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Whole number of pupils in public grade schools 824
Pupils attending high schools :-
West Springfield 70
Springfield High Schools
31
Cathedral High School
5
106
Pupils attending Springfield 'Vocational School .. 4
Pupils attending St. William's Parochial School .. 140
Total number of pupils attending all schools 1,074
Increase during the year in grade school enrollment 7 Increase during year in high school enrollment .... 15 Increase during year in Parochial school enrollment 30
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Total increase in all schools 52
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High school pupils are distributed by precincts as follows : Agawam Precinct 44
Feeding Hills Precinct 32
Mittineague Precinct 30
GENERAL STATISTICS
Valuation of town, April 1, 1916 $3,457,385
Pupils enrolled, 1916-17 811
Average daily attendance 702
Average membership 768
Expended per pupil in average membership $34.37
Rank with 354 cities and towns of state .297
Valuation per pupil in average membership $4,502
Rank in state .266
Expenditure per $1000 valuation for school support. $7.42 Rank in state 61
Rate of total tax per $1000 of valuation $21.20
Rank in state .101
WAR SERVICE
This, the first year of America's participation in the Great War, has brought home to us, more than ever, the significance of the struggle going on across the water. The future welfare and happiness of our boys and girls in the schools will be vitally affected by the outcome of this struggle. It is fitting and appropriate that they be made aware of this fact, and that they be, not only per- mitted, but encouraged to do all they can to help. To this end it will be necessary to forego the strict enforce- ment of some of our rules and regulations. As pointed out by the American School Board Journal :
"School boards have very properly surrounded schools, particularly teachers and children, with safeguards against exploitation for commercial and charitable, and in some instances, civic ends. Prac-
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tically every city and village has rules against the distribution of advertising material, the solicitation of funds, campaigning for charitable and social pur- poses, etc. The tendency in recent years has been in the direction of tightening and increasing the bar- riers and of permitting less and less exception.
It seems to us that these barriers should fall univer- sally in the case of war service of any kind that may be suggested by the government or any of its official auxiliaries. We have in mind particularly the sale of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Certificates, the solicitation of Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. funds, K. C. funds, the making of Red Cross and hospital neces- sities and the food conservation propaganda. These are distinctly necessary factors that will contribute to the success of American arms and cannot be neglected unless we are willing to see American fail- ure and to abet it by inaction and negative opposi- tion.
Schoolboard members may well take pride in per- sonally promoting worth while war projects thru the schools."
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
The government's plan, recently inaugurated, to raise money for war purposes through the sale of Thrift Stamps and WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES has been presented to the pupils in all the grades. This plan makes it possible to loan money to the government in small amounts. It may be regarded as a Miniature Liberty Bond Sale, and yet, by this method it is expected that $2,000,000,000 will be raised to aid in carrying on the war.
Twenty-five cents purchases a Thrift Stamp which is to be attached to a Thrift Card. This card contains spaces for 16 stamps. When spaces are filled, this card
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may be exchanged at the post office for a War Savings Stamp by the payment of from 12 to 23 cents, depending upon the month in which the exchange is made. In Jan- uary, 1918, this amount is 12 cents and increases by one cent each succeeding month through the year. On Jan- uary 1st, 1923 this stamp may be redeemed at any post- office, the owner receiving $5.00, thereby receiving 4 per cent interest, compound quarterly on his investment.
The superintendent of schools has been appointed an agent to sell these stamps. Arrangements have been made, whereby the pupils may purchase them from the principals of the buildings.
GRADUATION :
The three grammar schools, as on the previous year, united for graduation exercises last June, the exercises being held in the assembly room of the Springfield Street school. The program consisted of recitations and music by the children, under the direction of Mrs. Treichler, teacher of elocution, and Miss Hooper, supervisor of music ; an address by Rev. Mr. Gleason, and presentation of diplomas by Mr. J. A. Roy, Chairman of School Com- mittee.
The interest shown by the parents in attending these exercises is gratifying, and a source of satisfaction to the teachers. The hall was taxed to the limit of its capacity.
Following are the names of the graduates:
Agawam Precinct.
Olga T. Ackerman
Bertha Banks
Ruth E. Blaisdell
William J. Cavanaugh
Bernard N. Carroll
Raymond H. Hayward Carl M. Hinckley Amy H. Hull Leonard A. Johnson Arnold W. Purnell
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Earle H. Channell
Rachel F. Davies Ruth O. Fay
George H. Randall Hazel G. Secord Esther M. Thompson
Feeding Hills Precinct.
