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Olive A. Fox
Mittineague
IV, V
Sept.
1914
18 Hampden St., Westfield
Ella R. Taylor
Mittineague
III, IV
Dec.
1914
93 High St., Springfield
Julia F. Keenan
Mittineague Mittineague
II, III Į
Sept.
1914
454 Chestnut St., Springfield Mittineague, Mass.
Vera E. Boyd
Agawam Ctr.
VII-IX
Sept.
1915
16 Hill St., W. Springfield
Blanche E. Lyon
Agawam Ctr.
V, VI
Sept.
1912
Ludlow, Mass.
Margaret Cochrane Lena Collis
Agawam Ctr.
IV, V
Jan.
1917
Agawam, Mass.
Thereas B. Lee
Agawam, Ctr.
II, III
Sept.
1915
Agawam, Mass.
Sarah Wheaton
Feeding Hills
VII-IX
Sept.
1914
30 Elmdale Ave, W. Spr'gf'd
Sadie E. Smith
Feeding Hills
V, VI
Sept.
1914
69 Alexander Apart., Spfld.
Theresa L. Custer
Feeding Hills
III, IV
Sept.
1911
543 Westfield St., Mittineague Feeding Hills
Katherine Janes Hasel M. Sullivan Mary A. Danalıer
New School
VI, VII IV, V
Sept. Sept.
1914
Mittineague
Katherine J. Keenan
New School
Jan.
1911
454 Chestnut St., Springfield
Faolin M. Peirce Cora E. Halladay
West Street
I-III
Sept.
1915
Suffield Street
I-III
Sept.
1915
Agawam, Mass.
South School
I-IV
Sept.
1916
Mittineague, Mass.
Castine Normal, M. A. C. and Boston Univer. Summer Courses
Worcester High, Massachusetts Normal Art W. Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal Westfield Normal, Teacher's Course
Sacred Heart High, Westfield Normal Lewis High, Southington, Ct., Southington Training Class Boyton High, Eastport, Me., Gorham Normal
Ludlow High, Westfield Normal Palmer High, Westfield Normal Willimantic High, Willimantic Normal
Charlemont High, Winter Courses. No. Adams Normal.
Agawam Ctr.
I
Sept. 1914
15 Hollywood St., Springfield
Frank S. Somerby
Feeding Hills
I, II
Feb. 1917
1914
Mittineague
New School
II, IV I
Sept.
1909
32 Huntington St., Springfield Feeding Hills, Mass.
Marguerite Chapin Mary Begley
Mittineague
VII-IX
Sept.
1899
Mittineague, Mass.
Jennie M. Lucas
Agawam Ctr.
Gram. Asst Jan.
Sept.
1900
1917
Agawam, Mass.
Newburyport High, M. I. T. (three years) Springfield High, Westfield Normal West Springfield High, Westfield Normal Easthampton High, Fitchburg Normal West Springfield IIigh, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal Sacred Heart High, Westfield Normal Springfield High, Springfield Normal Training C. L. I., Suffield, Ct., Westfield Normal Northampton High, Boston School of Domestic Sciences West Springfield High, Westfield Normal
New School
ENROLLMENT
The following table shows the enrollment by schools and by grades as of January 15, 1917.
AGAWAM PRECINCT
Grade I
Grade II
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade V
Grade VI
Grade VII
Grade VJII
Grade JX
Total
Room 1
Sarah Wheaton
28
9
37
Room 2
Theresa B. Lee
19
20
39
Room 3
Lena Collis
20
47
Room 4
Margaret Cochrane
44
Room 5
Vera E. Boyd
24
21
10
55
South
Mary Begley
12
6
6
9
33
Suffield St.
Marguerite Chapin
13
9
10
32
Totals
53
43
36
29
42
29
24
21
10
287
MITTINEAGUE PRECINCT
Room 1
Jennie M. Lucas
40
40
Room 2
Julia F. Keenan
22
16 10
25
35
Room 4
Olive A. Fox
7
29
36
Room 5
Etta Rosenberg
19
18
37
Room 6
Katherine Danahy
7
13
9
29
Totals
40
22
26
32
29
19
25
13
9
215
FEEDING HILLS PRECINCT
Room 1
Mrs. Henry (Sub.)
