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CHAPTER 496.
An Act relative to School Attendance and Truancy.
SECTION 12. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which
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he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in ses- sion, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in sections three, seven, ten and eleven of this act : provided, that the superintendent of schools or, where there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent of schools or school committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence ; and provided, further, that the attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if such child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such town or city in accordance with section two of chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or if such child has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attend- ance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause such child to attend school as required by this section.
SECTION 31. Any person having under his control a child be- tween seven and fourteen years of age who fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child to attend school as required by sec- tion twelve of this act, the physicial or mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
STATISTICS FOR 1898-9.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Weeks in Term.
Salary of Teachers.
| Pupils Enrolled.
Over 15 Years.
Between 7 and 14.
Average Membership.
Average Attendance.
Per Cent of Attendance.
Days Lost.
Tardinesses.
| Dismissals.
| Visits by Citizens.
Agawam Grammar
F.
George B. Whitney
12
52.39
38 37.7
36
96
80
-1
5
4
W. Ernest A . Maynard.
12
48 |37 .
34 33
29
87
215 127 14
5
S. L. Pearl French
12
36 42
41 39
35
9.2
222
28.19 1
Agawam Intermediate.
F. Annie R. Hunter
12
36 38 1 37
36 35 34
32
29
90
89
213 27
6 15
Primary .
F. Martena A. Stupplebeen
12
32 40
24
37
33
89
2+2
33 14 23 23 12 1
Agawam. West Street. .
F. Adelia L. Griswold.
12
32 30 23 23
21
92 125
24
12
W. Adelia L. Griswold.
12
32 23 18
|19
16
80
167 33
2
.
7
South Street.
F. Amy W. Dinzey.
12
32 26
19
24
22
95
92
53
16
3
7
Mittineague ..
S. A. P. D. Tobien
12
52 15
4 11 13
12.7 93.6
22.7 96
53
6
6
W. E. S. Irwin.
12
52 22
2 20 18
11
91
100
27
9
6
Mittineague. .
S. Jennie E. Alderman
12
36 31
3 25
28
26
91
30
95
92
170
10
5
S.
Margaret C. Connor
12
36 41
39 37
38
97
115
12
1
. .
F.
Margaret C. Connor
12
36 46
43
42
41
94
95
243
22
3
4
Mittineague ..
F.
Mabel L. Welcker
12
36 36
29 33
31.7 96
108
17
5
8
W.
Mabel L. Welcker
12
36 34
31 31
2:39
36
91
217 21
5
Primary .
F .. Bertha L. Jones
12
36 51
5
45.7
43
95
143 15
4
W
Bertha L Jones
12
36 40
4
38
34
88
253
11
10
Feeding Hills
S.
Carolyn E. Shirley
12
48 24
5 19: 23
22
95
152
8 3
14
Grammar ....
F ..
Carolyn E. Shirley.
12
48 36
9 26 28
25
89
186
9 43 18
W
Carolyn E. Shirley
12
48 33
6 27 30
28
93
120
16 13
Feeding Hills
S. Annie N. Chandler.
12
36 38
.. 29 35
33
95
109
4
9
Primary .....
F. Sarah M. Hollister
12
36 31
. 23 27
23
85
81
72 ·
3
W. Sarah M. Hollister
12
36 27
25 24
21
89
122
13
Feeding Hills
S. M. Lucy Pomeroy
12
32 29 . . 23 28
19
89
135
7 5 10
West Street ..
F. M. Lucy Pomeroy
12
32 26
21 20
17.8
87
170
..
11/13
W. M. Lucy Pomeroy
12
32 16
. . 16 14
11
81
86
11
3 14
S.
Hulda U. Gates ..
12
32 26
19 23.7
19
224
22 15:11
A. gawam. ..
S. Carolyn M. Melendy
12
30|23
14
23
20
87.8
165 108
18 10
12
W. Amy W. Dinzey.
12
32 21
17
21
·
3
Grammar
F. E. S. Irwin.
12
52 30
6 24 23
2d Grammar.
