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Which added to the Pauper Estate, 71,551 36
Makes a Total Valuation of $78,969 36
The Valuation of 1873 was 67,787 79
Difference in favor of 1874, of $11,181 57
Of this difference in valuation, $2,027.00 was paid for the six acres of land purchased, and $375.00 paid for improvements on the same, and it is set down in the valuation at $2,400.00, and $5,763.73 were paid for materials and labor on the new farm barn, which sum, added to the appraised value of the materials of the old barn, used in the reconstruction, which was $1,236.27, makes up the sum of $7,000.00, at which the same is set down in the valuation, and $3,390.84 added to those expenditures, makes up the sum of the difference of valuation of the two years, and shows the establishment to have that amount of assets more this year than in 1873, in addition to the original outlay for barn and land.
The accounts of the Scavenger Department have been kept distinct from those of the Alms House, in order that each may be known, as the laws of the State demand a correct report of the expenses of the maintenance of paupers, and the sum of four dollars a week was charged by the Pauper to the Scavenger Department, for the board of each man and horse, which, with the sums paid the collectors as wages and the necessary outlay for repairs of vehicles, &c., constitutes the amounts charged as ex- penses, and the receipts consist of such sums as have been re- ceived from sales of pork and swill, and are as follows :-
Total Expenditures,
$11,421 18
Receipts,
3,664 67
Net Cost,
$7,756 51
This amount has been paid out of the appropriation for the
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Farm, and a Table containing the monthly bills of this Depart- ment, and showing in detail the exact amount of expenditures, receipts and net cost of each month's work, is attached to this report and invites your inspection.
I have gone thus into detail in this division of the report in order to show that we had not committed an error in judgment when we informed you one year since, " We have entire confi- dence that when the benefits of our exertions in this Department are understood they will be fully appreciated," and the following item, recently copied from a source from which emanated a large proportion of the complaints made against the measures taken to improve the sanitary condition of the city at that time, will show we were not mistaken, and is as follows :
"Whatever may have heretofore been thought of the Scavenger Department, a visit to the establishment at the present time is sufficient to convince the most skeptical of its complete success."
With this acknowledgment, from such a source, we are of the opinion that nothing further need be said in vindication of the measures by which it was established.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT.
MONTHLY ACCOUNTS.
AMOUNT EXPENDED.
AMOUNT OF RECEIPTS.
NET COST.
1873.
December .
$1,684 52
$519 23
$1,165 29
1874.
January . .
1,517 29
408 07
1,109 22
February
825 06
286 73
538 33
March .
822 68
97 96
724 72
April
855 89
542 25
313 64
May
815 77
238 97
576 80
June
811 16
71 75
739 41
July
831 96
75 75
756 21
August
768 22
312 96
455 26
September
760 64
439 62
321 02
October.
660 64
239 70
420 94
November
667 35
431 68
235 67
$11,021 18
$3,664 67
$7,356 51
Salary of Superintendent .
400 00
Total
$7,756 51
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The total expenditures at the farm for the year have been-
Pauper Department .
$12,110 67
Total Receipts 3,964 90
Net Expenses
$8,145 77
Salary of Superintendent and Matron
800 00
Total Expenses of Alms House $8,945 77
Net Expenses of Scavenger Department 7,756 51
Amount paid for Land
2,027 00
Total
$18,729 28
Appropriation
19,000 00
In the Expenses of the Pauper Department are also included the $5,763.73, cost of materials used in the reconstruction of the farm barn, which sum should be deducted from the actual cost of maintenance of paupers, as the real estate has been increased in value to that amount during the year.
The accounts of the Truant School have, for the same reasons mentioned in the case of the scavenger department, been kept separate, and the usual table containing in detail the monthly disbursement in this division, and the value of the labor of the boys, with the amount charged to the account of the school, and credited to the pauper account for board of the scholars, the cost of tuition and supervision, clothing and other necessary expenses, is added to this report.
The expenditures and receipts for the year have been as fol- lows :
Amount paid for Board .
$933 89
Instruction and Supervision
500 00
Clothing and other Expenses 159 32
Total Expenditures
$1,593 21
Received for Boys' Labor
37 00
Net Expenses
$1,556 21
Resources : Appropriation
3,000 00
Unexpended balance .
$1,443 79
An appraisal of the property belonging to the school shows it to be .