John Agnoli
Henry Anderson
Sydney C. Granger Alice M. Healy Ambrose J. Kane
Barbara E. Arnold
Howard A. Barnes
Joseph E. Lynch
Philip D. Barry
Gladys M. Noble E. Dorrance Ryder
John D. Brutnell
Mittineague Precinct.
Roy Collins Lawrence Duclos .
Ruth Dumond Mayme Fariole
Francis McGrady Raymond Provost Gladys Rivers George Talmadge
Esther Gamache
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Through the efforts and generosity of Mr. Somerby, assisted by the pupils of the Feeding Hills School, a stereopticon was presented to the school last year.
I would urge the parents to visit the schools that they may become acquainted with the teachers to the end that they may co-operate more intelligently in furthering the interests of the children. It is always a source of encouragement to the teacher and a spur to the pupil when parents are interested to visit the school. A closer acquaintance between parents and teachers will
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Alice R. Brutnell
obviate many misunderstandings and will be conducive to harmony and progress.
In closing this, the sixteenth year of my work as superintendent in the town of Agawam, I wish to ex- press again my appreciation of the helpful counsel and support of the School Committee; and the loyalty and co-operation of teachers and parents.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. GUSHEE.
February 4, 1918.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY, JANUARY, 1918
Name
Sehoo]
Grades
Date of Appointment
Address
Where Educated
Walter E. Gushce.
Supt. of Schools
Dee. 1901
Ludlow, Mass.
Phoebe Hooper
Musie Supervisor
Sept. 1916
-30 High St., Springfield
Helen L. Arnold
Drawing Supervisor
Dee.
1912
61 Thompson St., Springfield
Katherine G. Danahy, Prin.
Mittineague Prin.
VIII-IX
Sept. 1899
Mittincague, Mass.
Anna Powers
Mittinegue
VII
Sept. 1917
Mittineague, Mass.
Etta Rosenberg
Mittineague
VI
Sept .. 1914
18 Hampden St., Westfield
Westfield Normal, Teachers' Course
Ella R Taylor
Mittineague
III, IV
Dec.
1914
93 High St., Springfield
Julia T. Keenan
Mittineague
II, III I
Sept.
1900
Mittineague, Mass.
Kate Adams, Prin.
Agawam Center
VIII, IX
Sept.
1917
Agawan:, Mass.
Mary Kerr
Agawam Center
VII
Sept. 1917
Agawam, Mass.
Margaret Cochrane
Agawam Center
VI
Sept. 1912
Ludlow, Mass.
Lena Collis
Agawam Center
IV, V
Jan.
1917
Theresa B. Lee
Agawam Center
III, IV
Sept. 1918
Agawam, Mass.
Sarah Wheaton
Agawam Center
I, II
Sept. 1914
15 Hollywood St., Springfield
May H. Lewis
Agawam Center
II, III
Substitute
Mittineague, Mass.
Archibald Coldwell, Prin.
VIII, IX
Sept. 1917
Feeding Hills, Mass.
Sadie E. Smith
Feeding Hills
VI, VII
Sept. 1914
Theresa L. Custer
Feeding Hills
IV, V
Sept. 1911
543 Westfield St., Mittineague
Katherine Janes
Feeding Hills
I, II
Feb. 1917
Feeding Hills
II, III
Sept. 1915 Suffield, Ct.
Cora E. Halliday Faolin M. Picree Josephine Small
Springfield St. School
I
Sept. 1909 32 Huntington St. Springfield
Springfield St. School
I, II
Sept. 1917
Taunton , Mass.
Hazel M. Sullivan
Springfield St. School
II, III
Sept.
1914
Mittineague, Mass. Mittineague, Mass.
Mary A Danaher
Springfield St. School
IV, V
Sept.
1914
Hazel Fowler
West St. School
I-IV
Sept 1917
Feeding Hills, Mass.
Marguerite Chapin
Suffield St. School
I-III
Sept. 1915
Agawam, Mass.
Mary Begley
South School
I-III
Sept. 1 16
Mittineague, Mass.
Castine Normal, M. A. C. and B. U.
Worcester High, Massachusetts Normal Art West Springfield High, Westfield Normal West Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal
Olive A. Fox
Mittineague
V
Sept. 1914
Sept.
