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1. To choose a Moderator for the coming year.
2. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a member of the School Board for the ensuing three years.
4. To choose a Treasurer for the ensuing year.
5. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Com- mittees, or Officers chosen, and pass any vote relating: thereto.
6. To choose Agents, Auditors and Committees in relation to any subject embraced in this Warrant.
7. To see how much money the District will raise and appropriate for the support of Schools.
8. To see if the district will authorize the School Board to appoint a Superintendent of Schools.
9. To see how much money the district will vote to raise for the repairs of School Houses.
10. To see how much money the district will vote to raise for building or remodeling the outhouses and wood- sheds.
11. To transact any other business that may properly come before this meeting.
Given under our hands at Piermont this 17th day of February 1917.
AUGUSTUS M. SIMONS, S. H. AMES, School Board.
W. W. GOULD,
A true copy of warrant-ATTEST: AUGUSTUS M. SIMONS, S. H. AMES, School Board .. W. W. GOULD,
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THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants of the Town of Piermont in the County of Grafton in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town House in said town on Tuesday, the 13th, day of March next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the follow- ing subjects :
1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of same.
3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for Highways and bridges.
4. To see what amount of money the town will raise to secure State aid for perment highways.
5. To see if the town will vote to raise the amount of money necessary to secure State aid for maintenance of roads under State aid.
6. To see if town will vote to grant a discount on taxes paid before a certain date fixed by the town.
7. To see if the town will vote to exempt the new ·Creamery from taxation for a term of three years.
8. To transact any other business that may come before the meeting.
Given under our hands and seal, 19th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventeen.
H. S. STANLEY E. J. ELLSWORTH, E. D. DAY. A true copy of Warrant-Attest: H. S. STANLEY, -
E. J. ELLSWORTH, E. D. DAY.
Selectmen of Piermont.
Selectmen of Piermont.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN
OF
PIERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Embracing those of Selectmen, Auditors, Treasurer, Board of Education, and Road Commissioner
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31, 1918
Opinion Press, Bradford, Vt.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants of the town of Piermont, in the coun- ty of Grafton in said State, qualified to vote in town af- fairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at Town House in said town on Tuesday, the 12th day of March next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following sub- jects :
To choose all necessary town officers for the year en- 1 suing and to elect a delegate to the constitutional conven- tion.
2 To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
3 To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for highways and bridges.
4 To see what amount of money the town will raise to secure state aid for permanent highways.
5 To see if the town will vote to raise the amount of money necessary to secure state aid for maintenance of roads under state aid.
To see if the town will vote to grant a discount on 6 taxes paid before a certain date fixed by the town.
7 To see if the town will vote to build a new road from Lewis French's buildings to the main road across John Simpson's field.
8 To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting that is authorized by law.
Given under our hands and seal this 12th day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eigh- teen.
E. J. ELLSWORTH, Selectmen of
E. D. DAY, J. E. CHANDLER,
Piermont
A true copy of Warrant-Attest:
E. J. ELLSWORTH, ) E. D. DAY,
Selectmen of
J. E. CHANDLER. Piermont
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TOWN OFFICERS
1st Selectman, 2d Selectman, 3d Selectman, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Police, Dog Officer, Supervisors, 66
66
Auditor,
Moderator, Trustee Trust Funds,
Trustee of Library, 66
E. J. Ellsworth E. D. Day J. E. Chandler E. R. Celley Admon C. Drury H. E. Morrison W. F. Towle N. M. Gould H. Hodsdon C. O. Fellows Arthur Evans S. G. Hannaford Wm. E. Ford C. O. French O. B. Stanley John F. Simpson Wm. B. Deal Mrs. Ludelle Ames Mrs. M. Robie Mrs. Louise Horton.
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BUDGET FOR 1918.
