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11 25
James Winslow, 7 days
14 00
John Knapp, 8 days
16 00
Joseph Drake, 9 days
18 00
C. B. Macomber and horse, 6 days
21 16
6 days 6 hours 12 50
50
Gilbert West, 360 loads of gravel at 6c $21 60
Emma H. Bates, 52 loads of gravel at 6c : 3 12
1 lantern 62
Ames Plow Company 22 20
$897 67
GENERAL HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
C. W. Tilden
$ 50
Good Roads Machine Co.
8 50
$9 00
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS.
South Ward
$897 67
West Ward
914 05
East Ward
839 35
E. P. Joseph, balance 1908
193 75
General Highway Account
9 00
$2,853 82
Appropriation
2,500 00
Exceeded
$353 82
Snow Account
EAST WARD
E. P. Joseph $7 50
WEST WARD
Joseph Briggs
$8 25
Walter Simmons
3 00
Benjamin Loring
17 00
C. E. Brewster
5 25
Asa Vining
3 50
Timothy Sheehan
8 00
Arthur Damon
1 75
$46 75
SOUTH WARD
E. A. Jacobs
$7 00
Edgar Lee
1 00
F. E. Henderson
5 50
L. F. Hammond
6 75
George H. Lee
1 00
$21 25
$75 50
Appropriation
$100 00
Excise Tax
295 42
$395 42
Unexpended balance
$319 92
Report of Trustees.
THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN POOR FUND.
Amount of Fund, $2,000 00
Loaned on town note at 4 per cent.
In Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1909
$87 46
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1909
58 50
Interest on Bank Book
3 02
Interest on note
80 00
$228 98
Paid worthy poor
$61 99
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1910
84 75
In bank Jan. 1, 1910
77 24
Paid care cemetery lot
5 00
$228 98
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.
Amount of funds
$1,500 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1. 1909
228 47
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910
69 38 - $1,787 85
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Paid for cemetery repairs and flowers
$30 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
257 85
Amount of funds
1,500 00
$1,787 85
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE A. T. OTIS POOR FUND.
Loaned on town note
$1,300 00
In Savings Bank
700 00
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Amount of fund
$2,000 00
In Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1909
$128 51
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1909
72 76
Interest on Bank Book
33 46
Interest on Town note
52 00
$286 73
Paid worthy poor
$75 80
In bank Jan. 1, 1910
155 97
Cash on hand
54 96
$286 73
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOSSELYN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
17 22
Interest to Jan. 1. 1910
8 76
$225 98
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Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
17 98
Amount of fund
$200 00
$225 98
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
28 95
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910
9 22
$238 17
Paid for care of lot
$8 00
Interest in bank
30 17
Amount of funds
200 00
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$238 17
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRUDENCE C. DELANO CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$300 00
Interest to Jan. 1, 1909
94 09
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910
15 90
$409 99
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Paid for repairs and care of tomb
$26 10
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
83 89
Amount of fund
300 00
$409 99
TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NANCY C. HERSEY CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
2 03
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910
4 12
$106 15
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit, Jan. 1, 1910
2 15
Amount of fund
100 00
$106 15
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BETSEY TOLMAN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
4 04
Interest to Jan. 1, 1910
4 16
$108 20
Interest on bank book Jan. 1, 1910
$8 20
Amount of fund
100 00
- $108 20
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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE P. CLAPP CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
4 12
Interest on bank book
4 04
$108 16
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
4 16
Amount of fund
100 00
$108 16
SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MARY O. ROBBINS CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$200 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
7 II
Interest on bank book
8 36
$215 47
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on bank book Jan. 1, 1910
II 47
Amount of fund
200 00
$215 47
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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARLES H. MERRITT CEMETERY EUND.