$490 00
In 1873 it was 332 50
Showing in favor of 1874
$157 50
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY ALMS-HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Monthly Accounts.
No. of Paupers.
Total Expenditures.
Total Receipts.
Net Expenses.
1873.
December,
28
$ 655 41
$ 359 25
$ 296 16
1874.
January,
26
303 87
221 23
82 64
February,
31
408 91
234 16
174 75
March,
31
910 06
193 31
716 75
April,
34
601 58
295 96
305 62
May,
46
1250 93
448 37
802 56
June,
39
1424 83
234 47
1190 36
July,
39
3025 15
308 88
2716 27
August,
37
714 54
196 94
517 60
September,
38
1114 09
431 70
682 39
October,
39
874 43
231 95
642 48
November,
37
826 87
808 68
18 19
$12110 67
$3964 90
$8145 77
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TRUANT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Monthly Accounts.
No. Scholars.
Cost of Board.
Clothing and other Expenses.
Teaching and Supervision.
Value of Labor.
1873.
December,
6
$ 58 25
$ 41 67
1874.
January,
6
69 00
$ 25 62
41 67
$2 00
February,
5
60,00
41 67
2 00
March,
3
44 95
26 35
41 67
2 00
April,
5
63 73
41 67
2 00
May,
5
63 25
13 52
41 66
2 00
June,
6
63 94
41 66
5 00
July,
5
58 10
15 93
41 67
5 00
August,
4
51 32
41 66
5 00
September,
4
59 12
37 90
41 67
5 00
October,
6
174 45
41 66
5 00
November,
6
167 78
40 00
41 67
2 00
$933 89
$159 32
$500 00
$37 00
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The report on the progress of the school, its importance and value as a part of our public school system, and all matters of interest connected with both its condition and management, will be found in the report of the Superintendent of Public Schools, who is also chairman of the sub-committee of this Board on the school, and will present the subject in detail.
In view of the great change made in the pauper laws by the passage of the Act of May 28th, 1874, and the convenience of having a correct record in print for a point to which we may refer in years to come, when the settlement of those persons who have heretofore been aided as State paupers shall be under dis- cussion, it has been thought prudent to put on record in this report, many matters that, under other circumstances, might not have been called for.
Therefore a list in detail of all who have received full support at the City Alms House, and the Insane Hospital, as also those persons legally settled in other towns, but residing here and re- ceiving aid in Worcester, has been added, and will, doubtless, be referred to by our successors in office as authority in disputed cases of settlement.
There has been no unusual epidemic sickness which has called for any extra outlay by this Board, but early in the year there were a few cases of small-pox, which were promptly attended to by our city physician, who at once saw the necessity of vigorous action, and took such measures as to completely eradicate it at once, for which, as well as his general efficiency in his depart- ment of the labors of this Board, he has richly merited the thanks of his patients, as also of the citizens generally, and he will give the results of his labors in detail in his report.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
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List of Paupers who have been fully supported at the Alms House in this city for the year 1874 :
Registered Pauper No.
NAMES.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
Began.
Ended.
1 Lucy Barber,
57
Worcester,
Nov. 24, '39 Continues.
Insane.
3 David Kimball,
41
Jan. 1, '57
Idiotic.
4 Allen Cummings,
37
66
April 20, '57
Idiotic.
21 Miranda P. Smith, 32 Henry Monroe,
62
Ware,
April 10, '57
Insane.
56 Benjamin Baldwin, 49 Brookfield,
Mar. 9, '67
66
§ Idiotic. Died.
83 Chas. A. Parkhurst, 84 Emeline Parkhurst,
66
Boston,
Sept. 21, '67 Mar. 31, '74 June 15, '68 Continues.
87 Thomas Crowley,
55 Ireland,
July 28, '68
100 Sally Gates,
77 Worcester,
Feb. 6, '69
132 Reuben Titus,
62 New Hamp.
May 16, '70
134 William Jones,
67 Salem,
July 1, '70
154 Elsie Adams,
50 Unknown,
Mar. 24, '70
163 Richard Harrison,
50
Conn.
Feb. 13, '71 June 8, '74
191 Morris Moriaty,
66 Ireland,
Nov. 6, '71 Continues.
243 Gilman Scott,
58 New Hamp.
Feb. 1, '71
244 Samuel Willard,
47
Ireland,
Feb. 6, '73
Insane.
259 Patrick Luby,
12
Worcester,
Mar. 19, '73
260 Catherine Luby,
10
66
April 5, '73
Idiotic.
