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1862-03-10 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex, ss. To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly. Greeting. You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth, to notify and warn in the usual manner the qualified voters of said town, to meet at the Town Hall on Monday the Tenth of March next at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, for the following purposes.-viz.: 1st. To choose the Moderator. 2d. To choose town offices for the ensuing year, and grant them such pay for their services as the town may think proper. 3d. To see if the town will avail themselves of the provisions of Section 4 of the 42d Chapter of the General Statutes, concerning truant children and make bylaws to carry the same into effect. 4th. To see what measures the town will adopt to protect themselves fxom the unlawful traffic in intoxicating liquors, and the evil consequences resulting therefrom. 5th. To adopt such measures, grant such sums of money, and make such regulations in regard to schools, throughout the town, and act and do anything respecting the same, they may deem expedient. 6th. To adopt such measures, grant such sums of money, and make such regulations in regard to the construction, repairs and improvements of the Highways and town ways of the town, as they may deem expedient. 7th. To see what sums of money, if any, the town will raise, for the aid of Families of Volunteers, as authorized under Chap. 222 of the Acts of 1861. 8th. To grant such sums of money to be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates within the town, for the purpose of defraying the debts of the town, and for the expenses of the current year, as may be deemed expedient, and make all necessary regulations and allowances respecting the same. 9th. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as revised by the Selectmen. Hereof fail not but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon before said time. Given under our hands and seal this twenty-seventh day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two. John Meacom Charles Moulton John Pickett Robert S. Foster Selectmen of Beverly Essex, ss. Beverly March 10th 1862. Pursuant to the within warrant I have notified the persons thereto named as thereto directed, by posting notifications thereof near each of the Public Meeting Houses in town according to the Town Regulations. William T. Moses, Constable of Beverly. Pursuant to the warrant recorded on the two preceding pages, the qualified voters of the town of Beverly assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday the Tenth day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two at Nine o'clock before noon, at which time the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant therefor.- It was then, Voted, unanimously, by ballot that John I. Baker be Moderator. Prayer was then offered by Rev. John C. Kimball. Voted by ballot, unanimously that James Hill be Town Clerk. Then in open town meeting, immediately after the above choice James Hill above named, was sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Beverly.- by and before me John I. Baker, Moderator. Voted by ballot, that John Meacom, John Pickett, Robert S. Foster, Augustus Moulton and Joseph Wilson be Selectmen. Voted by ballot, that James Hill, Elisha Woodberry, John H. Cross, Daniel Foster and Josiah A. Haskell, be Assessors. Voted by ballot, unanimously, the Robert G. Bennett, be Town Treasurer. Voted, that the Treasurer receive Twenty dollars for his services the ensuing year Voted by ballot, unanimously, that Ezra Edwards Jr. be Collector of Taxes. Voted that the Collector of Taxes, shall be allowed one and a half percent on all monies collected and paid by him into the Town Treasury in full compensation for his services. Voted by ballot, that John J. Dennis be Inspector of Police. Voted by ballot, that John J. Dennis, George F. Larcom, Israel Trask 5th, John R. Tibbetts, John H. Chipman, Israel W. Wallis, William P. Moses, Chester Hobbs, and Benjamin B. Dodge be Constable. Voted by ballot, the Joseph D. Tuck be Trustee of the Public Library. Voted by ballot, that Samuel Porter, Elisha E. Lummus, Benjamin D. Grant, Ezra S. Foster, and Isaac Appleton be Overseers of the Poor. Voted by ballot, the William Thorndike, Oscar F. Swasey, John Nichols, and J. H. Hanaford, be School Committee for three years. Voted, by ballot that Joseph D. Tuck be School Committee for one year. The following officers were then chosen by hand vote. Auditors, James Hill, Robert R. Endicott, and Hervey Lunt. Board of Health. John L. Smith, Alvin Haskell, George M. Hildreth, George B. Foster, and