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Because, to open windows during cold weather, is to admit streams of cold air upon children, when they are most liable to "catch cold," as physicians have frequent occasion to observe."
IX. THE DISTRICT SYSTEM.
It is proper to remind the town that the District System has not yet been abolished, though some of its evils have been obviated by committing the hiring of teachers to the School Committee. The reasons pro and con. are about as follows:
Reasons usually urged for the District System.
(1.) The Prudential Committee is more likely than the School Committee to be interested in the school in his own district, to know its peculiar wants, and to care for them.
(2.) Districts will have more pride and interest than towns in securing proper school-houses and school furniture, and in caring for them.
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(3.) The citizens in each district are taxed for only their own school house, school furniture and re- pairs, while under the town system they may be taxed to help other districts.
(4.) Poll tax payers will be exempt from taxa- tion for school purposes beyond the amount of poll tax allowed by law.
The first reason is met in this town by the fact that one member of the School Committee is invaria- bly chosen from each district. The second assigned reason is probably not true. Observation suggests that town property in houses, etc., is usually better, and better cared for than district property. The method of procedure upon the abolition of the Dis- trict System may be seen under that topic, 10.
Reasons Against the District System.
(1.) Prudential committees are constantly chang- ing, it being a feature of the District system that each man shall take his turn in an unremunerative and irksome service. This prevents the experience gained in the past from assisting in the future. On the other. hand, the School Committee are by law more perma- nent, so that they gain a wider acquaintance with the wants of schools, the best methods of conducting them, and the proper qualification of teachers.
(2.) Under the more permanent committee there will be more unity and better system in the conducting of schools and in the expenditure of funds, than under a committee constantly changing.
(3.) The school committee are held to a rigid accountability for the expenditure of the school money.
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An oath is required of them that it has been used only for certain specified purposes; and the town cannot receive the state fund aid till the oath is made. It is inconvenient to all concerned, that the committee should have to make oath to what other persons, who have expended the money, and perhaps kept very un- satisfactory accounts, have done. Such things are liable to occur.
(4.) Repairs in school houses, furniture, addition to the number of teachers, the purchase of needed apparatus, etc., can be made without the trouble of district action, and separate assessment of taxes.
(5.) The town might secure more easily a system of graded schools.
. (6.) By the law no town can receive the seventy- five dollars from the State School Fund after the dis- tribution in 1869, which shall not have abolished the District system. See State Fund, 2.
These are the reasons for and against the District System as they have presented themselves to your committee. It appears to them that they are sufficient to justify the town in abolishing the system ..
Should the town do so, the school property of the several districts will become the property of the town, and will be adjusted by the following law:
X. LAW RESPECTING THE ABOLITION OF DISTRICT SYSTEM. GENERAL STATUTES, CHAP. 39, SECT. 3:
" A town may, at any time, abolish the school dis- tricts therein, and shall thereupon forthwith take possession of all the school houses, land, apparatus and other property owned and used for school pur-
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poses which such districts might lawfully sell and con- vey. The property so taken shall be appraised under the direction of the town, and at the next annual as- sessment thereafter, a tax shall be levied upon the whole town, equal to the amount of said appraisal; and there shall be remitted to the tax payers of each district the said appraised value of its property thus taken. Or the difference in the value of the property of the several districts may be adjusted in any other manner agreed upon by the parties in interest."
XI. IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
There is no temporal interest of a people more important thau the education of its youth. They will soon become the rulers, educators, business men, and supporters of society. The interests of religion, gov- ernment, learning, and material prosperity will soon be committed to them. The future of the nation, and of every community will be shaped by them. The manner in which they will deport themselves under these responsibilities depends in a great measure upon their early training; for it is a fact of great import- ance that " The boy is father of the man."
