Annual Reports of the Municipal Officers and Superintendent of Schoools of the Town of Rome For the Municipal Year Ending February 16, 1913

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2 ANNUAL REPORT O F T H E MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TREASURER A N D Superintendent of schools O F T H E TOWN OF ROme For the Municipal Year Ending February 16, 1913 MAIL PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS 120 MAIN ST.. WATERVILLE. ME.

3 Town Officers Town Clerk B. A. HAWES Selectmen B. F. CHARLES J. H. LITTLEFIELD B. A. HAWES Town Treasurer A. S. FOSTER L. G. MARTIN, DAVID E. FRENCH, E. H. AUSTIN, School Committee Superintendent of Schools E. T. FOSTER TERM EXPIRES 1913 TERM EXPIRES 1914 TERM EXPIRES 1915 Board of Health FROST L. FRENCH L. E. BLAISDELL IRA T. WENTWORTH Tax Collector L. A. BROWN Road Commissioner E. E. KELLEY

4 Report of Selectmen To the inhabitants of the Town of Rome, we submit the following report of receipts and expenditures for the year ending February 16, 1913: VALUATION Real Estate Resident...$75, Real Estate Non-Resident... 69, Total Real Estate... Personal Estate Resident... $28,( Personal Estate Non-Resident... 9,1 Total Amount of Personal Estate Grand Total A m ount... $182, TOWN APPROPRIATION FOR THE YEAR 1912 State tax, County tax, Support of Schools, School books, Support of poor, Repairs of Roads and Bridges, and Breaking Snow, Town officers bills, Repairs on Schoolhouses, Miscellaneous Expense, Tuition for high school scholars, State road, Cemetery fund, Chesley Cemetery, Right of way for Ralph French For destroying brown tail moths, Overlaying by Assessors, Total amount,

5 ANNUAL REPORTS 5 Supplementary tax, No. of Polls assessed, 134 at $3.00 Rate of taxation,.023 ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TAXPAYERS No. Horses, 135 Colts, 3 to 4 years old, 4 Colts, 2 to 3 years old, 2 Colts, under two years old 4 Cows, '202 Oxen, 36 Three year olds, 40 Two year olds, 67 One year olds, 81 Sheep, 324 Swine, 80 Stock in trade, Small Boats, 159 Automobiles, 2 Machinery not taxed as real estate Av. Value Total Amount Personal Estate. TOWN OFFICERS BILLS B. F. Charles, services as Selectman, J. H. Littlefield, services as Selectman, Merton R. Jacobs, services as Selectman, B. A. Hawes, services as Selectman, E. T. Foster, superintendent of schools, L. A. Brown, for collecting taxes, A. S. Foster, services as Town Treasurer, Paid L. E. Blaisdell for services as Board of Health, Paid Frost L. French, for services as Board of Health, Total Value

6 6 ANNUAL REPORTS Paid L. A. Brown, for posting Town Warrants, Paid L. A. Brown, for collecting dog tax, 7.50 Total, $ Amount appropriated, $ Overdrawn, $60.50 ORDERS DRAWN FOR SUPPORT OF POOR Paid Annie Knights for the board of Ruby Mosher, $ Paid Annie Knights, for the board of Asa Trask and wife, Paid Ridley & Flanders, for clothing for paupers, B. F. Charles, for clothing furnished Asa Trask, 2.30 B. A. Hawes, for supplies furnished paupers, 5.75 Paid E. T. Foster, for clothing furnished Asa Trask and wife, 7.00 Paid George Brown, for pauper clothing, 2.00 Paid O. B. Head, for medical services for Asa Trask, 8.00 Paid Ada Hunt, for Meader girl, Paid Town of Wilton for Grant family, $ Amount appropriated, $ Amount overdrawn, $ PAID FOR PAUPERS OUT OF TOWN Paid B. A. Hawes, for Groceries furnished Ally Richardson, $12.58 Paid Frank Tracy, for Temple paupers, 9.66 Paid Annie Knights, for Temple paupers, B. F. Charles, pauper supplies for town of Temple, 1.50 B. A. Hawes; groceries furnished Anson Quimby for Oakland, $44.82

