur Hogan, Ray Bassett, Harold Robbins.
Spring Term-Maude F. Baker, Lettie C. Weekes, James Sullivan, Curtis D. Chase, LeRoy Gage, Fred L. Chase, Hope L. Chase, Arthur Hogan, Harold Robbins.
Fall Term-LeRoy Gage, Arthur Hogan, Harold . Rob- bins, Johnnie McKedney.
Year-Arthur Hogan, Harold Robbins.
PORT PRIMARY.
Winter Term-Edith W. Baker, Robert G. Blackinton, Urban Eldridge, Nellie Small; Ralph Snow, Roy Clark.
Spring Term-Edith Baker, Nellie Small, Ralph Snow.
Fall Term-Edith Baker, Annie C. Baker, Leon Doane, Robert Blackinton, Rollo Eldridge, Flossie C. Hulse, Ber- nard Kelley.
Year-Edith W. Baker.
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WEST PRIMARY.
Winter Term-Abbie M. Ellis, Eva B. Wixon, David Cummings, Clara Raymond, Charles Kendrick, George Wixon.
Spring Term-Abbie M. Ellis, Clara B. Raymond, Eva B. Wixon. David Cummings, Richie Cummings, Wallace Simmons, George F. Wixon.
Fall Term-Beatrice L. Chase, Clarence Berry, David Cummings.
Year-David Cummings.
NORTH MIXED.
Winter Term-Ina A. Chase, Clarence L. Taylor.
Spring Term-Ina A. Chase, Clarence L. Taylor, Viola M. Hall.
Fall Term-Ina A. Chase, Milton Gray, Eddie E. Hall, Alton P. Hall, Blanche M. Ryder, Nellie S. Rogers, Arthur Rogers.
Year-Ina A. Chase.
PLEASANT LAKE MIXED.
Winter Term-Millie E. Bassett, Lizzie M. Bassett, Effie M. Bassett, Mildred A. Thomas.
Fall Term-E. Emylla Cahoon, Charles L. Nichols, Mil- lie .E. Bassett, Effie M. Bassett, Valmer H. Bassett, Wilbur Crowell.
EAST MIXED.
Winter Term-Neta Eldridge, Burton Eldridge, Alice Emery, Viola Emery, Nellie Emery, Millie Higgins, Thon- as Kenney, Lloyd Nickerson, Kate Nickerson.
Spring Term-Neta Eldridge, Thomas Kenney, Kate Nickerson.
Fall Term-Millie Higgins, Thomas Kenney, Lloyd Nick- erson.
Year-Thomas Kenney.
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SOUTH MIXED.
Winter Term-Blanche Bearse, Leroy Cahoon, Agatha Eldredge, Bernard Kendrick, Bernice Sears, Lura Stokes, Charles Smith, Dallas Smith, Gerald Smith, Bennie Walker.
Spring Term-Blanche Bearse, Leroy Cahoon, Jamie Chase, Clyde Chase, Earle Eldredge, Agatha Eldredge, Bernard Kendrick, Maude Sears, Bernice Sears, Gerald Smith, Dallas Smith, Lura Stokes, Tommie Taylor.
Fall Term-Blanche Bearse, Leroy Cahoon, Bernice Chase, Jamie Chase, Bernice Sears, Earle Eldredge, Agatha Eldredge, Bernard Kendrick, Dallas Smith, Charles Smith, Tommie Taylor, Bennie Walker.
Year-Blanche Bearse, Leroy Cahoon, Agatha Eldredge, Bernard Kendrick, Bernice Sears, Dallas Smith.
Bernice Sears has been neither absent nor tardy since she entered school-thirteen successive terms.
* Member of another school in winter and spring terms.
TEACHERS.
The following teachers are now employed in the Harwich schools :
Mr. Eugene Averell, A. B.,
Principal of High School
Miss Elise H. Carret,
Supervisor of Drawing, and Assistant in High School
Miss Sarah E. Whitlock, Harwich Centre Grammar Miss Tamson D. Eldredge, Harwich Centre Intermediate Miss Minerva A. Bearse, Harwich Centre Primary Miss Loena M. Wixon, North Harwich Mixed Miss Josephine E. Marrs, Pleasant Lake Mixed Miss Beulah M. Eldridge, Miss Selena M. Kerr, Miss Fannie L. Abbott, East Harwich Mixed South Harwich Mixed Harwich Port Grammar Miss Marguerite L. Sumner, Harwich Port Primary Miss Mercy E. Kelley, West Harwich Grammar Mrs. Helen R. Ellis, West Harwich Primary
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JANITORS.