APPROPRIATIONS 1917
Estimate for 1918
Town Charges
$2200 00
$2000 00
Highways by law
1430 00
1511 20
Highways by vote
2000 00
2500 00
To secure state aid for new con- struction
856 50
906 72
To secure state aid for state road maintenance
100 00
150 00
"To secure state aid for trunk line maintenance
230 00
250 00
Library by law
38 50
38 50
Library by vote
100 00
100 00
Observance of Memorial Day
20 00
20 00
State Tax
1004 50
936 00
County Tax
779 02
750 00
Support of Schools
3175 50
4000 00
Town debt
1000 00
1360 00
Overlay allowed by law
395 81
346 88
Tax for 1917
$13,329 83
$14,339 24
Valuation April 1, 1917
$604,481
Estimated valuation April 1, 1918
$607,000
Tax rate 1917 $2.15 per $100.00
Estimated tax rate 1918
$2.44 per $100.00
No polls
175
Resident real estate
$273,546
Non resident real estate
197,111
Horses
264
32,795
Oxen
6
600
Cows
836
56,005
Neat stock
163
7,606
Hogs
49
88°)
Sheep
210
1 082
Fowls
957
926
Vehicles and autos
19
5,050
Mills, portable
600
5
Money at interest Stock in trade
8,550
Mills and machinery
10,500
Boats and launches Lumber not stock in trade
6,630
Soldiers' exemption
$1,500
E. S. ELLSWORTH E. D. DAY.
MONEY TAX FOR THE YEAR 1917
Town charges
$2200 00
Highways by law
1430 00
Highways by vote
2000 00
To secure state aid for state roads
856 50
Maintenance of trunk lines
230 00
Maintenance of state road other than trunk lines
100 00
Memorial Day
20 00
Library
100 00
State tax
887 50
County tax
779 02
Mexican border tax
117 00
Library by law
38 50
Schools by vote of district
1300 00
Schools by law
877 50
Salaries of school officers
120 00
High school tuition
400 00
School supplies
125 00
Superintendent's salary
200 00
School house repairs
150 00
Moderator
3 00
Payment on town debt
1000 00
$12,934 02
Overlay allowed by law
395 81
$13,329 83
E. J. ELLSWORTH E. D. DAY J. E. CHANDLER
Selectmen.
Tax rate $2.15 per $100
2,400
200
$604,481
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BALANCE For Year Ending
ASSETS
Due from H. B. Foote,
$91 53
66
R. L. Risley,
6 90
66 State Treas .. fire bill, 1 50
66
66 66 66 Joint Construc-
tion fund, 40 80
State aid main-
tenance,
26 98
$167 71
Trustees for trust funds for 3 lots sold in South lawn cemetery 54 00
for grass sold in 1916 to Hazen Wilson, 4 00
for grass sold in 1917 to E. D. Day. 8 50
66 50
Materials for use on highways, Bridge plank and guard rails, 89 00
In Treasurer's hands,
89 00 3,990 16
Total assets, Net Debt,
$4.313 37
10,174 04
The net debt has been reduced in the past year $901 10
$14,487 41
66 66 66
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SHEET Jan. 31st, 1918
LIABILITIES
Due to School district,
$951 19
Due Joint construction fund, (State road),
102 00
Due Joint fund, state road mainten- ance,
26 97
$1,080 16
Town debt.