283 Mary Whittaker, 287 Chas. S. Holton, 290 Stephen Lee,
49
Ireland,
July 18, '73 May 18, '74 Died.
292 Jno. W. Whittaker, 294 Jeremiah O'Leary, 298 Henry Hoyle, 299 Kate Brooks,
29
Grafton,
Oct. 11, '73 May 31, '74
45 Ireland,
Oct. 30, '73 Nov. 14, '73 State Paup.
300 Mary A. Johnson, 301 Wm. H. Johnson, 302 Johanna Dudy, 303 Margaret Sullivan, 304 Nellie Sullivan, 305 Michael Cooney,
4
Worcester,
6
24 Ireland,
Feb. 4, '74 Feb. 9, '74
Insane.
306 Peter McGirl,
64
307 George Warren,
23 Unknown,
17 New Jersey,
30 Canada,
50 Ireland,
42 W. Boylston,
Mar. 3, '74 April 18, '74 April 13, '74 May 15, '74 April 14, '74 Continues. April 23, '74 May 3, '74 Continues. May 6, '74 May 9, '74 June 8, '74
314 Michael Hartnet, 315 Alvin Woodward, 316 Ellen Riorden, 317 John Riorden,
318 Cornelius Riorden,
319 Ellen Riorden,
18
May 11, '74
320 Margaret Riorden, 321 Nellie Riorden,
13
66
66
11
Worcester, Ireland, 66
66
Family had Small-Pox.
66
66
308 Jeremiah Curtain, 309 Joseph Brown, 310 Cornelius Collins, 311 Thomas King, 312 Geo. W. Gleason,
43 Worcester,
313 Albert Parker,
42 Vermont,
72 Ireland,
42
37 16 50
May 20, '73 Nov. 21, '73
46 Northfield,
June 18, '73 Continues.
Blind.
Inf.
48
Worcester, Ireland,
Aug. 1, 73 Continues.
Insane.
55 Worcester,
Dec. 11, '73 Dec. 15, '73 66 Dec. 13, '73 Died.
65 Maryland,
30 Ireland,
Dec. 22, '73 Feb. 25, '74 Feb. 10, '74 May 15, '74
Feb. 12, '74 July 12, '74 66 April 20, '74 Feb. 28, '74 March 2, '74 Mar. 6. '74 July 8, '74 May 10, '74 Mar. 7, '74
271 William Collins,
17
34 Spencer,
74 Rhode Island, Feb. 4, '73
245 John Luby,
63 Oakham,
Oct. 21, '65
41 Worcester,
62 Samuel Gleason,
56 Worcester,
REMARKS.
AGE.
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
July 20, '73 Nov. 21, '73
Insane. Died.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
LIST OF PAUPERS, &C .- Continued.
[ Registered Pauper No.
NAMES.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
Began.
Ended.
322 Julia Riorden,
9
Worcester,
May 11, '74 June 8, '74
66
66
~
66
Family had Small-Pox.
324 Katie Riorden,
4
66
66
66
May 28, '74 Died.
325 Mary Connors,
45
Ireland,
June 8, '74
327 Ellen Burke,
41 66
June 8, '74
Sept. 8, '74
328 Margaret Burke, 6
Worcester,
66
66
330 Mary Cox,
37
Ireland,
June 10, '74 Continues. 66 66
331 Thomas Cox,
8
66
June 11, '74
66
333 Richard Connell,
12 Worcester,
66
66
66
335 Robert P. Adair,
27 Deerfield,
66 66
June 19, '74
336 John Dailey,
60
Ireland, 66
June 16, '74 Aug. 16, '74
30
June 18, '74 Aug. 11, '74
66
66
1
Ireland,
June 26, '74 July 11, '74 Small-Pox.
35
Canada, 66
66 66
66
Small-Pox.
1
66
66 June 21, '74 Died. July 30, '74 Continues. Idiotic.
38 Ireland,
66
Sept. 23, '74
346 Jos'ine . E. Sargent, 20
Shrewsbury,
Sept. 16, '74 Continues. 66
347|A. E. Whittemore, 3 w.
Worcester,
348 Margaret Wren,
29 Ireland,
Sept. 19, '74
60
349 John Gilchrist,
7 ds.