F. Jennie E. Alderman
12
36 38
1 32 31
W. Jennie E. Alderman
12
36 30
2 25
26
W S.
Bessie Smith.
12
36 31
.. 24 30
28
93
140
30
1
2
2d Primary ..
28
90
195
16
4
5
Mittineague .. S.
Bertha L. Jones
12
36 42
.
.
.
. .
Margaret C. Connor
12
36 41
38 39
34
94.7 116 186
19 7 11
Agawam.
S. Jennie S. Thompson.
12
32 37 .. 22 33.9
W. Martena A. Stupplebeen
12
32|32 20
29
23
80.8 331 81
54
22 57
1
3
·
437 1
2
4
Mittineague ..
W. Annie R. Hunter
12
12 $52 41 2 35 36.8
34.9 ,94
108
17 4
6
.
·
Intermediate.
125
16
1
31 28 12
Terms.
George B. Whitney.
33.9 32
30
19
27
285
1
..
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Summary of Statistics.
Enrollment,
. 550
Number of pupils under five,
2
66 over fifteen, 20
66 between seven and fourteen, 398
Average membership,
382
attendance, 354
Per cent. of attendance, .
92
Total number of days lost,
6363
of dismissals, 321
66 66 of tardinesses, 821
Length of school year, . 36 weeks
Average salary of teachers,
Number of tuition pupils in West Springfield High school, . $38.10
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Pupils at Parochial school, Mittineague,
Roll of Honor.
ONE YEAR.
Harold Crafts,
Percival Hastings, Thomson Hastings, Walter Oldroyd, Elsie Othick,
Ernest Paro,
Dennis Quirk, James Scully, Elmer Seymour.
Two TERMS.
Homer Bassett,
Thomas Brouse,
Bertha Brouse,
Lizzie Corkery,
Jacob Diegel,
Eva Dugan, Arthur Goodrich,
Eva Spear, Edna Steere,
Mary Hastings,
Harry Johnson,
Le Roy Jones,
John O'Donnell, Thomas Quirk,
Marion Reed,
Ethel Rollinson,
Howard Smith, Millie Smith, Arthur Spear,
Louise Taylor, Sara Taylor,
Arthur Taylor, Alice Toelkin.
ONE TERM.
Louise Ahl, Bertha Bennett, Wallace Bigelow, Edith Bodurtha, Sara Brouse,
Delia Burke, Arthur Canon, Maurice Clarke, Rosamond Connor, Josephine Corkery,
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Lawrence Coville,
Eva L. Coville,
Mary Coville,
George Croven,
William Curran,
Lawrence Cushman,
Rachel Cushman, Levi Dessette,
Rose Minard, Henry Minard,
Edward Deshauriet,
Edna Moore,
Averest Deslamiet,
Alice Moore,
Arsene Devenew,
Louise Morey,
Rose Diegel,
Minnie O'Brien,
Julia Dubour,
Thomas O'Brien, Katie O'Brien,
Eva Dugan,
George O'Brien,
Frank Dugan,
Carroll O'Connor,
Lucy Dugan,
Bertha Osborne,
Clinton Edgar,
James Pattison, George Porter, Henry Provost, Edward Provost,
Nino Farriole,
Charles Farriole,
Clara Fay,
Fred Randall,
Gerry Fitzgerald,
Clarence Rice,
Amile Gauthier,
Eva Roberts,
Olive Gosselin,
Emil Roy,
William Savern,
Joseph Griffin,
Patrick Shea,
Joseph Hastings,
Howard Smith,
Philip Hastings,
Mabel Smith,
Ina Hitchcock,
Lilly Spear,
Willie Sullivan,
Lillian Johnson,
Annie Toelken,
Frank Tongue,
Horace Warden,
Walter Kerr,
Frank Wells,
Nellie Kirby,
Ethel Willy,
Bernard Wilson.