Serial notes,
Demand notes:
12,047 25
Joseph Lawrence,
700 00
Jonathan Tyler Council,
200 00
M. Ella Braynard,
160 00
Althea Stanley estate,
300 00
13,407 25
Gross debt,
$14,487 41
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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY
Town Hall and lot
Equipment and furniture
$3400 00
Library building and lot
$1000 00
Books and furnishings
1000 00
$2000 00
Police Department Land and building
$50 00
Equipment
50 00
$100_00
Highway Department
Town barn
$200 00
Road machine
150 00
3 snow rollers
150 00
1 road hone
10 00
Plows
5 00
Wheelbarrows
4 00
1 set double harness
15 00
1 small hone
5 00
1 stone drag
5 00
Hand tools and implements
15 00
Lumber, etc
89 00
$648 00
Public Service Department
Cedar Grove cemetery
$ 500 00
South Lawn cemetery Hearse
1000 00
150 00
$1650 00
$7798 00
$3200 00 200 00
In order to meet the requirements of Chapter 129, Sec. 4, Laws of 1917, which requires all outstanding notes' written on demand, to be retired before Jan. 1st, 1919- Demand notes to the amount of $12,692.50 have been re- tired. This was accomplished in part by the issue of Serial notes as provided for in Chapter 129, Sec. 2, laws of 1917, and in part by the payment in full of some of the notes. This leaves the following notes (which are demand notes) to be provided for before January 1st, 1919:
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Joseph Lawrence, $700
Jonathan Tyler Council, 200 M. Ella Braynard, 160
Althea Stanley estate, 300
There are two ways that funds to retire the above notes may be provided. One is to appropriate at our March meeting the amount needed. The other is to borrow on a Serial note or notes. Under the present conditions it is extremely doubtful if funds can be borrowed at a reason- able rate of interest if at all. The Serial notes which have been issued provide for the full payment of the present town debt (excepting as above) on January 31st, 1932. This meets the requirements of the present law as we understand it.
The law changing the ending of the fiscal year from February 15 to January 31st, caused some confusion and delay in settling up the town's affairs. The adoption of the uniform system of town accounting which is required by law, has been somewhat expensive to install, but the supplies furnished will be ample for several years and must Le of value hereafter.
Following is a list of the Serial Notes issued:
No of Note.
Date of issue.
To whom given.
Amount.
Rate of int.
Due
1
Jan. 31, 1918 Henry S. Muchmore
$1000 00
4를
Jan. 31, 1920
2
1000 00
42
1921
4
Jan. 1,
66
Alonzo E. Pennock
1000 00
4
66
1924
6
66
Alonzo E. Pennock
1000 00
42
66
1926
7- A
66
Ellen Lawrence
1000 00
42 42
66
1929
9-A
Eva J. Metcalf
600 00
42
1929
10
J. N. Leonard
1000 00
42
1930
11
:6
Trustees of Trust Funds
947 25
33
1931
12
66
66
66
100 00
4
66
1932
66
1000 00
4]
1922
5
Jan. 31,
Sarah Muchmore
1000 00
4를
66
1928
9
66
Horace Clough
400 00
42
1925
7
Joseph Lawrence
1000 00
42
1927
8
12047 25
E. J. ELLSWORTH, E. D. DAY,
J. E. CHANDLER.
1923
Daniel C. Muchmore
1000 00
66
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TREASURER'S REPORT
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
Received of Tax Collector $13,383 20
Received of State Treasurer 1,626 31
Received from all other sources 4,574 13
Cash in treasury Feb. 16, 1917
$19,583 64 2,039 24
Grand total
$21,622 88
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
Current maintenance $6,877 55
New construction
1,044 41
Indebtedness
4,500 00
Other governmental divisions
5,210 76
Total payments
$17,632 72
Balance in hands of treasurer Feb. 1, 1918 $3,990 16 ADMON C. DRURY, Treas.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF RECEIPTS