7 ANNUAL REPORTS 7 RECEIVED FROM OUT OF TOWN PAUPERS From the town of Temple, $29.16 From the town of Oakland, for medical aid furnished Ally Richardson, 3.50 From the town of Oakland, for groceries furnished Ally Richardson family, MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS DRAWN FOR 1912 Mary A. Watson, for cleaning town house, $ Henry Crowell, for service in Mercer Line, B. F. Charles, money paid out in Mercer Line case, 3.25 P. H. Combs, service in Mercer Line case, Leon Watson, wood for Town House in 1911, 4.50 Warren C. Philbrook, part payment of town line, Loring, Short & Harmon, books and stationery, 5.80 B. F. Charles, for building schoolhouse fence two years, 1.50 George Crowell, ballot clerk for year 1910, 3.00 Warren C. Philbrook, council for town line, Mail Publishing Co., for town reports, B. A. Hawes, for pine boards for booths, 1.33 Frost L. French, for ballot clerk for June, September and November, 4.50 B. F. Charles, for money paid out, 3.15 J. H. Littlefield, for acknowledging papers and telephone, 1.00 Mary A. Watson, cleaning town house, 1.00 B. F. Charles, miscellaneous, 5.00 A. S. Foster, miscellaneous, 5.00 A. S. Foster, for lumber and fixing booths, 8.81

8 8 ANNUAL REPORTS Loring, Short & Harmon, for books, : $ Amount appropriated, $ Amount overdrawn, $73.11 ORDERS DRAWN FOR BREAKING SNOW FOR 1912 Joseph A. Littlefield, $6.20 Smith & Oberg, 4.35 Ira T. Wentworth, 1.70 Alfred S. Turner, 8.85 Leonard Blaisdell, 6.75 C. T. Workman, 5.00 Will Blomiley, 2.80 Fred Hartford, 2.92 Lester Brown, J. H. Wing, 2.00 L. R. Ellis, 5.02 B. F. Charles, 5.90 E. T. Foster, Marshall & Stone, 8.20 Charles Tracy, 2.20 John Watson, 2.00 Merton R. Jacobs, 1.83 Isaac Mosher, 7.25 Edison Thurston, 9.65 Grant Lowe, 4.50 George Foss, 3.75 Frank Lowe, 4.50 Hosea Briggs, 3.00 Adelbert Kelley, 8.52 J. A. Loucks, 5.10 J. L. Bushey, 2.00 A. M. Dudley, 3.48 Charles Tibbetts, 3.90

9 ANNUAL REPORTS 9 Ezekiel Wentworth, Ed. Wentworth, Levi Mosher, Varney Mosher, Foss Bros., L. M. Hawes, M. O. Hawes, Ruel Mosher, S. B. Mosher, Burt Turner, Bennie Young, A. S. Foster, Leon Dudley, Frank Thurston, Mark E. Wentworth, Webster Tracy, Elwin Kelley, Georgie Tibbetts, Charles Frost Leon Watson, Charles Esters, Frank Eaton, Levi LeBaron, G. H. LeBaron, George Blaisdell, Total, $ ORDERS DRAWN FOR HIGHWAY Ira T. Wentworth, A. S. Turner, E. E. Kelley, for lumber, E. E. Kelley, E. E. Kelley, horse labor, Ray French,

10 10 ANNUAL REPORTS L. E. Blaisdell, A. S. Foster, Ralph French, 2.25 Daniel Watson, watering tub, 5.00 Lester Brown, watering tub, 3.33 Lester Brown, D. M. Marshall & Co., 8.20 Edison Thurston, 4.50 Alfred Stevens, 5.62 Isaac Mosher, J. H. Littlefield, David Nickerson, E. E. French, 4.10 Alvin Frost, 3.50 Foss Bros Moses Hawes, 4.00 Charles Ladd, 3.00 Adelbert Kelley, 8.00 George Blaisdell, Burt Turner, Charles Esters, 2.62 M. D. Orcat, 3.50 Bennie Young, John Young, 3.50 A. S. Foster, 5.00 U. E. Charles, Frank A. Thurston, 1.75 Ira T. Wentworth, watering tub, 5.00 Fred Robinson, 5.25 Albion Watson, 7.87 B. A. Hawes, for spikes on highway, 1.88 Burt Turner, Alfred Mosher, Edwin D. Mosher, A. M. Dudley, 2.09 Ervin Morrill, 28.00

