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G. M. Hawes, teaching I week, 12.00
Adelia L. Grisworld, teaching 36 weeks, 288.00 Adelia L. Grisworld, care of room, 18.00
Carrie M. Dodge, teaching 22 weeks,
206.40
Carrie M. Dodge, care of room,
13.00
Katherine A. Ullrich, teaching 24 weeks,
192.00
John A. Tait, teaching 23 weeks,
285.00
Louie Merriam, teaching 9 weeks,
72.00
Louie Merriam, care of room, .
4.50
F. H. King, wood,
10.00
Simpson Clark, repairing stove,
6.20
L. L. Thompson, sweeping,
36.00
J. J. Meyrick, repairs, .
2.50
John Van Slyck, cleaning,
14.00
Bodurtha & Hitchcock, repairs,
12.97
C. D. Farnsworth, coal,
104.50
C. W. Hastings, supplies,
3.24
Whitcomb Stove Co., stove and repairs,
40.90
W. C. Campbell, janitor,
60.00
W. C. Campbell, truant officer,
4.75
IV. C. Campbell, repairing stove,
2 50
L. W. Dickinson, use of well,
2.00
Myrtle Ewing, sweeping,
18.00
Ralph Perry, stove,
37.50
Leonard Clark & Son, repairing stove, .
7.89
W. B. Rice, team,
2.00
C. P. Davis, expenses, . .
13.96
C. P. Davis, taking school census,
5 00
J. V. Wolcott, repairs, .
3.80
Homer Foot & Co., lock,
1.50
Masten & Wells Fire Works Co., flag, .
2 96
$2,053.17
Isabel D. Hoyt, teaching 12 weeks,
108.00
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Feeding Hills Schools.
M. Lucy Pomeroy, teaching 33 weeks, $264.00
M. Lucy Pomeroy, care of room, 16.50
Sara M. Hollister, teaching 36 weeks, . 324.00 .
Carolyn E. Shirley, teaching 12 weeks, 144.00
E. Gertrude Greenwood, teaching 3 weeks, 24.00
E. Gertrude Greenwood, care of room, 1.50
Adah M. Hermance, teaching 24 weeks, 288.00
F. A. Scott, janitor,
87.25
F. A. Scott, cleaning, . 5.83 .
Edwin Leonard, repairs, ·
1.37
W. F. Cook, Coal, 25 24
C. D. Farnsworth, coal, 70.63
Mary A. Taylor, sweeping,
24.00
Mrs. G. H. Howland, cleaning,
1.50.
Forbes & Wallace, shades,
2.25
H. O. Bliss, repairing clock,
1.25
F. S. Carr, clock,
5.00
Geo. E. Arnold, repairs,
9.76
Whitcomb Stove Co., stove,
43.50.
W. H. Granger, school census, . 5.00
W. H. Granger, postage and express, .
1.42
F. J. Ladd, building fires,
3.00
E. A. Kellogg & Sons, supplies, .
5.50
$1,354.50
Mittineague Schools.
Nellie M. Ingoldsby, teaching 36 weeks, $324.00
Mabel L. Welcker, teaching 36 weeks, 324.00
Katherine G. Danahy, teaching 28 weeks, 252.00 .
Bertha L. Jones, teaching 32 weeks, 284.40
Sumner G. Poor, teaching 24 weeks, 312.00
E. S. Irwin, teaching 12 weeks, 156.00
Jennie E. Alderman, teaching 8 weeks,
72.00
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Annie E. Haley, teaching 4 weeks, $39.60
J. M. Bean, janitor, 1 80.00
J. M. Bean, cleaning, . 15.00
W. F. Cook, coal and labor, 54.31
C. D. Farnsworth, coal,
181.31
F. H. King, wood,
5.00
H. Letellier, supplies, .
2.03
C. E. Smith, supplies, .
4.37
H. D. Smith, glass,
.50
T. M. Walker, glass, etc.,
20.54
W. F. Cook, team,
1.50
Carter Electric Co., wiring rooms,
7.39
William Savin, cleaning,
6.00
G. A. Graves & Sons, door check,
5.40
Mrs. James Parker, cleaning, .
11.00
J. H. Healey, repairing pump, .
4.60
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, dusters,
1.88
J. King, repairs,
1.50
$2,273.67
Transportation.
