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ATTENDANCE.
It is interesting to note that during the last twenty years there has been very little increase in the average attendance in all our public schools until within the last three or four years, a marked increase taking place during the last year. In the year 1891-1892 the average membership was 393. It was somewhat less than that for several years following, until 1906-1907, when it was 394. For the succeeding years, down to June, 1910, it was 390, 395, 421, 425, and the present enrollment, February, 1911, is 533, an increase of 68 during the last year.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The work of the Medical Inspector has been continued during the year in accordance with the plan adopted by your Committee two years ago.
As shown by the monthly blanks submitted by the Inspector, the following diseases were reported. Corresponding data for the two preceding years is given for the sake of comparison.
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1911
1910
1909
Adenoids
14
12
15
Pediculosis (parasites in hair)
12
11
33
Enlarged tonsils
8
7
8
Impetigo
9
4
10
Tonsilitis
1
3
5
Scabies
2
3
2
Rhinitis
1
3
4
Defective nutrition
1
1
5
Eczema
4
1
6
Miscellaneous
5
8
9
Children excluded for contagious diseases
0
4
18
Under date of October 1, 1910, in his report for preceding month, the Medical Inspector, commenting upon conditions at Feeding Hills, writes: "The rooms in the brick building were full of smoke, as if the draft or ventilation was not what it should be." Under date of December 1 he reports as follows : "The Grammar and Intermediate schoolrooms at Feeding Hills are troubled with a great deal of coal gas. The ventilation seems to be very defective."
I would add that I have frequently found these conditions prevalent when making visits to this building. My observations and necessarily limited investigations indicate to me that the ventilating system is not working as it should.
TEACHERS.
During the spring term Mrs. Estella Jenks, teacher at Mittineague, Room 4, was succeeded by Miss Mae Ferris.
At the close of the school year in June we lost two teachers by resignation-Miss Helen P. Mahoney, South School, and Miss Hannah Phair, Suffield Street School. Miss May Powers was elected to succeed Miss Mahoney and Miss Hyacinth Roy to succeed Miss Phair.
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Miss Rose McEvilly recently resigned her position as teacher at Feeding Hills Intermediate to accept a position in her own town. Miss Katherine Keenan was elected to take her place.
It gives me pleasure to testify to the uniformly good work being done by our teachers. In all the schools the various classes are working in conformity to the outlines and are up to the standard of the grade.
In closing I wish to thank the teachers for their cooperation, to express my appreciation of the generous and loyal attitude of the parents, and to acknowledge the courteous and considerate treatment always accorded by your Committee in connection with the performance of my duties as Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER E. GUSHEE, Superintendent of Schools.
AGAWAM, February 7, 1911.
Report of the Supervisor of Music
We have reason to feel that the past year has been one of progress in the line of music, due partly to the fact that there have been so few changes among the teachers.
Sight reading, good tone quality, and chorus singing con- stitute the technical part of the work, but our aim is to help all the children get the most possible toward better living from the cultural and refining influences of music.
Both the teachers and the children appreciate the books so generously furnished us by the Committee. All the schools are now provided with books which give sufficient material for drill work, and also have a large number of songs to make the music interesting. These songs are, many of them, taken from the masterpieces of music, for it is our aim to have the children sing such songs as will develop in them a taste for the best music, so that when they leave school they will not be satisfied with the so-called popular music of the day.
This report should not be closed without a few words of appreciation for the grade teachers, who have been so enthusiastic and responsive, and it is to their efforts that the study of music has been a success.
Respectfully submitted,
CAROLINE W. CHAFFIN.
Chapter 44 Revised Laws
AN ACT RELATIVE TO COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
SECTION 1 (as amended). Every child between seven and fourteen years of age, and every child under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in section three of chapter forty-two and sections three, five and six of this chapter. The superintendent of schools, or if there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent or com- mittee, may excuse cases of necessary absence. The attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if he has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such city or town in accordance with the provisions of the following section, or if he 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 if he has already acquired such branches of learning, or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person hav- ing under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required; and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half day sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child, whose physical or mental condition is not such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint by a truant officer and con-
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viction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars: provided, however, that no physical or mental condition which is capable of correction, or which renders the child a fit subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions other than the public day schools, shall avail as a defence under the provisions of this section unless it shall be made to appear that the defendant has employed all reasonable measures for the correction of the condition, or the suitable instruction of the child. Whoever induces or attempts to induce a child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors a child who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully from school shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Chapter 46 Revised Laws
DUTIES OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
SECTION 13. Truant officers shall inquire into all cases aris- ing under the provisions of sections one and six of chapter forty- four and sections three, four and five of this chapter, and may make complaints and serve legal processes issued under the provisions of this chapter. They shall have the oversight of children placed on probation under the provisions of section seven. A truant officer may apprehend and take to school, without a warrant, any truant or absentee found wandering about in the streets or public places thereof.