11 ANNUAL REPORTS 11 Georgie Tibbetts, E. L. Blaisdell, Frank Tracy, material for highway, Charles Ladd, Charles Tibbetts, Frost L. French, E. P. Caswell, repairs on road machine, Sanford Blaisdell, S. B. Mosher, Charles Esters, Arthur Ladd, Charles Ladd, E. E. Kelley, Hermon Morrill, E. T. Foster, David Nickerson, Ervin Morrill, E. E. Kelley, E. L. Blaisdell, Albion Watson, M. D. Orcatt, A. S. Turner, for use of plow in 1910, Edwin Mosher, William Mosher, Georgie Mosher, Frank Gage, Charles Tibbitts Charles Trask, E. M. Fletcher, repairs on road Machine, Wilson Clement, Berger Mfg. Co., for culverts, Total, Paid Snow bills for 1910, 1911, 1912, Amount appropriated, Amount unexpended,

12 12 ANNUAL REPORTS ORDERS DRAWN FOR AUTOMOBILE FUNDS FOR STATE ROAD Hermon Morrill, $ 8.75 Ervin Morrill, Fred Robinson, Charles Tibbetts, Edwin Mosher, Albion Watson, Richard Whitney, 5.75 Mark Wentworth, Alvi,n Frost, 8.75 Frank Eaton 5.00 David Nickerson, Ed. Wentworth, Frank Eaton Delmont French, 7.87 E. E. Kelley, E. E. Kelley, for horses, Burt Turner, 2.50 Ray French, 2.52 D. M. Marshall & Co., 4.71 Charles Watson, sharpening drills, 2.00 Fred Robinson, 2.75 George Blaisdell, Berger Mfg. Co., for culverts Total amount expended, $ Drawn from State, $ Balance unexpended $32.71 ORDERS DRAWN FOR LABOR ON RALPH FRENCH ROAD Edwin Mosher, $3.50 Ervin Morrill, 4.00

13 ANNUAL REPORTS 13 Albion Watson, 3.50 Ed. Wentworth, 3.50 Mark E. Wentworth, 3.50 David Nickerson, 3.50 Richard Whitney, Frank A. Thurston,.50 Elwin Kelley, 9.00 Elwin Kelley, horse labor, 9.00 Ralph French, 2.00 Charles Tibbetts, 3.50 Edison Thurston, 3.25 Frank Gage, 3.50 Total amount expended, $62.25 Amount appropriated $75.00 Amount unexpended, $12.75 ORDERS DRAWN FOR BROW N-TAIL MOTHS Charles Tibbitts,. $10.50 Charles Esters, 3.00 Merton R. Jacobs, 6.13 Raymond Turner, 2.25 Frank Thurston, 3.50 George LeBaron, 2.38 George LeBaron, 6.00 Frank Eaton, 4.38 Raymond Turner, 3.50 J. L. Bushey, 1.50 M. B. Charles, 2.25 C. T. Workman, 6.13 Total amount expended, $51.52 Amount appropriated, $25.00 Amount overdrawn, $26.52

14 14 -ANNUAL REPORTS ORDERS DRAWN FOR CEMETERY FUND David Nickerson, order drawn in 1911, $1.95 C. E. Wentworth, order drawn in Albion Hersom, order drawn in 1911, 1.80 Sears & Roebuck, for fence, L. E. Blaisdell, money for freight, L. E. Blaisdell, for Chesley Cemetery, Amount appropriated, $ Unexpended,.96 ORDERS DRAWN FOR STATE ROAD E. E. Kelley, for horses, $48.37 E. E. Kelley, Burt Turner, H. Crosswell, 6.00 Berger Mfg. Co., for culverts, D. M. Marshall & Co., for material, Hermon Morrill, 1.75 Charles Tibbitts, Albion Watson, Willis Charles, Adelbert Kelley, Georgie Tibbetts, Hermon Morrill, 8.75 Ervin Morrill, Fred Robinson, Edwin Mosher, Georgie Mosher, Daniel Lord, Charles Stedman, for sharpening drill, 2.65 E. T. Redman, freight on culverts, 4.56

