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REPORTS X
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TOWN OFFICERS 1891-92. 10834
SELECTMEN.
FRANK I.
BABCOCK, GEORGE A. ADAMS,
CHARLES PHILLIPS.
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER. JOHN T. BATES.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SAMUEL P. LATHROP, GEORGE B. FITTZ, ELIJAH R. READ.
ASSESSORS. JOHN THACHER, CHARLES PHILLIPS, ISAAC ALGER.
COLLECTOR. JOHN THACHER.
" COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
SAMUEL P. LATHROP, FRANK I. BABCOCK,
EVERETT S. HORTON.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
J. W. BATTERSHALL, C. S. HOLDEN, E. S. HORTON.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. J. L. SWEET, J. O. TIFFANY, B. R. HILL, A. R. CROSBY, MRS. L. V. G. MACKIE, MISS L. E. BRIGGS, W. E. HAYWARD, E. S. CAPRON, L. J. LAMB.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
J. O. TIFFANY.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
E. S. HORTON, C. S. HOLDEN, PETER NERNEY, J. L. SWEET, ELIZABETH C. LAMB, C. L. WATSON, *MARY J. CAPRON, A. W. STURDY.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS. JOHN W. CODY, JOHN T. BATES, HENRY A. STREETER, HARRY E. CARPENTER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. L. M. STANLEY.
AUDITORS.
G. A. DEAN, A. B. CARPENTER, E. A. SWEENEY.
FENCE VIEWERS. L. M. STANLEY, PHILIP BRADY.
POUND KEEPER. F. H. COLLINGWOOD.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK. L. Z. CARPENTER, S. W. CARPENTER, G. A. MONROE, S. M. HOLMAN,W. A. VICKERY, I. N. KIBBEE, N. L. BILLINGS.
CONSTABLES. S. R. BRIGGS, *ELIJAH CAPRON, E. R. READ.
*Deceased.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
To Appropriation for current and ncidental ex| · se, $6,900 00
Appropriation for North Main Street Sewer, 3,500 00
Appropriation for street lights 1,560 00
Appropriation for Decoration Day, 200 00
Amount received from State for Armory, 400 00
Amount due from State for Soldiers' Burial,
52 50
Fines in Criminal Cases, 469 25
North Attleboro's proportion of Collector's Fees, 239 21
Error by approval of Duplicate
Bill,
37 50
$13,358 46
CR. BILLS OF 1890.
By Salary of Election Officers,
$ 5 00
Dinners for Election Officers, 10 00
Posting Warrants, 6 00
Killing Dogs,
12 50
$33 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CO. I.
By Rent of Armory $600 00
Gas for Armory Hall, 72 00
Gas for Room 5, 32 40
Target and Shed at Rifle Range, 100 00 Repairs in Armory, 39 92
$844 32
DECORATION DAY.
By Amount paid to G. A. R. Post, $200 00
ELECTIONS.
By Preparation of Voting Stalls,
two elections and storage, $22 05
Election officers, two elections, 50 00
Dinners and Suppers for elec- tion officers, 18 90
Ballots and Posters for town election, 60 00
$150 95
LEGAL EXPENSES.
By Information vs. Old Colony
Railroad, $ 40 00
Rochefort vs. the Town,
376 52
$416 52
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ANNUAL REPORT.
LOCK-UP.
By Salary of Keeper,
$144 00
Supplies and Repairs, 39 85
Water,
3 00
$186 85
OFFICERS.
By Posting Warrants,
$14 30
Officers' Fees in Criminal
Cases, 416 68
Attendance at Meetings and
Elections and Janitors 21 50
Notifying Town Officers, 4 00
Killing Dogs, 3 00
Patrol Service,
18 50
Raid on Gambling Places, 6 00
$483 98
OLD TOWN BILLS.
By Collector's Fees,
$451 23
PRINTING.