21
20
41
Room 2
Theresa L. Custer
15
17
32
Room 3
Sadie E. Smith
15
14
29
Room 4
Frank S. Sonerby
11
16
8
35
West St.
Cora E. Halladay
5
8
2
3
0
7
25
Totals
26
28
17
20
15
21
11
16
8 162
PLAINS (New Building)
Room 1
Faolin M. Peicre ·
42
Room 2
Katherine J. Keenan
24
21
45
Room 3
Mary A. Danaher
23
15
38
Room 4.
Hazel M. Sullivan
17
11
28
Totals
42
24
21
23
15
17
11
153
Totals for all schools
161 |117 100 104 101
86
71|
50
27 817
.
38
Room 3
Ella R. Taylor
27 15
29
Articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting MARCH 7,1917
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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Article 2. To choose two or more fence viewers and two or more field drivers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
Article 4. To see what method the town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day and appoint a committee to expend the same. '
Article 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.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote any compen- sation to the School Committee for their services.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on taxes other than provided by law.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of . money for the payment of the proper charges of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
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Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Article 11. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 293 of the General Acts passed by the General Court in 1916.
Article 12. To see if the town will make any by-laws under the authority of Chapter 293 of the General Acts passed by the General Court in 1916.
· Article 13. To see if the town will accept the whole or any portion of Chapter 655 of the Acts passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1913.
Article 14. To see if the town will make any by-laws re- lating to buildings or laying out of streets within its limits.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission to ex- tend the new State Highway from Feeding Hills, easterly along Springfield, Mill, Cooper and Suffield streets to Agawam Bridge.
Article 16. To see what action the town will take for a proper auditing of its accounts, or providing a system therefor.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts Public Service Commission to investigate the trolley service in all parts of the town, or take any other action to procure more dependable connections with Springfield.
Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate 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 demonstration work on land owned by
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the town, or owned by any resident of the town in accordance with the provisons of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.
Artcile 19. To see if the town will appropriate any sum of money for the improvement of the North Cemetery situated on Cooper street.
Article 20. To see if the town will provide better school room accommodations in Agawam Center, either by addition to the present building or by using the present Town Hall for school purposes and purchasing land and the erection of a Town Hall providing Library and Fire Department accom- modations.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to erect a Fire Department building in Agawam Center.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to accept Pliny street as a public street. -
Article 23. To see if the town will authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning January 1, 1917, in an- ticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town.
Article 24. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
Article 25. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
AGAWAM
MASSACHUSETTS
F
TO
INCOR
5.1855
RAT
For the Year Ending December 31 1917
DAILY NEWS JOB PRINT SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
TRADCE PION COUNCIL
Town Officers 1917-18
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN R. LLOYD THEODORE SMITH
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY . Term expires 1918
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1920
HARRY P. HINCKLEY Term expires 1919
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR Term expires 1918:
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 1918
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 1918
Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY
Term expires 1920
EDWIN LEONARD Term expires 1918
DELOS J. BLOOM
Term expires 1919
Water Commissioners
EDWARD A. KELLOGG Term expires 1920
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. Term expires 1918
DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1919
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
DWIGHT E. BAILEY RILEY S. FARNSWORTH
FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL GILES W. HALLADAY
EDWARD S. CONNOR ALVIN R. KELLOGG
JASPER J. DE FORGE RAYMOND RANDALL
DWIGHT S. DICKINSON LEO J. ROY
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
C. W. HULL, JR. NELSON G. KING
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Public Weighers
EDWARD A. KELLOGG JAMES F. BARRY FRANK W. KELLOGG FREDERICK W. USCHMAN HARVEY E. PORTER JAMES D. CLEARY WHITTAKER
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
JUDSON W. HASTINGS Term expires 1919
ELMER F. BODURTHA. Term expires 1918
EMILE A. ROY .Term expires 1920
Inspector of Animals EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers
WILLIAM H. PORTER J. ARSENE ROY JAMES H. KERR
Fence Viewers
DEXTER M. STEERE
GEORGE W. PORTER
SANFORD H. SAWYER HARVEY E. PORTER
Field Drivers
WILLIAM D. RISING
HARRY G. SPEAR
WILLIAM S. HALLADAY
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 5, 1917
Precinct
a
b
c Total
Number of ballots cast
209
150
123 482
RESULTS OF THE COUNT OF THE BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health
Daniel J. Collins
135
71
64
270
James H. Clark.