Worcester,
66
66
List of Insane persons who have a legal pauper settlement in this city, and who have received full support at the Insane Hos- pital, and the amounts paid for them during the year 1874 :
Registered| Pauper No.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
AMOUNT PAID DUR'NG YEAR.
Began.
Ended.
68 Dulcena Gates.
54
Conn.
Oct. 1, '73
Jan. 1, '74
$ 18 19
85 Harriet N. Crosby,
54
Brewster,
Jan. 3, '53
Continues.
230 18
183 Jos. W. Heywood,
28
Worcester,
Jan. 1, '63
163 32
518 Barbara Kohl,
32
Germany,
Dec. 7, '71
562 07
586 Edwin A. Roby,
44
Cambridge,
April 15, '71
66
187 10
651 John M. Nichols, 676 Richard Everett,
49
April 1, '72
188 35
742 Mary McCarty,
March 1, '73
195 33
757 Honora T. Murphy,
24
Worcester,
Feb. 3, '73
Oct. 25, '73
130 00
760 Roxanna Lennon,
43 Ireland,
May 29, '74 Continues.
86 35
24
Worcester,
Mar. 15, '73 Jan. 29, '74
62 85
761 George H. Gates, 768 Terrence Gilrain, 773 Maria S. Lyon,
Ireland,
July 25, '73 Sept. 5, '73
20 00
57
Conn.
Aug. 29, '73 Oct. 17, '73
24 50
777 John Carbury,
41
Ireland,
Oct. 1, '71
Dec. 12, '73
47 85
839 Jacob Cartier,
Canada,
Mar. 6, '74
Continues.
104 50
858 Margaret Joice,
Unknown,
April 18, '74 July 29, '74
35 00
857 James Conlon,
25
Ireland,
May 16, '74 Continues.
79 50
56
Westminster,
May 14, '74
66
83 40
860 Samuel S. Barnes, 888 Ella F. Brewer,
Worcester,
Jan. 1, '74
66
47 65
2
Worcester,
66
66
19
June 15, '74 June 23, '74 Family had
28
343 Donada Delome, 344 Edward Bixby, 345 Ellen Maloney,
22 Worcester,
Oct. 24, '72
63 50
57
Shrewsbury, England, Ireland,
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
AGE.
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
REMARKS.
323 William Riorden,
6
66
329 Mary E. Burke,
10
332 Mary Connell,
37
334 Josephine Connell,
7
337 Johanna Buckley, 338 Mary T. Buckley, 339 John Buckley, 340 Ellen Landrigan, 341 Fabyn Delome, 342 Mary Delome,
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List of Paupers aided in Worcester, but settled in other Towns :
PLACE OF SETTLEMENT.
NAMES OF APPLICANTS.
NO. IN FAMILY. Males. Females RECEIVED. AMOUNT
Millbury.
Francis Geelin
1
$64 00
Do.
Catherine Bonzey
1
2
27 93
Do.
Betsey Bonzey .
1
2
49
Do.
Edward Tyrrell
3
2
27 24
Do.
Sumner R. Bixbee
2
3
18 57
Brookfield.
Lydia Bowen .
1
30 56
Auburn.
Charles Hart .
1
Do.
John Kelley
2
2
40 55
Do.
John McDermott
1
42 00
Do.
Henry Hart
1
62 00
West Boylston.
Selina Rondo .
3
3
2 00
Do.
Patrick Crow
4
2
62
Marlboro'.
Michael Larvin .
1
1
61 20
West Brookfield.
Amos F. Jackson .
1
1
7 61
Townsend.
Reuben Gassett
3
3
12 63
Cambridge.
Andrew P. Clark .
1
58 70
Holden.
Michael Murphy
5
3
9 46
Natick.
Margaret Martin
2
1
108 98
Hopkinton.
Charles H. Shurtliff
2
1
4 63
Do.
Mary Brady
1
2
14 93
Do.
Caroline Austin
1
1 50
Do.
Hartsell S. Caldwell
1
1 50
Do.
Oliver D. Merritt .
1
1
5 00
Taunton.
Celia Fay
Boston.
John McIntire
3
3
26 55
Do.
Lydia J. Duffy
1
4 31
Do.
Diantha Webb
1
117 00
Lowell.
Emmett Nawn
1
95 00
Do.
Patrick Behan
5
2
51 81
Grafton.
John Jennings
2
89 69
Do.
John Martin
2
4
15 00
Milford. Do.
Mary A. Moore.
