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2,691 45
Sidewalks,
987 50
Snow Removal,
177 95
Soldiers' Aid,
87 25
State Highway,
6,197 08
Street Lighting,
2,320 68
Street Watering,
530 15
Town Hall,
701 09
Town Hall steps,
748 09
Tree Warden,
134 75
Willow Street,
2,597 08
School Warrants,
8,836 33
State Aid,
760 00
Military Aid,
96 00
Officers fees by order of Court,
39 53
Assistance M. B. Dodge,
104 00
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Cemetery Bond No. 2,
$1,000 00
Interest on same,
60 00
Perpetual care lots, cemetery,
29 76
Marshall K. Abbott fund,
200 00
Luther F. Dane
100 00
Elizabeth S. Brown
100 00
National Bank tax 1908,
7 19
State Highway tax,
72 05
Commonwealth fines,
34 00
Town Hall Bond No. 12,
1,000 00
Interest on same,
340 00
School House Bond No. 3,
980 00
Interest on same,
490 00
Quarter of 2 Druggist licenses,
50
Note Merchants National Bank,
15,000 00
Interest on same,
491 25
Library,
400 00
State Tax,
4,725 00
County Tax,
5,874 08
Ash Pit, South School,
200 00
Oiling roads,
757 14
. Highways
5,254 90
$73,975 79
Treasurer's receipts,
$79,471 52
expenditures,
73,975 79
balance,
$5.495 73
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TOWN REPORT.
Auditor's Report.
January, 1910.
I have this day examined the books of the Town of Hamilton and find them according to preceding reports.
HORACE E. ANDREWS,
Auditor.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY,
C. AUGUSTUS NORWOOD,
Selectmen of Hamilton.
HOUSTON A. THOMAS,
Tax Collector's Report.
Account of taxes with the Town of Hamilton, Decem- ber 31, 1909.
Due the Town for 1908, $3,443 06
Due the Town for 1909,
38,837 17
$42,280 23
Paid Treasurer,
$30,906 33
Due Town on uncollected taxes,
$11,373 90
divided as follows :
Due for 1908,
$1253 72
Due for 1909,
10,120 18
Total, $11,373 90
This is a report for the ten month year.
CHARLES W. APPLETON, Collector.
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TOWN REPORT.
Assessors' Report.
We wish to call attention to several changes in the laws of the State during the past year, one is that we now receive only one-half the corporation tax on mercantile cor- porations. Another change is that April 1, will be the date of assessment instead of May 1, as in past years.
Also poles and wires belonging to Telephone and Tele- graph Companies, either on private property or railroad locations, become taxable property.
During the past year the supervisor of Assessors, Mr. Patten, has made several visits and has given us much valuable information and various recommendations made by him will be carried out during the year 1910.
The Assessors feel that the time has come when a room should be provided for their use separately from the Selectmen, and it is proposed to fit up one-half of the room adjoining the Selectmen's with desk, safe, etc., an appro- priation for which is asked for in the Selectmen's recom- mendations.
Value of buildings,
$1,304,900 00
Value of land, 790,900 00
Value of real estate,
$2,095,800 00
Value of personal estate,
1,702,620 00
Total Valuation,
$3,798,420 00
Exemptions,
$10,790 00
Tax on real estate,
$19,910 10
Tax on personal estate,
16,174 89
Tax on polls,
950 00 X
Total tax,
$37,034 99
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Corporation tax, 1908, (claims)
$167 00
Corporation tax, 1909,
8686 18
National Bank tax,
663 02
Street Railway franchise tax,
1228 50
Street Railway excise tax,
1020 24
Gypsy moth assessment,
999 94
Tax on polls,
$2 00
Rate per $1000,
9 50
Number of horses,
404
" cows,
233
" neat cattle other than cows,
47
" swine,
85
" fowl,
3410
" dwellings,
789
66
" acres of land,
7673
" residents assessed on property,
334
" non-residents assessed on property,
224
" persons assessed on polls only,
238
Total number of persons assessed, 796
GEORGE H. GIBNEY,
ISAAC F. KNOWLTON,
GEORGE W. FITZ, Assessors of Hamilton.