The early settlers of our Commonwealth had a strong appreciation of the worth of education. Next to the church they placed the school, and for these two interests they provided before all others. It was their early endeavor to establish educational institu- tions, and to provide for their permanent support. They expected a large and enduring freedom to follow. First, they would have piety. Second, learning direct- ed and consecrated by piety ; and Third, the true free-
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dom that exists only where the two former are its foundation. The present prosperity of our State evinces that they laid the right foundation. Few historic events are more sublime than the departure of those noble hearted and large minded men from the Old World to plant in the New World, though it was a wilderness, " a church without a bishop and a state without a king." With the Bible in their hands as their chart of liberty and directory of action, they fearlessly met and overcame most appalling difficul- ties. And they secured our freedom. That freedom still rests on piety and learning.
The material prosperity of every community de- pends in a great measure upon its educational advan- tages. Where the people are well educated, property acquires a higher value. Men seeking homes for their families inquire respecting facilities for schooling, and the tone of learning in the community. A more eligible location in other respects is often passed by to secure one where educational advantages are high. The existence of good schools in a community en- hances the value of property more than the cost of maintaining them: vastly more than the difference of cost between passable schools and those of a high order.
It is worthy of serious consideration that there is neither a High School nor a Graded School in town, and that our scholars have no opportunity of continu- ing their public education beyond the primary branch- es without going out of town. From the very nature of the case these branches cannot be taught in our mixed schools; hence it is doubtless true that many,
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who would pursue their studies to a considerable ex- tent farther, if opportunity were given in town, sat- isfy themselves with what they have acquired, since no such opportunity exists here. They cannot afford the expense of seeking further education and disci- pline elsewhere. No scholars in the county make so constant a use of their opportunities of education as the scholars of this town between five and fifteen, as we have seen by the report of the Board of Education. It is more than probable that they would be glad to use higher advantages for some years more. But instead of that, they must content themselves with what they have, and leave the school because no time can be given to higher branches. They must meet the world with the decided disadvantage of a poorer education than is afforded the youth of other towns. A High School is not required by law in town. The number of families does not reach the obligation; neither would it well accommodate all parts of the town if established. Should the district system be abolished, a system of graded schools might be introduced as they are required. The school in the Centre is now so large that it will be necessary to divide it, and em- ploy one additional teacher. This will in a measure grade the school, and would do so effectually if there were suitable accommodations for one half of the pupils in another room. In that case pupils advanced beyond a certain degree in the North district might be admitted to the upper grade to pursue higher branches. Two Primary schools and one Grammar school would probably furnish facilities for schooling to these two districts for many years. '
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Pupils in the South district would not be accom- modated by the Grammar school in the Centre, and perhaps the number is not now sufficient to warrant two schools there. But as soon as needed, a Gram- mar school could be introduced. It is probable that such a system of schools in town would induce scholars to study longer, and in that way the number of scholars would be considerably increased.
It is not proposed that immediate action should be taken upon this matter. It is introduced at this time that it may be before the people for consideration. Should the District system be abolished it will be nec- essary to appoint appraisers as the law directs, and make some appropriations for repairs that may be necessary. See 10.
A larger appropriation of School money will be needed than was made last year.
This report is respectfully submitted.
M. B. BOARDMAN, School CHAS. W. H. CONEY, GEO. L. HAWKES. Committee.
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ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor
-OF THE-
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD,
-FOR THE-
Year Ending March 1, 1869,
WITH THE ANNUAL
Report of the School Committee.
SALEM: PRESS OF THE ESSEX COUNTY MERCURY. 1869. .
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
Selectmen & Overseers of the Poor
-OF THE-
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD,
-FOR THE-
Year Ending March 1, 1869.
SALEM: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ESSEX COUNTY MERCURY. 1869.
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REPORT.
Selectmen's Department. CREDITS AND RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasurer's hands, March 1, 1868,
$1,397 71
Due on Tax List of the year 1867,
1,544 04
1866, 152 03
19 82
Money assessed to pay State Tax, 1,240 00
" County Tax, 748 50
1,600 00
66 for Schools, 1,100 00
Received from State, aid to families in 1867,
1,005 34
66 66 Corporation Tax,
427 14
66 66
State School Fund,
104 56
Town of Danvers, aid to L. Guilford in 1867, 80 20
"
.