TABLE A
ATTENDANCE DATA FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1911
SCHOOLS
Teachers
Weeks in year
Weekly salary
Boys
Girls
Average
membership
Average
attendance
Per cent. of
attendance
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls
days lost
Number of
tardinesses
Number of
Number of
visits by citizens
Center Grammar
Bertha E. Appleton
37
$14.50
13
25
32.58
29.49
91.04
9
16
13
21
0
4
483
14
57
4
Mittineague Grammar
Katherine G. Danahy
37
14.50
9
14
19.08
18.20
95.17
3
4
8
11
1
3
143
50
225
14
Feeding Hills Grammar
VII-IX
Annie W. Richards
37
14.50
15
15
26.51
23.79
90.50
8
11
13
14
2
1
418
50
28
10
Center Intermediate
IV-VI
Emma L. Dee
37
11.00
25
26
40.84
37.92
90.33
26
25
26
0
0
451
29
50
2
Feeding Hills Intermediate
IV-VI
Rose I. McEvilly
37
11.50
29
18
37.64
34.50
91.36
18
28
18
0
0
555
100
49
13
Mittineague, Room 5
VI, VII
Katherine A. Coughlin
37
11.00
17
20
31.20
29.40
93.90
14
20
14
20
3
0
364
59
5
1
V
Mae Ferris
37
10.50
13
24.88
22.60
90.70
15
10
15
10
0
0
360.5
92
43
9
Mittineague, Room 3
III, IV
Anna M. Sullivan
37
11.50
19
19
30.67 39.86
36.66
91.86
14
23
15
26
0
0
504
118
9
6
Mittineague, Room 1
I
Jennie M. Lucas
37
11.50
26
17
33.95
30.87
88.75
4
6
25
14
0
0
619
163
6
6
Center Primary
I-III
Fannie E. Mason
37
11.50
21
17
31.55
28.82
91.38
14
13
21
17
0
0
456.5
25
13
17
Feeding Hills Primary
I-III
Faolin M. Peirce
37
10.00
34
22
38.42
37.31
88.20
24
14
34
22
0
0
748.5
144
34
49
Suffield Street
I-V
Hannah A. Phair
37
10.50
13
26
35.10
29.90
86.30
11
19
14
25
0
0
0
0
355.
144
26
19
South
I-V
Helen P. Mahoney
37
10.00
11
15
17.04
15.12
88.28
9
10
11
15
0
0
304.5
58
57
10
West Street
I-IV
Nina M. Kingsley
37
10.00
14
18
23.80
21.90
93.
10
9
14
18
18
16
0
0
302
60
17
12
Mittineague, Room 2
II, III
Dora M. Turner
37
11.00
17
28
28.75
93.93
18
15
Mittineague, Room 4
VII-IX VII-IX
Grades
Number of
No. of pupils over 15
No. of pupils |pupils between between 7 and 14 5 and 15
No. of
Total enroll- ment
dismissals
4
916.5
47
0
25
28
17
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TABLE B. ENROLLMENT BY GRADES, FEBRUARY 1, 1911.
AGAWAM CENTER.
Totals,
SCHOOLS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI. VII. VIII. IX. Totals. 1910.
Primary,
11
9
7
27
33
Intermediate,
42
41
Grammar,
15
12
9 36
34
Suffield St.,
15
6
4
5
6
36
33
South,
5
2
3
0
5
6
21
17
Totals,
31
17
14
17
26
21
15
12
9 162
158
MITTINEAGUE.
Room 1,
39
39
31
Room 2,
8
31
39
37
Room 3,
28
17
45
35
Room 4,
19
25
44
27
Room 5,
28
14
42
31
Room 6,
12
10
22
20
Totals,
47
31
28
36
25
28
14
12
10
231
181
FEEDING HILLS.
Primary,
17
13
15
45
36
Intermediate,
15
11
19
45
40
Grammar,
9 10
6 25
26
West St.,
6
6
7
6
25
24
Totals,
23
19
22
21
11
19
9
10
6 140
126
Grand totals, 101
67
64
74
62
68
38
34
25
533
465
12
15
15
-
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TABLE C.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, SCHOOL YEAR ENDING
JUNE, 1910.
