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The school house at Mittineague needs to be seen to be appreciated. I understand that it has already been condemned by the state authorities as a building in- adequate for the number of scholars attending school, and from a hygienic and sanitary standpoint totally un- fit for school purposes. It has been necessary part of the time during the year to crowd sixty-four pupils into a room capable of seating ordinarily but fifty. Think of the condition of such a room in the winter time, heated by a stove, and with no possible way of ventilating ex- cept by window and door, and then decide if it is a fit place for a child. If you are still in doubt, visit the school at such a time and note, in spite of the efforts and attention of the teacher, the contrast between the atmos- phere of this room and one suitable in size and properly ventilated. Besides, this building is in a very delapi- dated condition inside. The plastering in all of the
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rooms is poor, and in some places has fallen off. The blackboards are almost unfit for use. The seats and desks are old, shaky, and, in some rooms, unsuited to the age of the pupils. If you contemplate using the build- ing much longer, surely considerable outlay should be made in much needed repairs.
I forbare to make any suggestions in the matter, and, perhaps, in view of the above facts, none are needed. please bear in mind, however, that there have been en- rolled at Mittineague, during the year, two hundred and eight pupils in the four rooms, at Feeding Hills and West Street, three rooms, one hundred and twenty-five pupils, and at Agawam Center, with the outside schools, six in all, one hundred and eighty-eight pupils. These facts show the crowded condition of the schools at Mit- tineague, and surely the needs of such a large number of scholars ought to be recognized.
ATTENDANCE.
By examining the statistics which accompany this re- port and comparing the same with those of last year, it will be seen that the attendance has been increased from 86.9 per cent. to 91.3 per cent. This is very encourag- ing and is a testimonial of the growing efficiency of our schools. Notwithstanding this improvement there is still a great deal more time lost by absence than is necessary. The remedy depends, in a large measure, upon the pa- rents. Let us not be satisfied with the present attend- ance, but, parents and teachers co-operating, strive to im- prove the record as much another year as we have during the past year.
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Roll of Honor.
Names of Papils who have not been Absent one or more Terms.
MITTINEAGUE SCHOOLS-One Term.
Mary Gauthier,
Joseph Crowley,
Edna Provost,
Paul Parent,
Hattie Roberts,
Leo King,
Fannie Duval,
Thomas Quirk,
Willis Guayette,
Dennis Quirk,
Lawrence Lafond,
Homer Quental,
Edward Deslaurier,
Ora Quental,
Delied Bassett,
Cordelia Deveneau,
Ida Gosselin,
Mamie Grady,
Clarence Gosselin,
Medic Provost,
Alfred Derragon,
Michael Moran,
Eddie Provost,
James Cavanaugh,
Howard Cooley,
Ralphı Pillsbury,
Willie Tower,
Katie Donahy,
Julia Tower, Edward Bascom,
Nellie O'Brien, Jerry Corkery,
Lena Gosselin,
Oveline Bassett,
Lizzie Curran,
Lizzie Saven,
Maggie Curran,
Lizzie Shoven,
Florence Duclos.
Two Terms.
Edward Roberts,
George Gosselin,
Lena Perron,
Frank Provost,
Jerry Grady, Jerry Cavanaugh,
Wilfred Bassett, May Roberts,
Mamie Gauthier, Bertie Connors,
Patrick Corkery, Freddie Duclos,
James Scully, Lena Provost,
Rosabelle Bascom,
Celia Provost,
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Jessie Deslaulier, Freddie Paro, Ida Roy,
Clarence Duclos, Peter Provost, Daniel Moriarty.
One Year.
Mary Scully,
Matilda Deforge,
Viola Duclos,
Edward Demars,
James O'Brien,
Mary O'Brien.
AGAWAM SCHOOLS-One Term.
John C. Bitgood,
Mary Cotton,
Earl Bodurth,
Prudie M. Dodge,
Charles W. Brown,
Edna J. Todd.
Harry S. Kelsey,
Isabelle Wilson,
Harry Hastings,
Ruby Osgood,
Eugene Madden, James E. Brady,
Sarah J. Brouse,
Lizzie M. Cook,
Harry E. Brown,
Rachel Mellor,
Leon I. Madden,
Jennie B. McRae,
Arthur Simpson,
Mary A. Brady,
Moses Barlow,
Edith Bodurtha,
Jolın Abell,
Julia Barlow,
Arthur Abell,
Nellie Bitgood,
John Dean,
Birdie Worthington,
George Diegel,
Maitee Pomeroy,
Leslie Talmadge,
Myrtie Irvings,
Hurley Burbank,
Jacob Diegel.