Amount of fund
$50 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
I 49
Interest on bank book
2 06
$53 55
Paid for care of lot
$2 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
I 55
Amount of fund
50 00
$53 55
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JAMES W. SAMPSON CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
3 97
Interest on bank book
4 18
$108 15
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
.4 15
Amount of fund
100 00
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$108 15
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBIN'S TOMB FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
9 32
$109 32
In South Scituate Savings Bank
$109 32
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE DAVIS DAMON CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
5 08
Interest on bank book
4 24
$109 32
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
5 32
Amount of fund
100 00
- $109 32
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SUSAN C. DAMON CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1909
2 08
Interest on bank book
4 12
$106 20
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Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
2 20
Amount of fund
100 00
$106 20
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE H. BATES CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on bank book Jan. 1, 1909
2 04
Interest on bank book
4 12
$106 16
Paid for care of lot
$4 00
Interest on deposit Jan. 1, 1910
2 16
Amount of fund
100 00
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$106 16
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GAD LEAVITT CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund
$100 00
Interest on bank book
I 00
$101 00
In South Scituate Savings Bank $101 00
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State Aid.
John S. Whitney
$72 00
Peter Ainsley
60 00
Lucy Damon
12 00
Charles D. Barnard
72 00
David Bassford
36 00
Amanda Bassford
48 00
Amanda Coleman
40 00
Abbie F. Coleman
48 00
Josiah W. Chamberlain
72 00
Martha W. Curtis
48 00
Sarah David
48 00
Maria B. Damon
48 00
Frank Dyer
48 00
Daniel R. Ewell
72 00
Matthias French
72 00
Sarah Hatch
48 00
George A. Hatch
60 00
Lydia Hatch
48 00
John H. Howard
48 00
Lebbeus Leach
72 00
Charles M. Leavitt
48 00
Diana Pierce
48 00
William H. Morse
48 00
William O. Merritt
60 00
Howard F. Mann
48 00
William H. Rand
48 00
David P. Robinson
36 00
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Harriet Raymond
48 00
Mary Shepperd
48 00
William E. Stone
72 00
Edwin R. Studley
72 00
Rebecca Totman
48 00
John F. Totman
72 00
George O. Torrey
72 00
Susan Tolman
12 00
James Taylor
72 00
James H. Williams
72 00
Esther M. Young
48 00
Margaretta Deming
40 00
Lucy A. Thomas
32 00
Benjamin W. French
24 00
$2,140 00
Soldiers' Relief.
Albion Snowdale
Aid
$34 00
Charles Hammond M. D.
15 00
C. L. Howes, M. D.
4 00
$53 00
Charles David
A. L. MacMillian, M. D.
$34 50
J. W. Chamberlain
William S. Simmons, wood
$20 50
A. L. MacMillian, M. D. 37 75
$58 25
David Bassford
C. L. Howes, M. D. $210 75
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial
35 00
$245 75
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Benjamin Lee
F. E. Henderson, wood $5 50
E. E. Stetson & Son, supplies 47
Town of Hanover, medical attendance 3 00
$8 97
Mrs. Elisha Coleman
C. L. Howes, M. D.
$36 50
Edward Humphrey
Aid
$27 00
William P. Grovestein, M. D.
25 00
$52 00
Amanda Coleman
C. L. Howes, M. D.
$43 00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, burial
35 00
$78 00
$566 97
Due from the State
35 00
$531 97
Appropriation
300 00
Exceeded
$231 97
Miscellaneous.
CEMETERY.
J. H. Curtis, labor $49 00
Appropriation 100 00
Unexpended
$51 00
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Town of Whitman, medical aid and burial of George Litchfield
$92 25
J. M. Winslow, quarantine 30 38
J. Frank Gear, supplies 6 50
A. J. Mitchell, expressing 1 40
E. W. Gardner, fumigating 12 60
H. J. Little, M. D., services and supplies
21 40
$164 53
. Appropriation
50 00
Exceeded
$114 53
TREE WARDEN.
Lincoln Ellms, trees and setting
$20 00
John H. Sparrell, labor
26 25
J. F. Totman, labor 3 50
Appropriation
50 00
$49 75
Unexpended
$ 25
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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