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TOWN REPORT.
Town Clerk's Report.
GEORGE T. LITCHFIELD, Town Clerk.
The following hearings have been held by the Selectmen :
Apr. 12. Upon the petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co. for location of poles on Union Street. Granted.
May 3. Upon the petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co. for location of poles on Asbury Street. Granted.
June 28. Upon the petition of the New England Telegraph and Telephone Co. for location of poles on Asbury Street. Not granted.
There have been two special Town meetings. April 22 and June 16.
MARRIAGES RECORDED.
Apr. 3. Edgar J. Pitman of Hamilton and Hilga .J. Erickson of Rockport.
Apr. 18. John J. Rhodes of Hamilton and Margaret Mclellan of Cambridge.
Apr. 29. Fulton T. Perkins of Beverly and Elsie M. Carey of Marblehead.
May 12. James McAudle of Hamilton and Bridget McKevitt of Hamilton.
June 2. John G. Corcoran of Hamilton and Anna A. Tuck of Hamilton.
June 15. Joseph T. Barror of Hamilton and Anna Hage of Beverly.
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Aug. 21. Gustaf W. Sander of Woburn and Clara Hulton of Hamilton.
Sept. 2. Frank Edwards of Beverly and Fannie R. Preston of Hamilton.
Sept. 22. Douglass HI. Knowlton of Hamilton and Mae E. Schaller of Hamilton.
Oct. 12. Charles E. Woodman of Wenham and Mary L. Callely of Roxbury.
Oct. 28. Claude L. Howard of Hamilton and Annie F. Cum- mings of Hamilton.
Nov. 17. Harold E. Fowler of Brockton and E. Irene Pope of Hamilton.
Nov. 22. Edward B. Healy of Hamilton and Amelia M. Haxam of Hamilton.
Nov. 25. Walter C. Clifford of Wenham and Mary A. Southwick of Hamilton.
Dec. 15. Daniel W. Kimball of Hamilton and Clara A. Appleton of Hamilton.
DEATHS RECORDED.
I'rs.
Mos.
Dys.
Feb. 2. Charles N. Stanley
1
7
Feb. 19. Lucy T. Robinson
71
26
Mch. 17. Mary P. F. Striley
49
10
3
Mch. 20. Arthur H. Dane
27
3
27
Apr. 14. Annie E. Appleton
42
4
25
May 15. Samuel A. Waitt
75
11
12
May 16. Percy A. Dodge
28
7
6
June 6. Elizzie V. Andrews
56
11
17
June 22. Eleanor M. Collins
2
3
June 23. Gladys M. Collins
2
4
June 27. Angelina Crocker
72
3
6
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July 17. Helen A. Appleton
65
5
14
Aug. 5. Raymond P. Walker
40
7
5
Aug. 12. Daniel Roberts
87
6
27
Aug. 14. Leon W. Crowley
4
5
14
Aug. 16. Alice F. McRae
1
22
Aug. - - Peterson
3
Aug. 20. Hannah M. Mannix
64
Aug. 23. - Knowlton
4
Sept. 9.
George H. Higgins
63
2
6
Sept. 30. Viola M. Stillson
10
18
Oct. 31. Niram Neal
98
2 17
Nov. 6. Emily Morris
74
Nov. 26.
Sarah A. Goodhue
84
BROUGHT INTO TOWN.
Jan. 20. Grace A. Dearborn
Mar. 8. Leland F. Tucker
Apr. 23. Theodore Raymond
May 13. Isaac P. Knowlton
July 12. John W. Morgan
Aug. 5. Livermore Riggs
Aug. 9. William H Austin
Sept. 24. Ellen E. Rogers
Nov. 5. Alvin Smith
Nov. 11. Zerviah B. Dane
BIRTHS RECORDED.
Feb. 3, 1908. Dorothy Helen, daughter to William and Bessie Bancroft.
June 9, “ Kenneth Jordan. son to Linwood and Ethel E. Estey.
.Jan. 7. 1909. Ruth Marjery, daughter to Charles H. and Maud I. Davis.