Samuel Porter. Surveyors of Highways Ward 1. Oliver D. Kinsman Ward 2. Levi Cole Ward 3. Samuel Obear Ward 4. Thomas Preston Ward 5. Isaac Standley Ward 6. Hiram Preston Ward 7. Nathaniel Ham Ward 8. Brackett T. Munsey Ward 9. John G. Brown Ward 10. Oliver Edwards Ward 11. Adoniram Porter Ward 12. Andrew L. Eaton Ward 13. George Elliott Field Drivers William A. Teague, Jesse Dame Levi Cole West D. Eldredge Jr. Nicolas Pierce Henry E. Dodge Israel O. Edwards Cyrus W. Ward George R. Sands John Gilmore Israel A. Sheldon William B. Dodge Peter E. Clark Joshua F. Trask Fence Viewers. Jonathan S. Dodge, F. W. Cressy, & Charles H. Patch. Surveyors of Lumber. John H. Cross, Adoniram Goodhue, William Webber, Joseph E. Ober, & Israel F. Lee. Sealer of Leather, David Thissell. Inspector of Lime, Moses Pedrick. Pound Keeper, John E. Baker, Clerk of the Market. James Stone. Noon having arrived, Voted this meeting adjourn to 1 ½ o'clock this P.M. at which time the voters again assembled and proceeded to business. The several Reports of the Auditors, Selectmen, Fire Department, Board of Health, & Overseers of the Poor, were then read and accepted. Upon Articles 3d Voted that the Town avail itself of the provisions of Section Four of the Forty Second Chapter of the General Statutes. Voted, that the subject of this article be referred to the School Committee to report at the adjournment of this meeting, such bylaws in relation thereto as they may deem necessary. Upon Article 4th in relation to the Liquor Traffic. Voteed that the Selectmen take such measures as they may deem necessary in behalf of the town in regard to the enforcement of all laws for suppressing and regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor within the town, and they are hereby specially instructed to prosecute all known violations of the liquor law. Upon Article 5th in relation to Schools. Some discussion having arisen, it was Voted that all speeches be limited to five minutes each. Voted, that the sum of Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars be appropriated for the support of the District Schools throughout the Town the current year, and, that the same be distributed, and expended as follows, viz: one fifth part thereof to be divided equally among the several School Districts; and the balance thereof to be divided among the several Districts, in proportion to the number of children in each District on the first day of May next between the ages of five and fifteen years. Voted that the sum of One Thousand Dollars be appropriated for the support of the High School the current year. Voted that the High School be kept for the current year in the same place that it was kept in the past Voted. that the Prudential Committees of the Several School Districts be authorized to select and contract with teachers for the current year. Upon Article 6, in relation to Highways. Voted, that the sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars be appropriated for the construction, improvements, and repairs of the Highways and Town ways throughout the Town the coming year, and for the Snow Bills of the past season. Voted, that the sum of fifteen cents per hour, be allowed each man for all labor performed upon the Highways, the ensuing year, and that the sum of fifteen cents per hour be allowed each team which shall include carts, and all other tools except ploughs; and that the sum of twenty-five cents per day be allowed for the use of a plough. Voted, that the Surveyors as far as practicable, shall distribute the labor in their several wards, as equitably among the taxpayers as possible. Voted, that the Overseers of the Poor, be requested to employ such of the paupers as may be able, in preparing materials to be used upon the Highways in Wards 1 & 13 the ensuing year. Upon Article 7, in relation to the Relief of the Families of Volunteers. Voted, that the Town Treasurer be authorized to hire money from time to time, to pay the orders drawn upon the Treasury by the Selectmen for the Relief of the Families of Volunteers, as authorized by law. The Report of the Trustees of the Public Library was read and accepted. Voted, that the stun of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the support of the Public Library the current year. Upon Article 8, Money Grant. Voted, that the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars, be raised and assessed upon the Polls and Estates in the town, to defray the debts of the Town and the expenses of the coming year. Voted. that the Collector deliver or cause to be delivered at the last or usual place of abode of each inhabitant of the town, or to such inhabitant in person, as soon as practicable after the taxes have been