H. J. Little M. D.
$6 75
Appropriation 25 00
Unexpended
$18 25
JAMES LIBRARY
Helen M. Fogg, treasurer
$50 00
Mary F. Power, treasurer
50 00
$100 00
Appropriation
$100 00
FIRE APPARATUS
Knight & Thomas, 9 extinguishers $89 70
Lewis A. Brown & Co., pails and brooms
8 13
W. D. Turner, boxes 4 50
John Whalen, cash and carting
2 15
Appropriation
100 00
Exceeded
$4 48
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Electric Light & Power Co. of Abington
$8 00
Appropriation 100 00
Unexpended $92 00
$104 48
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAYS
L. Frank Hammond, on account of con-
tract $475 00
Appropriation
500 00
Balance to be paid on completion of road
$25 00
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
Paid Treas. Church Hill Improvement Society $25 00
Charles H. Jones, work on triangles and common 23 37
Alexander Black, work on tri-
angles, common and Gaffield Park 29 92 I. Austin Lincoln, work at Mt. Blue 2 00
Arthur T. Stoddard, work at junc-
tion of High and Washington streets 2 50 Lincoln Ellms, for ishrubs 12 00
A. J. Litchfield & Son, seed and tools
1 60
E. H. Sparrell, dressing 2 50
Appropriation
$98 89
100 00
Unexpended $1 11
TOWN HALL
H. T. Fogg, insurance $30 00
L. F. Hammond, janitor 25 00
67
L. F. Hammond, labor and material for
fence
18 00
W. C. Soule, painting
34 00
George B. Doane, iron pipe
13 50
Frank L. Thomas, cedar posts
7 80
Curtis & Bates, merchandise
3 10
A. J. Litchfield & Son, paint
2 05
No appropriation.
$133 45
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Number of platform scales sealed
6
Number of all other scales sealed 19
Number of all other scales adjusted
1
Number of all other scales condemned
3
Number of weights sealed
62
Number of dry measures sealed
41
Number of liquid measures sealed
33
Number of liquid measures condemned
1
Number of Linea measures sealed
5
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, JR., Sealer.
Gypsy and Browntail Moth
Fifth annual report for state fiscal year, ending Novem- ber 30, 1909.
J. H. Sparrell, labor, team, cash paid
and other expenses
$666 02
J. F. Totman, labor
217 63
F. M. Curtis, labor
107 38
Lyman Lincoln, labor
103 75
Albert Osborn, labor
56 00
Clarence Hook, labor
58 00
J. Everett Stoddard, labor
54 63
Claude Ainslee, labor
25 63
Edward F. Winslow, labor
8 00
Lawrence G. Turner, labor
54 38
George A. Bates, labor
61 12
Irving Henderson labor
3 00
Harry P. Henderson, labor
8 00
N. Y., & B. D. Ex. Co., express and carting
2 04
Curtis & Bates, supplies
1 49
Geo. F. Welch, supplies
1 20
A. J. Litchfield & Son, paint
1 70
Samuel Cabot, creosote
1 40
Jenney Mfg. Co., oil
3 04
Wm. H. Claflin & Co., burlap and twine 47 32
J. F. Merritt 75
Total expenditures
$1,482 48
70
Total amount charged property owners $117 63 Town liability 358 21
Amount received from State
1,006 64
$1,482 48
J. H. SPARRELL, Local Supt.
Location of Fire Extinguishers
Alpheus W. Thomas Charles W. Thomas Clifford Brett Charles N. Gardner Town Hall Joseph Briggs No. I School House Curtis Bros.
Benjamin Loring Frank L. Thomas Joseph H. Hatch William D. Turner Frank W. Jones
Edward W. Gardner L. Frank Hammond
Joseph C. Otis George E. Torrey Frank Dyer Joseph Tolman William Tolman Melvin Little (two) Francis E. Henderson Jesse Reed Atwood L. Ford A. J. Litchfield & Son Curtis & Bates
H. S. Turner & Co. Town Farm (two) John Whalen (two)
Tax Collectors' Report.
Andrew J. Litchfield in account with Town of Norwell:
DR.
To outstanding taxes of 1908 $3,977 82
To interest collected on taxes 99 68
$4,077 50
CR.
By amount paid treasurer $3,966 58
By interest paid treasurer 99 68
By cash deposited with treasurer to relieve bondsmen 11 24
$4,077 50
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, Collector, By A. J. Litchfield, Jr., Deputy.
DR.
To assessment of 1909 To excise tax of 1909
$15,711 15
295 42
$16,006 57
73
CR.
By cash paid treasurer By excise tax paid treasurer
$10,506 00
295 42
By outstanding taxes
5,205 15
$16,006 67
FRANK W. JONES, Collector of Taxes, 1909.
