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E. L. Eldredge, supplies,
80
F. S. Robbins, labor,
3 15
W. A. Eldredge, labor and supplies, 5 00
C. E. Hutchins, labor and supplies, 16 69
27 74
HARWICHPORT.
B. C. Kelley, supplies, $ 1 38
J. N. Tuttle, repairing organ, 50
Watson B. Kelley, supplies, 1 41
George D. Smalley, labor and supplies,
15 48
William N. Eldredge, labor and materials, 5 24
S. K. Sears, supplies, 1 18
Benjamin D. Smith, labor and supplies, 12 25
IIARWICH CENTRE.
Roy K. Hamer, repairs and supplies, $ 2 45
Alpheus Howes, « 26 58
J. B. Cahoon, supplies, 15 65
Thatcher Ellis, labor,
3 30
Edgar F. Bassett, Jr., repairs and supplies, 1 97
Sherman F. Bassett,
26 50
Walter Emery, pump, 66 60 15 50
1 25
Louis A. Harding, supplies,
J. F. Tobey, supplies, 5 96
J. M. Moody, supplies, 9 01
Spencer P. Ellis, labor and supplies,
24 95
$26 41
37 44
133 00
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PLEASANT LAKE.
W. H. Ellis, repairs, cleaning and supplies,
$7 30
Alpheus Howes, supplies, 2 45
S. K. Crowell, painting and supplies, 2 25
A. H. Bassett, supplies, 45
$12 45
WEST HARWICH.
Susan K. Howland, cleaning,
$11 60
O. E. Kelley, supplies,
1 40
H. T. Cobb, labor,
50
Geo. F. Ellis, labor on pump,
1 25
Jos. Ashley, supplies,
50
Chas. Fenn, tuning organ,
2 75
J. W. Cummings, repairs,
1 25
19 25
NORTHI HARWICH.
J. B. Cahoon, supplies,
$ 75
W. E. Nickerson, supplies,
50
S. K. Crowell, repairs,
1 25
Joseph Peters, whitewashing,
2 50
E. B. Rogers, supplies,
60
Elsie D. Ryder, cleaning,
6 00
Shadrack Kelley, repairs,
3 60
15 20
Total,
$271 61
TRANSPORTATION.
F. E. Ellis,
$177 00
Ephraim Bassett,
25 00
$202 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
B. B. Eldredge, printing, $ 7 00
A. P. Goss, printing, 16 00
George N. Munsell, rent of office, 2 50
Louis Edmonds, rent of office, 7 50
D. M. Nickerson, Jr., traveling expenses, 19 62 F. D. Underwood, 95
E. F. Bassett, Jr., moving supplies, 40
Exchange Club, chairs for office, 2 50
S. K. Crowell, paint for office, 60
J. B. Cahoon, supplies for office,
8 55
Alpheus Howes, 66 3 00
Walter I. Paine, labor on office, 50
David L. Small, rent of playground, 7 50
$76 62
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Superintendent's salary for the year, $777 21
To be refunded by the State, 638 87
Actual cost of Superintendent, $138 34
Appropriation, 135 00
SUPPLY AGENT'S ACCOUNT. 1903.
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1903, $183 78
Supplies purchased, 1903, 441 25
$625 03
Supplies furnished schools, 1903, 485 11
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1904,
139 92
625 03
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SUPPLY AGENT'S FINANCIAL REPORT.
AVAILABLE FUNDS.
Appropriation,
$350 00
From city of Boston,
52 00
From State Board of Charity,
44 00
Overdrawn,
7 29
$453 29
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
Books and supplies,
$441 25
Express, freight, cartage, delivering, 12 04
$453 29
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ITEMIZED.
Supplies.
Books.
Totals.
No. Per Pupil Pupils. Approximate.
High School,
$23 84
$67 56
$91 40
53
$1 72
Centre Grammar,
20 96
65 75
86 71
50
1 73
Port
10 00
17 03
27 03
23
1 18.