D. A. Reed, wagon, ·
·
$40.00
W. H. Smith, repairs on wagon,
14.50'
C. C. Lewis, repairs on wagon,
2.81
F. S. Kent, repairs on wagon,
.75
C. P. Davis, transporting,
48.75
Dennis Shea, transporting,
33.00
Daniel Sullivan, transporting,
31.00
E. L. Johnson, transporting,
12.50
J. F. Cleary, transporting,
29.00
$212.31
Amount expended,
. $7,033.15
G. D. Cooley, pipe and plumbing,
7.34
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Amount available, appropriation, $6,500.00
Income, Massachusetts School Fund, 294.38
Income from state for superintendent, Income from state for state children,
. 525.00
132.00
$7,451.38
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Board of Agawam:
In accordance with your rules I have the honor to submit the fol- lowing as my report for the year ending April 1, 1900 :
Summary of Statistics.
Valuation of real estate and personal property,
. $1,347,700.00
Population, ·
2,480
Number of polls,
693
Number of school children,
505
Number of children between 7 and 14 years of age,
332
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, .
439
Number of children over 15 years of age,
I5
Average membership,
383
Average attendance,
.
348
Per cent. of attendance,
91
Length of school year,
36 weeks
Number of schools,
I3
Number of teachers,
.
13
Number of different teachers during the year,
2I
Highest salary paid per year,
$468.00
Lowest salary paid per year,
288.00
Average salary paid per year,
340.61
Number of tuition pupils in West Springfield high school, 24
Enrollment for year, Parochial school, Mittineague,
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The work of the schools, on the whole, has progressed well throughout the year. No radical changes have been made. Ad-
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vance has been made along lines previousìy marked out. The desire has been to make the work as valuable as possible.
We know that the greater part of what a pupil learns at school is forgotten in later life. "The value of an elementary education, therefore, consists largely in the power gained through the acquire- ment of knowledge rather than in the every-day use of the knowl- edge acquired." Yet there are certain fundamental facts belonging to all school subjects that should be so thoroughly taught as to remain permanently in the mind of the pupil and be available for use at all times.
Our aim is to give thorough instruction in all important facts, and through this instruction develop and broaden the intellectual life of the child. Success in this depends upon the character of the instruction given, which is in every case of greater importance than the quantity.
It is my opinion that no one is so competent as the teacher of judging whether a pupil shall be promoted or not. She knows to what extent the children have mastered the work gone over, and from her understanding of their individual minds is more capable to decide whether they will be benefited by repeating the work or by doing that of a higher grade. Thus the burden and anxiety of final examinations is avoided.
Last year for the first time pupils from our schools were admitted without examination to the West Springfield High school upon the recommendation of teacher and superintendent. They are making a good record and at the present time one who entered from the eighth grade is leading her class in the High school.
Repairs.
The double seats in six of our school rooms are detrimental to the best school work. They interfere with good discipline, as children sitting together find it easy to meddle with each other and. to work less independently than they otherwise would. These seats can be utilized by cutting them down, thus necessitating the purchase of only half of the whole number required. An ordinary carpenter could do the work at comparatively little expense. Double
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seats have long since disappeared from the best schools and are fast becoming obsolete even in rural communities.
The arrangement of the South school, I believe, may be improved as was suggested last year by your committee. To this end I would suggest that the desks be turned so that pupils face the east instead of the west as at present. This would enable the front windows to be opened, letting the light fall over the back and shoulders of the pupils and would, it seems to me, do something towards making the room less unattractive and cheerless. Enough new seats to make the furnishings more uniform are needed; the blackboards need re- arranging and in some places new boards are necessary.
Teachers' Institute.
On November twentieth, a Teachers' Institute for the special benefit of the teachers in the district was held in Agawam Town Hall. There was a full attendance from all the towns. These local meetings are helpful and seem to meet the needs of the teachers as well as the larger county and state institutes.
The following was the program :
A. M.
9.40. Scripture Reading and Prayer, Rev. Walter Rice
9.45. " Some Maxims in Teaching," Prin. C. S. Chapin
10.30. " English Grammar Inductively Taught," Mr.G.T. Fletcher
11.15. Nature Study, Mrs. M. R. Davis
I2 00. Lunch.