I have examined the accounts of the tax collectors for the year 1908 and 1909 and find them correctly cast and vouchers for all amounts paid to treasurer.
JAMES H. PINKHAM,
Dec. 20th, 1909.
Auditor.
Abatement of Taxes
Charles D. Barnard, soldier $4 00
David Bassford, soldier 2 00
Charles H. Brownell
2 00
William N. Gardner
2 00
Mrs. Charles B. Hatch
2 40
John H. Prince
2 00
Walter W. Pierce
3 76
Ansel Phillips
2 00
Charles W. Smith, soldier
2 00
Albion Snowdale, soldier
2 25
William Sullivan
2 00
Gilbert S. Trefethen
2 00
Robert Thomas
2 00
James H. Williams, soldier
2 00
Richard S. Winslow
2 00
Emery T. Winslow
2 00
Jane Delano Estate, error in assessment 8 80
Charles E. Brewster, error in assessment
3 20
Walter L. Boynton, soldier
2 00
John Bent 2 00
Arthur W. Blanchard, assessed elsewhere 2 00
John B. Breshneham 4 00
Arthur J. Cobbett
2 00
George W. Davis, soldier
2 00
James Dunbar
2 00
Matthias French, soldier
2 00
Henry Fox
2 00
Joseph J. Eaton, soldier
2 00
75
Mrs. Jennie Eaton, error in assessment $3 20
Charles N. Gardner, soldier 2 00
Brenton Griffin 2 00
Stanley Griffin 2 00
Fred Griffin
2 00
John Howard 6 00
Frank R. Kenyon, assessed elsewhere
6 00
Arthur G. Lincoln
2 00
A. B. Lewis
2 00
Howard F. Mann, soldier
3 92
William H. Morse, soldier
2 00
James L. Prouty
9 60
Charles N. Pratt
2 00
Henry L. Studley
2 00
Edwin R. Studley, soldier
2 00
J. A. Sale, soldier
12 00
William Small
2 00
James Taylor, soldier
2 00
Charles H. Wilder
4 40
John S. Whitney, soldier
2 00
Chester Whiting
2 00
Seth M. Sprague, soldier
4 00
Peter Ainsley, soldier
2 00
Rodney Allen, soldier
2 00
Henry L. Brown, soldier
2 00
Benjamin Briggs
14 80
Daniel R. Ewell, soldier
2 00
George A. Hatch, soldier
2 00
George A. Jackman
2 00
Samuel A. Lester, soldier
2 00
William O. Merritt, soldier
2 00
Wm. H. Martin
2 00
Edwin Reeves
2 00
William E. Stone, soldier
2 00
William T. Sylvester, error in assessment 1 60
Nellie M. Sparrell 4 32
76
Alonzo C. Sylvester
$2 00
Wilbur G. Thayer
3 60
John F. Totman, soldier
2 00
Edgar E. Lee
2 00
A. B. Litchfield, soldier
2 00
Charles H. Bates
6 00
Hosea Stetson
6 00
Samuel Ward
7 20
Snow Bryant Estate
48
George E. Jacobs, error in assessment
2 95
Alexander Blaisdell, soldier
3 24
Appropriation
$229 72 200 00
Exceeded
$29 72
Assessor's Report
Value of bulldings Value of land
$494,385 00 235,503 00
Value of personal property
$729,888 00 190,059 00
Total valuation, 1909 Total valuation 1908
$919,947 00
866,993 00
$52,954 00
State Tax 1909, $1,395 County Tax 1909, $1,465.15
Town Tax, $15,000 Number of polls assessed, 496
Number of persons assessed, 980
Number assessed poll tax only, 189
Horses assessed, 330 Cows assessed, 195
Sheep assessed, 20
Neat cattle other than cows assessed, 30 Swine assessed, 85
Fowl assessed, 6,373 Dwelling houses assessed, 457 Acres of land assessed, 12,077 1-4 Assessors' warrant to collector, $15,711.15 Street Railway excise tax, $295.42
Financial Statement.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank:
Time loan due Dec. 31, 1910 $1,500 00
Anticipation notes 1909 3,000 00
Note in favor of the Coffin fund 2,000 00
Note in favor of Otis fund 1,300 00
Due to other towns for support of poor 100 00
$7,900 00
ASSETS.