FOR YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1918
H. E. Morrison, taxes $13,329 83
State Tr., savings bank tax $223 09
State Tr., literary fund 78 48
State Tr., proportion school fund
344 24
State Tr., trunk line maintenance
605 40
State Tr., state aid maintenance
73 02
State Tr., state aid construction 266 90
State Tr., Excise Com. fees
8 98
State Tr., Fire bill 4 00
State Tr., bounties on hedgehogs 22 20
$1626 31
From Local Sources Except Taxes Sarah Moore, lease $ 10 00
W. E. Ford, bal. Memerial day fund
8 00
A. E. Pennock, town note 750 00
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Dog licenses 119 75
F. A. Horton, rent of school lot
50 80
F. Day, rent of school lot
65 00
F. D. Cutting, dynamite
6 99
County Tr., support of poor
57 85
W. B. Deal, cemetery lot sold 3 00
Town note 1000 00
F. D. Cutting, labor and supplies sold 6 24
A. E. Pennock, town note 1000 00
H. S. Muchmore, town note
57 50
A. E Pennock, town note
250 00
J. N. Learned, town note
400 00
D. C. Muchmore, town note
350 00
Rent of town hall 2 00
Rent of tenements in library building 137 00
Eva J. Metcalf, town note
300 00
Interest on overdue taxes
53 37
4627 50
Total receipts
$19,583 64
Cash in treasury Feb. 16, 1917
2,039 24
Total
$21,622 88
CURRENT MAINTENANCE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS
Town Officers' Salaries
Selectman H. S. Stanley
$ 5 00
Selectman E. J. Ellsworth
115 00
Selectman E. D. Day
75 00
Selectman J. E. Chandler
65 00
Town Clerk E. R. Celley 40 00
Tax Collector H. E. Morrison
100 00
Treasurer Admon C. Drury
52 00
Dog Officer N. M. Gould
6 00
Auditor S. G. Hannaford
4 00
Auditor Wm. E. Ford
4 00
$466 00
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Expenses of Town Officers Treasurer's bond
$
18 00
Town reports 39 40
J. E Chandler, postage 2 90
W. J. Randolph, copy of transfers 3 06
S. G. Hannaford, cruising 30 00
E. D. Day, cruising 16 00
E. R. Celley, Eastman bill 31 77
E. R. Celley, Spencer's bill 8 61
E C Eastman, uniform system accts
34 25
A. C. Drury, registration, revenue stamps, wrappers, stationery, postage, etc. 1155
B. C. French, auto hire 10 50
E. R. Celley, supplies, postage and other items 13 84
G. N. Russell, running town lines
4 00
Selectmen, expenses for installing the uniform system of accounting, in- cluding postage, stationery and clerical assistance 86 32
310 20
Election and Registration
S. G. Hannaford, registration
$6 50
H. Hodsdon supervision 5 00
C. O. Fellows, supervision 5 00
Arthur Evans, supervision 5 00
C. O. French, moderator
2 00
23 50
Town Hall and Library Building
J. F. Simpson, repairs on library building
$ 5 50
Insurance on town hall
40 00
B. C. French, repairs on library building
1 75
Joseph Hill, janitor
15 50
N. R. Celley, janitor
7 00
$69 75
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Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Althea Stanley, keeping tramp
$
1 00
B. C. French, repairs on Lobby 39 84
Hand cuffs and other equipment for officers
8 67
N. M. Gould, traffic officer
45 00
H. Wilson, care of tramps
2 50
Wilmer F. Towle, chief
30 00
127 61
Fire
G. L. Webster, fire warden
$3 00
3 00
Bounties
E. D. Day, hedgehogs,
$ 13 40
E. J. Ellsworth, hedgehogs
8 80
22 20
Damage by Dogs
F. G. Cline, sheep killed
$ 300 00
F. W. Brock, sheep killed
60 00
Frank Wright, sheep killed
84 00
444 00
Board of Health
W. W. Gould
$20 25
E. R. Celley, returns to state board 25
20
Vital statistics E. R. Celley, births, deaths and marriages
Highways and Bridges State Aid Maintenance C. W. Jewell F. D. Cutting
$146 05
5 00
Trunk Line Maintenance C. W. Jewell, patrol Town Maintenance F. D. Cutting, road agent Street lighting