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Jan. 24, 1909. Joseph Ernest, son to George E. and Margaret Lake.
Feb. 1, “ Dorothy, daughter to Perley and Sadie Hop- kinson.
Feb. 13, « Thomas Francis, son to James E. and Mary E. Sanders.
Mch. 9, “ Houston Thomas, son to James J. and Susan J. Hughes.
Mch. 24, « Helma Jane, daughter to Clarence P. and Ethel A. Butman.
Mch. 29, “ Evelyn Mary, daughter to Egbert L. and Nellie M. Hatt.
Apr. 8, " (Removed from Town) daughter to Ralph B. and Katherine Haskell.
Apr. 19, ... Gardner James, son to James E. and Hattie S. Dodge.
Apr. 29, " Eleanor May, daughter to Charles A. and Nellie G. Collins.
Apr. 29, “ Gladys Mildred, daughter to Charles A. and Nellie G. Collins.
May 8, .' Florence Annie, daughter to Fred and Maud Turpin.
May 9, “ Geoffrey Curtis, son to James H. and Mary J. Sargent.
June 18, " June 21, "
George, son to John F. and Margaret B. Morrow. Eleanor Marjorie, daughter to Edward A. and Alice G. Underhill.
July 8, .: Robert Everett, son to Thaddeus'E. and Mary F. McGlauflin.
July 16, “ Gladys Evelyn, daughter to Alfred J. and Susie A. Hooper.
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July 29, 1909. Dorothy Alberta, daughter to George F. and Priscilla A. Cross.
Aug. 8, " James Bertram, son to James and Janet Arm- strong.
Aug. 12, “ Norman Everett, son to Ambrose E. B. and Susie E. Peatfield.
Aug. 14, " Ellen, daughter to Ilarry L. and Lottie F. Edwards.
Aug. 20, " Julia Elizabeth, daughter to Jeremiah and Nora J. Horgan.
Aug. 21, " Julian Arthur, son to James and Florence Powers.
Sept. 11, ." Dorothy, daughter to Charles A. and Mary J. Hill.
Sept. 17, " Jeannette Louise, daughter to Theodore and Maud L. Raymond.
Sept. 29, " Francis Adelia, daughter to Benjamin C. and Henrietta Chase.
Oct. 5, " Florence, daughter to John P. and Catherine F. McVay.
Oct. 9, “ Gladys Evelyn, daughter to Arthur E. and Mabel Whipple.
Oct. 11, " Ruth, daughter to William W. and Bessie E. Bancroft.
Oct. 15, " Hazel Esther, daughter to Millage E. and Emma J. Spidle.
Nov. 2, “ Mary Elizabeth, daughter to Harold M. and Lexina Dodge.
Nov. 24, “ Annie Rose, daughter to Cornelius and Rose Kelleher.
Nov. 24, " Dorothy May, daughter to Frank and Mary T. Back.
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Dec. 7, 1909. Wyman Stafford, son to Hiram and Agnes Back. Dec. 27, " Domenico, son to Michael D. and Sarah M. Lucas.
Dec. 28, “ Watzwof, son to Charles and Mary Vronkofski.
Dec. 29, " Lawrence Elmer, son to Perley G. and Grace Anderson.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
[Account closed December 31, 1909.]
At the last annual Town Meeting, George H. Gibney was elected cemetery commissioner for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires, 1911
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Secretary, 1912
FRANK C. NORTON, 1910
GEORGE E. ROBERTS, appointed superintendent of cemetery.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation for care of
cemetery,
$400 00
EXPENSE.
Paid George E. Roberts, labor in cemetery, $49 60
Paid Emery Lawrence, balance due for grading avenue, 32 00
81 60
Balance unexpended,
$318 40
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TOWN REPORT.
The commissioners recommend this balance to be carried over to 1910-11 for use of their department. If this is done no other appropriation will be necessary.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON. FRANK C. NORTON. GEORGE H. GIBNEY. Cemetery Commissioners.
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
In reviewing the work of the Public Library, since the last annual report, no marked changes are to be noted.