Due from State aid $2,140 00
Due from towns for aid of poor 398 50
Due Almshouse for board of Edgar Fernald 156 00
Cash in hands of treasurer
1,568 03
Uncollected taxes
5,205 15
$9,467 68
Balance in favor of town
$1,567 68
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RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$601 89
State aid
2,140 00
Soldiers' relief
566 97
Gypsy moth
1,367 84
Cemetery
49 00
Board of Health
164 53
Tree warden
49 75
James library
100 00
School physician
6 75
Fire apparatus
104 48
Electric lights
8 00
Special appropriation for highways
475 00
Squares and triangles
98 89
Removing snow
75 50
Highway account
2,853 82
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Almshouse
1,315 64
Outdoor poor
1,868 50
Town officers
1,713 55
Town note
1,000 00
Taxes abated
229 72
Town hall
133 45
Post 112
150 00
Support of schools
9,825 58
$24,898 86
CREDITS.
Almshouse
$810 04
State aid
2,140 00
Due from town's poor account
398 50
Schools, from state and other towns
3,127 29
$6,475 83
Appropriations Recommended For 1910
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Support of poor
$2,000 00
Incidentals
500 00
Support of schools
6,500 00
Highways, general repairs
$2,000 00
Special road work 1,000 00
3,000 00
Removing snow, street railway excise tax and
200 00
Memorial Day
150 00
State aid
2,000 00
Soldiers' relief
300 00
Town officers
1,500 00
Appropriation for taking valuation
800 00
Washington street cemetery
50 00
Tree warden
25 00
Board of Health
50 00
School physician
25 00
Squares and triangles
100 00
Town hall
50 00
Electric lights
200 00
$17,450 00
Auditor's Report
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Selectmen Overseers of the Poor and Collector and find them correctly cast with vouchers for all amounts paid, with a cash balance in the hands of the Treasurer of $1,568.03. I was present at the transfer of all books and papers turned over by Ex-Town Treasurer Horace T. Fogg to Town Treasurer Joseph F. Mer- ritt and found the cash balance of the same correct. I have also examined and audited all copies sent to press by the Se- lectmen for the annual town report.
JAMES H. PINKHAM,
Auditor.
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Transcript of Articles in the Warrant
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1910, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. IN THE FORENOON.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk for one year; one Selectman, one Assessor and one Overseer of the Poor for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables and a Tree Warden for one year; one member of the School Com- mittee, one member of the Board of Health for three years, and to vote "yes" or "no" in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" All on one ballot. Polls open from 7 A. M. to 11 A. M.
Art. 3. To hear the reports of the several boards of offi- cers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Art. 4. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the treasurer, under the direction of the selectmen, to borrow money in anticipa- tion of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the law relating to State Aid and Military Aid and to defray the expenses of the town.
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Art. 6. What compensation will the town make for remov- ing snow and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 7. In what manner and time shall the taxes be col- lected the ensuing year .
Art. 8. To make allowance to town creditors.
Art. 9. What sum of money will the town appropriate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R., on Memorial Day.
Art. 10. Will the town cause a statement of its financial affairs to be printed in February next.
Art. 11. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in cemetery on Washington street.
Art. 12. What price will the town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year :
Art. 13. What action will the town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair
Art. 14. Will the town give any instructions to the town officers.
Art. 15. What price will the town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year
Art. 16. Will the town take any action in regard to the care of parks, squares and triangles, and make any appropriation for the same.
Art. 17. Will the town make an appropriation for the James library in return for the free privilege of taking books which the townspeople now have.
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Art. 18. Will the town appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Commission in the construction of one mile of road.
Art. 19. Will the town contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of said mile of road
Art. 20. Will the town act in conjuction with the town of Hanover, to have an electric light at the terminus of River street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, at the Third Herring brook.
Art. 21. Will the town appropriate the sum of three hun- dred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents for the suppression of Gypsy and Browntail moths.