Two Terms.
Frances M. Ely, Mary M. Talmadge,
Ruby E. Madden,
Mabel N. Todd,
Laura P. Clark,
Bertha Mellor,
Walter P. Covill,
Hattie E. Allen, E. Grace Seymour, Elizabeth E. Brown, Sumner C. Schwartz, Sadie Wright,
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Harry Abell,
Katie Barlow,
Clifford Jones.
One Year.
Mary L. Benn,
Lee Watson,
Clara McVeigh,
Frank Mckinnon,
Bertha Bennett,
Thomson Hastings,
Alif P. Rice,
Walter Jones,
LeRoy Jones.
FEEDING HILLS SCHOLS-One Term.
Edward A. Morgan,
Mabel J. Corwin,
Willie E. McCarthy,
Rosella Dunn,
James Shea,
Ocie A. Kenyon,
Jimmie Chaffee,
Julia L. Pomeroy,
Harry Spear,
Bertha C. Arnold,
Minnie McCarthy
Lena B. Chaffee,
Ida Morgan,
Lizzie E. Halladay,
Eva Spear.
Two Terms.
Lora Smith,
Joseph Hastings,
Grace Frost,
Arthur Benn,
Ruth Frost,
George Easton,
Vickey Degray.
One Year.
Percy Hastings.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Number of schools,
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Number of pupils between five and fifteen,
483
Number over fifteen,
35
Number pupils under five,
3
Number enrolled.during the year,
521
Average membership,
400
Average attendance,
365
Per cent. of attendance,
91.3
Detailed Statistics for the Year 1893-4.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages per Month
No. Weeks in
Term.
Pnpils Enrolled.
Average Mem-
bership.
Average Attend-
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Days Absent.
Tardinesses.
Dismissals.
Mittineague Gram- mar,
Spring Fall
Cassie H. Murphy.
$48
12
42
37.6
36.9
98.2
48
18
19
Winter
Mary E. Clark.
48
IO
31
27.3
25.3
92.5
83.5
126
5
Fall
4%
12
36
32.9
30.6
93
130.5
74
29
Winter
William R. Purple.
48
IO
36
35.3
22.2
91.2
145.5
81
1 3
Nina M. Marsh.
48
IO
31
25.9
21.6
83.4
214
42
15
Alice E. Powers
48
12
40
37.7
34.4
91.2
203
49
31
Winter
Alice E. Powers.
48
IO
46
46.6
36.8
8S.5
232.5
44
9
Fall
S. Edith Westrich.
36
12
28
26.6
25 4
95 5
72
20
8
Winter
IO
25
24.7
23.3
94.8
61.5
4
3
Mittineague No. 3,
Fall
Alice E. Durant.
40
12
40
36.9
34.6
95.9
139.5
76
25
Winter
10
40
36.7
32.
87.2
216.5
53
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Mittineagne No. 2,
Spring Fall
Mary F. Healy.
36
12
48
4,5
40.7
97.8
93
27
14
Winter
IO
43
38 3
36 6
95.6
81
15
8
Spring
IO
66
62.4
58.1
93. 1
216.5
31
12
Mittineague No. 1,
Fall
Marguerite Young.
36
12
63
60. 1
55.1
91.7
240
25
14
Winter
51
44.2
41.6
94. 1
243.5
22
10
30
26.6
25.2
94.7
73
23
14
IO
38
35.3
32.8
93
91
15
4
Agawam Center Grammar,
Spring Fall
Spring
IO
29
26.6
24.3
91.4
121
. O
16
Agawam Center Intermediate.
Spring
IO
44
42
38.2
91
96
70
16
10
45
41
39.2
95. 1
76.5
14
13
Feeding Hills Grammar,
Spring
TERMS.
ance.
Agawam Center Primary,
Spring Fall Winter Spring Fall
Florence R, Vernol.
32
Lottie B. Strong.