During the nine months from March 1, 1909 to Decem- ber 31, 1909. the circulation has been more in numbers than during the whole of the previous year. The number of new cards added during the same time has been 121. which is a favorable report.
I regret to state, that. although there are many good books on our shelves-works of the best writers-which re- main unused. the call for new "new books " is constantly in- creasing. We have not purchased as many books of late as is really necessary to supply the demand.
Attention has been called before to the suggestion box which is open to all. and although we cannot promise to
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purchase every book suggested, yet it would be a great help if more patrons would make use of it. A great improve- ment has been made in the appearance of the Library rooms which is appreciated by all.
We wish to express thanks to all who have shown an interest in the Library by presenting books and magazines; to Mrs. Frank Norton, for books; to Mr. James Proctor, for box of magazines; to the Misses Agassiz, for a fine collection of books for young children. The Library was greatly in need of such books and they will be fully appreciated. We wish, also, to thank Mrs. Codman for a collection of photo- graphs of foreign places, a book which is not only pleasing but instructive.
In our list of magazines there are some which are not read to any great extent, and the Librarian will gladly com- municate to the Trustees any change in the list which the patrons may suggest.
GRACE C. STONE, Librarian,
For the Trustees.
STATISTICS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Total number of volumes, March, 1909,
66
66 added from March 1909, 5,625
to December 31, 1909, 185
.6 .. to December 31, 1909, 5,810
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TOWN REPORT.
Number of volumes issued :-
Fiction
History
Biography
Miscellaneous
Total.
March,
631
20
11
29
691
April,
449
23
13
20
505
May,
667
20
1
7
695
June,
608
15
9
13
645
July,
726
12
10
16
764
August,
541
5
3
14
563
September,
575
13
6
15
609
October,
727
24
6
22
779
November,
639
24
6
20
689
December,
657
24
6
5
692
6220
180
71
161
6632
Number of magazines issued from March 1. 1909 to December 31, 1909,
1986
Number of cards added,
121
Amount collected for fines,
$1.76
" old magazines,
1.00
GRACE C. STONE, Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT,
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass., to Dec. 31, 1909.
DR.
March 1, 1909. Balance to credit of Library Trustees, $456 21
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December 26, 1909. Received from
John L. Woodbury, town treas- urer, amount appropriated at last annual town meeting, 1909, $400 00
Received from Grace C. Stone, Librarian, amount of fines to December 31, 1909, 1 76
×
Received from Grace C. Stone, Librarian, for sale of old maga- zines, 1 00
$858 97
CR.
July 6, 1909. Paid Warrant No. 1. Charles H. Odell & Co., in- surance, $56 25
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books,
81 97 X
Grace C. Stone, salary,
37 50 X
Grace C. Stone, cash expended and extra work, 12 00 ×
$187 72
November 1. Paid Warrant No. 2,
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $20 94 X
Newcomb & Gauss, cards, 5 50 X
J. E. Warner, re-seating chairs, 1 50 X
Grace C. Stone, salary, 37 50 %
$65 44
$253 16
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TOWN REPORT.
Balance to credit of Library Trustees,
December 31, 1909, $605 81
$858 97
NOTE. In addition a warrant dated January 7, 1910, amounting to $104.24 has been paid and another warrant will be due before March 1, the date on which the Treas- urer's Report has formerly been closed.
E. & O. E.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer,
TRUSTEES, HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Jan. 28, 1910.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass.
H. AUGUSTA DODGE FUND.
DR. June 20, 1907. Received from John L. Woodbury, Town Treasurer, check for $1,000.00 for legacy from estate of the late Mrs. H. Augusta Dodge, for a free read- ing room in the Public Library in the Town of Hamilton, Mass., $1000 00
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Dec. 31, 1909. Interest to December 25, 1909, $61 18
$1,061 18
CR.
Dec. 31, 1909. Amount on deposit to credit of Library Trustees at Merchants National Bank, Salem, Mass.,
$1,061 18
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer,
TRUSTEES, HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Jan. 28, 1910.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass. DR. JUSTIN ALLEN FUND. DR.