Town of Truro, aid to Snow family in 1867, 49 00
66
Town of Truro, aid to Snow family in 1868, 32 00
Received on account of Licenses,
50 00
66
Sales of Liquor, 8 96
from sale of lots in Cemetery,
15 00
66
" Eben Gowing, expense in 1868, 13 00
66
66 delinquent tax payers, 3 40
Overlay on all the taxes asssessed, 149 80
$9,740 50
66
- 66 Town Expenses,
66 66 1865,
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Town appropriation $700. Assessed as a highway tax and paid in labor, allowing a man or team $2.00 per day. The following sums have been expended in addition to the tax assessed :
In Ward 1, John Bryant, surveyor, $ 2 00
66 2, Henry E. Smith,
66 3, John Danforth, 66
6 4, Geo. O. Ramsdell " 45
6 5, Cyrus K. Foster, "
Bridge near the house of J. Ramsdell, .
35 00
Lane's Mill,
23 02
66 on Saugus road, 5 75-$66 22
REMOVING SNOW.
In Ward 1,
$11 75
2,
14 95
66
3,
9 65
66
4,
16 50
66
5,
3 40- $56 25
DELINQUENT HIGHWAY TAXES
In Ward 1,
$ 24 59
2,
36 08
66
3,
28 05
4,
111 01
5,
12 90-$212 63
$335 10
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Agreeably to a vote of the town passed March 2, 1868, the Selectmen proceeded to take possession of the several school houses, land and other property, owned and used for school purposes, and made an appraisal of the same as directed by the town; and have assessed upon the polls and estates a tax equal'to the amount of said appraisal, and have also remitted to the tax-payers of each school district the said appraised value of its property thus taken, as required by the General Statutes of the Commonwealth.
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AMOUNT OF THE APPRAISAL.
. North School House appraised at $1,000 00
Centre
“. 1,500 00
South
66
500 00
Total appraisal, $3,000 00
The sum of $3,013.40 was assessed upon the property of the town for the payment of the appraised value of the property taken from the districts ; and the sum of $3,000.76 was remitted to the several districts as follows :-
North District Remittance, $ 991 11
Centre
1,503 67
South 505 98
Total,
$3,000 76
EXPENDED FOR SCHOOLS.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Paid C. W. H. Coney, order, $95 00
" for text books, and repairs on school ? house,
4 90
66 Jeremiah Coney, order, 40 50
Alice Swinerton, for teaching, 78 00
J. Coney, repairs on school house, &c., 3 03- $221 43
CENTRE SCHOOLS.
Paid for insuring Centre school house, $28 60
" M. A. Lawler, teaching Centre prima- ry school, 72 00
" Mary C. Peabody, teaching Centre Grammar school, 90 00
" B. Perkins, moving desks, &c. 5 25
" for lock and knobs, 1 46
" M. A. Lawlor, teaching Centre prima- ry, Fall term, 84 00
" M. T. Delano, teaching Grammar, Fall term, 90 00
James Hewes, wood, 73 32
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Paid for repairs on out-buildings connected with the Centre school house, 57 47 L. B. Smith, care of both school rooms 22 00
M. B. Boardman, books for all the schools, 7 68
Samuel Harding, cleaning stove pipe, 2 25- $534 03
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Geo. L. Hawkes's order
$97 50
82 50
for repairs on school
house,
14 82-
194 82
Total,
$950 28
INTEREST MONEY.
Paid to Gilman D. Kingman, $108 00
Henry Bancroft, 19 10
Mrs. Daniel Brown's heirs, 60 00
Warren Newhall's estate, 24 00-$211 10
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
On Tax List of the year 1865, $ 3 10
66 66
1866,
29 54
66 66
1867,
46 97
66 66
1868, 23 71- $103 32
TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.
Jonathan Bryant, Collector and Treasurer,
75 00
John Danforth, services as Town Clerk, 12 00
as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the poor, 92 00
recording births, marriages and deaths, 8 30
" making official returns, 10 00
preparing Annual Report, 8 00
John H. Perkins, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer, 30 00
George L. Hawkes, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer, 32 25
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M. B. Boardman, services as School Com'te, 25 00
George L. Hawkes,
21 75
C. W. H. Coney, 6
12 00
Jeremiah Coney,
"
7 00
Samuel Harding, services as Constable, 8 00
Wm. R. Roundy, making return of deaths, 1 00- $342 30 -
$656 72
STATE AID.