West
10 76
37 64
48 40
22
2 20
East
8 82
12 67
21 49
11
1 95
Centre Intermediate,
21 73
36 15
57 SS
42
1 38
Centre Primary,
9 86
12 15
22 01
40
55
Port
.‹
7 09
9 04
16 13
27
59
West
66
9 56
8 51
3 07
34
53
East
66
7 06
10 30
17 36
23
75
North Mixed,
10 41
19 63
30 04
28
1 07
Pleasant Lake,
10 76
9 79
20 55
43
48
South Mixed,
6 18
21 86
28 04
19
1 47
$157 03
$328 08
. $485 11
415
$1 18
RECAPITULATION.
AVAILABLE FUNDS.
Town appropriation for schools, -
$5,600 00
Town appropriation for books and sup- plies,
$350 00
From other sources, school supplies, (see report of Supply Agent), 96 00
446 00
$446 00
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Town appropriation for Superintendent, $135 00 To be refunded by State for 16 638 87
$773 87
Town appropriation for repairs and incidentals,
200 00
Dog fund,
196 60
State school fund,
426 34
Town appropriation for transportation,
250 00
Total,
$7,892 81
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers,
$5,358 25
Janitors,
558 52
Fuel,
438 35
Books and supplies,
453 29
Superintendent.
777 21
Repairs and incidentals,
271. 61
Transportation,
202 00
Miscellaneous,
76 62
$8,135 85
Exceeded appropriations, $243 04
The School Committee recommends the following appro- priations for school purposes for 1904 :-
Schools, $5,700 00
School books and supplies, 350 00
Superintendent of schools, 135 00
Repairs and incidentals, 250 00
Transportation of pupils, 250 00
It was thought better to begin the schools somewhat earlier last fall than had been the custom. The immediate effect was to bring more than one school year into the
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financial year of 1903, thereby adding to the expense of 1903 about $250.00, that under the old time arrangement would have been incurred and paid in 1904.
Your Committee are convinced that the schools in town are now in an efficient working condition ; and have reached as high a standard as they are likely to reach under existing conditions. Experience shows that our scattered schools cannot be maintained successfully at a less expense than they are now costing. Teachers' salaries constitute the large part of the outlay upon schools. To pay our teachers less than we are now paying means that we are to have inferior instructors, and money so expended would be in a large measure thrown away.
Trained teachers are essential to good schools; and in our attempt to secure such we have to compete with towns in our commonwealth which can, and do pay more than we can, and as a consequence we are unable to hold a valuable teacher but a short time. But it is manifestly better to have the influence and personality of a strong teacher even for a short time than not at all.
Parents are urged to co-operate with the school officers in securing prompt and regular attendance on the part of their children. For a parent to be a party to an unnecessary absence on the part of his child is to commit a wrong that cannot be righted. The child is wronged, because if the act is repeated, he gets into the confirmed habit of being tardy and unsteady in all his life work. The school is wronged because it is kept back by those who get behind on account of being absent. And the town is wronged because it is paying its money for the education of children who are at home or on the streets.
We beg to again remind parents of the urgent necessity of frequent visits to the schoolroom.
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Good results have been gained by beginning the Fall term of our primary schools two weeks earlier than usual. Thus we have been able to give them a winter vacation of four weeks instead of two. During the unusually severe weather of the present winter the experiment has proved to be a success, and the attendance has been much improved, which was the object to be accomplished.
Sometimes criticism of methods, teachers and school officials is heard from those who are rarely, if ever, seen in the schools. Occasional visits would enable these people to see things in a true light and would be of great benefit to the whole school system.
DARIUS M. NICKERSON, JR., THOMAS H. NICKERSON, FRANKLIN D. UNDERWOOD,
School Committee.
Superintendent's Report.