Enrollment :---
Boys
280
Girls
293
Total 573
Number of pupils between 7 and 14 :-
Boys
206
Girls
214
Total 420
Number of pupils between 5 and 15 :-
Boys
268
Girls
273
Total 541
Number of pupils over 15 :-
Boys
6
Girls
8
Total 14
Average membership 463.12
Average attendance 425.23
Per cent. of attendance. 90.98
Total number of days lost. 6,980.5
Total number of tardy marks 1,153
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Total number of dismissals 623
Total number of visits by citizens 172
Whole number of pupils attending West Springfield High School since September, 1910. 47
Pupils attending Parochial School :
Boys
42
Girls
36
Total 78
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Roll of Honor
AGAWAM.
Ruth Campbell, 6 terms.
Charles Slight, 3 terms.
Ralph Pond, 2 terms.
Esther Thompson, 2 terms.
Bert Lewis, 1 term.
Gretchen Ackerman, 1 term.
Agnes Campbell, 1 term.
Gerald Scannell, 1 term.
Grace Hayward, 1 term. Mildred Lavoie, 1 term.
MITTINEAGUE.
Elise Desmarais, 4 terms.
John Dugan, 3 terms.
Earl Hitchcock, 3 terms.
Fred Bergamine, 1 term.
Lillian Giles, 3 terms.
Frank Loncrini, 1 term.
William Healy, 3 terms.
Fred Angeleri, 1 term.
Lizzie Scherpa, 3 terms.
Peter Lucardi, 1 term.
Gladys Rivers, 3 terms.
Louis Loncrini, 1 term.
Rose Denault, 3 terms.
Emile Desmarais, 1 term.
Leslie Giles, 2 terms. Mabel Duclos, 2 terms.
Eva Poggi, 1 term.
Kate Mandorla, 1 term.
Julia Duclos, 2 terms.
Irene DeForge, 1 term.
Patrick Coughlin, 2 terms.
Mary Lucardi, 1 term.
Lizzie Mondirol, 1 term.
FEEDING HILLS.
Phillis Granger, 16 terms. Cassie Jenks, 2 terms.
Hazel Cooley, 3 terms.
Ambrose Kane, 2 terms.
George Cordes, 3 terms.
Clayton Roberts, 1 term.
Ethel Kane, 2 terms. Laura Miner, 1 term.
Prentiss Jenks, 2 terms.
James Hillpold, 1 term.
Timothy Scannell, 3 terms.
Bernard Fitzgerald, 2 terms.
Grace Cavanagh, 2 terms. Frieda Ackerman, 1 term. George Scannell, 1 term.
Albert Rousseau, 1 term.
Daisy Montagna, 2 terms.
Rose Callanan, 1 term.
Lawrence Duclos, 2 terms.
Leon Hitchcock, 2 terms.
This roll of honor is intended to show the number of terms of unbroken attendance down to June, 1910.
Town Warrant
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose two or more Field Drivers and two or more Fence Viewers.
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the use of the Almshouse.
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 appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 7. To see what action the Town will take regard- ing the payment of two notes for one thousand dollars each, maturing January 1, 1912 (schoolhouse loan and water loan).
ARTICLE 8. To see what action the Town will take regard- ing the payment of loan for four thousand dollars, maturing February 20, 1912.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote its School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow, during the current municipal year beginning February 1, 1911, in anticipation of the taxes for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for
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the current expenses of the Town, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will pay the proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
ARTICLE 13. To hear and act upon report of the Committee appointed at the Town Meeting held December 6, 1910, to inves- tigate the possibility of a water supply for the Town from artesian wells.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to have electric lights installed on River Road and other streets in the Town and appropriate money for their maintenance.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will take any action regard- ing the establishment of a High School in this Town.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will take any action relative to providing more school room in any part of the Town.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will take any action regard- ing repairs to the heating and ventilating system in the brick building at Feeding Hills and appropriate money therefor.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a building for the use of the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to construction of sewers and provide for the payment of the same.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will take any action relative to the purchase of a steam roller and provide for its payment.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to rebuild the Whitman bridge in such manner as the State Highway Commission may direct and provide for its payment.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars for Meadow Street.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will make any appropria- tions for certain streets in the Town or for the general repairs of the highways.
ARTICLE 24. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year and vote to raise by tax such sums of money as may be necessary for the same.
ARTICLE 25. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR 1911.
Schools
$12,000.00
Care of poor 2,000.00
Town Office 1,100.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector 600.00
Police
1,000.00
State and military aid.
200.00
Memorial Day 100.00
Board of Health. 100.00
Assessors' department
400.00
Forestry department
400.00
Fire protection
200.00
Highways and bridges
3,500.00
Sinking fund
400.00
Indebtedness
6,000.00
Library
200.00
Street lights
3,000.00
Care and repair of Town buildings
300.00
Interest
1,000.00
Surety bonds
100.00
Contingencies
600.00
$33,200.00
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Agawam
MASSACHUSETTS
IN
1855
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For the Year Ending January 31 1912
The Springfield Printing and Binding Co.,
Springfield, Mass.