P. M.
1.15. " Music in Country Schools," Mr. S. A. Weaver
2.00. " Primary Geography," Mrs. M. R. Davis
2.45. " Some Elements of Teaching," Mr. G. T. Fletcher
The ladies of Agawam showed their hospitality by providing a free lunch which was served in the parlors of the Congregational church. The citizens of Agawam manifested their interest by a large attendance during both sessions of the Institute.
Teachers' Meetings.
Local meetings have been held as occasion seemed to require in the different parts of the town. At these meetings general recom-
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mendations, which visits to the school room suggest, have been made. Painter's " History of Education " has been used as a book for study in the hands of the teachers.
This study is a valuable one. It broadens our views in regard to education. By acquainting us with the ideas and methods of the past, it spares us the cost of repeating experiments and mistakes. It gives the origin of present educational systems, and shows what is correct in principle and valuable in method. It inspires educational workers with greater zeal by presenting the example of illustrious teachers.
Reading.
In all our school work I believe that reading is of great import- ance. By reading is meant not only the ability to read, but the formation of a right habit in reading and a desire to read good books.
To secure the desired results in this direction a large supply of reading material is necessary. Years ago one book for each pupil was thought to be sufficient, but now every pupil reads several books in each grade and many of these books are selections from the best English classics and all have more or less literary merit.
We have, during the past two years, added quite largely to our reading list in all grades. In this way pupils not only read a large amount of the best literature in school, thereby forming a taste for good reading, which in the higher grades is supplemented by similar books taken from the public library, but are acquiring a valuable habit which will be of no small benefit all through life. This appre- ciation of good literature is showing itself even among the younger pupils.
Through the generosity of the school committee, by the appro- priation of the sum of five dollars for the year, the teachers have had the full benefit of the Springfield Public Library. By the present arrangement, teachers are allowed to take as many books for school use as they wish, twenty volumes if they please, and to keep them six weeks if they choose.
Many teachers have gladly availed themselves of this privilege and thus they and their pupils have profited thereby.
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MUSIC.
Satisfactory progress has been made in music under the efficient direction of Miss Burrows.
It is believed that daily vocal drill in our schools is a healthful exercise, expanding the chest and lungs, developing the organs of speech, improving the enunciation, and teaching how to use the voice. From this exercise the child acquires conformity to strict, systematic drill, and he learns to do quick and accurate work-the disciplinary value of which is now generally acknowledged.
Attention is called to Miss Burrows' report for a fuller account of the work done in her department.
Mr. H. E. Richardson, Superintendent of Schools:
I submit this brief report regarding the department of vocal music in the schools of Agawam.
In general, the same course of study has been used as given in last year's report.
The improvement resulting from a portion of the time devoted to individual recitation, proves that it is advantageous to continue this phase of the work.
The pupil, by careful listening and frequent help, learns that there is something to be gained which requires his personal effort, and so becomes awakened by this all-important factor in mental culture and learns to depend upon himself. It is only when pupils begin to think music that they can appreciate the meaning of the harmony and grasp the secrets of the melody of any selection. Therefore we persist in requiring the personal effort, as in no other way have we been able to stimulate as great an interest in each child.
In every grade, constant drill is given in reading exercises at sight. In the upper grades, songs are read in this way. The value of music as a disciplinary study is now freely acknowledged. In no part of the work is this so apparent as in the sight reading.
Throughout the schools as a whole, there has been a marked im- provement in the quality of tone. We aim not only to get pupils
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to give a sweet musical tone in the daily lesson, but also to teach them to see the beauty of pure sweet tones.
A few changes and modifications have been made in the course of study, to meet the peculiar needs in the various schools. The standard in the several grades has been slowly and steadily raised.
I wish to thank the teachers for their cordial co-operation which has made the work of the year pleasant and profitable.
In conclusion, I quote the words of one, the result of whose life- work among children is said to reflect the mind of a true teacher :
"If I teach pupils the meaning of various representations or signs of music, that will be some little assistance. If I lead pupils to appreciate music, per se, a kindness has been rendered ; but if I am to make my power as a teacher felt, it will be necessary for me to see farther than scales and measures, than exercises and songs, than singing and playing ; he may not retain these; he can retain im- pressions. Right impressions lead to right living ; right living en-
courages good citizenship, and good citizens make a state or nation 0
strong."
Respectfully,
URANIA G. BURROWS.
TABLE OF ANNUAL STATISTICS.