The following persons have received State aid the past year, agreeably to the law of 1867, Chap. 136 :
Harriet E Hewes,
$96 00
Ira M. Ramsdel!, as guardian,
96 00
George N. Whiting,
84 00
John Ryans,
60 00
Robert S. Henfield, as guardian,
56 00
Shubael L. Bumpus,
56 00
Charles W. H. Coney,
30 00
Charles R. Mansfield,
36 00- $514 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Messrs. Foote & Horton, printing Annual Reports, 66 66 66 Warrants, Voting
$48 10
Lists, &c., 16 41
Charles K. Darling, Blank Books and Stationery, 7 82
Ambrose Kingman, painting guide boards, 25 67
Benjamin Perkins, repairs on Town Hall,
75
Painting, and other outside repairs on do.,
95 41
Watering Trough, at Spring on Pine Hill road,
13 41
John Lonergan, blacksmith work,
4 90
Labor in Forest Hill Cemetery,
12 00
Benjamin Perkins, repairs on Hearse House,
20 28
Publishing Card of Selectmen, 4 50
Partition in Town Hall,
17 85
Books furnished to South School, prior to 1867,
10 86
State Treasurer, tax on sales of liquors,
4 48
Samuel Harding, ringing bell,
30 00
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Samuel Harding, care of Town Hall, 2 25 Bound Stones between Lynnfield and Peabody, 30 00
Repairs around pump, near George H. Putney's store, 8 25
Postage and expressage, 6 75
Assistance rendered travelling paupers,
8 55
$368 24
Overseers' Department. PAID FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
Otis Norwood, board and clothing,
$273 75
Nellie F. Stevens, " 106 76
Mrs. Duffee, supplies furnished by City of Lynn,
61 00
Mrs. Hobson,
Salem, 27 00
Mrs Daigneau, "
by town of Middleton, 45 87
Mrs. Meader, 10 00
David Gowing's family,
56 24
Dr. Kittredge, for Medical attendance, 9 65
Robert Gowing, 34 46
Dr. Toothaker, medical attendance on Fanny Skinner, 3.00
Dr. Eaton, 6 J. Swan's family, 6 00
Henry Clay's sickness and funeral expenses, 68 25
Anthony Snow's family, 32 00
$733 98
Recapitulation.
Paid for repairs of roads and bridges, $ 66 22
removing snow, 56 25
delinquent highway taxes, work'd, 195 70
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Paid for Schools,
950 28
Interest,
211 10
Abatements,
103 32
Town Officers' Bills,
342 30
State Aid,
514 00
State Tax,
1,240 00
County Tax,
748 50
Borrowed money
1,050 00
Miscellaneous,
368 24
Support of Poor,
733 98-$6,579 89
General Account. DUE THE TOWN.
Cash in Treasurer's hands, Mch. 1, 1869, $1,519 81 Due on Tax List of 1868, 1,343 64
1867,
211 84
66
1866,
75 33
1865,
6 59
Due from State, aid to families in 1868, 597 34
H. A. Skinner, costs of suit,
34 12
66 S. W. Phillips,
35 37
G. N. Whiting, 66
15 37
Delinquent Highway Taxes, 212 63-$4,052 04
TOWN DEBT.
Due Gilman D. Kingman, 1,000 00
. " Mrs. Daniel Brown's heirs,
1,000 00
" Mrs. Mehitable Skinner,
500 00
66 Warren Newhall's estate,
400 00-$2,900 00
Balance in favor of the Town,
$1,152 04
JOHN DANFORTH, ) JOHN H. PERKINS, GEO. L. HAWKES.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers.
Lynnfield, March 1, 1869.
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STATISTICS TAKEN FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS. Births Registered in Lynnfield in 1868.
Name of Child.
Date of Birth.
Names of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Alice C. Peabody,
Jan'y 5.
William L. and Mary C.
Lawyer. Farmer.
Rosetta Mary Munroe,
March 22.
Luther S. and Emily L.
Eliza Lynch,
April 4.