Hattie Letellier,
Philip Livingston, Cora Maratt, Silvia Maynard, Annie McKay, Cora McIntire, Eddie Minard,
Laura Dubour,
George Emerson,
Delia Griffin,
Florence Johnson,
H. Flossie Johnson, Clifford Jones,
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We express the wish that parents might be interested to visit the schools oftener, in order to become better acquainted with the teachers and the methods of work. This would be an inspiration to teachers and pupils, and by bringing the school and the home into closer relations both would be mutually helped, and the cause of education much advanced.
In conculsion, I wish to express my appreciation for the strong and constant support that you have given me, and for the hearty co-operation of teachers in carrying on the work.
HERBERT E. RICHARDSON.
Report of Teacher of Music.
MR. H. E. RICHARDSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS :
I submit this brief report regarding the department of vocal music in the schools of Agawam.
The studies of the school curriculum are valuable, as they aid in developing the power of expressing thought. The child who be- comes intelligent in musical language, has one more avenue by which he can concentrate thought, cultivate the imagination, and strengthen the emotional nature.
Educators recognize more and more the value of music as a dis- ciplinary study. The child who takes up a new exercise without the aid of teacher or instrument, and masters the combined prob- lems of time and tune, is able to do so only when well disciplined in concentration of thought action.
Although a large portion of the music period is required in learn- ing to read the language, realizing this is simply a means to an end, the expressive side of the study is ever before us and our aim to de- velop a love for and appreciation of the best music.
In endeavoring to enable the pupils to read and sing correctly by sight, without the aid of an instrument, the same principles are used which are now applied in teaching other branches of study. In tune, the major scale is considered the unit ; in time, the meas- ure. Each subject is first presented, second named, third repre- sented, fourth developed.
The following is a brief outline of the course of study. To this standard we are endeavoring to educate the several grades as rapidly as consistent with thorough work.
Grade I-The major scale taught by tetrachords ; the simplest tone relations taught by dictation and from the staff ; sense of
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rhythm developed by use of time names and drumming ; first two motions in double time ; rote songs.
Grades II and III-Interval work ; third, fourth and fifth motions in double time ; tune and time united ; rote songs.
Grades IV and V-More advanced interval work. Time prob- lems in tripple and quadruple time, with representation of the same ; key signatures in fifteen keys ; two-voice work developed.
Grades VI and VII-Chromatics ; rhythm presented in the vari- ous forms of measure with three and four divisions to one pulsation ; position of signatures in fifteen keys.
Grades VIII and IX-Work in chromatic tones continued. Minor successions leading to minor scales, special time problems, three- voice work, intervals, scales, triads, chords, common marks of ex- pression.
Attention is paid to memorizing songs. When pupils graduate from the grammar grades, they carry with them a wealth of the best literature. It is a part of them. They can never forget it. They ought also to know many of the best songs. A careful selection of the words and their musical setting is sought, that they may have a pronounced moral tendency and teach lessons of industry, gratitude, patriotism and reverence, for "a song will outlive all sermons in the memory."
If intelligently taught, ere the boys and girls of our public schools leave the grammar grades, they will voice the sentiment of Martin Luther : " Music is a fair and glorious gift of God ; I would not for the world forego my humble share of it."
I wish to express hearty appreciation of the work of the teachers and for their earnest co-operation in this effort. We most cordially invite parents and friends to inspect the work.
Respectfully,
URANIA G. BURROWS.
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Appropriations Recommended for 1899.
Schools, Superintendent and Supplies, .
. $6,000.00
High School Tuition, .
1,000.00
Highways and Bridges,
1,500.00
Special Highways,
Care of Poor, .
2,300.00
Contingencies,
800.00
Town Officers,
1,000.00
State Aid,
300.00
Interest,
1,600.00
Sinking Fund,
900.00
Care of Town Halls,
50.00
Repairs on Buildings,
200.00
Street Lights, .