34
12 IO
40 34 29 25 25
36 32.1 25.5 24 22.5
31.3 29.3 21.3 20.9
91.6 92.5 90.5 87 91.2 83.5 87.I 85
103 121.5 103.5 241.5 174.5 207 145
8.1
29
IO
31
33 29
25.6
22
10 IO
25
Feeding Hills Primary,
Winter Spring Fall
Ada Hays.
28
12
IO
20
16.8 27.9
23.3
27.8
92.I
141.5 118 83.5
36
IO
Marie West.
34
IO
36
32.9
29.9
14.5
12.8
94.9
43
34
5
Jennie S. Thomson.
28
12
14
13.5
12.8
10 8
84.4
113.5
46
3
Winter
IO
18
16.5
15.7
94.5
39
18
4
28
12
16
15.2
14.3
94.1
52
50
13
Riverside,
Winter
IO
19
17
14.4
85
117.5
29
9
Assistants,
Bessie Leonard. $28.00 per month. Miss Demond, 8.00 *
43
34
Fanny A. Kathan.
$34
12
8
19
50 69
35
10
Lottie B. Strong.
3
3
West Street, Feed- ing Hills,
Winter
Ellen M. Nash.
28
IO
34
Marie West.
32
I2
32
30.2
19.1 13.7
81.5 83.5
205 168 218.5
43 39
2I
Spring® Fall
37
20
West Street, Ag- awam,
Winter Spring Fall
IO
19
15.9
90.9 91.2
47
26
South,
IO
14
Spring Fall
Alicia T. Powell.
IO
24
17
0
19
28.4 23.7 19.9
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DISTRICT SUPERVISION OF SCHOOLS.
There seems to be a little uncertainty in the minds of some as to the conditions under which a Superintendent of Schools may be engaged, and as to the cost thus im- posed. For the benefit of those who desire information on the subject, I present the following from the school laws.
Chapter 431 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1888, as amended by chapter 200 of the Acts of 1893, provides as follows :-
I. Any two or more towns, the valuation of each of which does not exceed two million five hundred thousand 'dollars, and the aggregate number of schools in all of which is not more than fifty nor less than twenty-five, may, by vote of the several towns, unite for the purpose of the employment of a Superintendent of schools, un- der the provisions of this act.
2. When such a union has been effected, the school committees of the towns comprising the union shall form a joint committee. Said committee shall meet annually in joint convention in the month of April. They shall choose, by ballot, a superintendent of schools, and deter- mine the relative amount of service to be performed by him in each town, fix his salary, and apportion the amount thereof to be paid by the several towns.
3. The union shall not be dissolved because any of the towns shall have increased its valuation so that it ex- ceeds two million five hundred thousand dollars, nor be- cause the number of schools shall have increased beyond the number of fifty or decreased below the number of twenty-five, nor for any reason for the period of three years from the date of the formation of such union, ex- cept by vote of a majority of the towns constituting the union.
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FINANCIAL CONDITIONS.
The towns forming the union, in addition to an amount equal to the average of the total sum paid by the several towns for schools during the three years next pre- ceding, must unitedly raise by taxation and appropriate a sum not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars for the support of a superintendent of schools.
STATE AID.
Upon compliance with the provisions of the law by the towns uniting, the State will grant them twelve hundred fifty dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars of which amount is to be paid for the salary of the superintendent of schools, making it at least fifteen hundred dollars, and the remaining five hundred dollars is to be paid for the sala- ries of teachers employed in the public schools within the district.
Agawam pays of the Superintendent's salary $600 and is to receive the state aid in the same ratio.
Superintendent's salary,
$1,500
Agawam pays
600
State aid,
1,250
Agawam receives of this,
500
$600 less $500 leaves $100, the cost of supervision to this town.
In closing I wish to thank the teachers for their kind- ness, and the Committee for their co-operation and sup- port.
Respectfully submitted,
U. G. WHEELER,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Articles in the Warrant for Town Meeting, April 2, 1894.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said imeeting.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To vote on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the selling of intoxicating liquors in this town?'
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Art. 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow tempo- rarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present munici- pal year, the sum of six thousand dollars, as the same inay be from time to time required, and to give the note or notes of the Town for money so borrowed, and that he also be authorized to pay such loans from the said taxes.