Mr. Miron Rogers,
Mr. Benjamin F. Hall,
Mr. William H. Ellis,
Mr. Alpheus Doane,
Mr. Elisha Doane,
Mr. Joseph Ashley,
Mr. Joshua D. Allen,
Harwich Centre North Harwich Pleasant Lake East Harwich South Harwich West Harwich Harwich Port
TRUANT OFFICERS,
Mr. W'm. H. Bassett,
Mr. Roland Smith,
Mr. Prince A. Atkins,
Mr. Ziba Cahoon, East Harwich South Harwich
Mr. Darius F. Weekes,
Mr. F. E. Burgess,
Mr. Michael B. Chase,
Harwich Centre North Harwich Pleasant Lake
Harwich Port West Harwich
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Class of ' 98.
Classical Josephine Remington Baker,
Course. Alexcena Berry, Nora May Eldredge, Vira Christine Nickersou,
Bertha Lewis Phillips, Nannie Mayo Tobey.
English Herbert Ross Cahoon,
Course. Gladys Lillian Hentz, Inez May Shaw.
STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCE, 1898.
Name of
School
Term
Enrollment
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Percentage of Attendance
Half Day Absences
Tardy Marks
Dismissals
Visits by Superintendent
Visits by Committee
Visits by Parents
Visits by Others
IIIGII SCHOOL
Winter Spring Fall
29
28.26
23.74
83.29
218
45
1
9
4
7
23
29
28.15
25.53
90.69
492
46
11
4
3
18
Year
31
30.58
27.75
90.02
870
118
20 10
20
79
CENTRE GRAMMAR
1
Year
26
24.73
22.92
93.09
565
74
71
13
43
Winter
28
26.71
25.32
94.79
205 249
6
8
15
0
14
29
GRAMMAR
Fall
26
25.03
23.84
95.25
9.
7
10
5
1
10
28
69
Winter
2
23.38
21.46
91.78
126
12
49
36
4
1
15
Fall
28
26.60
24.68
92.78
195
36
28
4
6
37
Year
26
23.84
21.95
92
512
97
S6
10
5
16
61
29
27.75
26.74
96.5
108
11
3
4
4
6
34
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE
Spring Fall
29
28
27.7
98.9
60
12
12
5
1
6
26
Year
29
27.92
27.27
97.77
236
28
15
13
6
16
5
2.2
CENTRE PRIMARY
Spring Fall
38
35.7
31.80
89.06
480
90
0
4
10
10
Year
54
37.06
33.21
89.36
1382
202
14
13
19
42
Winter
20
19.41
17.98
92.63
174 242
3
6
4
0
12
31
Fall
17
17
15.55
91.47
92.19
634
19
17
12
25
47
Winter
27
25.96
24.59
94.45
164
156
32
14
4
1
25
30
Fall
27
25.73
24.81
96.42
122
12
5
4
1
9
38
Year
37
27.59
26.43
95.69
462
66
21
11
5
47
91
Winter
29
25.16
18.2
72.33
440
16
BS
5
2
8
-1
1
Spring
21.28
15.32
71.99
.410
5
29
T
1
14
Fall
26
23.71
21.28
89.75
156
6
13
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1
I
6
Year
34
23.38
18.26
78.02
1006
27
SC
19
4
18
27
PLEASANT LAKE MIXED
Spring Fall
45
39.5
33.9
85.9
512
31
S
10
1
21
Year
46
38.5
30.5
80.1
2846
191
34
18
1
1
S
EAST
Spring
26
25.2
23
91.3
262
45
5
4
2
1
50
MIXED
Fall
28
26.2
23.6
90
302
6
2
4
5
9
Year
28
25.5
23.3
91.2
776
72
9
5
13
67
SOUTH MIXED
Fall
23
23
22.73
98.82
27
281
20
5
1
15
B
Year
26
22.67
22.22
97.99
138
120
43
15
5
57
28
Winter
341
324.39 287.93
89.42
4099
366 140
43 28
92 210
Spring
344
324.62 298.475
89.625 3473
418 187
54 13
115 258
Fall
356
337.16 314.22
93.41
2377
251 |117
66 19
86 208
Year
403
328.72 300.21
90.81
9949 1035 444 163 60 293 676
4
ـن مسم
6
32
Spring
25
23.9
21.56
91.58
270
Fall
26
25.16
23.66
94.03
105
53
4
1
5
5
PORT
1
Spring
28.57
26.53
92.86
Year
40
26.77
25.23
94.3
549
21
31
14
4
3
0
WEST GRAMMAR
Spring
24
21.55
28
27.38
97.9
68
5
0
4
1
1
13
Winter
35
33.58
29.06
86.53
458
80
6
2
45
41.90
38.79
92.5
444
32
S
S
3
2
-1
10
PORT PRIMARY
Spring
25
23.99
22.195
92.48
WEST PRIMARY
Spring
33
31.08
29.9
96.20
77.2
1711
68 92
15
4
0
5
11
Winter
27
25.3
23.4
92.5
212
21
2
26
22.83
22.2
97.27
73
67
8
5
21
13
Winter Spring
23
22.2
21.73
97.88
38
25
15
5
2
21
ALL SCHOOLS
Winter
26
25.13
23.51
93.67
190
10 11
29
1
5
10
38
36
35.33
34
96.09
160
27
11
4 5
3
4
18
NORTH MIXED
Winter
43
41
31.7
38
35
25.9
71.1
623
11
4
1
17
Year
3
3
13
23
218
5
1
5
4
10
20.13
18.575
19.71
91.46
191
Winter
S
49
6
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1899.
Winter Term.
Spring Term.
Fall Term.
School
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
Opens.
Closes.
High
Jan1. 2.
Mar. 31.
Apr. IO.
July 2.I.
Oct. 2.
Dec. 22.
All Others
Jan. 2.
Mar. 24.
Apr. 10.
June 30.
Oct. 16.
Dec. 22.
There will be a vacation of one week after the close of tlie fall term.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING.
Town of Harwich, 1899.
BARNSTABLE SS.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF HARWICH, · GREETING :
IN SAID COUNTY,