151 05
840 20
$2734 63
110 00
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General Expenses
Repairs and freight on road machine $ 24 40 Will French, labor on water trough 2 50
O. B. Stanley, labor Cutting bridge 4 00
E. J. Ellsworth, labor Cutting bridge 2 25
Insurance on Conn. river bridge 45 00
D. S. Stone, lumber 275 79
Joseph Hill, water trough
2 00
D. S. Stone, lumber
8 34
M. B. Sawyer, water trough
3 00
Ernest Stevens, water trough
3 00
Fay Emery, water trough
2 00
George Hibbard, water trough
3 00
Henry Nutt, water trough
2 00
Mary Horton, rent of land 3 00
J. Lawrence, fixing fence 4 00
3228 91
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mrs. Ludelle Ames, trustee,
138 50
CHARITIES
County poor
25 00
PATRIOTIC PURPOSES
Memorial Day, W. E. Ford,
24 10
SOLDIERS AID
Aid to E. Hadlock,
32 85
PUBLIC SERVICE
Cemeteries
W. B. Deal and others, care, labor, &c. 5) 10
Discounts and abatements 295 26
Abatement of tax 1916 29 46
324 72
INTEREST
Int. on all notes paid to date of settlement 559 36
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NEW CONSTRUCTION
State Aid E. D. Day, for state road between Piermont and Bradford 1044 41
INDEBTEDNESS PAYMENTS Town notes paid 4500 00
PAYMENT TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL DIVISIONS
To State Treasurer
For state tax
$877 50
For Mexican border tax
117 00
994 50
To County Treasurer
For county tax
779 02
To School District Treasurer E. R. Celley, Treas
3444 24
Total payments
$17,632 72
REPORT OF F. D. CUTTING ROAD AGENT
For Year Ending Jan. 31, 1918
Received from Town Treasurer
$2734 63
Paid Phelon O. Perry
9 50
Amos Rodimon
19 90
Louis French
7 25
Roy Belyea
4 00
Louis Belyea
7 25
Alfred J. French
2 00
C. W. Johnson
23 50
B. C. French
11 50
Frank S. Emery
11 80
Frank S. Emery, land damage
3 00
Ray E. Bonett
27 50
Fay S. Emery
8 80
Fay S. Emery, land damage
8 00
G. L. Clough
11 07
B. J. Roystan, team work on road
51 50
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C. E. Mudgett, labor and land damage
21 75
S. J. Bartlett
9 00
George Derrick
7 00
John Keefe
9 00
George Ramsey
2 00
John Gray
4 00
Luke Boardman
7 00
F. G. Cutting
12 00
J. E. Chandler, snowing bridge
2 00
Leon B. Gould
37 50
Wm. Stevens
4 50
H. A. Wilson
2 25
A. L. Chase, bridge plank
46 70
F. S. Robinson
4 50
F. L. Day
10 00
F. E. Dodge
35 00
E. D. Day
2 75
H. S. Muchmore, bridge stringers
8 40
W. E. Kimball
1 00
N. M. Gould, work on bridge
3 50
John N. Leonard
14 25
E. S. Underhill
4 25
E. J. Ellsworth
5 00
E. B. Bedford
5 00
J. E. Lee, sundries
10 85
Joseph Hill
1 00
C. A. Tarbox
4 50
J. P. Metcalf
5 00
E. V. Howard, sundries
12 59
H. F. Stetson, gravel
12 10
W. L. Horton
10 25
G. L. Webster
19 85
X. P. Wright
90 50
G. Lamontagne
35 80
A. D. Felch
34 70
W. A. Perkins
23 25
J. G. Learned
101 70
S. S. Smith
27 50
Louis Parris
59 10
H. S. Hackett
176 75
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O. B. Stanley
92 50
H. H. Nutt
365 78
W. E. Lougee
278 64
F. D. Cutting
841 34
S. C. Leazer
1 00
Guy Foote
9 00
J. P. Metcalf
18 91
H. F. Stetson
7 40
Ray Bonett
10 00
Charles Perkins
10 00
Charles Rodimon
9 70
$2734 63
STATE ROAD JOINT CONSTRUCTION.
E. D. Day, Supt.
Received of Town Treasurer, $1044 41
Paid
N. M. Gould
$ 118 00
Lennie Stevens
90 00
Lehman Celley
63 75
E. S. Underhill
110 00
G. L. Webster
40 00
Walter Webster
91 25
W. A. Tarbox
55 00
O. B. Stanley
192 50
Frank Day
27 50
Lee Howland
27 50
Carl Smith
7 50
F. C. Robinson
90 00
H. F. Stetson
52 50
John Drescoll
9 00
Fred Cutting
15 00
Aaron Barton, gravel
31 65
E. V. Howard
18 26
E. D. Day,
5 00
$1044 41
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
Jan. 31st, 1918.