Art. 7 To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectinen, to borrow a sum not to exceed $25,000.00 for the purpose of funding a portion of its present indebtedness, and to give the notes or bonds of the town for inoney so borrowed, and to take such steps as are necessary in the matter.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a suın not to excede thirty dollars, for Memorial Day.
Art. 9. To make the necessary appropriation for the ensuing year, and vote to raise by tax such sums of money as inay be required for the same.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- inen to petition the County Commissioners to lay out the road running westerly from Marsh's Corner, to its inter- section with Shoemakers Lane at the estate of W. H. Russell, and to establish boundaries thereon.
Art. II. To see if the Town will accept the north- erly end of Spring Street about 250 feet in its present loca- tion in the Mittineague district.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will accept Front Street, Howard Street, Cooley Street and also Cooley Avenue, in their present location in the Mittineague district.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will accept the provis- ions of Section 72 of Chapter 423 of the Acts of the Leg- islature for the year 1890, said section relating to precinct voting in state and national elections.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to extend the sewer on High Street in the Mit- tineague District and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize tlie Se- lectmen to appoint a committee to draft a code of By-Laws in addition to the present ones, and to report at some subsequent meeting for the approval of the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote a discount 011 taxes paid on or before the twentieth day of October.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will accept the following list of jurors :
Daniel Leonard, Frederick A. Johnson Jr., Samuel L. Johnson, Byron C. Roberts, Aretus P. Loomis, Edward M. Pomroy, William H. Granger, Edward A. Kellogg, James J. Othick, Samuel L. Holt, Daniel B. Arnold, Timothy J. O'Brien, John B. Warren, Wilson J. Warriner, Arthur Roberts, Michael Conners, Patrick Murphy, Sam- nel McVeiglı, John Oldroyd, Albert E. Worthington,
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George Crouss, Ambrose S. King, Fred A. Bodurtha, George Ahl, Rollin C. Pomeroy, Seth. N. Bennet, Alson W. Allen.
Art. 18. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF AGAWAM,
For the Year Ending March I ,
1895
F
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15.1855.
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HOLYOKE MASS. : GRIFFITH, AXTELL & CADY CO., PRINTERS. 1895.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1894-5.
Town Clerk and Treasurer. JUDSON W. HASTINGS.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
JAMES F. BARRY, WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, ALBERT H. BROWN.
School Committee.
EUGENE L. THOMPSON, Chairman, term expires 1895.
EDWIN LEONARD, Secretary, term expires 1896.
HENRY L. TOWER, term expires 1897.
Tax Collectors.
JAMES H. CLARK, Agawam. EDWARD M. WRIGHT, Feeding Hills. AMOS GOSSELIN, Mittineague.
Auditors.
EDWARD K. BODURTHA, JOHN G. FREELAND.
Trustees of the Public Library. WILLIAM H. PORTER, Chairman, term expires 1895. JUDSON W. HASTINGS, Secretary, term expires 1896. HENRY L. TOWER, term expires 1897.
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund.
SAMUEL L. JOHNSON, term expires 1895. REUBEN DEWITT, term expires 1896.
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Sinking Fund Commissioners.
HENRY E. BODURTHA, term expires 1895.
WILLIAM H. GRANGER, term expires 1896. SETH N. BENNETT, term expires 1897.
Constabies.
JAMES M. BEAN, GEORGE D. COOLEY, JACOB DIEGEL, ROBERT ELY, JR , MONROE HAYWARD, ELMER E. MCINTIRE, OLIVER SMITH.
Special Police.
HENRY S. PHELPS, GEORGE E. ARNOLD, JAMES H. CLARK, JAMES J. CARROLL, CLINTON SHERMAN.
Fence Viewers.
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL,
JAMES F. BARRY,
SANFORD H. SAWYER, HENRY L. TOWER,
CHAUNCEY P. WILSON.
Field Drivers.
F. A. SCOTT, MONROE HAYWARD, JERRE ADAMS,
JAMES G. KING,
JAMES H. CLARK,
E. E. MCINTIRE,
ROLLIN C. POMEROY,
JAMES S. SMITH,
JAMES KERR, OSCAR L. KING,
ETHAN D. ALLEN, ROBERT ELY, JR.
Surveyors of Lumber. ROBERT ELY. JAMES W. MOORE.