2
2 25
Do.
William Roach .
3
4
: 63
Malden.
Josiah P. Bitner
3
2
23 82
Winchendon.
Maria Bell .
1
3
11 31
Leicester.
Mary Flannigin
3
2
45 64
Do.
Mary Harrigan, 2nd
1
3
8 76
Do.
Dennis Kearns .
3
4
11 31
Longmeadow.
Gustave Tonkin
1
1
4 06
Chelsea.
Erastus H. White .
3
1
6 00
Leverett.
Tyler Wedge .
1
Wrentham.
Harvey Fales
1
1
4 31
Braintree.
Caroline F. Dyer
6
5
111 21
Burlington.
John H. Kendall
2
1
4 31
Oxford.
Emma J. Moulton
1
39 25
Do. Do.
Thomas King
1
20 50
Pittsfield.
David Malony
1
4 65
Douglas.
Noel Dougas
4
3
5 00
North Brookfield.
David Pierce .
1
6 00
Deerfield.
Robert P. Adair
1
15 75
.
.
.
2
105 69
Springfield.
John Howell .
1
32 24
Mary Ford .
1
2
4 00
1
180 00
Sterling.
Ann Doyle
'2 80
Do.
Fenton Murphy .
Mary Moulton
1
39 25
6 00
2
28 21
BY-LAWS
OF THE BOARD OF
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SECTION 1. The mayor shall be Chairman, and as such shall exercise the rights and perform the duties of the presiding officer of the Board, governed by parliamentary ław; and in his absence the Board shall appoint a chairman pro tem. For transaction of business five members shall constitute a quorum.
SECT. 2. At the first meeting of the Board in January, when the new mem- bers take their seats, and before the transaction of any other business, they shall be qualified, according to law, by taking the oath of office, which shall be administered by the chairman. The Board shall then choose a clerk as prescribed by the City Ordinance, who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by said City Ordinances and the rules of this Board; he shall keep a full and impartial record of all meetings of this Board, and full accounts of all expenditures of the department, and an intelligible record of all persons aided, either temporarily or permanently, recording all facts in connection with each case that may come to his knowledge by reasonable inquiry and investigation, and reporting all new cases at the next succeeding meeting.
SECT. 3. There shall be appointed at this first meeting of the Board by the Chair, four standing committees, of three members each; one on Finance, one on the Farm, one on Relief, and one on Truant School.
SECT. 4. The Finance Committee shall examine all bills, and if found cor- rect, shall audit the same.
SECT. 5. The committee on Farm shall have charge of the farm and the inmates of the Institution. Under the direction of the Board they shall make, advise, or order all purchases and supplies for the same, and examine and approve all bills contracted therefor. They shall visit the institution monthly, and make to the Board at each monthly meeting a report of the condition of the same.
SECT. 6. The Committee on Relief shall direct no aid to be allowed unless the case has been fully examined and a proper record made of all the facts connected therewith. In cases of doubt they shall examine with the clerk all new applicants for relief, who, if found entitled thereto, shall then receive temporary aid. The Committee shall examine all bills for aid authorized by the clerk, and shall audit the same if found correct.
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SECT. 7. The Committee on the School shall have control of all matters relating to the interests of the Truant School. They shall furnish the requisite books and apparatus, employ the teacher, and in cases of difficulty decide questions of discipline.
SECT. 8. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held in the Alder- men's room on the first Friday of each month, and the chairman may call special meetings whenever it may be necessary.
SECT. 9. These By-laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the Board, provided the alteration has been proposed at a previous regular meeting, and the subject laid over one month,
February 8, 1867. Adopted by unanimous vote of Board.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
AT THE
ALMS-HOUSE AND FARM.
1st. The whole establishment shall be under the general supervision of the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
2d. The immediate direction of the Institution shall be under the super- vision of a Superintendent and Matron.
3d. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent and Matron to see that the inmates labor in such a way, and at such times, as they may direct, and that no one shall be permitted to lead an idle life.
4th. The Superintendent shall see that the industrious and deserving are rewarded and the idle and dissolute are punished.
5th. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to make a monthly report to the Board of Overseers at their monthly meetings, of any information he may be possessed of relating to the interests of the Institution.
6th. No person shall be allowed to visit the Institution on the Sabbath without a permit from some member of the Board of Overseers or the Super- intendent.