AGAWAM.
MITTINEAGUE.
FEEDING HILLS.
Totals
Gran'r
Inter- mediate
Prim'y
South Street
West St
Gram's
Grades J'-VI
Grades, Grade III-IV II
Grade I Gram'r Prim'y
West St.
Teachers' Salary ...
$450
$324
$288
$288
$288
$468
$324
$324
$324
$324
$432
$324
$288
$4,446
Number of Weeks ..
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
17
17
23
14
20
9
12
14
24
44
14
28
13
249
Enrollment Boys ..
18
16
25
13
16
8
16
8
12
36
17
11
9
205
Average Membership.
32
33
32
20
25
20
2
41
33
41
32
29
17
383
Average Attendance ..
29
31
28
18
23
18
25
37
31
37
29
27
15
348
Per Cent of Attendance.
91
91
93
90
88
91
90
93
93
89
89
90
89
91
Number of Pupils § Boys ...
12
24
21
8
17
4
5
12
22
12
11
24
12
184
between 7 and 14. } Girls ..
9
22
21
8
11
3
15
8
10
15
11
8
7
14S
Number of Pupils ( Boys ...
16
24
23
13
20
9
8 -
14
24
44
12
28
12
247
between 5 and 15. | Girls.
15
22
25
13
16
6
16
8
12
36
15
11
10
205
Number of Pupils § Boys ...
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
8
over 15.
¿ Girls
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
7
Number of Days Lost .....
486
552
620
299
600
320
479
963
502
866
515
595
694
7,491
Number of Tardinesses ..
255
140
42
123
65
101
18₺
238
123
121
79
72
9
1,552
Number of Dismissals ....
50
78
41
26
13
109
22
88
23
2
102
25
25
604
Visits by Citizens ...
24
32
24
17
9
9
2
23
12
5
22
27
34
240
...
..
...
.
....
..
...
.
...
...
.
.
I
.. .
Girls ..
STATISTICS BY TERMS.
Schools
Teachers
Salary
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Boys
Girls
Total
Average
Average
Attendance
Attendance
Days Lost
Tardinesses
Dismissals
Visits by
$48
12
13
.21
34
9
12
21
12
18
30
1
3
1
29
90
186
129
12
Grammar ....
John A. Tait ..
48
12
16
17
33
11
12
23
16
14
30
0
3
3
32
30
94
105
56
23
W
48
12
16
17
33
9
10
19
16
14
30
0
3
3
32
30
90
194
70
15
Intermediate ..
F
36
12
19
19
38
19
18
37
19
19
38
0
0
0
35
33
93
153
46
26
19
36
12
19
18
37
19
37
19
18
37
0
0
0
36
32
86
285
27
23
4
8
Martena A. Stupplebeen ...
32
12
17
19
36
12
13
25
17
19
36
0
0
0
29
27
91
140
16
24
12
Primary ... ...
F
Katharine A. Ullrich
12
16
17
33
12
13
25
16
17
33
0
0
0
31
29
96
73
17
13
21
32
12
17
20
37
13
14
27
17
20
37
0
0
0
36
29
91
369
9
4
5
32
12
13
10
23
10
6
16
13
10
23
0
0
0
20
19
95
99
65
7
4
South Street.
32
12
11
12
23
8
8
16
11
11
22
0
1
1
20
18
93
82
23
7
5
32
12
12
8
20
7
11
18
11
24
16
10
31
0
0
0
26
25
96
93
19
4
2
28
12
17
13
30
14
22
17
13
30
0
0
0
25
22
89
205
19
9
4
28
12
16
13
29
14
8
22
16
13
29
0
0
0
25
21
80
302
27
0
3
52
12
9
8
17
4
3
9
6
15
4
0
4
14
13
93
61
63
6
3
Grammar ...