Patrick and Mary,
Laborer.
Alfred Brennan,
4.
James and Rosetta,
Upholsterer. Farmer.
Emma Damon Russell,
11.
Elbridge and Lucy J.
Theron Ulysses Newhall,
May
27.
Allen A. and Sally A.
Farmer.
Alexander Nelson Richardson,
29.
Osborn Jr. and Margaret O.
Shoemaker.
Alldis Eugene Mansfield,
June 7.
Geo J. and Angeline S.
Farmer. Stone Cutter.
Mary Addie Barker,
8.
Daniel and Mary A.
Ida Ada Summers, Twins,
July 25.
George M. and Mary A.
Shoemaker.
Ada Ida Summers,
Aug. 28.
James A. and Melissa N.
Shoemaker. Hotel Keeper.
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Marriages Registered in Lynnfield, 1868.
Date.
Name of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
By whom Married.
Jan. 1.
Robert S. Henfield,
27
Lynnfield.
Lynnfield, Alton, N. H.,
Mar. 8,
Moses Brown,
35
So. Danvers New Brunswick,
20
Danvers,
May 4.
Joseph L. Wiley, Harriet F. Thurston.
33
Lynnfield.
Lynnfield,
May 31.
Albert P. Joll. Annie E, Smith,
24 |Peabody. 25 |Lynnfield,
So. Solon, Me., Danvers Lynnfield,
George N. and Hannah,
Nov.
16.
Samuel H. and Lerona,
Dec.
29.
Joseph T. and Emma R.
Shoemaker. Shoemaker. Laborer. Shoemaker.
Emma Whiting, Perley R. Whitcomb, George Henry Bancroft.
Oct.
7.
George A. and Mary S.
Elmer Wilfred Eaton, John Gay Poole,
Sept. 22.
Charles H. and Lydia A.
Alda Elnor Richardson,
7.
-
Age.
Elma J. Webster.
22
Mary E. Bryant.
32
Joseph and Elizabeth, Miles and Eliza C. Guy and Eleanor. Enoch Jr. and Mary A. Robert and Rosetta B. . Nathan and Harriet. Peter and Mary A. J, H, and Cassandana.
Rev. M. B. Boardman, Lynnfield Centre. ' Jacob Hood, Lynnfield Centre, Jacob Hood, Lynnfield Centre. D. Atkins, So. Reading
July 22. Albert A. Mansfield, Carrie E. Newhall. Aug. 1. James M. Thurston, Lydia J. Sayward, Aug. 30. Charles H. Bancroft, Sarah E. Stone. Oct. 10. Cornelius Lynch, Bridget Kelly, Eben Gowing, Mary Gowing.
Dec. 20.
Elliott F. Spinney, Sarah E. Abbott. Sylvester L. Dow, Lydia E. Foster.
25 | Wakefield. 24 |Lynnfield. 21 66 21 66 24
22 Reading. Lynnfield.
30 25 56 43 22 19
Peabody.
Lynnfield.
Lynn.
¡So. Reading, Lynnfield, Alton, N. H., Danvers, Lynnfield, Stoneham, Ireland,
Lynnfield, Danvers. Lynnfield,
James J. and Martha B. Allen B. and Augusta J. Miles and Eliza C. Henry and Maria. Warren and Hannah S. John C. and Sarah A. Michael and Mary. Thomas and Mary. Nathaniel and Rebecca. Benjamin and Mary. Elliott and Sally B. Nathaniel and Betsey M.
John and Rebecca. Tuftonboro, N.H Solomon and Lydia. Salem,
66 M. B. Boardman, Lynnfield Centre. " M. P. Boardman, Lynnfield Centre. Wm. H. Wilcox, Reading. " Wm. J. Daly, Salem. " M. B. Boardman, Lynnfield Centre. C. W. Biddle, Lynn. " M. B. Boardman, Lynnfield Centre.
Deaths Registered in Lynnfield, 1868.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Age. yrs. mos. dys.
Place of Birth.
Name of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Jan.
16.
Alice C. Peabody,
11
Lynnfield.
Wm. L. and Mary C.
66
30.
Francis Skerry,
48
11 24
Salem.