1914
454 Chestnut St., Springfield
Jennie M. Lucas
Mittineague
Sacred Heart High, Westfield Normal Lewis High School, Southington Training Class Pembroke Academy, Keene Normal
Ludlow High, Westfield Normal Palmer High, Westfield Normal Willimantie High, Willimantie Normal Charlemont High, North Adams Normal Ogontz
Feeding Hills
69 Alexander Apartment, Springfield
Harvard Summer School Springfield High, Westfield Normal West Springfield High, Westfield Normal Easthampton High, Fitchburg Normal C. L. I., Sufficld, Westfield Normal Springfield High, Springfield Normal Training
West Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal Westfield High, Westfield Normal Northampton High, Boston School Domestic Seience West Springfield High, Westfield Normal
ENROLLMENT
The following table shows the enrollment by schools and by grades as of January, 1918.
AGAWAM PRECINCT
I
II
III
IV
V
VI VII VIII IX
Total 1918
Room 1
25
11
36
Room 2
15
14
29
Room 3
15
25
40
Room 4
16
24
40
Room 5
39
39
Room 6
30
30
Room 7
18
10
28
South
12
11
8
31
Suffield St.
10
8
8
26
Totals
47
26
48
57
24
39
30
18
10
309
MITTINEAGUE PRECINCT
Room 1
36
36
Room 2
31
10
41
Room 3
18
23
41
Room 4
34
34
Room 5
27
27
Room 6
22
22
Room 7
14
7
21
Totals
36
31
28
23
34
27
22
14
7
222
FEEDINGIHILLS PRECINCT
Room 1
19
8
27
Room 2
11
16
27
Room 3
16
24
40
Room 4
36
Room 5
19
6
25
West St.
3
9
6
2
25
Totals
22
28
22
18
24
10
26
19
6
175
SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL
Room 1
35
Room 2
35 20
30
Room 3
35
Room 4
22
16
38
Totals
55
21
24
22
16
138
Grand Totals
160
106
122
120
98
76
78
51
23
824
10 11
24
10
26
Articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting
March 6, 1918.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To receive the annual reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.
Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day and pro- vide for its expenditure.
Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all notes or bonds of the Town which may become due during the fiscal year.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety in the official bond of its officers.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and
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girls' club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demon- stration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Tower Terrace as a Public Street.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the by-laws reported by a committee under Art. 3 of a special Town meeting held May 4, 1917.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow dur- ing the current municipal year beginning January 1, 1918 in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Art. 14. To hear and act upon the report of the Town Auditors.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will adopt any by-laws regarding its prudential affairs.
Art. 16. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
Art. 17. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF
AGAWAM MASS.
INCORE
15.1855:
ORATED
For the Year Ending December 31 1918
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Town Officers 1918-1919
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN R. LLOYD JAMES H. CLARK
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY
Term expires 1921
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1920
HARRY P. HINCKLEY Term expires 1919
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR,
Term expires 1921
H. PRESTON WORDEN Term expires 1920
CHARLES F. BARDEN Term expires 1919
Auditors EDWARD W. PILLSBURY OTIS H. ADAMS
Library Trustees
HENRY L. TOWER Term expires 1921
AVERY K. GLEASON Term expires 1920
RALPH PERRY Term expires 1919
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund FREMONT H. KING . Term expires 1919 ALBERT H. BROWN, Term expires 1920
Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY
Term expires 1920
EDWIN LEONARD Term expires 1921
DELOS J. BLOOM
Term expires 1919
Water Commissioners
EDWARD A. KELLOGG Term expires 1920
GEORGE H. REED Term expires 1921
DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1919
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
WALTER E. ALLEN GILES W. HALLADAY
DWIGHT E. BAILEY
EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL ALVIN'R. RANDALL
EDWARD S. CONNOR ALVIN R. KELLOGG
RILEY S. FARNSWORTH
SUMNER C. SCHWARTZ
Agent for Care of Soldiers' Graves JAMES W. MOORE
Game and Fish Wardens
LEVI RIVERS CHARLES H. WYMAN
ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Surveyors of Lumber
EDWARD A. KELLOGG CHARLES W. HASTINGS
FRANK W. KELLOGG GEORGE H. TAYLOR
Measurers of Wood
CHARLES W. HULL, JR.