Measurers of Wood.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS, HARVEY E. PORTER, E. LEONARD (2d), E. R. HANKS,
ALSON W. ALLEN, ALBERT K. FULLER,
JAMES W. MOORE.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures. JAMES W. MOORE.
Sealer of Leather. SUMNER CLARK.
Public Weighers.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS, HARVEY E. PORTER,
HARRY N. LEONARD, DANIEL LEONARD, ALBERT K. FULLER.
Fish Wardens. LEVI RIVERS, FRANK P. COVILL,
Forest Fire Wardens. JAMES M. BEAN, ROBERT ELY, JR., WILLIAM H. PORTER, WILLIAM M. MEACHAM.
Inspectors of Animals and Provisions. EDWIN LEONARD, FRANK J. POMEROY.
Superintendent of Streets. EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
Registrars of Voters. R. MATHER TAYLOR, Chairman, term expires 1895. HENRY A. HUNTINGTON, term expires 1896. GEORGE D. FISK, term expires 1897. JUDSON W. HASTINGS (ex-officio).
Representative to the General Court, First Hampden District. SILAS B. ROOT, of Granville.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1895.
ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 2, 1894.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. William H. Porter was elected.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town officers for ensuing year.
Elmer E. McIntire and John O'Connell having been appointed ballot clerks by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk.
A sealed package containing 475 official ballots, and 75 official ballots for School Committee alone, was delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken for the same. The seal on this package was publicly broken by the Moderator ; ballot-box in- spected and polls declared open.
Voted-To proceed to the election of all necessary Town officers.
Voted-To proceed to vote, also, on the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
Voted-That the polls be closed at 4 P. M.
Result of votes for Town officers as declared later :
Whole number of votes cast, three hundred and forty-six (346).
For Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Judson W. Hastings, of Feeding Hills, received · 193
Frederick A. Worthington, of Agawam, received . Blanks, .
· I34
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For Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
James F. Barry, of Feeding Hills, received . 193
Fred. A. Bodurtha, of Agawam, received I25
Albert H. Brown, of Mittineague, received
22I
Willis C. Campbell, of Agawam, received I90
Eugene R. Hanks, of Feeding Hills, received I39
Edwin Leonard (2d), of Mittineague, received I06
Blanks,
6I
For School Committee for Three Years.
Timothy J. O'Brien, of Mittineague, received ·
II6
Henry L. Tower, of Mittineague, received ·
· 2II
· Blanks, .
19
For Tax Collectors.
Ethan D. Allen, of Feeding Hills, received .
I45
Lewis A. Barden, of Agawam, received I54 ·
James H. Clark, of Agawam, received 159
Amos Gosselin, of Mittineague, received 255
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Edward M. Wright, of Feeding Hills, received . Blanks, 158 .
For Auditors.
Edward K. Bodurtha, of Agawam, received . 167
David L. Bowe, of Agawam, received 162 ·
John G. Freeland, of Feeding Hills, received . 175 Albert K. Fuller, of Feeding Hills, received . IO7
Blanks, 79
For Library Trustee, for Three Years.
Henry L. Tower, of Mittineague, received .
. 204
Edward S. Young, of Mittineague, received · Blanks, .
IIO
3I
8
For Trustees of Whiting Street Fund.
Reuben DeWitt, of Agawam, received . · 157
Fred. A. Sykes, of Agawam, received .
.
· I4I
Blanks, .
.
.
47
For Constables.
Michael L. Ahl, of Agawam, . .
145
George E Arnold, of Feeding Hills, . I26 . .
James M. Bean, of Mittineague (elected),
. 146
George D. Cooley, of Mittineague (elected), .
· I55
Jacob Diegel, of Feeding Hills (elected),
. 148
Robert Ely, Jr., of Mittineague (elected),
.
148
Charles Gosselin, of Mittineague,
.
118
Eugene R. Hanks, of Feeding Hills, .
·
I4I
Monroe Hayward, of Agawam (elected),
.
. I57
Elmer E. McIntire, of Feeding Hills (elected),
· 165
John H. Reed, of Mittineague, 123 . .
Sanford H. Sawyer, of Feeding Hills,
·
II7
Oliver Smith, of Agawam (elected), . .
·
212
Willis Campbell, -
.
.
I
Blanks,
· 513
The following were elected by acclamation :
FENCE VIEWERS-Willis C. Campbell, James F. Barry, Sanford H. Sawyer, Henry L. Tower, Chauncey P. Wilson.