125.00
Collection of Taxes,
300.00
Discount on Taxes,
750.00
Memorial Day,
40.00
Sidewalks,
150.00
Town Debt,
600.00
Articles in the Warrant for Town Meeting,
APRIL 3, 1899.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot for the ensuing year a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of Poor, a Board of Health of three members, three Collectors of Taxes, two Auditors, three Surveyors of Highways, ten Constables, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Library Trustee for three years, one Library Trustee for two years, to fill a vacancy ; one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, one Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for two years, also to vote on the same ballot upon the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers, not provided for in the preceding article.
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers.
ARTICLE 5. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily in antici- pation of the taxes of the present municipal year, a sum not to ex- ceed five thousand dollars, as the same may be required from time to time, and to give a note or notes of the Town for money so bor-
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rowed, and that he be also authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote a discount on taxes.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
ARTICLE IO. To see if the Town will vote to provide a water supply for the Centre, South and West Street Schools, or do any- thing in relation to the same.
ARTICLE II. To see if the Town will rescind the vote taken at the last annual town meeting, relative to the School Superintend- ency District, or do anything in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Library Trustees.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the building of sidewalks.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for special highway work.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will order the raising of the bridge near the residence of D. L. White, and the grading of the highway to correspond.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to build a board fence any part of the way between Front street and West street in Feed- ing Hills.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate money to pay a proper charge of an insurance company, for acting as surety on the official bond of any of its officers.
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ARTICLE 18. To make the necessary appropriations for the en- suing year, and to vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be required for the same.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will accept the following list of jurors : Alson W. Allen, Elihu T. Hunt, Almon Jones, Seth N. Bennett, Lewis A. Barden, Herbert W. Cook, Fred A. Bodurtha, Fred A. Sykes, Frank C. Learned, L. Homer Nason, Charles R. Miller, Albert E. Worthington, Elmer E. McIntire, Stephen O. Russell, Ethan D. Allen, John G. Freeland, Fremont H. King, Nel- son G. King, Chauncey E. Kent, Aretas P. Loomis, Edwin Leonard, Edward M. Pomroy, Edwin Gosselin, Patrick T. Donovan, Florence Sullivan, Louis Paro, Dennis Collins, John O'Connell, Edward Pills- bury, John Wilson, Joseph A. Roy.
ARTICLE 20. 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 9,
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1899-1900.
Town Clerk, and Treasurer. JUDSON W. HASTINGS.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health.
· HENRY E. BODURTHA, R. MATHER TAYLOR, JOHN H. REED.
School Committee.
CHARLES P. DAVIS, Chairman, term expires 1901. WILLIAM H. GRANGER, Secretary, term expires 1902.
ROBERT O. HARPER, Purchasing Agent, term expires 1900.
Tax Collectors.
MONROE HAYWARD, Agawam, DANIEL W. CORWIN, Feeding Hills, FRANK L. DUGAN, Mittineague.
Auditors.
JOHN G. FREELAND,
FRED. A. WORTHINGTON.
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Trustees of Whiting Street Fund.
OSCAR A. PARKS, term expires 1900. SETH N. BENNETT, term expires 1901.
Trustees of the Public Library.
HENRY L. TOWER, term expires 1900. RALPH PERRY, term expires 1901. S. NEWELL SMITH, term expires 1902.
Highway Surveyors.
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, Agawam. DANIEL L. WHITE, Feeding Hills. DANIEL J. COLLINS, Mittineague.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. GRANGER, Chairman, term expires 1902. TIMOTHY J. O'BRIEN, term expires 1900. LEWIS A. BARDEN, term expires 1901.
Constables and Special Police.
JAMES M. BEAN, EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK,
RODNEY L. BLAISDELL,
ELMER E. MCINTIRE,
ALBERT H. BROWN,
FRANK J. POMEROY,
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, ALBERT E. WORTHINGTON,
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, JOHN O'CONNELL,
MONROE HAYWARD.
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Fence Viewers.