To the School Committee of Harwich :
GENTLEMEN : - This is my third report of your schools. We are doing the work this year with seven teachers who were with us last year, and seven who began their work with us this school year. Of the seven who have taught longer than a year in Harwich, three live in Harwich and one in the adjoining town of Dennis; the other two teach in the mixed schools of North and South Harwich. No teacher now at Harwich Centre taught here last year; the other changes took place at Pleasant Lake; Harwichport Grammar and West Harwich Grammar schools. Of the seven teachers who left their positions at the close of the last school year, two, Misses Minerva Bearse and Mabel Aiken, were married; the others accepted better positions in other places. It seems impossible to retain teachers of experience and training unless their homes are here. A step in the right direction has been taken by the decision of the committee to write no testimonials during the year to help teachers obtain positions elsewhere. At the close of the year it is only fair to the teachers to give them a writ- ten statement of the view the committee take of them and their work ; and if they are worthy, invite them strongly to remain. Teaching will never be a true profession until the wages of teachers everywhere are practically the same and teachers can settle down in one place for their life work and retire with a little bank account before their usefulness is
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exhausted. In no other profession are such homeless lives led. But there seems to be no remedy for this condition until the daughters of the town, in sufficient numbers, give themselves the training offered by the Normal schools, and devote their lives to their own home schools with the same earnestness of purpose and the same determination that they would give to their work elsewhere. And when they shall have supplemented their training with experience, they must be able to get as much for their services here as they can command anywhere else.
I consider the present corps of teachers exceedingly efti- cient. Our most restless schools of the past year are settling into their work with unexpected earnestness. It is not size, or muscle, or stern looks, or the ferrule that keep children earnestly at work in the schoolroom; it is that serenity and self-control and self-assurance of the teacher, that unhesitating and masterful assumption of every school- room duty - her personality -this is the real secret of a school's success.
As supply agent I have tried to keep within the appro- priation for that purpose. I have overrun it by less than ten dollars. And this notwithstanding the number of books purchased. In the grammar grades Frye's Grammar School Geography has been gradually replacing the Frye's Com- plete, and in several intermediate grades the Frye's Ele- ments have been put in to replace the Frye's Primary. These changes have been made only as fast as the old books have become too dirty and dilapidated for longer successful use. The schools have been furnished with new Spellers throughout, and spelling is being taught with more system and regularity. Dryer's Physical Geography has been placed in the High school. Several hundred old readers that were discarded before I came here have been exchanged
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for Carpenter's North America, South America, Europe and Asia, which are used as supplementary readers in the seventh and eighth grades. Supplementary reading books have also been put into grades two, three, four and five. Besides these changes and additions, many worn out old books, principally arithmetics and language books, have had to be replaced by new books of the same kind.
As quickly as possible the double desks in all the school- houses ought to be replaced by single desks. Especially should this be done in schools where the number of pupils approach fifty. In a few years the town would save the money so expended in the wear and tear of the children's clothes ; the discipline would be much easier, and if the schools should be consolidated the seats would be modern and usable in the new rooms. Slate blackboards ought to take the place of those we now have, a few each year until all the schools are supplied with them. These also are trans- ferable in case of a change to consolidation, which must come, sooner or later. Permit me to quote from John Dewey-The School and Society :- "What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children." All over the State the best and wisest parents are demanding consolida- tion. It means better teachers ; teachers retained longer, better schoolrooms; closer competition and therefore greater interest among the children ; more reference books and more apparatus (because concentrated, a little becomes available for all) ; better supervision for the time given to it; in fine, it means keeping the schools up to the same spirit of progress that other business enterprises are kept up to. It costs money to be modern, but it doesn't pay to be anything less. If our boys and girls, when they leave school, expect to start even with other boys and girls, they
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must have the modern spirit, (just as truly as they must have the spirit of patriotism), instilled into them, raising their hopes and stimulating their ambitions, in the modern school. When they face life they must not be like Rip Van Winkle at the door of the tavern after his twenty years' sleep. When they face it they must know it for what it is, what it demands, and what competition they must meet with in others ; and they must be equipped as only the modern surroundings and the modern tone coming from those sur- roundings, can equip them.