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Town Officers 1911-12
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health ALBERT H. BROWN DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN H. REED
Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector JUDSON W. HASTINGS
School Committee
FREDERICK A. WORTHINGTON Term expires 1913
CLARENCE H. GRANGER
66 1914
J. ARSENE ROY
66
66
1912
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR.
Term expires 1912
ALMON JONES.
1913
H. PRESTON WORDEN
66
1914
Auditors
ERNEST A. TREVALLION FREMONT H. KING
Library Trustees
S. NEWELL SMITH Term expires 1914
66 1912
HENRY L. TOWER
RALPH PERRY 66
66
1913
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
SAMUEL S. BODURTHA Term expires 1913 66 1912
JAMES F. BARRY
4
Sinking Fund Commissioners
WILLIAM H. GRANGER Term expires 1914
JAMES H. CLARK.
66 1912
WILLIAM H. PORTER.
6.
1913
Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY.
Term expires 1914 66 1912
EDWIN LEONARD
WILLIS E. CAMPBELL. 66
1913
Tree Warden and Forest Fire Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Water Commissioners
HENRY E. BODURTHA
Term expires 1912
DENNIS M. CROWLEY
66 1913
EDWARD A. KELLOGG.
60
66
1914
Constables and Special Police
WALTER E. ALLEN
CHARLES WYMAN
EDWARD S. CONNOR
WILLIAM F. SULLIVAN
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
EDWIN U. LEONARD
FRED. LARRO
DWIGHT E. BAILEY
GEO. W. CLAMPITT
ALVIN R. KELLOGG
ARTHUR ROWLEY
JAMES F. CLEARY
Burial Agent EMERSON L. COVILL
Game and Fish Wardens
ARTHUR H. ROWLEY LEVI RIVERS
Surveyors of Lumber
WILLARD C. CROUSS NELSON G. KING
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5
Measurer of Wood EDWARD A. KELLOGG
Public Weighers
CHARLES W. HASTINGS
EDWARD A. KELLOGG
WILLIAM J. O'CONNOR ALBERT K. FULLER
HARVEY E. PORTER WILLIAM H. ROBERTS
CARROLL O'CONNOR
Scaler of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
FRANK W. KELLOGG. . Term expires 1914 66 1911
PATRICK T. DONOVAN
ELMER F. BODURTHA
1912
Inspector of Animals EDWIN LEONARD
Assistant Town Clerk CHARLES W. HASTINGS
Superintendent of Streets ALBERT H. BROWN
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 6, 1911.
DIGEST OF THE PRECINCT CLERKS' REPORTS.
Polls were opened at 6 A. M. at places designated in the war- rant. Sealed packages containing the official ballots were deliv- ered to the Wardens, with specimen ballots and cards of instruction.
The Precinct Officers who had not previously been qualified were sworn by the Wardens.
Prec. A
Prec. B 0-0-0
Prec. C
Dial registered at opening of polls. . 0-0-0
0-0-0
Dial registered at close of polls .... 0-0-0
108
96
Number of names checked.
147
108
96
Number of ballots found in box
147
108
96
Number of unused ballots
185
192
204
Voted to close polls at. 4 P.M.
4.20 P.M. 4 P.M.
RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS.
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health.
Prec. A
Prec.
Prec.
Total
Dieudonne Bessette of Mittineague.
60
34
26
120
Albert H. Brown of Feeding Hills
55
79
72
206
Daniel J. Collins of Mittineague.
98
64
55
217
John Merrell of Agawam.
32
50
54 136
John H. Reed of Agawam
39
51
53 143
Blanks
157
46
28
231
B
C
For Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Tax Collector.
Prec. A
Prec. B
Prec. C
Total
Judson W. Hastings of Feeding Hills. 111
94
85 290
11 61 Blanks
36
14
School Committee for Three Years.
Clarence H. Granger of Feeding Hills. ... 100
80
86
266
Blanks .. 47 28
10 85
Assessor for Three Years.
H. Preston Worden of Mittineague.
85
76
80
241
Blanks 62
32
16 110
Water Commissioner for Three Years.
Albert K. Fuller of Feeding Hills. 67
40
34
141
Edward A. Kellogg of Feeding Hills 43
63
55 161
Blanks. 37 5
7 49
Auditors.
Charles A. Barden of Agawam
45
36
40
121
Fremont H. King of Agawam.
28
44
60
132
James W. Moore of Feeding Hills.
