CITY OF NEWTON. IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND Aldermen, The Joint Special Committee on the matter of the celebration of this centennial year in the national history would offer the following report: They recommend as follows: That the City Government take measures, through a Joint Special Committee, for the proper observance of the Seventeenth of June prox., that being the day when the Freemen of the town of Newton in 1776 voted, in town meeting assembled, "that they will solemnly engage with their lives and fortunes, to support the measures of independence." That such celebration shall be held in some large hall, and consist of addresses, music, &c., appropriate to the occasion. They would also recommend, that, on the Fourth of July prox., the bells in the different wards be rung, morning, noon, and night, the National flag be displayed on all public flagstaffs, under the direction of the usual committee. Also, that, so far as may be practicable, the restriction on firing cannon, fire-crackers, fireworks, &c., be removed for that day. CITY OF NEWTON. IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Ordered, That the Joint Special Committee, to whom was referred the matter of the celebration of this centennial year, be and the same are made a committee to carry out the recommendations made in their report to the City Council, this 15th of March, 1876. A true copy of order adopted in concurrence April 3, 1876. Attest, EDWIN O. CHILDS, City Clerk. CITY OF NEWTON. IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Ordered, That the Joint Special Committee having in charge the Centennial celebrations of the Seventeenth of June and Fourth of July be and are instructed to procure copies of the public addresses that have been or may be made, with the correspondence thereto appertaining, and prepare the same for publication, that copies may be transmitted to Washington as requested by his Excellency the President of the United States, and one copy to be sent to the office of the clerk of the county. That five hundred copies of the same, to be known as the "Newton Centennial Memorial" volume, be printed, and the standing Committee on Printing be charged with carrying out this portion of this order. A true copy of order, adopted by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, June 19, 1876, and by the Common Council, in concurrence, June 26, 1876. Attest, EDWIN O. CHILDS, City Clerk. |