The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-10
Annual Town Meeting.


Monday was a typical town meeting
day. The March sun was at work early,
getting In Its warming rays, the sleigh
ing was good for this year, and our citi-
zens outside the village were here In full
force. The meeting was large one and
lively, throughout. The citizens were
there for business and got down to it
promptly.
There were but few exciting questions
that created discussion, the principal
one being the proposition to adopt the
general law passed in 1897, providing
for the election of a experimenting
school committee of three, instead of
the special law under which Skowhegan
has been working for nine years past,
which provides for a school committee
of five. This discussion was participat
ed In by Messrs. X. b. Shepherd, c. A.
Marston, Lewis Anderson, F. L. Ames,
l.. c. Talbot and others In favor of the
change, and Messrs. 5. j. Walton, For
rest Goodwin and others against it. The
proposition to make the change prevail
ed, and committee of three was elected.
Ii was voted to authorize the school
committee to unite with Madison In the
employment of superintendent under
the law of 1897 If they find it practicable,
and it was further voted that In case 1t
is not found expedent to so unite with
Madison, that the salary of superinten-
dent shall not exceed the amount at
present paid, viz, 81 900.
1t was voted that all bills for snow
roads incurred prior to March 18th, be
rendered to, and settled by the select
men; those incurred hereafter, be rem
dered to, and settled by the road COM
pissioners.
1t was also voted that the selectmen
and the school committee shall, here
after, cause to be printed in their annual
report an itemized account of all expen-
town of Skowhegan during the year,
giving the name to whom, and the
amount paid, each invidual and for what
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purpose.
Following are the officers elected: L.
L. Walton, moderator Geo. s. Webb,
clerk l.. C. Emery, r. F. Parker, Geo.
l.. Nay, selectmen, assessors and over
seers of the poor; Geo. S. Sampson,
treasurer; A. X. Butler, agent; F. A.
Nolin, auditor; Hiram Fl. Gilman, road
commissioner II. X. White, collector of
taxes; L. W. Weston, C. A. Marston, F.
". Allen, experimenting school COM
mittee.
The appropriations made for various
purposes we're:
Repairing highways, ...............,... 100000
Making and repairing bridges and
culverts, .......-................ l,ooo,oO
Breaking snow roads the present win
ter. .......... ....... 100000
Support OF poor and town expenses. 100000
Support of schools. ................... $4,000
| To purchase text books, .............. 10000
| Free high school,, ..................... 1000. 90
Repairing school houses. 10000
| For necessary repairs in cemeteries. 10000
| Memorial Day observance. 10000
| B. B. Dinsmore damages. ............. 10000
To pay damages awarded E. w Will
| son, 1884 80; Wyman and Lumsden,
s2o1. o8, .......................... 1855
Lighting Arnory,. ..................... $500
| Total, 49,. .................$ 25, $3.50 SO
| To this must be added the Install
| ments due town debt, interest,
State tax and county tax, in round
numbers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800 800 90