FIELD DRIVERS-F. A. Scott, Monroe Hayward, Jerre Adams, James G. King, James H. Clark, E. E. McIntire, Rollin C. Pomeroy, James S. Smith, James Kerr, Oscar L. King, Ethan D. Allen, Robert Ely, Jr.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER-Robert Ely, James W. Moore.
MEASURERS OF WOOD-Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, E. Leonard 2d, Eugene R. Hanks, Alson W. Allen, Albert K. Fuller, James W. Moore.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-James W. Moore.
SEALER OF LEATHER-Sumner Clark.
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS-Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, Harry N. Leonard, Daniel Leonard.
At the close of the polls the Moderator appointed Henry E. Bodurtha, John R. Bodurtha, Arthur Mosher, Ambrose S. King, Charles W. Hastings, R. Mather Taylor, George D. Fish and Edward A. Kellogg to assist in counting the ballots. They were sworn in by the Moderator.
ARTICLE 3. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
Yes,
· II9
No,
· I73
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town officers.
Voted-To accept the report of the Treasurer as printed.
Voted-To accept the report of the Town Clerk as printed.
Voted-To accept the report of the Assessors as printed.
Voted-To accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.
Voted-To accept the report of the Trustees of the Public Library as printed.
Voted-To accept the report of the School Committee as printed.
ARTICLE 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted-That the care of the poor be left with the Overseers of the Poor.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily, in anticipa- tion of the taxes of the present municipal year, the sum of six thousand dollars, as the same may be from time to time required, and to give the note or notes of the Town for money so borrowed, and that he also be authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
Voted -- Unanimously.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not to exceed $25,000 for the purpose of funding a portion of its present indebt-
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edness, and to give the notes or bonds of the Town for money so borrowed, and to take such steps as are necessary in the matter.
Voted-Without a dissenting vote.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not to exceed thirty-five dollars for Memorial Day.
Voted-To appropriate thirty-five dollars for Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 9. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensu- ing year, and vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be required for the same.
Voted-To appropriate and raise by tax for
Schools, Superintendent and Supplies,
$5,500.00
Highways and Bridges,
1,800.00
River Road, .
2,000.00
Support of the Poor, .
2,000.00
Town Officers,
1,000.00
Contingencies,
1,000.00
State Aid,
ICO.00
Interest,
1,800.00
Collectors of Taxes,
300.00
Discount on Taxes,
750.00
Town Debt, .
1,500.00
Care of Town Halls, .
I 50.00
Repairs of Town Buildings,
200.00
Memorial Day,
35.00
Street Lights,
.
150.00
Public Library, Amount of Dog Fund,
.
000.00
.
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$18,285.00
Voted-That the sum of eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars, in addition to the state and county taxes, be assessed upon the polls of the inhabitants and the estates of the residents and non-residents of Agawam and be committed to the Collectors of Taxes on or before September 1, 1894.
In regard to the appropriation for the River Road, it was first voted to indefinitely postpone the consideration of the matter. Later, on the motion of E. A. Kellogg, it was voted to reconsider
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the preceding vote. Then on the original it was voted in the negative.
Subsequently it was voted, that the Selectmen are hereby in- structed and directed to call for bids for working the River Road to the acceptance of the County Commissioners and that they reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
ARTICLE IO. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners to lay out the road running westerly from Marsh's Corner to its intersection with Shoemaker Lane at the estate of W. H. Russell, and to establish boundaries thereon.
Voted-To so instruct the Selectmen.
ARTICLE II. To see if the Town will accept the northerly end of Spring street about 250 feet in its present location in the Mittineague. district.
Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to accept the street at their discretion.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will accept Front street, How- ard street, Cooley street and also Cooley Avenue in their present location in the Mittineague district.
Voted-That the matter be left with the Selectmen, with power to act at their discretion.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 72 of Chapter 423 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1890, said section relating to precinct voting in state and national elections.
Voted-That the Town accept the provisions of Section 101 of Chapter 417 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1893, said section relating to precinct voting at state and national elections.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to extend the sewer on High street in the Mittineague district, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted-That the matter be left with the Selectmen, with power to act.
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ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to draft a code of By-Laws in addition to the present ones, and report at some subsequent meeting for the approval of the same.
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