NELSON G. KING
GEORGE BOURDO
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Public Weighers
HARVEY E. PORTER FRANK WHITTAKER JERRY RILEY
JAMES F. BARRY JAMES D. CLEARY PATRICK RILEY
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
JUDSON W. HASTINGS Term expires 1919
CHARLES W. HULL, JR., Term expires 1921
EMILE A. ROY Term expires 1920
Inspector of Animals EDWIN U. LEONARD
Inspector of Meats EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers
WILLIAM H. PORTER J. ARSENE ROY JAMES H. KERR
Fence Viewers
SANFORD H. SAWYER
HOWARD D. STEERE
Field Drivers
WILLIAM S. HALLIDAY
SPENCER F. LEONARD
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 4, 1918
Precinct A
B C Total
Number of ballots cast,
162 153
122 437
RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health :
James H. Clark,
95
92
45
232
Daniel J. Collins,
119
87
91
297
John R. Lloyd,
102
81
109
292
Theodore Smith,
69
65
80
214
Preston Worden,
0
0
1
1
James W. Moore,
0
0
1
1
Elmer Bodurtha,
0
0
1
1
H. L. Tower,
0
0
1
1
Blanks,
101
134
34
269
· For Town Clerk, Treasurer and
Tax Collector :
Henry E. Bodurtha,
82
100
89
271
Norman F. Winter,
0
0
1
1
Henry Huntington,
0
0
1
1
Blanks
80
53
30
163
School Committee for three years:
J. Arsene Roy,
119
103
104
326
Blanks,
43
50
18
111
6
Precinct
A B
C Total
Assessor for three years :
R. Marther Taylor,
.112
124
107
343
Blanks,
50
29
14
93
Water Commissioners for three years :
Michael J. Carroll,
51
53
37
141
George H. Reed,
72
71
69
212
Blanks,
39
29
16
84
Auditors :
Otis H. Adams,
39
67
89
195
Raymond F. Finnegan,
80
41
19
140
Edward W. Pillsbury,
96
86
91
273
William Lester,
0
0
1
1
Blanks,
109
112
42
263
Library Trustees for three years :
Henry L. Tower,
108
105
105
318
Blanks,
54
48
16
118
Tree Warden:
Edwin M. Hitchcock,
112
117
108
337
Blanks,
50
36
13
99
Cemetery Commissioner for two years:
Edwin Leonard,
48
55
69
172
James W. Moore,
60
63
30
153
Blanks,
54
35
22
111
Trustee Whiting Street Fund :
Albert H. Brown,
88
109
96
293
Blanks,
74
44
25
143
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Precinct
A
B
C Total
Constables :
Walter E. Allen,
45
57
95
197
Dwight E. Bailey,
41
65
85
191
Frankie H. Campbell,
50
53
93
196
Edward S. Connor,
122
98
83
303
George Deno,
55
26
24
105
Jasper J. DeForge,
72
39
21
132
William DeForge,
61
33
19
113
Riley S. Farnsworth,
39
89
67
195
Frank T. Goss,
25
23
50
98
Giles W. Halladay,
44
95
45
184
Edwin M. Hitchcock,
38
48
56
142
Alvin R. Kellogg,
53
104
71
228
William J. O'Connor,
41
58
16
115
Joseph Plouff,
19
22
30
71
Alvin R. Randall,
34
44
75
153
Leo J. Roy,
57
30
39
126
Winfield S. Safford,
25
61
17
103
· Sumner C. Schwartz,
15
38
82
135
J. Phillips,
0
0
1
1
Blanks,
784
547
241 1572
Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town ?
Yes,
112
58
43
213
No,
41
72
59
172
Blanks,
9
23
19
51
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Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL March 6, 1918
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of ballot :
Whole number of votes cast, 26
William H. Porter received 14
James H. Clark received 9
Scattering, 3
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Result of action: Sanford H. Sawyer and Howard D. Steere were elected Fence Viewers. William S. Halladay and Spencer F. Leonard were elected Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To receive the annual reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.
Voted: That the reports of Town Officers as printed be accepted, errors and omissions, excepted.
Art. 4. 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 to the Overseers of the Poor.
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars for the observance of Memorial Day ; and that a com- mittee of two be appointed to have the expenditure of the same in charge.
Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all notes or bonds of the Town which may become due during the fiscal year ..
Voted: To take up under Article 16.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Voted that the School Committee be paid three dol- lars a day for time actually spent.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety in the official bond of its officers.
Voted: To appropriate one hundred dollars for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars for the liability insurance of its employees.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural dem- onstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accordance with the pro- vision of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Voted : To appropriate the sum of three hundred dol- lars to be expended, one hundred dollars in each precinct, under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work; and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 707, of the acts of 1914.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Tow- er Terrace as a Public street.