Amt. of Fund
Int. $36 00
Pd. care of lots
Unexpended int. on Drown's fund, Interest received on-
Fletcher fund
$47 25
1 65
1 65
Geo. Chandler
50 00
1 75
1 75
James Platt
100 00
3 50
3 50
Emily Tallman
80 00
1 75
1 75
Charles Simpson
100 00
3 50
3 50
Hosea Quint
50 00
1 75
1 75
Mrs E. O. Mattoon
50 00
1 75
1 75
Stephen Drown
400 00
14 00
7 00
Mary Hunt
100 00
3 50
3 50
Bal. in treas. hands, (Drowns fund)
43 00
$69 15
$69 15
Thos. E. Stevens, burial fund
100 00
Recd. int. 66
4 00
Pd. Thos. E. Stevens, int.
4 00
ADMON C. DRURY, Treasurer of Trust Funds.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the officers of the town of Piermont and have found them correctly kept and vouchers for the same.
SAMUEL G. HANNAFORD, WM. E. FORD.
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LIBRARY.
Bal. on hand from 1916
$33 86
Received from dues
2 19
Received from town
138 50
$174 55
Paid
Old Corner Book Store, for book
$1 00
Express and money order
67
Gaylord Bros. for stamps
97
Mrs. Evans as librarian 66 . .
10 00
9 00
Guy Evans as janitor
4 00
G. P. Putnam's Sons, for books
7 55
Granate Monthly, 2 years
2 05
Mrs. Evans, as librarian
7 00
Old Corner Book Store, for books
22 60
Express on books
53
Mrs. Evans as librarian
11 00
Harrison Hodsdon, for wood
6 00
Mr. S. F. Claflin, for magazine
9 11
Mrs. Evans as librarian
4 50
Guy Evans as janitor
5 00
L. F. Hale for stool
90
109 88
Balance
$64 67
Jan. 31st. 1918.
LUDELLE AMES,
MAMIE H. ROBIE,
Trustees.
LOUISE S. HORTON, )
Correct
SAMUEL G. HANNAFORD. WM. E. FORD.
8 00
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THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
To the inhabitants of the School district in the town of Piermont qualified to vote in district affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said district on the 16th day of March, 1918, at one o'clock in the after- noon, to act upon following subject :
1. To choose a Moderator for the coming year.
2. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a member of the School Board for the ensuing three years.
4. To choose a Treasurer for the ensuing year.
5. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Commit- tees, or Officers chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto.
6. To choose Agents, Auditors and Committees in re- lation to any subject embraced in this Warrant.
7. To see how much money the District will raise and appropriate for the support of the Schools.
8. To see if the District will vote to authorize the School Board to unite with one or more town districts or special districts to form a supervisory district for the pur- pose of employing a superintendent of the public schools therein, under the provisions of Chapter 77 of the Session Laws of New Hampshire 1899, (and to raise money to carry such vote into effect.
9. To see how much money the District will vote to raise for building and repairing School Houses and Sheds.
10. To transact any other business that may properly come before this meeting.
Given under our hands at said Piermont this 7th day of February, 1918.
A. M. SIMONS, S. H. AMES, School Board. EARL V. HOWARD,
A true copy of warrant-Attest:
A. M. SIMONS, S. H. AMES, School Board. EARL V. HOWARD,
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Piermont, I present my second school report.
There were eight schools in session during the spring. At the close in June, nine pupils were graduated, four con- tinuing their studies in the fall.
Eight schools were opened in September. 78 pupils enrolled, a decrease of a little more than 20% from one year ago.
Two schools retained the same teachers of the previous year, Miss Cook in the Primary, Miss Morrison in the In- termediate. Several families moving reduced the attend- ance in the village schools to thirty. At the close of the fall term it was thought best to close the Primary building, putting the children into two rooms, thereby eliminating the expense of one school.
The teacher in the Turnpike school could not return for the winter and as the school board was not able to find a teacher, no school has been in session. Only four pupils in the school they were permitted to take books from the school, so to study at home, as the parents were not will- ing to have them carried to other schools, on account of the distance.