7th. No person shall be allowed to converse or have intercourse with any prisoner sent to the institution by the Police or any other Court, without per- mission of the Superintendent, or some member of the Board of Overseers.
8th. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to see that all sentences imposed upon persons sent by any Court are strictly enforced.
9th. The Superintendent and Matron shall in no instance whatever, leave the Institution at the same time, without permission from some member of the Committee on the Farm, and not then until some suitable person shall be obtained by them to take charge of the Institution during their absence.
10th. The Superintendent is expressly directed to prohibit all persons from bringing or drinking Ardent Spirits upon the premises, without direction of the attending physician.
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11th. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent and Matron to see that all the inmates of the Institution bathe as often as once a week, unless otherwise directed by the attending Physician.
12th. No pauper shall leave the Alms-House without permission from the Superintendent.
13th. The Superintendent is hereby directed to report to the Board of Overseers, any inmate who shall refuse to comply with the foregoing regula- tions relating to their discipline and government.
WORCESTER, February 8, 1867. Adopted by unanimous vote of the Board.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
REGULATIONS
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
TRUANT SCHOOL OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
SECTION I.
ARTICLE 1. The School shall be under the general direction of the Com- mittee on the Truant School, which shall be appointed by the Mayor, from the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
SECTION II.
ARTICLE 1. The Superintendent of the Alms-House shall keep a separate book of accounts for the Truant School, in which he shall credit all appropri- ations for its support, and all the labor of the boys at a price fixed by the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and he shall charge against the school all the expenses incurred for its support, including the cost of the clothing and the board of the boys, and the salary and board of the teacher.
ART. 2. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to aid the teacher to secure prompt attendance in the school, ready obedience, good deportment and faithfulness to study. .
SECTION III.
ARTICLE 1. It shall be the duty of the teacher of the Truant School to keep a register of attendance, in which shall be noted the date, cause and length of, and authority for, every case of tardiness or absence from the school. The teacher shall also keep a faithful record of the deportment of each scholar, with the reason for, nature and extent of, every punishment inflicted, either personally or by the Superintendent.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 29.
ART. 2. The Teacher shall make a quarterly report of the above and other matters pertaining to the interests of the School, to the Board of Overseers of the Poor, at their meeting next succeeding the close of the quarter.
ART. 3. The Teacher shall labor to inspire the pupils with self-respect, and, to this end, shall insist on cleanliness of person; and shall strive to in- culcate principles of morality and justice.
ART. 4. The Teacher shall assemble them every Sunday forenoon, and spend an hour with them in the reading and study of the New Testament, but shall strictly abstain from all sectarian comment.
ART. 5. Vacations of two weeks each, in the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, may be allowed at a time fixed by the Committee. And the regu- lar exercises of the school may be omitted on Saturdays.
ART. 6. It shall be the duty of the teacher to assemble and meet the pupils at other times than the hours of School, and especially on Saturdays and Sun- days, that she may acquaint herself with their character and needs, in order thereby the better to effect their reform.
ART. 7. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to see that all regula- tions of the school are faithfully enforced.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
FOR THE
TRUANT SCHOOL,
ARTICLE 1. From the 1st of April to the 1st of October there shall be only one session of the Truant School each day, which shall invariably begin at 8 A. M., and close at 12 M. No boy shall be kept out of the school for any pur- pose whatever, except in cases of emergency in the busy farming season, and every such case shall be recorded as provided in Sec. 3, Article 1, and re- ported by the Superintendent at the next meeting of the Board of Overseers of the Poor. It shall also enter in the next quarterly report of the teacher. From the 1st of October to the 1st of April, there shall be two daily sessions of the school, from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 4 P. M., and on no account shall a boy be taken from the school during this season, except by permission previously obtained from the Mayor or some member of the Committee on the Truant School.
ART. 2. The use of tobacco, in any form, by the boys is prohibited, and both the Superintendent and teacher are held responsible for the enforcement of this prohibition.
ART. 3. The teacher shall be employed and the salary fixed by the Commit- tee on the School, subject to the approval of the Board, but no teacher shall be engaged without previously passing a satisfactory examination according to the laws of the Commonwealth and the rules of the School Committee of the City of Worcester.
ART. 4. Each pupil, whose deportment and scholarship have been satisfac- tory for one month, shall be entitled to some privilege or reward not other- wise granted; and continuous good conduct shall be rewarded by a recom- mendation for pardon one month or more before the expiration of the sentence.
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