WILLIS C. CAMPBELL, JAMES F. BARRY, EPHRAIM PRINCE.
Field Drivers.
NELSON G. KING, MONROE HAYWARD,
ROLLIN C. POMEROY, ELMER E. MCINTIRE, THOMAS HALLORAN.
Surveyor of Lumber.
FRED. A. BODURTHA.
Measurers of Wood.
.CHARLES W. HASTINGS, HARVEY E. PORTER,
EDWARD A. KELLOGG, ALFRED BUFFEE.
Public Weighers.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS, HARVEY E. PORTER,
EDWARD A. KELLOGG, DANIEL LEONARD.
Fish Wardens.
LEVI RIVERS,
FRANK P. COVELL.
Forest Fire Wards.
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK, WILSON J. WARRINER,
WILLIAM H. PORTER. BYRON C. ROBERTS.
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Burial Agent. EMERSON L. COVELL.
Inspectors of Animals and Provisions.
EDWIN LEONARD, ELIJAH D. ALLEN.
Assistant Town Clerk.
CHARLES W. HASTINGS.
Registrars of Voters.
EDWARD A. KELLOGG, Chairman, term expires 1901. SCOTT ADAMS, term expires 1900. PATRICK T. DONOVAN, term expires 1902.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
RECORDS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 9, 1900.
ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 3, 1899.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of vote for Moderator :- -
Scott Adams received
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Scattering,
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Elmer E. McIntire, Bret H. Whitman, Albert E. Worthington, James H. Clark, appointed ballot clerks, were sworn by the Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To choose by ballot for the ensuing year, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, a Board of Health of three members, three Collectors of Taxes, two Auditors, three Surveyors of Highways, ten Constables, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Library Trustee for three years, one Library Trustee for two years to fill a vacancy, one Sinking Fund Commissioner for three yeare, one Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for two years. Also to vote on the same ballot upon the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
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A package of six hundred official ballots was delivered to the ballot clerks and their receipt taken for the same. Ballot box inspected, found empty, dial set at o-o-o, locked and key delivered to Elmer E. McIntire, a Constable. Polls declared open for the specified in article second.
Voted-To close the polls at 3.30 P. M.
Voted-That the polls be closed at 4 P. M.
At the close of the polls the Moderator appointed James F. Barry, James H. Clark, John R. Bodurtha, Frank R. Pomeroy, Henry A. Huntington, Herbert W. Cook, Florence J. Sullivan, Joseph C. McVeigh, as tellers to assist in the counting of the ballots. They were sworn to a faithful discharge of their duties by the Moderator.
Dial registered, 15
Names checked,
312
Number of ballots found in the box,
312
Result of the vote as declared later :-
For Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Judson W. Hastings of Feeding Hills, received I76
Ralph Perry of Agawam, received
I
John Moran of Feeding Hills, received
I
Blanks,
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Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health.
Henry E. Bodurtha of Agawam, received . 214
Edwin Leonard of Mittineague, received . 107
John Oldroyd of Agawam, received . 93 John H. Reed of Mittineague, received 200
R. Mather Taylor of Feeding Hills, received James F. Barry of Feeding Hills, received Blanks, .
220
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School Committee for Three Years.
William H. Granger of Feeding Hills, received 181
William L. Meacham of Feeding Hills, received · . II4
Blanks, . .
1 7
Tax Collectors.
James F. Cleary of Feeding Hills, received 99
Daniel W. Corwin of Feeding hills, received 169
Frank L. Dugan of Mittineague, received 229
Monroe Hayward of Agawam, received I76
Albert E. Worthington, of Agawam, received I26 H. Van Ness Roberts of Feeding Hills, received I Blanks, . I36
Auditors.
John G. Freeland of Feeding Hills, received Frank L. Johnson of Feeding Hills, received 119
166
Frederick A. Sykes of Agawam, received . 125
Frederick A. Worthington of Agawam, received 143
Blanks, . 7I
Trustee of Whiting Street Fund.