Voted: That the acceptance of Tower Terrace be left with the Selectmen with power to act.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the by-laws reported by a committee under Art. 3 of a special Town meeting held May 4, 1917.
Voted: That the following by-laws relating to the laying out and acceptance of streets be adopted :
Section 1. No street or way on private land shall be laid out, established or accepted as a public street un- less conforming to the following specifications :
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Sec. 2. A plan and profile showing the location and grade of every street or way which it is proposed to lay out and establish as a public street shall be filed with the Selectmen by the party or parties proposing to open said street. The plan and profile shall be drawn to such scale as may be required by the Selectmen, and to their ap- proval and shall show the location and grade of all con- necting streets.
Sec. 3. Upon the receipt of such plans, with a peti- tion for their approval, the Board of Selectmen shall give a public hearing thereon, in accordance with the revised laws of Massachusetts and acts in amendment thereof.
Sec. 4. If the plans are then approved they shall be signed by the members of the Board and filed with the Town Clerk, who shall attest thereon the date of the filing.
Sec. 5. No proposed street shall be less than fifty feet in width.
Sec. 6. The name of any proposed street must be submitted with the plan and must not conflict with the name of any other street, in the Town, and must be ap- proved by the Selectmen. All blind, or dead end, streets shall be known as places or courts.
Sec. 7. The Selectmen may require sidewalks, curbs, sewers, and water mains, and when required they shall be laid and the streets hardened, by the owners of the pro- erty before its acceptance as a street or way.
Sec. 8. This work shall be performed by the board having control of the work. Their services shall be paid for by the owners.
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Sec. 9. All sewers and water mains, including hy- drants, shall be laid in accordance with specifications fur- nished by the board having control of this work.
Sec. 10. Whenever it is deemed advisable to in- stall a water pipe larger than 6 inch or a sewer larger or deeper than the street itself requires, in order to pro- vide for the needs of other property, such additional ex- pense shall be borne by the Town.
Sec. 11. The entire area of every street shall be cleared of stumps, rocks, roots, and other unnecessary material, and of all trees not intended for preservation.
Sec. 12. All clay, loam and loamy materials shall be removed from the limits of the roadway and of the sidewalks, to such a depth as may be approved by the selectmen, and shall be deposited outside the limits of such streets, except when needed for filling or grading the street.
Sec. 13. All work in excavation and embankment shall be brought accurately to a sub-grade, of not less than four inches for the roadway and sidewalk below the finished grade. All side slopes in excavation and embankment shall conform with good engineering prac- tice.
Sec. 14. All rock and boulders in excavation shall be removed from the street or used in fill or embank- ment. All embankments shall be made of loam, sand, gravel, cinders, furnace slag, rock or broken stone only. Under no circumstances shall any perishable material be used for the making of streets or street embankment.
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Sec. 15. A good binding gravel or three grades of macadam, as may be approved by the selectmen, shall be laid above the subgrade on the roadway and to the fin- ished grade, and clean gravel or such other material as may be approved by the said board, shall be laid on the sidewalks above the sub-grade to the finished grade. The tree belt and side slopes adjoining or near the street line shall be covered with good loam at least four inches in depth, and so applied as to insure against slipping.
Sec. 16. The Selectmen may require the side gut- ters on every street having a grade of two per cent. or more to be paved at least two feet wide with stone, con- crete or other suitable material as may be approved by them.
Sec. 17. The Selectmen may require every street having a continuous grade for more than three hundred feet to have catch basins and grates at such locations and of such quality kind, and dimensions, and so connected with the permanent drainage outlet, as may be approved by the Board of Selectmen.
Sec. 18. All corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded, and granite bounds shall be set at all angles, curves and corners of connecting streets, according to the approval and direction of the selectmen.
Sec. 19. Sewer entrance fees shall be paid to the Town, but all sewer entrance fees received by the Town within ten years from the laying of any sewer shall be repaid to the parties who originally paid for the work.
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Sec. 20. An accurate record shall be kept of all expenditures for the extension of water mains, excluding hydrants, approved by the inspector and water board, and placed on file with the Town Clerk, and upon ac- ceptance of any street there shall be refunded to the parties originally making the expenditure an amount equal to ten times the water rentals received by the Town during the previous twelve months from the abutting property, but the amount so refunded shall not exceed the original expenditure.
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