47
49 23 119
Ernest A. Trevallion of Mittineague 63
41
42
146
Blanks. 111
46
27
174
Library Trustee for Three Years.
S. Newell Smith of Feeding Hills
83
87 82 252
Blanks. 64
21
14 99
8
Trustee of Whiting Street Fund for Two Years.
Prec. A
Prec. B
Prec. C
Total
Samuel S. Bodurtha of Agawam
87
83
91 261
Blanks.
60
25
5 90
Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years.
William H. Granger of Feeding Hills .... 81
85
85
251
Blanks
66
23
11 100
Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years.
Robert Ely of Agawam. .
37
45
61
143
James W. Moore of Feeding Hills.
59
41
20
120
Blanks.
51
22
15
88
Tree Warden.
Edwin M. Hitchcock of Agawam
82
81
83
246
Blanks
65
27
13 105
Constables.
Walter E. Allen of Agawam.
43
68
74
185
Moise V. Bessette of Mittineague
55
44
55
154
Luigi Bruni of Mittineague.
34
26
42
102
James F. Cleary of Feeding Hills.
44
65
40
149
Edward S. Connor of Mittineague.
95
53
63
211
Frank A. Doane of Feeding Hills.
20
47
59
126
Edwin M. Hitchcock of Agawam.
49
69
70
188
Alvin R. Kellogg of Feeding Hills.
41
77
66
184
Thomas Quirk of Mittineague.
58
34
29
121
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Prec. A
Prec.
Prec.
Total
Arthur H. Rowley of Agawam.
35
54
70
159
William F. Sullivan of Feeding Hills
51
73 39
163
Charles H. Wyman of Feeding Hills
33
72
58 163
Blanks. 912
399
295 1606
Shall Licenses be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes
94
42
26
162
No.
29
42
59
130
Blanks.
24
24
11 59
B
C
Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL.
MARCH 8, 1911.
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
Result of ballot for Moderator :-
Henry E. Bodurtha received 17
James H. Clark received. 10
William H. Porter received 10
Scattering 2
ARTICLE 2 .- To choose two or more Field Drivers and two or more Fence Viewers.
Result of action: Fence Viewers-Charles W. Hull, Jr., Dexter M. Steere, Seth N. Bennett, Daniel Sullivan. Field Drivers-Nelson G. King, Monroe Hayward, Edward S. Wright, George H. Reed, Sanford H. Sawyer, Edward M. Wright, James H. Clark, James S. Smith, Robert Ely, H. Preston Worden.
ARTICLE 3 .- To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
Voted, that the reports of the Town Officers be accepted as printed, errors excepted.
ARTICLE 4 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to the use of the Almshouse.
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to rent the Town Farm for the ensuing year.
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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 appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Voted, that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated.
ARTICLE 7 .- To see what action the Town will take regard- ing the payment of two notes of one thousand dollars each, maturing January 1, 1912.
Voted, that these notes be paid out of cash in the Town Treasury.
ARTICLE 8 .- To see what action the Town will take regard- ing the payment of a note for four thousand dollars, maturing February 20, 1912.
Voted, that the income from liquor licenses be applied to the payment of this note and the balance necessary be taken from funds that may be in the Town Treasury.
ARTICLE 9 .- To see if the Town will vote its School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Voted, that the Town pay the School Committee two dollars and fifty cents for time actually spent in the service of the Town.
ARTICLE 10 .- To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on taxes.
Voted, that all poll taxes and all taxes on personal and real estate for the current municipal year shall be due and payable September 1, 1911, and that interest from September 1, 1911, shall be charged on all taxes unpaid November 1, 1911.
ARTICLE 11 .- To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer,
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with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the munici- pal year beginning February 1, 1911, in anticipation of the taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof.
Voted, that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow, during the current munici- pal year beginning February 1, 1911, in anticipation of the taxes for the said year, an amount not exceeding in the aggregate ten thousand dollars, and to give a note or notes therefor payable within one year from their date. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the current municipal year.
ARTICLE 12 .- To see if the Town will pay the proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Voted, that one hundred dollars be appropriated.
ARTICLE 13 .- To hear and act upon the report of the Com- mittee appointed at the Town Meeting held December 6, 1910, to investigate the possibility of a water supply for the Town from artesian wells.
James F. Barry, Chairman of the Committee, read the report. The report of the engineers employed by the Committee was read by the Moderator.
The substance of the report was that the State Board of Health would not approve of such a water supply because of the hardness of the water. The only soft water supply from springs was either insufficient or not economical on account of location. In the opinion of the Committee the Little River source is the best from which to get water if a satisfactory arrangement can be made with the City of Springfield.
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