In East Piermont were only two pupils and they were taught at home, twenty weeks, which plan was satisfacto- ry to the parents and a saving to the town.
I am pleased to see more names of parents in the vis- itor's column, and hope they keep steadily increasing, as in no way can we manifest our interest in the work of the school, than by our presence there.
I regret the absence of the ninth grade in our schools, for I feel that the pupils certainly need the work of that grade, whether they enter High school or never go beyond the Grammar.
Schools have been in session 32 weeks, with two weeks more, but as the town calls for a report closing January 31st, I make it at this time. I have made 55 visits during the three terms. Owing to the extreme cold weather have not been able to visit as much this winter as usual, visited most of them twice, and intend to once more before they
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close. At all times I have been shown courtesy and friendliness by teachers and pupils, and in return have tried to encourage and help, in my suggestions. Respectfully submitted, JENNIE C. ANDROSS.
DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Treasurer's Report of Receipts from Feb. 16th, 1917, to January 31st, 1918.
Received from Town Treasurer $3444 24
Cash in Treasury Feb. 15, 1917
550 30
$3994 54
PAYMENTS. Salaries. Weeks
Teachers
Bernice Robinson
12
$ 96 00
Edith Hood
12
120 00
Doris Carpenter
12
96 00
Catherine Corliss
12
120 00
Phebe M. Cook
24
240 00
Amy J. McNall
12
195 00
Mrs. Amos Rodimon
22
88 00
Rena Morris
10
80 00
Julia Church
12
96 00
Marion Wesson
12
96 00
Marjorie G. Morrison
31
314 00
Frances Washburn
19
152 00
Alice S. Clark
19
289 00
Susan Glines
19
152 00
Martha Clough
19
171 00
Ruby Tebbetts
8
80 00
School Board
A. M Simons
$30 00
S. H. Ames
40 00
E. V. Howard
30 00
Treasurer, E. R. Celley
15 00
Clerk, O. B. Stanley
5 00
Moderator, F. A Horton
3 00
2385 00
123 00
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Superintendent, Jennie C. Andross
125 00
Supplies and Books
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies
$80 04
Freight on supplies 1 91
Express on supplies 58
J. E. Lee, supplies
1 95
Little, Brown & Co., books
3 40
American Book Co., books
12 18
The Macmillan Co., books
9 35
Ginn & Co., books
1 06
Silver, Burdett, books
1 24
Pang & Co., books
1 51
F. A. Owen Pub. Co., books
1 73
Current Events
8 00
Oval & Koster, rolls of honor
3 05
The Advocate Print Co., enumera- tion cards 1 57
The Public School Print Co., report books 3 30
130 87
Janitor Service
Harry Clayburn
$ 74 25
Lucy Sawyer
2 50
Lena Sawyer
4 25
Edith Hood
2 00
Harold Day
9 00
Clifton Page
6 25
Mrs. W. H. French
10 50
W. W. Gould
50
Harold W. Ramsey
3 00
Rena Morris
2 50
114 75
Cleaning
Mrs. H. Clayborn
$ 26 00
Addie Day
7 40
W. W. Gould
3 25
Mrs. M. B. Sawyer
2 00
Mrs. W. H. French
1 00
39 65
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Fuel
H. E. Stebbins, drawing wood, $ 3 00 L. Wilson, splitting and piling wood in shed 1 75
F. L. Day, drawing wood 1 50
M. B. Sawyer, drawing wood 6 00
W. W. Gould, wood
30 00
Gideon Lamontangue, wood
10 00
52 25
New Shed in No. 1
E. V. Howard, 20 lbs nails at 7c $ 1 40
E. V. Howard, 32 M shingles at $3.50 13 12
Parker-Young Co , lumber
85 84
M. B. Sawyer, drawing lumber and freight on same
10 20
J. E. Lee, 55 lbs. nails at 6c
3 30
J. E. Lee, 2 lights glass 50
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