12
14
10
24
13
14
9
23
0
1
1
22
21
7.6
24
27
1
52
12
16
10
26
5
12
14
10
24
2
0
2
24
21
87
158
14
76
5
36
12
13
16
29
8
15
23
9
16
25
4
0
4
27
25
93
127
68
5
2
36
12
15
15
30
15
15
30
15
15
30
0
0
0
28
25
89
185
56
5
0
36
12
17
15
32
17
15
32
17
15
32
0
0
29
26
38
167
60
12
0
36
12
24
17
41
23
17
40
24
17
41
0
0
37
35
94
150
101
15
2
36
12
21
17
38
19
40
20
17
37
1
1
44
36
91
213
47
57
12
36
12
27
18
45
25
18
43
27
18
45
0
0
43
40
94
700
90
16
9
36
12
23
11
34
21
9
30
23
11
34
0
0
32
29
31
94
126
28
6
U
36
12
23
10
33
23
6
29
23
10
33
0
0
0
32
31
92
210
47
9
36
12
30
21
51
11
21
30
21
51
0
0
0
46
41
90
275
38
0
3
Grade I .....
F
36
12
22
22
44
6
13
19
22
22
44
0
0
0
40
36
90
240
47
0
36
12
23
22
45
8
13
21
23
22
15
27
2
2
4
28
25
89
105
15
33
11
48
12
14
17
31
11
11
22
12
15
27
2
2
4
36
33
90
203
37
61
17
48
12
14
17
31
11
11
22
12
15
27
2
2
4
33
29
89
206
27
8
4
Sara M. Hollister.
36
12
28
11
39
24
8
32
28
11
39
0
0
0
34
31
91
211
4
9
5
Primary ... . . .
-
36
12
28
11
39
24
8
32
28
11
39
0
0
0
29
93
91
214
15
6
13
W
M. Lucy Pomeroy ..
32
12
12
9
21
12
7
19
12
9
21
0
0
0
19
18
94
338
7
10
13
West Street ..
F
32
12
11
6
17
11
6
17
12
19
0
0
0
18
16
93
125
2
7
14
W
32
12
10
6
16
10
5
15
10
6
16
0
0
0
13
11
80
237
0
8
8
.
Adelia L Griswold.
12
16
15
31
13
11
8
19
1
0
1
19
17
89
117
35
12
10
West Street ..
W
-Feed'g Hills- --- Mittineague --
..
..
.
-
36
12
24
11
35
19
8
27
24
11
35
0
0
0
33
36
35
89
351
36
2
1
48
12
14
17
31
11
11
22
Grammar . .. .
S F
W S F
36
12
28
11
39
24
8
32
28
11
39
0
0
0
25
24
38
170
53
10
9
36
12
17
15
32
17
15
32
17
15
32
0
0
0
29
27
93
115
67
19
9
8
Annie C. "
R. Hunter
-
Number of
Weeks
Enrollment
Between 7 and 14
Between 5 and 15
Over 15
Terms
---- Agawam ----
.
W
Jennie E. Alderman
Grade V. and VI.
Katherine G. Danahy ..
Grade III.and ) IV.
Mabel L. Welcker
Grade II .. . . . .
F
W
S
Bertha L. Jones "
W
Anna E. Haley ..
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
91
165
18
8
Carrie M. Dodge ..
W
Louie Merriam.
8
28
E. S. Irwin
Sumner C. Poor.
52
Nellie M. Ingoldsby .
0
17
10
12
Carolyn E. Shirley ..
Adah M. Hermance
S
Isabel Hoyt ....
W
Ernest A. Maynard ....
Members'p
Per Cent of
8 8 5 00 er oo Citizens
18
8
7
0
101
32
ROLL OF HONOR.
Names of pupils who have not been absent or tardy during the
Bennett, Bertha
YEAR. Emerson, George Viedman, Lauretta
TWO TERMS.
Goodrich, Arthur Miller, Edward Morey, Louis
Oldroyd, Walter Reed, Howard Smith, Howard
Sullivan, Walter
ONE TERM.
Bagley, Ernest
Cushman, Laurence
Barker, George
Duclos, Melville
Bassette, Clodemur
Dudley, Florence
Bassette, Pamelia
Edgar, Robert
Bitgood, Nellie
Ewing, Hazel
Bitgood, Minnie
Farriole, Nino
Bodurtha, Dwight
Fitzgerald, Mabel
Brady, Grace
Gauthier, Emile
Campbell, Jessie
Green, Annie
Clark, Bertrand
Griffin, John
Cline, Robert
Halladay, Giles
Collins, Mable
Halladay, Mary
Collins, Ernest
Hastings, Mary
Cooley, Harold
Cordes, Helen
Crafts, Harold
Craven, Alice
Craven, Thomas
Hastings, Philip Hitchcock, Charles Hitchcock, Ina Jones, Arthur Jones, Clark
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Kerr, Walter McIntyre, Cora Meyrick, William Moore, Alice
O'Brien, George
Sickel, John
O'Brien, Katie
Smith, Howard
Smith, William
O'Donnell, John Othick, Elsie
Spear, Arthur
Pomeroy, Clarence
Sullivan, John
Provost, Henry
Sweetland, Flora
Quirk, Mamie
Taylor, Louise
Quirk, Morris
Tongue, Frank
Reed, Mattie
Vezina, Mary
Reed, Marion
Wells, Mary
Reed, Laurence
Wells, Raymond
Worthington, Harold
Robinson, Fred
Rollinson, Ethel Savin, William Scully, James
Sherman, William
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Attendance.