One other word for the children. At the school age they have no other business than their school work. Some of the details of that business are as follows : To be punctual at their place of business i. e., the schoolhouse; to be there every day when that place is open for work ; to be obedient to authority and to respect it as such; to do their work in a commendable manner; to be careful of their tools, i. e., the books and apparatus provided for their use ; to be eco- nomical, not wasteful; to be obliging, not selfish; to have consideration for the rights of others at work in the same workshop ; to have ambition to do more and be more; to be able always to respect themselves. These are essential details, not all. Parents can help the teachers and other school officials .and the children by emphasizing these princi- ples in the home life.
I wish to thank you, and the teachers, and the citizens generally for that support and encouragement without which all my efforts would be unavailing.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK H. HILL,
Harwich, Jan. 15, 1904.
Superintendent of Schools.
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STATISTICS-YEAR 1902-'03.
NAME OF SCHOOL, TEACHER AND GRADES.
Enrollment
Average
Average
attendance
Per Centage
attendance
Half Day
absences
Tardy
marks
Dismissals
Visits by
school
officials
Visits by
parents
Visits by
others
North Mixed
Maude L. Plummer
30
22.5
20
829
98
39
16
15
Pleasant Lake Prim.
Anna L. Roche
35
33.122
28
1,866
0
38
29
39
East Harwich Prim.
Beulah M. Eldridge
25
23.56
22
96.4
581
91
0
38
24
29
Gram.
Carrie E. Crowell
19
17.04
15.68
90.33
402
20
6
43
5
37
Alice L. Duston
23
18
17.74
93.91
380
9
15
29
61
34
South Harwich Mixed Port Primary
Abbie S. Baker
25
22.97
20.48
89.12
869
32
7
49
21
44
Grammar
Mary E. Stevens
23
21.75
20.88
95.86
468
125
86
49
37
12
West Primary
Helen R. Ellis
32
29.60
27.44
93.06
108
45
17
40
39
24
" Grammar
Ella W. Page
Minerva A. Bearse
39
33.40
28.36
89.73
2,035
282
1
29
14
54
Centre Primary
Florence Hathaway
1,818
169
68
36
6
30
Intermediate
Elizabeth M. Forrest Mabel Aiken
18
46.2
38.3
89.4
1,450
316
32
21
10
25
Grammar
( Herman N. Knox, Prin. Ella W.Chamberlin. Ass't
53
43.18
39.53
91.5
No
returns
High
1
95
of
membership
89 84.9
153 193
Mary Baker
SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1903-04.
TERM
High School
No. Weeks
Centre Primary Port West East
No. Weeks
All Others
No. Weeks
Fall, 1903
Sept. 21-Dec. 18
13
Sept. 21-Dec. 18
13
Oct. 5-Dec. 18
11
Winter, 1903-04
Dec. 28-March 25
13
Jan. 18-March 25
10
Jan. 4-March 25
12
Spring, 1904
April 4-July 8
14
April 4-June 17
11
April 4-June 17
11
Total,
40
34
34
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HIGH SCHOOL REPORT.
Supt. F. H. Hill.
MY DEAR SIR : - Any report of work done in the High School during the present year will necessarily be very brief. The instructors feel that they are in the service not only of the town but of the state, and efforts are being put forth to direct the men and women of tomorrow along lines of true self-government. Only a hope that the effort will not be fruitless may be expressed at this time. Judgment of the work that is being done can be very much more accurately determined in the homes from which the mem- bers of the school come. A successful accomplishment of High School tasks depends entirely upon the interest of the pupils. This interest should display itself in careful prep- aration of work. Such preparation demands some of the pupil's time outside of school hours. And it is this work which is the index of individual acquirement in mind capac- ity. Intellectuality is the product of careful mental appli- cation ; and not an outgrowth of any mere attendance upon the sessions of a certain educational institution.