Art. 22. What sum of money will the town appropriate to pay the Superintendent of Schools
Citizens desiring additional articles in the warrant must present them to the selectmen on or before 5 o'clock, P. M., February 19, 1910
EZRA E. STETSON, WILLIAM D. TURNER, FRANK W. JONES,
Selectmen of Norwell.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE YEAR 1909
School Report
To the Citizens of Norwell :-
In submitting to you our annual report, we would espec- ially call your attention to the reports of the Superintendent of School, the Principal of the High school, the music and drawing teachers, respectively.
The record of attendance during the year has been very good, except for a siege of whooping-cough which practi- cally spoiled the attendance during the Spring term in Dists. No. 5 & 6, our record would have been the best for years. Dist. No. 1 has eight pupils who have not been absent during the year. Miss Dorothy Litchfield of the High School and Master Harold Turner of Dist. No. 1, have not been absent for two years, which fact, is, we think, worthy of mention.
We were unable to hold our union Decoration Day exer- cises this year on account of the prevalence of whooping- cough as these exercises are so much enjoyed by both parents and children, we trust nothing will prevent their occurrence next year.
Our school buildings are now in good repair, we have a corps of efficient teachers, we have books and supplies fur- nished for all and why should not our children acquire an education ?
First, let us see what is done for us by the State, it gives us a general fund which we devote to teachers' salaries, a fund which pays half the Superintendent's salary, a fund of $166 2-3 on account of teachers salaries (this fund given to
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small towns employing a Superintendent of Schools) a fund of $500 especially for the High School. With the High School Fund we were enabled to pay the salaries of the teachers for two months, pay the entire cost the music teacher and buy all the books and suppiles needed exclusively by the High School for the whole year. Do you think our pupils appreciate this ?
Is it not about time that the matter was brought to their attention and to the attention of the parents as well ?
Our graduating class this year had eight members, two of these entered the Normal School without farther examination, being accepted on account of their high rank in our school. The other members of the class not caring to pursue ' their studies farther just at this time, have every one accepted good positions.
Mr. Martin, Secretary of the State Board of Education, in an address before the Massachusetts State Teachers' Associa- tion says, "The object of education is two-fold-first, to fit the child to go alone, second, to fit the child to do the world's work." And is not that just exactly what we want to do ? You, as parents, want to feel that you are fitting your child to take some place in the world, in other words, to earn his own living and earn it in good shape, too.
During the first five and six years in school life, a child goes to school because he is sent, and even during that time you often hear a child say , "I shall be so-and-so when I grow up", if it be a worthy ambition, encourage him, do every- thing to help him along, if not, turn his mind to something better, those are the years when children's tastes are formed, "As the twig is bent the tree inclines." The last years of the Grammar school and the High school life should be thoughtful years, the training for which begins in the home.
Every child should have some few tasks at home which he is obliged to perform, let him feel that there are certain things depending upon him, give him a sense of responsibil- ity and when at school he is required to conform to rules
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and regulations, it will not be so hard. When a child is old enough for High school work, he should have been taught that Life is not all pleasure, that there is a work to be done in the world and that he has only a few more years in which to pre- pare for it and that this is his golden opportunity, for, as in all towns, to the great majority of pupils, the High School Course is the end of school life When we can rescue our chil- dren from this restless, "don't care" spirit that seems to per- vade the school atmosphere, we shall have gone a long way in their education. Again, quoting from Mr. Martin's speech, "Having given them much, the public has a right to require much of them. They, too, should begin to look the world's work squarely in the face, not only the work of the office and counting room, but the work of the shop and the mill. The most striking feature of modern productive industry is the extent to which it has turned to practical use the advancing knowledge of the sciences and mathematics.
"Agriculture has been revolutionized just so far as it has made use of chemistry and biology and botany. In the manu- facture of leather and paper and textiles and food products, and in the refining of metals, chemistry has wrought changes as great. In the manufacture and use of steam and electric power, physics has done a similar work. In the enormous de- velopment of engineering, science and the time-honored algebra and geometry have come to their fullest fruition. Is it not possible, is it not necessary, that the windows of the high school should be thrown wide open to the light and air of this new industrial life? By turning their study of science and mathematics and some of their history into these new channels, the high schools would lose nothing of their dignity while adding immensely to their usefulness. There is a moral element without which there can be no real and permanent industrial efficiency.
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