15 ANNUAL REPORTS 15 Calvin E. Wentworth, Mark Wentworth, Alvin Frost, David Nickerson, George Blaisdell, Total, $ Amount appropriated, $ Amount drawn from State, Balance unexpended, $29.75 ORDERS DRAWN FOR TEACHERS Helen M. Weiser, for the year 1911, $ Paid Teachers for the year 1912, 1, ORDERS DRAWN FOR JANITOR SERVICE Vernon J. Perkins, $4.00 Linda D. Thurston, 4.50 Angie Gordon, 4.00 Mildred Nickerson, 4.00 Ethel Foster, 1.33 ^Theodore Tracy, 1.31 Rebecca Wentworth, 1.33 Oland Tibbetts, 2.67 Bertha Wentworth, 1.33 Lizette Perkins, 1.50 Helen Young, 1.50 Mrs. Henry Turner, 1.50 ORDERS DRAWN FOR WOOD, $51.75 $2$.97

16 16 ANNUAL REPORTS ORDERS DRAWN FOR SCHOOL BOOKS American Book Co., E. T. Foster, express on books, E. T. Foster, for school supplies, $ Total amount expended, $48.14 ORDERS DRAWN FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Paid Town of Mt. Vernon, $25.00 Paid Town of New Sharon, $ ORDERS DRAWN FOR REPAIRS ON SCHOOLHOUSES Ally P. Damren, $13.00 Webster Tracy, 2.00 E. H. Austin, E. H. Austin, for labor on schoolhouses, 1911, 3.00 David French, James Tracy, E. T. Foster, 1.85 L. E. Blaisdell, 2.50 C. H. Esters, 1.00 E. T. Foster, 1.20 L. A. Brown, 2.00 D. M. Marshall & Co., David Nickerson, 2.00 A. S. Foster, 5.00 Total, $159.29

17 ANNUAL REPORTS 17 OUTSTANDING ORDERS George Foss, $16.04 George Crowell, for ballot clerk, 1910, 3.00 George Crowell, breaking snow, 1911, 3.95 Raymond Turner, for killing brown-tail moths, 2.25 Raymond Turner, for killing brown-tail moths, 3.50 Wilson Clement, Frost French, 3.00 Morris D. Orcat, 3.50 Total amount of Outstanding Orders for the year ending Feb. 16, 1913, $48.24 ESTIMATED DUE Town of Belgrade, on Union District, $90.00 Ira Wentworth, for services on Board of of Health, 5.00 Wilbert Foster, for sheep killed, 3.00 Oakland Bank, for interest on town orders, $ ABATEMENTS Hartford Lumber Co., on account of it being taxed as The Somerset Lumber Co., $9.20 James Gilman, deceased in the hands of Lester Brown, in 1908, 4.01 James Gilman, deceased, 3.00 Noah Davis, power boat not in town, 2.30 Edward Davidson, power boat in town, 2.30 L. A. Brown, overtaxed, 1.15 $21.96

18 18 ANNUAL REPORTS UNCOLLECTED TAXES FOR 1912 Resident E. L. Blaisdell, $28.93 J. F. Blaisdell, Leland Blaisdell, 5.30 Arthur Clark, 3.00 Elmer Combs, 3.00 Cecil Esters, Frost L. French, 2.90 Frost L. French & Sons, 5.75 Mrs. Frost L. French,.58 David E. French, 6.36 David & Ralph French,.81 E. E. French, 1.79 Ira Foss, 5.75 Charles Frost, Albion Hersom, 5.27 H. M. Hooper, 3.00 Charles G. Littlefield, 3.00 Walter Moulton, 3.00 Anson Quimby, 3.00 Fred Robinson, 1.73 Ralph Stewart, 2.30 Charles Trask, Webster Tracy, Charles Tracy, 3.00 Mason Tracy, 3.00 Henry Turner, 1.38 Leon Watson, 6.91 Charles H. Watson, 6.33 E. A. Warren, 3.00 G. T. Workman, 5.88 Richard Whitney, 3.00 Daniel Watson, 7.38 John Young, 7.38