Many of the lost days recorded have been occasioned by illness. In some parts of the town measles, scarlet fever, and diphtheria have been prevalent as at no other time for years, and considering these facts the attendance is an improvement over that of last year.
One of the greatest drawbacks to good work in any school is irregular attendance and lack of punctuality on the part of the scholar. A pupil who is absent one or two days every week can not, as a rule, keep up with his class. Besides the loss to himself, his irregularity interferes with the regular work of the school and he is thus responsible for harm done to the other pupils. Parents can and should aid the schools by insisting that their children attend regularly and promptly.
Childhood is the habit-forming period and the importance of forming good habits that will go with children through life can not be overestimated.
Your attention is called to the various statistics presented in connection with this report.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT E. RICHARDSON.
Articles for Town Meeting,
APRIL 2. 1900.
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 Sinking Fund Commis- sioner 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 poor for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to temporarily borrow, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, not to exceed a certain" sum, as money may be required from time to time, and to give a note or notes of the Town, for money so borrowed, and that he be also authorized to pay such loans from said taxes.
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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 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the use of the Library Trustees.
ARTICLE II. To see if the Town will provide a sidewalk past the two bridges at the south part of the Town.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for building of sidewalks in any portion of the Town.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will take any action, providing for transportation of pupils to and from school at public expense.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will provide a water supply for the Mittineague school building or take any action relating to the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will take any action towards the improvement of the out-buildings at the Centre schools.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will appropriate money for new school furniture, or do anything in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will accept Ottowa street in Mittineague, running from Walnut to Bridge streets.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will accept Front street in Mittineague.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the improvement of the highway on Main street, Agawam, southerly of the cemetery.
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ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will make a special appropria- tion for any other section of highway.
ARTICLE 21. 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.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will authorize their Selectmen to employ counsel to bring suits or defend suits, brought against the Town or against its officers as agents or trustees.
ARTICLE 23. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year, and to vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be required for the same.
ARTICLE 24. To see what action the Town will take concerning the election of tree warden under Chap. 330, Acts of 1899.
ARTICLE 25. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the payment of a note of one thousand dollars which comes due June 1 of this year.
ARTICLE 26. To see what action the Town will take concerning Mittineague Bridge.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will accept the following list of jurors : Emerson L. Covill, George H. Reed, John Oldroyd, Edmund N. Powers, John R. Bodurtha, Orton A. Cushman, Ralph Perry, Joseph C. McVeigh, Henry A. Huntington, Frank J. Pomeroy, Eugene L. Thompson, John Wright, James J. Carroll, Homer W. Halladay, A. Edward Fuller, Henry C. Smith, Frank L. Johnson, Vanness H. Roberts, James S. Smith, Edward L. Johnson, Earnest A. Pease, George H. Taylor, Daniel Curran, Wilfred Duclos, Frank Paro, Daniel O'Brien, Albert Provost, Michael Connors.
ARTICLE 28. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Appropriations Recommended for 1900.
Schools,
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. $6,200.00
High School Tuition, .
800.00
Highways and Bridges,
2,000.00
Special Highways,
1,000.00
Support of Poor,
2,300.00
Contingencies,
800.00
Town Officers,
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1,200.00
State and Military Aid,
300.00
Interest,
1,700.00
Sinking Fund,
1,000.00
Town Note,
1,000.00
Care of Town Halls, .
50.00
Street Lights, .
200.00
Discount on Taxes,
750.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Sidewalks,
100.00
Libraries,
75.00
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Repairs about Town Buildings,
200.00
Collectors of Taxes,
300.00
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