75
76
50
201
John A. Donovan.
73
46
34
153
John R. Lloyd
76
53
96
225
John Merrell
33
48
40
121
Theodore Smith
69
89
70
228
Blanks.
166
67
12
245
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
Henry E. Bodurtha
89
80
88
257
Blanks.
120
70
34
224
School Committee for Three Years
Clifford M. Granger
142
121
107
370
Blanks.
67
29
16
112
Assessors for Three Years
H. Preston Worden
144
119
111
374
Blanks
65
31
11
107
6
Precinct
a b
c Total
Water Commissioners
Edward A. Kellogg
140
120
112
372
Blanks
69
30
10
109
Auditors
Otis H. Adams
61
65
93
219
Eugene P. Lowell
67
47
22
136
Edward W. Pillsbury
138
89
89
316
Charles Brouse
0
0
1
1
Blanks.
152
99
39
290
Library Trustees for Three Years
Avery K. Gleason
130
122
104
356
Blanks.
79
28
18
125
Trustees of the Whiting Street Fund
Fremont H. King.
121
93
99
313
Blanks.
88
57
23
168
Cemetery Commissioner
Robert Ely
119
92
92
303
Blanks.
90
58
30
178
Tree Warden
Edwin M. Hitchcock
134
120
111
365
C. W. Atwater
0
0
1
1
N. E. Bosworth.
0
0
1
1
Blanks
90
58
30
178
7
Precinct
a
b
C Total
Constables
Dwight E. Bailey .
57
73
97
227
Frankie H. Campbell
59
45
92
196
Edward S. Connor
148
99
81
328
Jasper J. DeForge
96
52
30
178
William DeForge
73
34
11
118
Dwight Dickinson
76
65
80
221
William A. Duclos
80
48
23
151
Riley S. Farnsworth
49
82
77
208
Frank T. Goss.
35
28
70
133
Giles W. Halladay
73
109
69
251
Edwin M. Hitchcock
41
55
59
155
Alvin R. Kellogg
46
86
73
205
Fred Larro.
88
22
39
149
William J. O'Connor
56
79
24
159
Raymond Randall
38
41
91
170
Leo J. Roy
81
34
58
173
Winfield S. Safford
24
73
25
122
Walter E. Allen
0
0
1
1
Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes
139
56
42
237
No.
50
77
70
197
Blanks
20
17
10
47
Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL
March 7, 1917.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of ballot-
Whole number of votes cast 19
James W. Moore received 1
William H. Porter received 18
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Result of action: Dexter M. Steere, Sanford H. Sawyer, George W. Porter and Harvey E. Porter were choosen Fence Viewers. William D. Rising, Harry G. Spear, William S. Halladay were chosen Field Drivers.
Art. 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.
Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Voted :- To leave the care of the Poor in the hands of the overseers of the Poor.
'Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day and ap- point a committee to expend the same.
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Voted :- That the sum of one hundred dollars be ap- propriated for the observance of Memorial Day and that a committee of two be appointed by the moderator to expend the same. Avery K. Gleason and Charles O. Worthington were the committee appointed.
'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 consider this article under Article 24 of the warrant.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote any compensa- tion to the School Committee for their services.
Voted :- That the School Committee be paid three dollars per day for time actually employed.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to charge in- terest on Taxes other than provided by law.
Voted :- To pass over.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of Insur- ance Company for acting as Surety on the official bond of its officers.
Voted that the sum of one hundred dollars be ap- propriated to pay the proper charge of an Insurance company as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Art. 10. 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 dollars for Liability Insurance.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will accept the pro- visions of Chapter 293 of the General Acts passed by the General Court in 1916.
Voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 293 of the General Acts of 1916.
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Art. 12. To see if the Town will make any by-laws under the authority of Chapter 293 of the General Acts passed by the General Court in 1916.
Voted :- That a committee of three be appointed by the moderator to draft by-laws under authority of Chapter 293 of the General Acts of 1916 and report at a special town meeting. James H. Clark, John R. Lloyd and Daniel J. Collins were appointed as this committee.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will accept the whole or any portion of Chapter 655 of the Acts passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1913.
Voted :- To accept the provisions of Sections 1 to 10 inclusive of Chapter 655 of the Acts passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1913.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will make any by-laws relating to buildings or laying out of streets within its limits.
Voted :- That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to draw up by-laws relating to the erection of buildings, and that the same committee also draw up by-laws relating to the laying out and acceptance of streets within the limits of the Town, this Committee to report at a special town meeting.
Fred A. Worthington, Paul B. Johnson, J. Arsene Roy, James H. Clark and Edward A. Kellogg were ap- pointed as this committee.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission to extend the new State Highway from Feeding Hills, easterly along Springfield, Mill, Cooper and Suffield Streets to Agawam Bridge.
Voted :- That the Selectmen are hereby instructed to petition the State Highway Commission to extend the State Highway, to be built under Chapter 221, Acts of
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1915, from Feeding Hills easterly along Springfield, Mill, Cooper and Suffield Streets to Agawam Bridge.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take for a proper auditing of its accounts or providing a system therefor.
Voted :- That the matter be referred to the Town Auditors for consideration and that they report recom- mendations at next annual Town meeting.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectman to petition the Massachusetts Public Service Commission to investigate the trolly ser- vice in all parts of the town or take any other action to procure more dependable connection with Springfield.
No action taken under this article.
Art. 18. 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 agricultural 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 pro- visions of Chapter 707 of the acts of 1914.
Voted :- That the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the promotion of boy's and girl's club work and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the town; to be expended one hundred dollars in each precinct under the direction of the Hampden County Improvement League.
Art. 19. To see if the town will appropriate any sum of money for the improvement of the North Ceme- tery situated on Cooper Street.
Voted :- That the sum of seventy five dollars in ad- dition to the eighty dollars now in the treasury, received
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from sale of timber, be appropriated for the improvement of the North Cemetery.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will provide better school accomodations in Agawam Center, either by ad- dition to the present building or by using the present Town Hall for school purposes and purchasing land and the erection of a Town Hall providing Library and Fire Department accomodations.
Voted :- That the whole matter of providing neces- sary school accommodations, Fire Department quarters, Town Hall and a Library room for Agawam Center be left with a committee consisting of the Board of Select- men, School Committee, Fire Commissioner W. H. Porter and two others from Agawam Center to be named by the moderator, whose duty it shall be to consider every phase of this complex problem and report at a special Town Meeting. C. W. Hastings and H. E. Bodurtha were appointed on this Committee.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to erect a Fire Department building in Agawam Center.
Voted :- To refer to the same committee as ap- pointed under article 20.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Pliny Street as a public street.
Voted :- To pass over.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow dur- ing the current municipal year begining January 1, 1917, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted :- That the Town Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to
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borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the municipal year beginning January 1, 1917, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the Tax levy of 1916 and to issue a note or notes there- for payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said muni- cipal year.
Article 24. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
Voted :- The following appropriations.
Schools, superintendence and supplies balance of 1916 and $32,000.00
Highways and Bridges-balance, Railway
Tax and 8,000.00
Town Office
1,900.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector
1,000.00
Care of Poor-balance of 1916 and
2,200.00
Contingencies,-balance of 1916 and
500.00
Police,-Police Court fines, balance of 1916 and
1,500.00
Care of Town Buildings,-Balance of 1916 and rents
Street Lights,-balance of 1916 and
5,000.00
Forestry,-balance of 1916 and
900.00
Fire Department
1,000.00
Library, balance of 1916 and
200.00
Assessors
700.00
Health Department, balance of 1916 and.