19 ANNUAL REPORTS 19 Non-Resident W. M. Beard, 5.41 Chester Baker, 2.30 Julia Clark, 6.90 W. Hoover,.69 E. S. Lincoln, 2.30 Fred Messer, G. M. Mead, A. W. Morrill, 3.45 W. E. Muchert, 1.73 Ben Tracy, 1.15 Sam Tracy, 1.15 P. L. Warren, 1.15 H. Williams,.58 $42.68 Total amount uncollected, $ Cash in the hands of L. A. Brown, $37.07 Due from L. A. Brown, $ RESOURCES OF THE TOWN OF ROME FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 16, 1913 Due from L. A. Brown, $ Due from.george Downs, Due from State on account of State Pensions, Due from State on account of High School funds, Due from State on account of Dog Licenses, Due from Town of Oakland, on account of Anson Quimby, 3.08 Estimated due on Tax Deeds, Due from Levi Wentworth, for wheels, 4.00 Due from Henry Turner on tax, 1.50

20 20 ANNUAL REPORTS Due from State, on account of sheep killed, Vassalboro Order and the U. E. Charles Order considered worthless and thrown out. Due from Cecil Esters cemetery lot, 5.00 Due from Ira Foss, cemetery lot, 5.00 Due from Arthur Clark, cemetery lot, 5.00 Cash on hand, $78.96 Total Resources, $ RECAPITULATION Total Resources, $ Total Liabilities, Balance in favor of Town, $ We also fail to find the $28.70 paid by the Town of Farmington, on account of O. W. Jones. Respectfully submitted, B. F. CHARLES, J. H. LITTLEFIELD, B. A. HAWES, Selectmen of Rome.

21 ANNUAL REPORTS 21 TOWN OF ROME IN ACCOUNT WITH A. S. FOSTER, TREASURER DR. To payment of town orders, $6, To payment of State on Dog Tax, To payment of State Tax, To payment of County Tax, To cash on hand, Total $7, TOWN OF ROME IN ACCOUNT WITH A. S. FOSTER, TREASURER Cr. Cash on hand, $ Received from L. A. Brown, 4, Received from State Dog Licenses, refunded, Cash Received from State Aid, Cash received from E. W. Clement, Cash received from State on account of School Funds, Cash received from B. A. Hawes, on acct. of Dog License, Cash Received from Frank Blanchard, tax deed, 6.05 Cash received from Town of Oakland, on account of Ally Richardson, Cash received from State on State Road, Cash received from Town of Temple, on account of Welch Family, Cash received from State High School Fund, Cash received from State from Automobile Funds, Cash received from L. E. Blaisdell, for Cemetery Lots, $7,199.89

22 22 ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Common School Account Receipts Amount appropriated by town, Received from State, Unexpended the last year, Expenditures Paid Teachers as follows: Julia S. Williams, three terms, Elva A. Cunliff, one term, Bertha Wentworth, one term, Blanche M. Hanson, one term, Angie Gordon, three terms, Elsie M. Young, one term, Ethel C. Foster, one term, Angie M. Foster, one term, Frances Ad ell, Mildred Nickerson, three terms, Lottie P. Brown, three terms, JANITOR SERVICES Linda Thurston, Oland Tibbets, Bertha Wentworth, Angie Gordon, Rebecca Wentworth, Ethel C. Foster, Theodore Tracy, Mildred Nickerson, Vernon Perkins, $1, $24.00

23 ANNUAL REPORTS 23 Edson Thurston, Trank Fracy, Frank Tracy, E. T. Foster, Alfred Mosher, L. A. Brown, Frank Thurston, Angie Gordon, Mildred Nickerson, Elwin Kelley, FUEL Unexpended balance, Amount raised by town, Balance from last year, TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES Total, Expended American Book Co., H. L. Kelley, book and crayon, To paid express, Unexpended, Amount raised by town, Balance unexpended last year, Amount received from State, HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT

24 24 ANNUAL REPORTS Amount paid Town of New Sharon, on account of Leota Keller,Genevive Le Baron, Angie Blaisdell and Eva Blaisdell, $80.00 Amount paid Town of Mt. Vernon, on account of Bessie Turner, $ $ Balance unexpended, $ L. G. MARTIN, D. E. FRENCH, E. H. AUSTIN, Superintending School Committee. E. T. FOSTER, Superintendent of Schools. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS No. 1. Long Pond School Julia S. Williams of Mt. Vernon had charge of this school for the entire year. It is hardly necessary to state that her work was entirely satisfactory. This was Miss Williams first school. Having the interest of her pupils at heart and striving at all times for their advancement. No. 3 Whittier School Spring term was taught by Elva A. Cunliff of Smithfield. Fall term was taught by Bertha Wentworth of Rome, and winter term by Blanche M. Hanson of Belgrade. This school made a record during the school year that the parents of the school desire to give thanks to their teachers. No. 4 Morrill School This school was taught by Angie Gordon of Vienna. Miss Gordon did the best she could and won the good-will of both parents and scholars, having good attendance spring and fall. On account of sickness, the winter term fell off in attendance.

25 ANNUAL REPORTS 25 No. 5. Hersom School / Spring term was taught by Elsie M. Young, this being her fourteenth term in town. Fall term was taught by Ethel C. Foster of Belgrade. Winter term, by Angie M. Foster. This was their first schools. Their efforts were attended with a good degree of success. No. 6 Robbins School This school was taught by Mildred Nickerson of Rome. Miss Nickerson is a graduate of Belgrade High School. This was her first term. She did good work and as far as I can learn the district was well satisfied. No. 7 Dudley School This school was taught by Mrs. Lottie P. Brown. Spring and fall terms the pupils made good progress each term. At each visit her school was orderly and scholars were prompt in their answers. Winter term opened with good attendance, then trouble arose that did injury to the school and made it hard for the teacher to maintain a good interest, and the average attendance was less than it should have been. Respectfully submitted, E. T. FOSTER, Superintendent of Rome.

26 Warrant for Town Meeting To Lester A. Brown, a constable in the Town of Rome, in the County of Kennebec, Greeting in the name of the State of Maine: You are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Rome, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town House in said Town, on the 3d day of March, at 10 o clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit: Article 1 To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Article 2 To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. Article 3 To see if the Rown will vote to have a Road Commissioner and elect the same. Article 4 To see if the Town will grant and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the maintenance and support of Schools and the Poor, and repair Bridges and Roads, and to defray all other town charges for the ensuing year. Article 5 To vote Yes or No to entitle the Town to State aid for State Road. Article 6 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to build State Road. Article 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for repairs on Schoolhouses. Article 8 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the Tuition of High School Scholars. Article 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for care of Cemetery. Article 10 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to destroy Brown Tail Moths. Article 11 To see if the Town will vote that the Selectmen, Tax Collector, and Road Commissioner shall meet at the 1st Selectmen s Office the 1st Monday of each month to adjust all accounts.

27 ANNUAL REPORTS 27 Article 12 To see if the Town will vote to establish all schools that failed to have an average attendance of 8 scholars. Article 13 To see what compensation the Town will vote to pay the Collector of Taxes. Article 14 To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to hire money for any deficiencies which may occur in Town Liabilities for the ensuing year. Article 15 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to widen the road where needed from the South Bridge of the Great Meadow Stream to the house of William E. Mosher s. Article 16 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for the benefit of the Tuttle Cemetery. Article 17 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to build a Town Hall and locate a place for same. Article 18 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to build a Tomb. Article 19 To see if the Town will vote for the Selectmen not to pay any bills unless they are itemized. Article 20 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money to build a road across the land of Lester Brown and David Perkins to North Pond Camps. Article 21 To see if the Town will vote to raise a sum of money for School Books. Article 22 To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. The Selectmen hereby give notice that they will be in session at the Town House in said Town of Rome, at nine o clock in the forenoon on the day of said meeting, for the purpose of correcting and revising the check list. Given under our hands at Rome the Seventeenth day of February, A. D., B. F. CHARLES, J. H. LITTLEFIELD, B. A. HAWES, Selectmen of Rome,