We desire very much, then, the hearty co-operation of parents, especially to the end that more careful attendance of pupils may be secured, and that they may appreciate more fully the value of personal application.
It is hardly necessary to say that our work is open at all times for inspection. We shall count it a pleasure to dis- cuss any matter with parents or guardians, and to consider any suggestions.
Respectfully submitted,
L. A. MARTIN, Principal.
Harwich, Jan. 15, 1904.
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DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING.
To Superintendent Frank H. Hill:
Dear Sir :- Since beginning my work in your schools, I have been very much encouraged by the spirit of enthusi- asm with which the pupils have taken hold of the work in drawing, and also by the kind co-operation of the grade teachers.
The aim of teaching drawing is to develop the mind of the child through the eye as well as through the hand. He is taught to appreciate all the beautiful and true there is in life, and is led to a keener perception of details.
Through Pictorial Art the child gains a knowledge of the principles of Perspective and the ability to see things cor- rectly, and recording what he sees. By means of sketch- ing he comes very near to nature, which is one of our greatest teachers, and becomes acquainted with her col- oring and laws of growth.
In Structural drawing we have a science of facts. This trains the child in accuracy and he must become acquainted with the workshop and the limitations of different materials in order to make practical structural designs. Thus while studying drawing, his mind is broadening in several direc- tions.
Hand in hand with Pictorial and Structural Art, comes the field of Decoration. The child of today is the man of tomorrow, and it is only through the cultivation of the chidren's minds today that we can hope for better designs in the markets tomorrow.
The supervisor gives a lesson in each school once in two weeks, and the teachers are provided with outlines so they are able to carry out the work as planned. One hour, once in two weeks, is devoted to drawing in the High School.
Respectfully submitted,
J. LOUISE LONG .. Harwich, Jan. 15, 1904.
Annual Town Meeting Warrant,
For 1904.
BARNSTABLE, SS.
To Elisha H. Bearse, Constable of the Town of Harwich, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Harwich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Enchange Hall, Harwich, in said County, on Mon- day, February 1st, 1904, 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.
Art. 2. To determine the rate per cent. to be paid the Tax Collectors for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Art. 3. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees for the term of one year: Town Clerk, Treasurer, three Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health, three Herring Committee, two Auditors, one Tree Warden, three Constables, two Tax Collectors, and one School Committee. Also one School Committee and one Road Commissioner for the term of three years. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors ? Vote Yes or No.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and act fully thereon.
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Art. 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year of 1903 and act fully thereon.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifty Dollars for the suppression of crime.
Art. 8. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same. The amount not to exceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and act fully thereon.
Art. 10. To hear the report of the Committee, which was appointed at a Special Town Meeting, held in Harwich on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1903, for the purpose of drafting a set of resolutions and accept on the part of the Town of Harwich the deed of gift of the Exchange property from Col. Caleb Chase of Brookline. Also to fully accept and adopt on the part of said Town a certain lot of Exchange property as set forth and described in a deed dated November 12th, 1903, said deed being formally presented to the Town of Harwich on Friday, Dec. 25, 1903, and now stands recorded at Barnstable on Book 265, page 324.
Art. 11. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to repairing the Exchange Building, and the care and renting of the same, and make an appropriation therefor.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to build a suitable Vault in connection with the Exchange Building for the purpose of preserving the Records, Books and Papers be- longing to the Town; appropriate money therefor and authorize the Selectmen, School Committee and Town Clerk, to move their offices into the Town Building and act fully on this article.