300.00
State and Military Aid
100.00
Interest, water rents, interest on deposits and taxes, amount on hand from sewer en- trance fees, balance of 1916 and 3,000.00 . . Town debt all license fees, corporation and bank taxes, premium on 1916 bond issues, balance of 1916 and 2,500.00
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Memorial Day Observance
100.00
Surety bonds 100.00 Liability Insurance 100.00
Boys' and girls' club work
300.00
North Cemetery 75.00
Art. 25. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Voted :- To extend a vote of thanks to the Finance Committee for the services for the year 1916.
Voted :- That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator, to consider the matter of a classification of real estate valuations to be used by the Assessors and report at a special Town Meeting. George W. Porter, James W. Moore and John Merrell were appointed.
The following were named by the Moderator as Finance Committee; Judson W. Hastings, James W. Moore, Fred A. Worthington, Wm. M. Shaylor and Henry W. Fitch.
Voted :- That this meeting do now adjourn.
HENRY E. BODURTHA, Town Clerk.
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Special Town Meeting
May 4, 1917.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting. James H. Clark was elected Moderator by re- ceiving 78 ballots out of 115 cast.
Art. 2. To hear and act upon the report of the committee on by-laws appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting under Article 12 of the warrant and make or adopt any by-laws under authority of Chapter 293 of the Acts of 1916.
The committee on By-Laws appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, reported the following:
Section 1. No person shall transport passengers for hire as a business within the Town of Agawam between fixed and regular termini by means of any motor vehicle, except the trackless trolly vehicle, so called not running on tracks or rails unless he is licensed so to do.
Sec. 2. Suitable persons may be licensed by the Selectmen to transport passengers as aforesaid. Each license so issued shall be numbered in order, shall con- tain a description of the licensee sufficient for identifica- tion, shall be carried upon the person of the licensee at all times when he is engaged in exercising it, and at all such times shall be shown upon demand to any Selectman, Constable or Police officer of the Town of Agawam. Such license shall be in force for one year from the day it was issued, and may be revoked at any time for cause. The fee for every license so issued shall be five dollars.
Sec. 3. No such motor vehicle shall be operated as
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aforesaid until its licensee shall have deposited with the Treasurer of the Town of Agawam security by bond or otherwise, approved by said Town Treasurer in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, for such vehicle oper- ated by the licensee, conditioned to pay any judgement obtained against the principal named in the bond for any injury to person or property, or damage for causing death of any person by reason of any negligent or unlaw- ful act on the part of the principal named in said bond, his or its agents, employees or drivers, in the use or operation of any such vehicle.
Sec. 4. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the article shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars."
Voted :- To accept the report and adopt the by-laws as presented.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the committee on by-laws appointed under Article 14 of the warrant of the last Annual Town Meeting and make or adopt any by-laws under authority of Chapter 655 of the Acts of 1913.
The committee on by-laws appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting reported by-laws controlling the erection of buildings and the laying out of streets.
Moved :- That under authority of Chapter 655 of the Acts of 1913 the Town make and adopt the by-laws reported by its Committee on by-laws thereunder.
Voted :- To postpone action until a further date.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the report of the SpecialCommittee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to consider the classification of real estate valu- ations for assessment.
The Committee on classification of real estate valua- tion made the following report:
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"We have made a careful study of the Real Estate Valuations of the Town as published by the Assessors in 1915 and find much therein contained, unfair, unequal, and unjust. We find a lack of system and method in the valuation list of the Town, which in the interest of the Town should be corrected.
We respectfully suggest a division of the Real Estate into classes: First; Village Property-Class A. as in Precinct A. and the village of Mittineague in which there is nearer uniform value than in the other Precincts in the assessments also higher in value, but only fair to owner. Second: Farming Property-Class B. as in Pre- cincts B. and C. mostly. However, because land is used for farming purposes only, which has a greater value as a site for dwellings, is no reason why it should be kept in class B. and assessed as farm land, when there is a constant and growing demand for land for homes by people going up and down our streets with money in their hands, and are refused; it looks as if something was wrong somewhere.
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