May
31.
John Danforth,
80
2
Lynnfield.
June
7. Hannah N. Greene,
20
2
2
25.
Harry C. Lawrence,
9
29
George M. and Alice. Jethro and Sarah.
July 18.
Eunice P. Richardson,
69
9
Woburn.
Sept.
5.
Henry Clay,
17
8
12
Oct.
4.
James T. Floyd,
63
66
12.
Joseph F. Burdett,
34
4 16
Lynnfield. -
Dec.
13. Alice M. McNeil,
8
5
3
5
Lynnfield.
1
6
7
3
4
3.
Harrison, Me.
Oliver and Mary M. E. J. and Mary N. H. A. and Betsey M. E. J. and Mary N.
C. K. and Mary E.
Imper. circulation. Consumption. Old Age. Consumption. Stoppage. Paralysis, Consumption,
Paralysis. Consumption. Scarlet Fever.
Wilmot, N. S.
19. John A. Skinner,
21. Isaac C. McNeil,
31.| Nellie M. Foster,
.
-
Henry and Martha. John and Hannah. William and Hannah C.
66
Culpepper, Va. Medford.
Henry and Sarah A.
11
Nov. 24.
Nov. 30.
33 32
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Annual Town Meeting.
ESSEX, ss.
To SAMUEL HARDING, one of the Constables of the Town of Lynnfield, in the County of Essex,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Lynnfield, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, in said town, on MONDAY, the first day of March next, at 9 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles, viz :-
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To hear the report of Town Officers, and act upon the same.
ART. 4. To raise money for Town expenses the current year.
ART 5. To raise money for the support of Schools the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To raise money for repair of Highways, and determine how the same shall be expended.
ART. 7. To fix a time when Surveyors of Highways shall return their lists.
ART. 8. To determine the manner of collecting Taxes the current year.
ART. 9. To set a time for the Collector of Taxes to settle his list.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to hire money, if necessary.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to charge interest on all Taxes not paid at the time the Collector is required to settle his list.
ART. 12. To see what way the Town will provide for the support of the Poor.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will cause the bells to be rung.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will enforce the laws re- lating to Fisheries.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will purchase a lot of land for a Cemetery in the south part of the Town, or take any action thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will take the proper course for the safety of the public, to have a flag-man stationed where the Railroad crosses the County Road, near the house of George Lawrence, or take any action thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will cause the School- houses to be painted.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will provide better accommodations for the Schools in the centre of the Town, or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will cause the bridge near the house of Hubbard Emerson to be re-laid.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will cause a culvert to be laid across the road near the shop of Geo. W. Simonds, or take any action thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will purchase a new Hearse.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will build a Receiving Tomb in Forest Hill Cemetery, or take any action thereon
And you are requested to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof in the usual manner.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Lynnfield, this Tenth Day of February, A. D. 1869.
JOHN DANFORTH, Selectmen JOHN H. PERKINS, of
GEO. L. HAWKES, Lynnfield.
A true copy,
Attest :
SAMUEL HARDING, Constable.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE-
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD,
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-FOR THE-
YEAR 1868-9.
SALEM: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ESSEX COUNTY MERCURY. 1869.
REPORT.
The School Committee report to the Town as follows :
I. FINANCES.
Receipts.
f
Town Appropriation,
$1,100 00
Massachusetts School Fund,
104 54
Tuition of Pupils from other towns,
33 50
Balance of Appropriation for 1867,
46 66-$1,289 70
Expenditures.
Teachers' Wages,
$1,021 50
Fuel,
163 27
Care of School Rooms,
52 40-$1,237 17
Balance on hand,
$51 53
II. TOWN ACTION.
At its annual meeting, last spring, the town abol- 'ished the District System, and appointed the select- men of the town appraisers of the school property in the several districts. Their report of the value of the school property is as follows :
In the North District,
$1000 00
Centre 66
1500 00
South 66
500 00
The town appropriated for schools, $1,100 00
This is per scholar between 5 and 15, 7 33
1 56
More per scholar than last year,
The town received from the State Fund,
104 56
This added to the town appropriation is per scholar, $8 03
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