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Har- wich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Exchange Hall, in said Harwich, on Monday, the sixth day of February next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, one School Committee, two Collectors of Taxes, three Road Commissioners (if the town so votes), one or more Constables, one or more Auditors, one or more Herring Committee, and all other necessary town officers and com- mittees.
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ARTICLE 3. To hear the reports of all town officers, committees and special committees, and act fully thereon.
ARTICLE 4. To determine the rate per cent. to be paid the Tax Collectors for collecting taxes for the ensuing year, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to pay 3 per cent. for collection of taxes for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon. (By request.)
ARTICLE 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of taxes, and act fully thereon.
ARTICLE: 8. To see if the Town will . vote to elect three Road Commissioners-one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 332 of Chapter 548, Acts of 1898, and elect one Highway Surveyor for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 10, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors ? Vote yes or no,
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the sup- pression of crime.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to lease the herring fishery of Herring River for a term of 5 years, and act fully thereon.
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ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 335, Chapter 548, Acts of 1898, which provides for the election of Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor for the term of three years, the same to go into effect at the next annual town meeting.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to consider some plan for providing a permanent place for holding town meetings and other public assem- blies, said committee to serve without pay and to make a report of their doings at the next annual town meeting.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and extend the jetty at Salt Water Pond in Harwich Port for the interest of public health and the preservation of the shell fisheries of said pond, and to act fully thereon.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of one hundred dollars for the use of the Broadbrooks Library Association to aid in the maintenance of a public library in Harwich.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of six hundred dollars to lower the grade of the hill on Bank street, known as "James Moody's hill."
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty dollars to be expended in repairing the road (not town road) leading from the house of George C. Doane, South Harwich, to the homestead of Chas. O. Tuttle. (By request. )
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road, as laid out by the Selectnren, leading from Elisha H. Bearse's, S. E. corner of his premises, to the S. E. corner of Ezekiel Nickerson's homestead, and to raise aud appro- priate money for the same.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to take any action in maintaining the north approach to Wading Place Bridge at East Harwich, and act fully thereon.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will take any action to control and protect the shell fisheries of Herring River, and to prohibit non-residents from taking shell fish from the flats and waters of said river. (By request. )
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to incorporate into the Annual Town Report the proceedings of the pre- vious annual town meeting, and of special town meetings held during the year.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each post office in said town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. The polls will open at nine o'clock A. M., and may close at one o'clock P. M. Hereof, fail not, and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of January, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine.
D. M. NICKERSON, JR., DAVID L. SMALL, AMBROSE N. DOANE,
Selectmen of Harwich.
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