Jan. 8, 1910. Received from Alden P. White, Administrator of the estate of the late Dr. Justin Allen of Topsfield, Massachusetts, the amount of bequest of the said Dr. Justin Allen to the Town of Hamilton to be invested as a per- manent fund, the interest of which shall be expended annually for books for the free Public Library of that town,
$500 00
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CR.,
Jan. 1910. Paid to John L. Wood- bury, Treasurer of the Town of Hamilton, the above bequest, $500 00
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, TRUSTEES, HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Jan. 28, 1910.
Report of Park Commissioners.
(Closed December 31, 1909.)
At the last annual Town meeting Clarence S. Knowl- ton was elected park commissioner for two years in place of Rev. J. J. Goodacre who has moved out of town, and Frank C. Norton was elected for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, chairman, Term expires 1910
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, secretary, 66 66 1911
FRANK C. NORTON,
1912
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
EXPENSES. $100 00
As legal work assigned to counsel has not been com- pleted no money has been paid out.
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The Commissioners have urged closing up the matter of obtaining possession of the Wigglesworth cemetery the present year, but it has not been done. We hope it will not be delayed much longer, and should the Town become possessor of the property the remains of about a dozen who are buried there will be transferred to the town cemetery. As it is impossible now to tell just how much this work and the legal expenses will be, the Commissioners recommend the present unexpended appropriation of one hundred dollars be carried over to next year for use of this depart- ment, and that an additional appropriation of one hundred dollars be made for the same.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, FRANK C. NORTON, CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Park Commissioners.
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List of Appropriations as recommended by the Selectmen.
Highways,
$4500 00
Street watering or oiling,
850. 00
Street lighting,
2900 00
Road roller,
500 00
Guard rail,
200 00
Sidewalks,
400 00
Poor department,
1500 00
Soldiers' relief,
150 00
State aid,
950 00
Military aid,
150 00
Decoration day,
50 00
Town hall,
1000 00
Fire department,
400 00
Cemetery,
300 00
Tree Warden,
150 00
Salaries and fees,
3000 00
Police department,
800 00
Library,
400 00
Snow removing,
2000 00
Board of Health,
500 00
Brown-tail and gypsy moth,
2000 00
Town and School house loans,
1980 00
Cemetery loan,
1000 00
Interest on said loans,
900 00
Bonding Officers,
125 00
Assessors department,
250 00
Miscellaneous,
1500 00
Schools [See School Committee's report]
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town. of Hamilton.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts you are directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Hamilton qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the eighth (8) day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles,
ART. 1. To bring in your ballots for
Moderator for one year.
Town Clerk for one year.
Three Selectmen for one year.
Overseers of the Poor for one year.
Board of Health for one year.
Fence Viewers for one year.
Treasurer for one year.
Auditor for one year.
Tax Collector for one year.
(55)
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Tree Warden for one year.
Six Constables for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
One School Committee for three years.
One School Committee for one year.
One Trustee Public Library for three years.
One Trustee Public Library for one year.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
And to vote on the following questions :
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this Town for the coming year? Yes or No.
All on one Ballot. The Polls will open at six (6) o'clock and close at ten (10) o'clock in the fore- noon.
ART. 2. To choose or appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of the Town Ofli- cers and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the Town charges for the en- suing year.
ART. 5. To appropriate money for the repairs of highways, Town ways and bridges, and all other Town expenses, and to determine the manner of spending the same.
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ART. 6. To see what action the Town will take towards macadamizing Asbury street from Main to or beyond Union street and to appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by Fred A. Nason and others.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take towards widening, straightening and grading School street and to appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by Isaac F. Knowlton and others.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take towards installing a telephone and electric lights in the South school and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take towards authorizing the Board of Assessors to com- pile a valuation book of the Town of Hamilton and to publish the same on or before August 1, 1910, and to appropriate a sum of money not exceeding two hundred ($200.) dollars to defray the expenses there- of as petitioned for by Henry N. Hudson and others.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take toward accepting the Drinking fountain as presented by Houston A. Thomas, as petitioned for by Henry N. Hudson and others.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Board of Selectmen according to the provisions of Sec. 367, of Chapter 560, of the Acts of 1907. And at the Annual Town Meeting of 1911, elect one
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Selectman for the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term of three years, and at each annual meeting thereafter elect one Select- man for the term of three years, as the term of office of each expires, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto, as petitioned for by Furman A. Smith and others.