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Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to assume control of the Pump, near Exchange Building, make necessary repairs, appropriate money for the same and act fully thereon.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to purchase a Watering Cart, hire the necessary horses and man or men to operate the same, on the macadam roads; appropriate money sufficient to meet the expense incurred by this article and act fully thereon.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to close the Almshouse and provide maintenance for its inmates.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the leasing or disposing of the Herring Fishery in said Town for a term of years, and act fully thereon.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to allow a discount of five per cent. on all taxes paid to the Collectors on or before Nov. 1st, 1904, and to charge five per cent. on all taxes unpaid after January 1, 1905.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to macadamize the road leading from Moody's Hill, at Harwich Centre, to Harwichport, opposite the residence of Chas. Jenkins, and make an appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money needed for such repairs shall be raised, and the payment thereof shall be met.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to macadamize about 800 feet of the road in North Harwich, leading from the Dennis line to the North Harwich Depot, and make an appropriation for the same.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars to build a stone fence on the north side of the North Harwich Cemetery, and act fully thereon.
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Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to macadamize one-half mile of the road leading from the County Road, near the residence of the late Nathan Underwood, to Har- wichport, and to make such further improvement on said road as the public needs require, and make appropriation for the same.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to work grade and macadamize that part of Station street, South Harwich, commencing at or near the railroad track at South Harwich Depot, thence, southerly to the main street, about (1-3) one-third of a mile in distance, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to macadamize or otherwise harden the road, leading from the Baptist Church in West Harwich to the North Harwich Depot , such repairs to be made only on the portions of said road as are within the Town limits, and to determine in what manner the money needed for such repairs shall be raised, and the pay- ment thereof shall be made.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to grade and macadamize the road extending from the present piece of macadam at the Dennis line to the four corners at North Harwich, and make an appropriation for the same purpose, and to pay for said improvement in such manner as the Town may think, and agreeable to the laws made and pro- vided for the same.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to harden with clay and loam the road in East Harwich, beginning at the Guideboard at the junction of the Queen Anne's road and going westward to the shell road, together with necessary grading, and make an appropriation for the same.
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Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to macadamize one mile of the road beginning at the corner of the Ex- change Building, and extending north on the road leading to Brewster, and make an appropriation for the same.
To raise and pay for, in such manner as the Town may think proper, and in accordance with the laws made and provided for the same.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be expended in turnpiking the road lead- ing from the four corners in North Harwich to the residence of the late Lorenzo D. Cahoon, and make an appropriation for the same.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to make one con- dition of contract of the Herring Brook, for the succeeding period of years, to be that the purchasers thereof shall fur- nish to the citizens of Harwich herrings at the rate of four herrings for one cent, and one barrel for one dollar per flour barrel, and act fully thereon.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the observance of Old Home Week in Harwich in 1904, to act fully thereon, and choose a committee for the same.
Art. 30. To see what action the Town will take in relation to insuring the Exchange Building and purchasing fire extinguishers for the same.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will accept Section 18, Chapter 78, of the revised Laws, relating to receiving money for the perpetual care of cemeteries or private lots suitable therein, and fix the rate of interest to be allowed for the same.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars for the use of the Broadbrooks Library and act fully thereon.
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Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to defray the uncol- lected balance of the cost of erecting a fence between the school premises at West Harwich and the adjoining ceme- tery as directed by the Town at the Annual Town Meet- ing, and act fully thereon.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed at the Annual Town Meeting held on Feb. 6th and 7th, 1899, whereby it voted to elect Road Commissioners and abolish the same.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to choose Road Surveyors, and act fully thereon.
Art. 36. And transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one in each Post Office in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
The polls will be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M., and may be closed at 2 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 sixteenth day of January, 1904.
Signed, AMBROSE N. DOANE, JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, JOHN H. DRUM,
Selectmen of Harwich.
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INDEX.
Town Officers, 2
Overseers of the Poor Report,
3
Road Commissioners' Report,
10
Assessors' Report, 21
Selectmen's Report,
30
Financial Standing of the Town,
56
Electric Road Franchise, 60
Gift of Exchange Property,
63
Resolutions to Col. Caleb Chase,
65
Treasurer's Report, 67
Town Clerk's Report, 72
School Committee's Report, 81
Superintendent of Schools Report, 91
Warrant, Annual Town Meeting, 99
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