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FOUR ROOM BUILDING. 
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whether they would recommend a four 
or a_ six-room building, the former 
being recommended by Mr. Lane in 
the minority report of the schoo] com- 
mittee, and the latter by Messrs. Ash- 
ley and Floyd in their report. 
There was little discussion after 
the report was presented and the 
various recommendations read. Rev. 
W.H. Ashley raised the only objec- 
_ tien, and that being not as to the gen- 
eral report, but relative to the recom- 
mendation for appointing a committee 
of four to act with the school commit- 
tee as a building committee. Mr. 
Ashley was of the opinion a committee 
of five appointed by the town could do 
more effective work and he offered 
this as an amendment. 
Mr. Ashley’s amendment was 
downed, however, and the vote on the 
acceptance of the committee’s report 
was passed with 61 “yes” and 5 “no.”’ 
The Appropriation Committee also 
recommended that $88,000 be raised 
by taxation during the coming year, 
and this also was accepted. 
Appropriation Committee’s 
Report on School Building. 
Manchester, Mass., May 22, 1905. 
To the Citizens of the Town of 
Manchester: 
In accordance with a vote of the 
town, in town meeting, May 8, 
“that the whole matter with refer- 
ence to the proposed school build- 
ing be referred to the appropriation 
committee, they to report at an ad- 
journed meeting,” 
The appropriation 
having held a hearing before the 
school committee, and also a pub- 
lic hearing, and after carefully con- 
sidering the matter in all its details. 
beg to report that 
We recommend that the 
build a four-room primary 
building. 
We recommend that the town ac- 
cept the general plan of Andrews, 
Jaques and Rantoul, architects, as 
already submitted to the town, sub- 
ject to such minor modifications 
as a building committee may des- 
ignate. 
We recommend that the sum of 
$30,000 be appropriated by the town 
for the erection of this building. 
~ We recommend that the town au- 
thorize the treasurer to hire, with 
the approval of the selectmen, the 
sum of $30,000 for the payment of 
the proposed school building to be 
paid for in three annual payments 
of $10,000 each, giving notes of the 
town for the same. _ . 
We recommend that the town ap- 
point a committee of four to act 
committee, 
town 
school 
with the school committee as a 
building committee in the construc: 
tion of the building. 
After a careful consideration of 
the needs and financial condition of 
the town, we recommend that the 
town raise the sum of $88,000 by 
taxation. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Edward S. Knight, Chairman. 
Frank P. Knight, Vice Chairman. 
A. C. Needham, Secretary. 
John Baker, 
B. S. Bullock, 
Henry T. Bingham, 
Dy T: Beaton: 
Money Appropriated 
at Town Meeting. 
Manchester has almost reached 
the $200,000 mark in the amount ap- 
propriated at town meeting this 
year, the total appropriations being 
$194,468.25. Of this amount $30,000 
is for the new school building, to 
be raised on notes, which will not 
affect the treasury until next year, 
so that the real amount to be raised 
this year by taxation and otherwise 
will be $164,468.25, against $154,- 
701.71 last year. The amount to be 
raised by direct taxation this year— 
$88,000—is practically the same as 
last year, so that it can almost be 
assured the rate of taxation will be 
the same as last year. 
What Was Said and Done 
At Adjourned Town Meeting. 
The adjourned town meeting, in 
Manchester, was called to order at 
7.45 o'clock, Monday evening, by 
Moderator Franklin K. Hooper, 
who stated that the object of the 
meeting was to hear the report of 
the Committee on Appropriation, to 
whom was referred the subject mat- 
ter of Article 14 of the warrant, rel- 
ative to a primary school building. 
In connection with Article 30, F. 
K. Swett moved that $3932 be ap- 
propriated for official salaries, for 
the year ensuing. Carried. 
Chairman E. S. Knight of the Ap- 
propriation Committee then read the 
report of that committee; found in 
full in another column, recommend - 
ing that the town build a four-room 
primary school building according 
to the general plan of Andrews, 
Jaques & Rantoul, at a cost of 
$30,000, and that a committee of 
four be appointed to act with the 
school committee in the construc- 
tion of the building. 
Fred J. Merrill moved that the re- 
port of the committee be accepted, 
and the recommendations’ therein 
be adopted. 
Rev. W. H. Ashley—I would 
like to offer an amendment in part, 
where it speaks of appointing a com- 
mittee of four to act with the school 
committee.” He then offered the 
following motion: 
“T move that the whole matter of 
the erection of a primary school 
building be taken from the school 
committee and be intrusted to a 
special committee of five, one of 
whom shall be the superintendent 
of schools, and the other four to be 
nominated from the floor; and no 
member of this committee — shall 
have any pecuniary interest in the 
erection of the building.” 
“T make this motion,” he — said, 
continuing, “because I do not think 
it wise to enlarge the school com- 
mittee to seven, and that the mat 
ter be left into the hands of another 
committee appointed by the town, 
one of which shall be our superin- 
tendent of schools, who, in fact, 
represents the school committee.” 
George S. Sinnicks—“I certainlv 
hope this amendment will not pass. 
After the town has left this mat- 
ter with a committee and they have 
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