assessed, a list of the taxes such person has been assessed, and that a discount of five percent be allowed on the Town tax of all persons, who shall pay or settle all taxes due from them., on or before the last day of October next, four percent to all who pay on before the last of November next, and three percent to all who pay on before the last day of December next, and that so far as practicable the Collector shall on the first day of January next, put in suit all taxes then due, commencing with the highest and so onto the lowest tax, providing, always, that the Collector shall make one demand for the tax before putting the same in suit. Voted., that the Town Treasurer be hereby authorized to use the credit of the town, to such an extent as may be necessary to meet the demands upon the Treasury, when he shall not be in funds from other sources. Upon Article 9. List of Jurors. (This list is recorded on page 122.) Voted. that the Jury List as revised by the Selectmen be accepted. Voted, that the Board of Health allow the Overseers of the Poor to have the grass in the town's burial ground cut and cured for thc benefit of the Alms house. Voted, that the Board of Health be instructed to open to all alley ways in the burial grounds as they were laid out. Voted. that, the Selectmen cause the Street Lights to be extinguished at Eleven o'clock P.M. and that they make their contract for lighting accordingly. Voted. that the Selectmen be instructed to call a meeting of the town to be held at One o'clock P. M. on the day of the adjournment of this meeting in April next, to take into consideration the Revisions of the Bylaws and Regulations of the town, and to take such action in regard thereto as may be deemed necessary. Voted that when this meeting adjourns, it adjourn to Monday the seventh day of April next, at Two o'clock, afternoon. Voted. that, this meeting do now adjourn & it was so declared by the Moderator. A true record. Attest. lames Hill, Town Clerk. List of Jurors, as revised by the Selectmen, and accepted by the town, at the annual meeting held March 10th 1862. Hooper A. Appleton Isaac Appleton John Bell Andrew C. Bridges Albert Brewer Austin Burnham George Butman Joseph Conant Zachariah Cole Uzziel Dodge Charles F. Dodge Jonathan S. Dodge William E. Dodge Stephen P. Elliott Thomas Elliott Robert R. Endicott Jonathan Eveleth John K. Fielder Shadrack Fisk Leonard C. Foss Daniel Foster Daniel Foster 2d Calvin Foster Ezra S. Foster Henry F. Foster Issacher Foster Jeremiah Foster Nathan H. Foster William P. Friend Augustus Giles Edmund Giles Benjamin Goldsbury Josiah A. Haskell Perkins Haskell Ephraim Hathaway John B. Hill Luther Herrick Samuel D. Herrick Francis Jenness John Larcom Asa Larcom Benjamin Larcom Francis Larcom Rufus Larcom Samuel S. Lee John Lefavour Abraham B. Lord Cyrus W. Lord Hervey Lunt Moses Marshall Charles Moulton Brackett T. Munsey Andrew K. Ober Joseph Ober Samuel Odell Ariel Osborne Thomas Pickett George Pierce James Perry Adouiram Porter Joseph N. Porter Richard J. Preston Charles H. Preston Hiram Preston Charles H. Perry Robert Remmonds Jr. Francis A. Smith John L. Smith Daniel O. Standley Herbert S. Standley George W. Stickney John Stone Louis Symrnes Daniel Trow Joseph Peacock David Thissell Benjamin Wallis Caleb Wallis Eleazar Wallis Edward Wallis 2d Daniel Wallis John E. Wallis Luther Wallis Albert Webb Luther West Robert Whipple Joseph Wilson Edwin Woodberry Henry Woodberry Joseph Woodberry 2d Levi Woodberry Luther Woodberry Stephen S. Woodberry William G. Woodberry A true record of said list. Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk. At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held at the Town Hall on Monday the fifth day of April A. D. 1862 at Two o'clock P.M. the same being the adjournment of the Annual March Meeting. The meeting was called to order at the time appointed, by the Moderator, and it was. Voted. by ballot, that Edmund Smith be Overseer of the Poor, in place of Ezra S. Foster, who declines serving. The following officers were then chosen by hand vote, viz. Fence Viewer Samuel Foster in place of Charles H. Patch, declined. Sealer of Leather Moses Pedrick in place of David Thissell, declined. Field Drivers Ward 4 Amos Thissell in place of Nicholas Pierce, declined. Ward 11 Albert Dodge in place of Willlam E. Dodge, declined. Ward 13 Charles Symmes place of Joshua F. Trask, declined. Board of Health, William D. Crosfield in place of George B. Foster, declined. Clerk of Market William A. Teague in place of James Stone, declined. Surveyor of Lumber Robert Remmonds Jr. The Report of the School Committee was then presented. Voted, that the Report of the School Committee be accepted. The School Committee to whom was committed the subject of preparing bylaws in regard to truant children, then presented the following Report, which was read and accepted & it was thereupon Voted. that said bylaws be adopted by the town, which report & bylaws are as follows. In order to secure the steady attendance in our Public Schools, of all those children who are not instructed in private schools, the Committee recommend the passage of the following bylaws.