Seth M. Bennett of Agawam, received
267
Blanks, . · 45
Library Trustee for Two Years.
Ralph Perry of Agawam, received
255
Blanks, . 57
Library Trustee for Three Years.
Samuel N. Smith of Feeding Hills, received 250
. Blanks, . .
62
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Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years.
William H. Granger of Feeding Hills, received . 169
Frank L. Johnson of Feeding Hills, received 108
Blanks, .
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Highway Surveyors.
Michael L. Ahl of Agawam, received 82
Willis C. Campbell of Agawam, received . I71
Daniel J. Collins of Mittineague, received I68
William B. Rice of Agawam, received
I2I
Daniel L. White of Feeding Hills, received Blanks, . 160
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Constables. ·
James M. Bean of Mittineague, received . Rodney L. Blaisdell of Agawam, received Albert H. Brown of Feeding Hills, received Willis C. Campbell of Agawam, received . James J. Carroll of Feeding Hills, received Dennis Crowley of Mittineague, received . William A. Fletcher of Agawam, received . Edwin M. Hitchcock of Agawam, received Alfred Maynard of Mittineague, received . Elmer E. McIntire of Feeding Hills, received Daniel J. Murphy of Mittineague, received Frank J. Pomeroy of Agawam, received J. Arsene Roy of Mittineague, received John F. Shea of Feeding Hills, received John A. Warner of Feeding Hills, received Wilson J. Warriner of Feeding Hills, received Albert E. Worthington of Agawam, received Edward M .. Wright of Feeding Hills, received . Blanks,
145
129
I72
191
II6
96
119
I33
91
178
79
I37
96
IOI
84
108
I21
136
888
II
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes, 156 No, .
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Blanks,
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ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers, not provided for in the preceding article.
Voted-To choose by acclamation all necessary town officers, not provided for in the preceding article.
The following were elected :-
FENCE VIEWERS -Willis C. Campbell, James F. Barry, Sanford H. Sawyer, Ephraim Prince.
FIELD DRIVERS .- F. A. Scott, Monroe Hayward, Jerre Adams, Nelson G. King, James H. Clark, Elmer E. McIntire, Rollin C. Pomeroy, Jas. S. Smith, Thomas Halloran, John Wright, Ethan D. Allen, Robert Ely Jr.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER .- Robert Ely Jr., Fred. A. Bodurtha.
MEASURERS OF WOOD .- Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, Henry L. Tower, Edward A. Kellogg, Alson W. Allen, Alfred Bruffee.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .- Edward A. Kellogg.
SEALER OF LEATHER .- Sumner Clark.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS .- Charles W. Hastings, Harvey E. Porter, Edward A. Kellogg, Daniel Leonard.
ARTICLE 4. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers.
Voted-On motion of E. L. Thompson that this article be passed over.
ARTICLE 5. To see what method the town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted-On motion of W. L. Meacham that the support of the poor be left with the Overseers of the Poor.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow temporarily in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars, as the same may be required from time to time, and to give a note or notes of the town for moneys so borrowed, and that he be also authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
Voted-On motion of Wm. L. Meacham, two thirds of those present voting in the affirmative.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts that the sum of thirty-five dollars be appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote a discount on taxes.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts that a discount of five per cent. be allowed on all taxes paid into the town Treasury on or before the 20th day of October, current.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
Voted-On motion of T. M. Roberts that all taxes shall be paid by November Ist, 1899, and that on all taxes unpaid January Ist, 1900, interest shall be charged at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
Voted-To postpone action on the remaining articles of the warrant until after the noon recess.
Voted-To take a recess until 1.15 P. M., for all purposes except voting for town officers.
ARTICLE 4. Voted-On motion of Wm. L. Meacham to take up article 4.
Voted-To accept the reports of the various town officers as printed.
ARTICLE IO. To see if the town will vote to provide a water supply for the Center, South and West Street schools or do anything in relation to the same.
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