ART. 12. To see whether the Town will vote to discontinue the Town way from Highland street to the house of William H. Dodge, and to authorize the Selectmen by majority to release the interest of the Town in the said Town way, and in the proprietors way so called, but without prejudice to any private rights of way that may exist.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the issue of Bonds or Notes of the Town for the purpose of erecting a High School building and acquiring land therefor and appropriate and authorize the ex- penditure of the proceeds of such bonds or notes for said purposes.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for the purpose of erecting an addition to the South school house and appropriate and authorize the expenditure of the proceeds of such bonds or notes for said purpose.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will accept the leg- acy of the late Zerviah B. Dane to the Town of Ham- ilton, and authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to
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act as trustees of the said legacy and to use the in- come of said legacy in accordance with the provisions of said will.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the trustees of the Public Library to act as trustees of the legacy left by the will of the late Justin Allen of Topsfield, and to use the income therefrom in ac- cordance with the provisions of said will.
ART. 17. To see what action the Town will take towards appropriating a sum of money not to exceed fifty ($50.) for the purpose of observing Decoration day by the Soldiers of the Rebellion.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take towards fixing the salary of the Town Officials.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the current municipal year beginning March 8, 1910, in anticipation of the taxes for said municipal year such sums of money as may be nec- essary to meet the current expenses of the Town giving the note or notes of the Town therefor.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed Collector may use agreeable to Chapter 25, Sec. 75, of the Revised Laws.
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ART. 21. To determine what time tax bills shall be issued and taxes become due, and take any action · thereon.
ART. 22. To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Meeting House, one at the Town Hall and one at the South Hamilton Post-Office in said Town, seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A. D., 1910.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, C. AUGUSTUS NORWOOD, HOUSTON A. THOMAS, Selectmen of Hamilton.
SCHOOL REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF HAMILTON
1909-1910
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School Committee's Report.
Annual report of the School Committee of the Town of Hamilton, 1909-1910.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1910
*EVERETT A. SMITH, Secretary,
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1911
EDWIN A. BLAKE, D. D.,
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1912
ANDREW S. THOMSON, Superintendent. GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Purchasing Agent.
*Mr. Smith having moved out of Town, on July 7th a joint meeting of the Selectmen and School Committee was held and Houston A. Thomas was appointed to fill the va- cancy till the next annual Town meeting.
REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
(Closed December 31, 1909.)
Amount appropriated for Schools, $9,700 00 Received from State on account of Superintendent, 375 00
(3)
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Received from State, tuition State ward, $19 00 ×
Received from City of Boston, tui- tion City wards, 76 00
Received from Town of Ipswich, tuition two scholars,
30 00 X
Dog Tax,
310 89 X
Appropriation for Ash vault,
200 00
$10,710 89
Balance from last year,
339 95
$11,050 84
PAID TEACHERS.
Mr. Gay W. Felton, $425 00
Miss Harriet E. Boynton, 520 00
Mrs. Mattie P. Buell, 509 19
Miss Louise E. Dearing,
417 90
" Edith L. Fletcher,
407 95
" Ada E. Moulton,
376 35
.. Ruth W. Carpenter,
160 00
·· Isabel Woodman,
160 00
·· Elsie M. Baker,
168 96
Mrs. Grace C. Stone,
326 50
" Grace O. Lamson,
10:00
" Alice E. Andrews.
10 00
Miss Nelly G. Cutting, 305 46
Mr. Edwin C. Barnes,
54 00
" Henry G. Blount, 420 00
Miss Lillian E. Eaton,
280 00
" Marcia A. Gordon, 189 45
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SCHOOL REPORT.
Miss Eloise A. Pitcher,
$157 50
" Emma D. Bowker,
180 00
" Harriette A. Wetherbee,
39 45
Mr. Henry L. Stone,
57 00
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