- Section 1st. Every child between the ages of seven and fourteen years, residing in the town of Beverly, shall annually attend some public school in the school district, in which he or she resides at least twelve weeks, (if the Public School in said District so long continue) six weeks of which shall be consecutive, and for neglect of said duty the party offending, shall forfeit to the use of the town, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, but if it appears upon the inquiry of the truant officers or Prudential Committee of the District, or upon the that of any prosecution, that the parents of the party offending, were not able by reason of poverty to send such child to school, or that such child has been otherwise furnished with the means of education for a like period of time, or has already acquired the branches of learning taught in such schools, or that his bodily or mental condition has been such as to prevent his attendance at school, or application to study, for the period required, the penalty before mentioned shall not be incurred. Section 2d. Teachers having charge of pupils who are habitually truant shall report their names, residences, and the names of their parents or guardians to the Prudential Committee of the District, or School Committee of thc town, and it to be the duty of either of said committees to investigate cases so reported, and if in their judgment it shall be deemed necessary, they should require the truant officers to prosecute such offenders-. The party convicted of truancy under this section shall forfeit to the use of the town a sum not exceeding five dollars. Section 3d. Any minor convicted under either of the preceding sections may at the discx~ion of the justice having jurisdiction of thc case instead of the fines mentioned in said sections, be committed to any such institution of instruction, house of reformation, alms house or other suitable situation provided for the purpose, for such time, not exceeding one year, as such justice shall determine. Section 4th. A rninor convicted of either of thc offenses mentioned in these bylaws, and sentenced to pay a fine, may in default of payment thereof, be committed to such institution of instruction, house of reformation, alms house or suitable situation provided as aforesaid. And upon proof that said minor is unable to pay the fine and has no parent, guardian or other person chargeable with his support, able to pay the same, he may be discharged by the justice before whom he is convicted whenever he may deem it expedient. Section 5th. The Trial Justice in the town shall have jurisdiction of complaints made under the preceding sections. AIl warrants issued upon such complaints shall be made returnable before said Justice at the place named in the warrant. And the said Justice shall receive the same fees as allowed for like services in criminal prosecutions. Section 6th. The town shall appoint at the Annual Meeting three of the Constables of the town as Truant Officers, who alone shall be authorized, in case of violation of the preceding bylaws to make the complaint, and carry into execution the judgment thereon. All of which is respectfully submitted by the Committee. William Thorndike, Chairman. Joseph D. Tuck, secretary. Voted, that the School Committee present these Bylaws to the Superior Court for approval. Voted that the Constables Moses, Larcom and Chipman be the Truant Officers. A motion to add two hundred dollars to the High School approprafion was lost 84 to 71 - a similar motion to add one hundred dollars was also lost 83 to 71 and was Voted that the full subject be differently postponed. Voted that the town authorize the several School Districts to choose Prudential Committees, and that the town ratify the action of the Districts as far as has been had. Voted. that the Seleclmen cause the lamp post on Railroad Avenue and also any other post that may be erected in any other place at individual expense, to be lighted at the same time and in the same manner, as the other street lights, and at an expense not exceeding the appropriation of last year. Voted that this meeting be dissolved, and it was so dissolved by the Moderator. A true record. Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk