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ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1888-9.
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF HEALTH AND SURVEYORS.
DANIEL H. SMITH,
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
WM. H. GOFF,
GEORGE F. IDE,
JOSEPH M. BATES, CHAS. E. BLISS,
J. LYMAN SWEET, EVERETT S. HORTON,
CLARENCE L. WATSON.
ASSESSORS.
CHAS. E. BLISS, DANIEL H. SMITH,
SAMUEL W. GOULD,
EVERETT S. HORTON,
WM. H. GOFF, JOSEPH M. BATES,
*GEORGE F. IDE, CLARENCE L. WATSON,
*J. LYMAN SWEET.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. JOHN T. BATES.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. SAMUEL P. LATHROP, GEO. B. FITTZ, *DANIEL H. SMITH.
COLLECTORS.
JOHN THACHER, *GEORGE F. IDE.
* Resigned.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
AUDITORS.
GEO. A. DEAN, ARTHUR B. CARPENTER, EDWARD A. SWEENEY.
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
SAMUEL P. LATHROP, FRANK I. BABCOCK, EVERETT S. HORTON.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CHAS. S. HOLDEN,
BYRON R. HILL,
ALFRED R. CROSBY,
C. L. WATSON,
J. O. TIFFANY, JOSEPH L. SWEET,
MRS. JOHN M. FISHER,
MISS L. E. BRIGGS, WALTER E. HAYWARD.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
J. O. TIFFANY.
CONSTABLES.
SETH R. BRIGGS,
ELIJAH CAPRON,
ELIJAH READ,
L. M. STANLEY,
W. E. DUNHAM,
GEO. F. IDE,
EVERETT S. BROWN,
W. E. CARPENTER,
CHAS. E. RILEY,
JAS. F. CROSBY,
A. C. THORNTON,
J. E. COONEY,
H. T. REGNELL,
CHAS. EDDY,
HORATIO BRIGGS, J. L. WETHERELL, CHAS. E. LADD, THOS. GILROY, HENRY GALLAGHER,
E. W. ATWELL,
JOHN SHAW.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
POUND KEEPER. FRED H. COLLINWOOD.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK.
L. Z. CARPENTER,
G. A. MONROE,
S. W. CARPENTER, S. M. HOLMAN, JR.,
W.M. A. VICKERY,
J. FOLLETT.
WEIGHERS OF COAL AND HAY.
C. H. STURDY,
WM. A. VICKERY,
JAMES ORR,
S. M. HOLMAN, JR., ARTHUR CARPENTER, EDWIN CHANDLER,
ISRAEL N. KIBBEE.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEAS- URES. LYMAN M. STANLEY.
FENCE VIEWERS.
L. M. STANLEY,
PHILIP BRADY.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
A. B. CARPENTER,
JOHN DWYER.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THREE YEARS.
E. S. HORTON, J. L. SWEET, MARY J. CAPRON,
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TOWN OFFICERS.
TWO YEARS. GEO. RANDALL, MRS. L. J. LAMB, C. L. WATSON. ONE YEAR. PETER NERNEY, C. S. HOLDEN, EMMA ANGELL.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
GEO. F. IDE, E. R. READ.
SPECIAL POLICE.
FRED E. GOFF, EDWIN CHANDLER,
CHAS. CROOKER, ISRAEL N. KIBBEE, THEO. W. JENKS.
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
GEO. F. IDE, DARIUS BRIGGS.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS.
JOHN W. CODY, GEO. F. BICKNELL,
LOUIS J. LAMB, JOHN T. BATES.
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS.
+J. L. CARPENTER.
t Appointed by Selectmen.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
OLD TOWN CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL BILLS PAID BY TOWN TREASURER, MARCH 17, THAT APPEARED IN LAST REPORT, ON PAGES 25 AND 28, AS PAID PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 1888.
1888.
Mar. 17. George Mackie,
Services as Chairman of Board of Health, $31 25
H. K. W. Allen,
Services as Assessor for 1887, 150 00
M. O. Wheaton,
Services as Warden, Precinct E, 5 00
T. P. McDonough,
Services as Board of Health,
IO 40
J. R. Foster,
Services as Board of Health, 20 80
D. H. Robinson,
Services as Board of Health, IO 40
E. S. Horton,
Services as Board of Health,
IO 40
John T. Bates,
Salary as Clerk of Registrars, 52 10
Registering 114 births,
57 00
79 marriages,
II 85
26 deaths,
9 10
66
I39
13 90
Office Supplies, 20 30
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mar. 17. H. K. Allen,
Attendance and travel West VS. Attleboro, $5 60
Assisting in Town Valuation, 4 00
E. C. Brown, Services as Truant Officer, 14 00
$426 10
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· ANNUAL REPORT.
OLD TOWN CURRENT BILLS PAID BY TOWN TREASURER, THAT APPEARED IN LAST REPORT, ON PAGE 157, AS SALARIES DUE.
1888.
Mar. 14. George F. Ide, Collecting taxes to March 1, 1888, $142 90 Stamps, etc., 12 81
24. L. M. Stanley, Services as Sealer of Weights and Measures to March 1, 1888, 75 00
April 4. John Thacher, Collecting taxes to March 1, 1888, 507 21
Stamps, etc., 23 00
May 24. C. T. Guild,
Collecting taxes to March 1, 1888, 545 60
Stamps, etc., 32 28
$1,338 80
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ANNUAL REPORT.
OLD TOWN CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL BILLS PAID BY TOWN TREASURER, IN EXCESS OF WHAT APPEARS ON PAGE 157 OF LAST REPORT, AS OLD TOWN BILLS PAID BY JOHN T. BATES, AND OF WHICH NORTH ATTLEBORO PAYS HER PROPORTIONATE PART.
1888.
Mar. 24. N. J. Sweet, Printing old Town Reports, $290 40
April 26. James W. Gifford & Co., Labor and material, 22 07
May 3. George A. Dean,
Services as Auditor to March I, 1888, 15 00
24. James W. Riley, Services at Polls, July 30, 1887, 4 00
28. Farmers and Mechanics Association, Rent of hall and grounds, from
March 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, 750 00 Mrs. J. E. Cole, Aid, 16 00
June 7. John T. Bates, Services as Treasurer of Sinking fund Commissioner, 25 00
Sept. 13. Wm. P. Shaw,
Services as Auditor to March I, 1888, 7 50
27. G. W. Cheever,
Services as Auditor to March I, 1888, 13 50
Edwin B. Thurber,
Labor in District No. 17, 2 07
$1,139 54
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ANNUAL REPORT.
OLD TOWN BILLS PAID BY TOWN TREASURER FOR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE, OF WHICH NORTH ATTLE- BORO PAYS HER PROPORTIONATE PART.
1888.
Aug. 9. Dr. John W. Battershall, $96 30
Mary H. Battershall, 66 85
16. C. S. Holden, 12 12
23. George Mackie, 62 5I
L. V. G. Mackie, 37 33
D. P. Smith,
10 05
G. K. Roberts,
18 05
Nov. 8.
Burden & Gerould,
107 08
J. R. Foster,
15 02
J. B. Wilson,
3 75
H. S. Kilby,
3 07
Dec. 13.
T. P. McDonough,
8 36
H. C. Bullard,
59 5I
$500 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DIVISION BILLS PAID BY TOWN TREASURER, OF WHICH NORTH ATTLEBORO PAYS ONE HALF.
Division Expenses in Defending Suits, Randolph Knapp, Petitioner, vs. Charles T. Guild and others ; Edward R. Price and others, and Attorney-General vs. Ran- dolph Knapp.
1888.
May 24.
William Gaston, $1,000 00
Henry E. Fales,
666 66
S. P. Lathrop,
5 00
D. H. Smith,
16 00
John T. Bates,
35 00
George F. Ide,
3 60
Frank I. Babcock,
52 99
John Thacher,
3 60
Charles T. Guild,
63 60
$1,846 45
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATEMENT.
DR.
Received of A. E. Codding, Treas-
urer of North Attleboro, propor-
tionate part of bills in excess of $ 10,679.60, $596 39
Bills for Medical Attendance,
261 67
Bills for Division expenses,
923 22
To balance,
3,469 61
$5,250 89
CR.
Old Town Bills, in last report, $426 10
for salaries,
1,338 80
66 for medical attendance, 500 00
Division expenses, 1,846 45
in excess of $10,-
679.60, 1,139 54
$5,250 89
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL BILLS,
DUE PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 1888.
1888.
Mar. 17. S. P. Lathrop,
Balance of salary as Selectman to March 1, 1888, $50 00
Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for February,
3 00
D. H. Smith,
Balance of salary as Selectman to March 1, 1888, 50 00
Balance of salary as Overseer of Poor to March 1, 1888, 12 50
John T. Bates,
Balance of salary as Town Clerk to March 1, 1888, 200 00
Balance of salary as Town Treas- urer to March 1, 1888, 234 71
Balance of salary as Clerk of Reg-
istrars of Voters, to March I, 1888, 72 90
Collecting and recording 195 births, 97 50
Registering 54 marriages, 8 10
Collecting 9 deaths,
3 15
Registering 31 deaths, 3 10
Office supplies, IO IO
S. P. Lathrop,
Balance of salary as Overseer of
Poor to March 1, 1888, 58 33
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mar. 17. Frank I. Babcock, Balance of salary as Selectman to March 1, 1888, $33 64
Clerical services, 98 00
M. O. Wheaton, Services as Warden, November 2, 1887, 5 00
Newton J. Sweet,
1,000 envelopes, Town Clerk, 4 25
Advertising Town Meeting, 8 00
Check Book, Town Clerk, 10 00
200 receipts,
I 50
Advertising Board of Health No- tice 4 months, 56 80
L. M. Stanley,
Notifying Abutters, Grove street, 80
66 Pleasant street, 60
66
Crandall court, I 30
Wm. H. Goff,
Labor and material in preparing Park hall and rooms, for the use
of Co. I, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., 640 35 Travel and Office expense, 3 05
Mar. 24. Newton J. Sweet,
Printing Supplementary Town Re- ports, 64 80
29. Carpenter & Wells, Rent of Armory hall for February, 50 00
James H. Sturdy, Rent of rooms for Town Clerk and Selectmen for January and Feb- ruary, 75 00
April 12. Frank A. Newell,
Horse and carriage, 4 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
April 12. Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas, Town Clerk's office, January and February, $5 10
Gas, Armory hall, January and February, 16 35
James W. Gifford & Co.,
Labor and material, II 57
George Mackie,
Balance of salary as Chairman of
Board of Health to March I, 1888, 43 15
May 17. Wm. J. Luther,
Surveying as per bill, 22 50
Sept. 27. C. E. Bliss,
Services as Auditor to March I, 1888, 5 00
Dec. 13. John Cody,
Services as Registrar of Voters, February 14 and 15, 1888, 7 00
Louis J. Lamb, Services as Registrar of Voters,
Feb. 15, 1888, 3 50
Mace B. Short,
Services as Registrar of Voters,
Feb. 14 and 15, 1888, 7 00
$1,981 65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL,
FROM MARCH 1, 1888, TO JAN. 1, 1889.
1888.
Mar. 17. Providence Telephone Co., Rent of telephone from March I to June I, $10 50
24. Newton J. Sweet,
Registration notices, 2 50
2500 Yes and No ballots, 5 00
Advertising Town Meeting War- rants, 15.00
Printing 50 Town Meeting War- rants, 4 50
L. M. Stanley,
Posting Town Meeting Warrants, 3 00
29. James H. Sturdy,
Rent of rooms for Town Clerk and Selectmen for March, 37 50
Frank I. Babcock,
Repairing washout on Highland
and County streets, I 30
April .4. Addick Connega, Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for March, 3 00
L. M. Stanley,
Posting Town Meeting Warrants, 3 00
12. Fred E. Goff,
Services as janitor at Town Meet- ings March 19 and 24, 10 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
April 12. Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for March, $50 00
L. Taylor,
Teaming Town reports, 50
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas, Armory, for March, 8 18
Gas, Town Clerk's office, for March, 2 55
19. Ames Plow Co.,
Tools, shovels, rakes, hoes, etc., 59 32
R. B. Magavney,
Teaming ballot boxes and book, 75
26. John E. Cooney,
Service at Town Meeting March 19, 5 00
Serving notice on Town Officers, 8 50
May 3. Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for April, 3 00
IO. E. R. Read,
Posting Town Meeting warrants, 3 00
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for April, 50 00
17. W. J. Luther,
Survey and plan of streets, · 33 00
Newton J. Sweet,
Printing 50 Assessors notices, 3 00
Mead & Briggs, 2 journals, 4 35
24. Newton J. Sweet,
50 Assessors cards, ) 25
36 Assessors books, 9 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
May 21. E. A. Sweeney,
Journal and Ledger for Selectmen, $12 75 Fred Getro,
3I.
Whitewashing lockup, 4 50
W. J. Luther,
Survey for curbing Pine street, 3 50
June 7.
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for May, 50 00
Providence Telephone Co.,
Rent of telephone from June I to Sept. I, Addick Connega,
IO 50
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for May,
3 00
14. Nahum Perry,
Amount awarded by the Selectmen for damage by reason of cut in street, 75 00
Pierce & Carpenter, Coal for lockup, 14 50
21. James W. Gifford & Co., Goods ordered by Board of Health for small pox patient, 5 68
J. I. Wells,
. Flannel and netting, 75
28. F. A. Wales," , ": Services as Clerk for Assessors, 64 25
,
July 2. Cotton & Gould,,
Check book for Town Treasurer 18 50
James H. Sturdy,
Rent of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room from April to July, 112 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 5. Akerman Company,
Assessors books, $II 75
Office supplies, 17 48
Newton J. Sweet,
Advertising Town Meeting war- rants, 8 50
Printing 25 Town Meeting warrants, 3 50
Newton J. Sweet,
100 I-2 sheet cap special rule, 3 75
Printing Fourth of July notices, 2 00
Elijah Capron, Police duty, June 22 and 23, 4 00
12. Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for June, 3 00 .
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for June, 50 00
Horne Brothers, Setting 69 feet curbing, Pine
street, IO 35
Setting 129 feet, 6 inches curbing, Pearl street, 19 43
L. Benway,
Removing small-pox patient from Dunham street to Town Farm, 15 00
Pierce & Carpenter, Lumber for smallpox building, 74 77
19. Herman Regnali, Police duty July 3d and Ail:, 5 00
Charles H. Riley,
Police duty july 3d and 4th, 5 00
Seth R. Briggs, Police duty June 30 and July 3d and 4th, 7 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 19. Elijah Capron,
Police duty July 3d and 4th, $5 00
26. W. F. Shattuck,
Stock and labor on small-pox building, 40 30 Stock and labor in Town Clerk's office, 3 II
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas Town Clerk's office, April I to July 1, 6 08
G. A. Sweeney,
Bedsteads and bedding for small- pox building, ordered by Board of Health, 19 75
John Shaw, Police duty June 2cth and July 3d and 4th, 6 00
John Cooney,
Police duty July 3d and 4th, 5 00
Thomas F. Gilroy,
Police duty July 3d and 4th, 5 00
Aug. 2. Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for July, 50 00
Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for July, 3 00
16. A. A. Bushee,
Repairs on County street, 50 00
23. Mrs. E. H. Crossman,
Services in Assessor's office, 24 00
Thomas Groom & Co.,
Two Tax Collector's books. 8 00
Wmn. H. Wood,
Paid for horse killed by falling on
highway, Aug. 16, 80 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Aug. 23. W. F. Shattuck, Resetting fence on East street, $2 98 E. R. Read,
Serving nuisance notice on Louis Fournier, 86
30. John T. Bates. 250 00
Salary as Town Clerk and Treas-
urer for 6 months, to Sept. I, Horne Brothers,
46 feet stone for cross-walk, No. Main street, 23 00
Cutting and setting stone for cross- walk, 14 00
Setting 337 feet, 8 inches curbing, Leroy and Bank streets, 50 95
Setting 6 feet, 7 inches curbing, So. Main street, 99
Setting 276 feet curbing, Pearl street, 44 40
Setting 137 feet, 2 inches curbing, Park street, 20 57
Company I, Fifth Infantry, M. V. M., for Rifle Range, 50 00
Mrs. Eliza Danforth,
Land damage, East street, 25 00
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas, Armory hall, April to July I, 24 30
Geo. H. Herrick, Keys, Selectmen's room, I 00
Sept. 6. E. A. Wales,
Services as Clerk of Assessors, IOI 25 Providence Telephone Co., Rent of Telephone from September
I to December I, 10 50
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
Sept. 6. Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for August, $3 00
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and room, for August, 50 00
13. Newton J. Sweet, Printing 12 Assessors' Lists, 52 50
27. Geo. A. Whipple,
Cleaning drains and covering sewer, 4 50
Geo. A. Sweeney,
Supplies for Town Lockup, 2 57
Frank I. Babcock,
Clerk's fee for change in Town By- Laws, 4 50
Horne Brothers,
8 feet, 4 inches curbing, and setting same, Florence street, 6 68
Jobbing on apron stone, I 00
Setting 416 feet, 5 inches curbing, Peck and Florence streets, 62 46
Setting 82 feet, 3 inches curbing, North Main street, 12 34
Oct. 4. James H. Sturdy,
Rent of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room from July I to October I, 112 50
Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectmen's room for September, Wm. Rooney,
3 00
Reimbursed for expenses incurred on account of smallpox by order of Board of Health, 25 00
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
Oct. II. Newton J. Sweet,
3,000 tax bills, $13 00
50 Tax Collector's notices, 2 00
400 slips (stamps), I 25
25 Assessors' notices,
I 50
Horne Brothers,
Setting 136 feet, 7 inches curbing, Manchester street, 20 49
Setting 70 feet, 7 inches curbing, South Main street, IO 59
Setting 160 feet, 5 inches curbing, Manchester street, 24 07
Setting 121 feet, 9 inches curbing, South Main street, 18 27
Setting 30 feet curbing, Bank street,
4 50
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas for Armory July I to October I, 8 60
Gas for Town Clerk's office, July I to October I, 6 20
Carpenter & Wells.
Rent of Armory and rooms for September, 50 00
14. J. L. Carpenter,
Six months' salary as Road Super- intendent, 125 00
Paving cross walk,
6 50
18. E. A. Wales,
Services as Clerk of Assessors, 57 04
26. E. R. Read,
Service as Day Officer, 5 00
Nov.
I.
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for October, 50 00
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. I. Addick Connega, Care of Town Clerk's office and Selectman's room for October, $3 00
Fred E. Goff, Services at Special Town Meeting, May 5, I 50
Police duty, July 3 and 4, 5 00
Geo. H. Herrick,
Repairing ballot boxes, 2 75
Hebron Manufacturing Co., 100 feet curbing for school house lot in Hebronville, 65 00
Two 3 feet corners, 6 00
8. Newton J. Sweet,
Publishing Registration notices, 2 50
Registrars notices for voting list, 3 25
Printing 50 double warrants, 7 00
Printing 100 voting lists,
45 00
Fred E. Goff,
Services as Officer and Janitor,
November 6, 5 00
J. L. Carpenter,
Paving 495 yds. gutter, 195 38
Concreting cross walk, 6 00
Cleaning out catch basins, 61 80
H. A. Smith,
Cutting street at Hebronville
to grade, as per contract, 225 00
22. Horne Brothers,
Setting 69 feet, 7 inches, Curbing Peck Street. IO 44
Setting 288 feet, 6 inches, South
Main and Manchester Streets, 43 28
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Nov. 22. Horne Brothers, Setting 1424 feet, 6 inches, Curbing at Hebronville, $213 66
Elijah Capron,
Serving notice on Representatives, 2 50
Geo. F. Ide,
Posting Town Meeting Warrants, 3 00
Secretary of Commonwealth, I Register of Voters, 2 20
Dec. 6. Geo. Mackie,
Professional Service as per bill, Ordered by Board of Healths,
7 00
J. W. Friesche,
Burying horse of Ezra Humes
5 00
Carpenter & Wells,
Rent of Armory and rooms for November, 50 00
Providence Telephone Co.
Rent of Telephone from Dec. I, to Mar. 1, 1889, IO 50
Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's Office and Selectmen's room for November, 3 00
W. J. Luther, Surveying and plans for Curbing, 102 50
13. E. R. Read,
Services killing horse of Ezra Humes, ordered by Cattle Commissioners, 4 50
John W. Cody, Services as Registrar of Voters, 9 Sessions, 3I 50
Louis J. Lamb,
Services as Registrar of Voters, 8 Sessions, 28 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 20. Mace B. Short, Services as Registrar of Voters,
3 Sessions, $10 50
J. L. Carpenter,
Paving 251 yds. gutter, 107 17
Carting same and cleaning up after setting Curbing at Hebronville, 67 12
Cleaning out gutters,
130 65
Frank I. Babcock,
Expenses in Humes and Uhligh cases, 5 20
G. K. Roberts,
Salary as Health Officer to
March 1, 1889, 50 00
Incidental expenses, 6 00
27. J. L. Carpenter,
Six months salary as Road Superintendent to March 1, 1889, 125 00
Labor and material on railing at bridge in Hebronville, 20 80
Mason Labor on Catch Basin Bank Street, 7 12
Dr. Allen,
Examination of Mrs. Uhligh and child December 15, 1888, 15 00
James H. Sturdy,
Rent of Town Clerk's Office and
Selectmen's room from October to January I, 112 50
L. M. Stanley,
Services as Sealer of Weights and
Measures to March 1, 1889, 25 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 27. Pierce and Carpenter, 4 tons coal Lockup, $25 00
31. Carpenter & Wells, Rent of Armory and rooms for December, 50 00
Addick Connega,
Care of Town Clerk's Office and Selectmen's room for December, 3 00
John T. Bates,
Salary as Town Clerk and
Treasurer from Sept. I, to Dec. I, 125 00 G. A. Adams,
Advice to Assessors in regard to collecting back taxes, 10 00
Services in Suit of Mary West
vs. Town of Attleboro, 25 00
Attleboro Machine Co., Labor on Fountain, I 00
Jacob Klebes,
Fixing road scraper, I 50
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas, Town Clerk's office, to Jan. I, 1889, 9 60
Gas for Armory to Jan. 1, 1889, 21 80
James W. Gifford & Co.,
Padlock for Lockup,
I 25
D. H. Smith,
Returning 55 deaths, 13 75
C. F. Harwood, Agt.,
Express on Valuation Books, 1 00
Wm. H. Goff,
Prepairing Valuation List, for printing, 75 00 Randall & Langley,
. Printing 1,000 Valuation Reports, 133 28
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 31. Overseers of Poor, Salary to March I, 1889, $150 00 Attleboro Fire Dist. No. 1, Water at fountains one year, 231 00 Frank A. Newell, Carriage hire, 15 25
$5,348 12
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ANNUAL REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL BILLS,
CONTRACTED AND DUE PRIOR TO MARCH I, 1888.
Rent of Armory,
$50 00
« " Rooms,
75 00
Salaries,
760 23
Care of Rooms,
3 00
Surveying,
22 50
Clerical work,
98 00
Printing,
129 60
Gas,
21 45
Police, Janitors and Wardens,
7 70
Books and office supplies,
28 90
Registrars of Voters,
17 50
Carriage hire,
4 00
Sundry repairs,
651 92
Registering births, deaths and mar- riages, III 85
- $1,981 65
31
ANNUAL REPORT.
CONTRACTED FROM MARCH 1, 1888, TO JAN. 1, 1889.
Rent of Armory,
$500 00
" Rooms,
375 00
Salaries,
850 00
Rent of Telephone,
42 00
Care of Rooms,
30 00
Surveying,
139 00
Curbing,
749 59
Clerical work,
246 54
Printing,
186 00
Gas,
87 31
Police, Janitors and Wardens,
97 00
Board of Health,
204 61
Damages paid,
180 00
Books and office supplies,
75 03
Registrars of Voters,
70 00
Rifle Range,
50 00
Paving gutters,
322 17
Cleaning gutters and catch basins,
196 95
Special on Highways,
275 00
Legal services,
35 00
Tools for highway,
59 32
Valuation reports,
209 28
Water at fountain,
231 00
Repair and supplies for lockup,
47 82
Carriage hire,
15 25
Sundry repairs,
29 65
Returning deaths,
13 75
Sundry small bills,
30 75
$5,348 02
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATEMENT.
DR.
1888.
Mar. I. Appropriations, $7,500 00 Received from state, Armory rent, 400 00
$7,900 00
CR.
Paid bills contracted and due prior to March 1, 1888, $1,981 65 Paid bills contracted from March I, to Jan. 1, 1889, 5,348 02
Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1889, 570 33
$7,900 00
33
ANNUAL REPORT.
EDUCATIONAL.
DR.
1888.
Mar. I. Appropriations, $14,000 00
Dog fund, 850 00
Text books and supplies, 28 90
Tuition from non-resi- dent pupils, 41 61
$14,920 51
CR.
Paid teachers salaries prior to March 1, 1888, $557 20
Paid janitors salaries prior to March 1, 1888, 59 00
Paid fuel bills prior to March I, 1888, 30 72
Paid teachers salaries from March I, to Jan. 1, 1889, 9,935 30
Paid janitors salaries from March I, to Jan. 1, 1889, 1,257 69
Paid fuel bills from March I, to Jan. 1, 1889, 1,391 67
Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1889, 1,688 93
$14,920 51
34
ANNUAL REPORT.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCY.
DR.
1888.
$800 00 March I. Appropriations,
CR.
April 19.
H. M. Maxson,
$144 54
May 3. J. O. Tiffany,
66 66
June 7. 66 66
66 67
July 5.
66
66 67
Aug. 9. 66 66
66 66
Sept. 6. 66 66
66 67
Oct. 4.
66
66 67
Nov. 8. 66 66
66 67
Dec. 6.
66
66 67
Dec. 31.
66 66
Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1889,
55 46
$800 00
35
ANNUAL REPORT.
EDUCATIONAL.
INCIDENTAL AND REPAIRS.
PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 1888.
Mar. 14. George L. Titus,
Repairs at Farmers School House, $5 63
Briggsville School House, 27 00
" Pleasant street School
House, 2 64
Cyrus King,
Labor, South Main Street School House, 50
A. G. Slocum,
Repairing 5 Clocks, Sanford Street School House, 3 75
Repairing I Clock, South Main Street School House, 75
Byron R. Hill,
Services as School Committee, from Aug. 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, 14 58
Incidental expenses, 6 50
Lidora E. Briggs,
Services as School Committee, from
Aug. 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, 14 58
Incidental expenses, 1 00
36
ANNUAL REPORT.
Mar. 14. George FF. Ide,
Services as Truant officer, from Sept. 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, $15 00 J. O. Tiffany,
Services as School Committee, from Aug. 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, 14 58
Services as Secretary of School Committee, 25 00
Incidental expenses, 3 44
R. Adelaide Horton, guardian,
3 months' rent for hall, to March I, James W. Gifford & Co.,
56 25
Material and labor, 24 04
E. P. Carpenter & Co.,
Repairs and Supplies, Turnpike School, 5 27
E. A. King,
One Telegraph Instrument, 3 00
Herbert Champlin,
Cleaning Chimney, Turnpike School House, I 50
April 4. E. R. Read,
Services as Truant officer, from
Sept. 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888, 15 25
Wm. M. Hall, One dust brush, City School, 40
12. H. A. Bodman & Son,
Piano for High School room, 250 00
19. Attleboro Gas Light Co., Gas, High School, for January and February, 4 96
Carpenter & Co.,
Glass, Putty and Paint, I
51
$497 13
37
ANNUAL REPORT.
CONTRACTED AND DUE SINCE MARCH 1, 1888.
Mar. 19. H. A. Bodman & Son,
Drum and belt, Sanford street school, $7 00 Newton J. Sweet, 350 School Reports, 54 00
James W. Gifford & Co., Material and labor, 6 09
Repairs High Schools, 2 II
6. Sanford street school, 5 56
66 South Main street school, 43
E. W. Harrington,
Repairs, Turnpike school, I 51
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
Gas, High School, March, 2 92
May 3 . Hebron Manufacturing Co.,
Repairs at Hebronville school house, 26 56
James W. Gifford & Co., Repairs at Sanford street school, 82
June 7
S. Manchester,
Labor on yard at Farmers,
I 00
George T. Holmes,
6 pails, 90
I broom, 35
I bu. R. I. bent, 2 40
George F. Knowles,
Repairs, 4 10
James W. Gifford & Co.,
Repairs and supplies, 2 36
E. A. Fuller, Setting glass, 90
J. L. Carpenter,
Labor on South Main street school yard, 27 00
38
ANNUAL REPORT.
June 7. R. Adelaide Horton, guardian, 3 months' rent of hall, $56 25
Edward W. Rhodes,
Enumerating school children, 20 00
Newton J. Sweet,
100 one-half sheet notes, I 25
Advertising school notices, 2 00
G. A. Sweeney, 6 brushes, I 70
4 dusters, 3 40
Attleboro Fire District No. I,
Water, Bank street school, 4 00
66 Sanford street school, 4 00
66 Pine street school, 4 00
South Main street school, 3 00
21. R. D. Manchester,
Labor, South Main street school yard, 45 57
July 5. J. O. Tiffany,
Four months' salary as Secretary of School Committee, 16 67
Rand Avery Co., 100 diplomas,
10 00
George F. Ide,
Services as Truant Officer, 7 00
Newton J. Sweet,
Programmes for graduation, 10 00
F. G. Wheeler,
Work on diplomas,
5 00
W. F. Shattuck,
Repairs at Pine street school house, I 80
Attleboro Machine Co.,
Repairs at High School, 75
Mrs. S. S. Nye,
Lettering 16 diplomas, 8 00
39
ANNUAL REPORT.
July 5. Attleboro Fire District No. I, Water, Bank street, $9 93
I2. J. M. Bates,
Rent of opera house for High School graduation exercises, 42 00
James W. Gifford,
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