By Publishing Notices for Board of Health, $25 40
Warrants for Town Meetings, 28 50
Printing Tints in Treasurer's Check Book, 3 00
Printing Town Reports, 172 50
Advertising for Committee of
1 5, 16 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Notice for Registrars of
Voters, 3 50
Slips and Stationery for Regis-
trars of Voters, 3 50
Assessors' Supplies and Ad-
vertising, 9 89
Collector's Supplies and Ad-
vertising, 21 80
Treasurer's Check Books,
28 00
Notices, Slips, etc., for Town Clerk, 8 75
Notice of Hearing, Interstate
Street R. R., 7 40
Advertising By-Laws,
II 40
$340 14
RECORDS.
By Recording 107 Marriages,
$16 05
218 Births
109 00
109 Deaths, 10 90
$135 95
SALARIES.
By Selectmen, $550 00
Clerk of Selectmen,
100 00
Town Clerk and Treasurer,
550 00
Treasurer of Sinking Fund,
25 00
Assessors, 600 00
Registrars of Voters,
137 50
Board of Health, 37 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
25 00
Auditors,
35 00
Collector of Taxes,
487 50
$2,547 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SEWERS.
By Contract for construction of
North Main Street Sewer, $2,700 00 Catch-basins,
344 30
Engineer,
198 50
Curbing for Catch-basins,
31 96
Paving Gutters,
22 50
Grading Street,
140 66
Pockets on Bank Street,
137 92
$3,575 84
SOLDIERS' BURIAL.
By Funeral of Asa Hicks,
$35 00
" William D. Jillson,
35 00
" Chas. F. Carpenter, 35 00
$105 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
By Barney McTague,
$156 00
Emma J. Brown,
15 62
Ernst Meyer,
69 96
Geo. H. Hatten,
3 40
John M. Robbins,
176 89
Nancy Bradford,
34 05
Charles F. Carpenter,
27 65
$483 57
ANNUAL, REPORT.
STREET LIGHTS.
By 52 Electric Lights, 3 months and 7 days, $1,261 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
By H. M. Whitney, Damage on Carpenter street, $29 10
Mrs. E. Hagar, Clothing de- stroyed by order Board of Health, 15 00
Aid from Starkey Trust Fund,
36 00
Office Supplies, 93 38
Travel of Town Officers,
32 35
Lumber,
4 28
Telepnone,
42 00
Rent of Town Offices,
450 00
Gas for Offices, 16 60
Water for Fountains,
300 00
Record Books,
75 50
Assessor's and Collector's
Books,
12 70
Linoleum,
20 50
Surveying,
144 65
Janitor,
36 00
Sharpening Lawn Mower,
1 50
Lanterns, Axe, Cement and
Glue, 8 47
Oil Tester,
5 50
Medical Attendance for Jas. Callahan, 7 50
Court Fees for approval of By-
Laws. 3 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Supplement to Thorpe's Di- gest, 3 50
Work on Fountains,
I 50
Burying Dog,
50
Expressage,
55
Filling Hole on Park street,
25
Telegrams,
75
Error by Duplicate Bill,
37 50
Balance,
763 53
$2,142 II
$13 358 46
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ANNUAL REPORT.
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.
DR.
To Appropriation for Highways,
$4,500 00
Sidewalks, 2,000 00
Loam and Road Scrapings
sold, 85 70
Sidewalk Betterments assessed, 475 81
Fees for Sewer Connections, 217 50
Balance, 930 83
$8,209 84
CR. HIGHWAYS.
By Work under charge of Road
Commissioners, $102 05
Work under charge of R. D. Manchester, 3,780 74
Paving,
242 10
Work on the Common,
59 70
Work on Roads at Briggs Corner,
344 12
Work under charge of C. E. Kenyon, 922 67
Repairs on Bridges, 130 76
Blacksmithing,
91 30
Surveying,
13 00
Notifying Abutters,
I 00
Filling washout on Mansfield Road,
I 50
Repair of Culvert,
2 00
on Bank Street, 60
Covering Stone for Sewer Well, 5 32
Oil and Lantern Globes, 3 90
Iron Grate for Sewer Well,
4 80
$5,705 56
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SIDEWALKS.
By Concreting one-half of A. R. Crosby's sidewalk, $21 20
Repairing Concrete on Com- mon, 2 00
Curbing for Bank and Pleas- ant Streets, 897 95
Setting Curbing, Paving Gut-
ters, Preparing Foundation of Sidewalks and work on Catch-basins,
1,072 3I
Concreting, 498 97 2
Lumber,
Repair of Hope Street Side- walk, 7 50
Repair of Peck Street Side- walk, 2 25
$2,504 28
$8,209 84
MILITARY AID.
DR.
To Appropriation,
$425 00
Amount due from State, 345 00
$770 00
CR.
By Amounts paid Loring Cole, $192 00
66
James B. Knight, 18 00
Ernst Meyer, 180 00
Eli K. Robbins, 180 00
66
66 Lemuel T. Starkey, 120 00
Balance, 80 00
$770 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE AID.
Balcom, George
$20 00
Bullock, Martha
48 00
Caswell, William H.
36 00
Caswell, Sarah
48 00
Draper, George L.
36 00
Griffen, Mary A.
48 00
Hamlin, Maria
24 00
Hatten, Ann M.
48 00
Johnson, Ann
48 00
Kingman, Mary E.
24 00
Thayer, Abby
48 00
Thomas, Harriet N.
48 00
Tucker, Nancy C.
48 00
Wardell, William
72 00
Wardell, Elizabeth
48 00
Webb, Hannah
44 00
Wilmarth, Emeline
48 00
Bradford, Nancy
40 00
Fleet, Elizabeth
36 00
Allen, Cordelia H.
4 00
Crosby, Hannah
4 00
$820 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
DR.
To Appropriations and Credits,
Selectmen's Account, $13,358 46
Highways and Sidewalks, 7,279 OI
Military Aid, 770 00
To Appropriation and Receipts,
Pauper Account, 4,434 29
Public Library, 600 00
To Appropriations and Credits,
On Account of Schools,
22,068 95
Balance,
1,891 OI
$ 50,401 72
CR.
By Expenditures.
Selectmen's Account,
$12,594 93
*Military Aid, 690 00
Highways and Sidewalks,
8,209 84
Paupers, 6,238 14
Public Library,
600 00
Schools, 22,068 81
$50,401 72
*Not included in item of Selectmen's orders in treasurer's account.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN DEBT, JANUARY 1, 1892.
Attleborough's proportion of bonded debt, $62,930 00
Sinking Fund,
47,591 25
Net amount of bonded debt,
$15,338 75
Provident Institute for Savings,
$30,000 00
Notes to Attleborough Savings Bank, 15,000 00
Note to First National Bank of Attleborough,
10,000 00
Collectors' Fees,
442 50
Other bills due,
418 78
$55,86[ 28
Cash in Treasury, $12,786 29
Due from State for
state and military aid,
1,165 00
Due from State for
soldiers' burial 52 50
Pauper claims against towns,
407 85
Due for Sewer con-
nections, 708 52
Cash in collector's hands, 83 72
Uncollected taxes, 18,040 54
$33,244 42
$22,616 86
$37,955 61
FRANK I. BABCOCK, GEO. A. ADAMS, CHARLES PHILLIPS,
Selectmen of Attleborough.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE OF ALMSHOUSE,
JANUARY 1, 1892.
DR.
To hay, stock, farming tools, pro- visions, household furni- ture, etc., appraisal of Jan. 1, 1891, $2,868 89
Cash paid Superintendent, 900 00
$3,768 89
CR.
By Appraisal of personal property Jan. 1, 1892, $2,653 09
Cash paid Town Treasurer, 93 96
Expense of Supporting Alms- house, 1,02I 84
$3,768 89
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE.
JANUARY 1, 1892.
CASH PAID.
For Provisions,
$572 27
Grain,
762 48
Seed and Fertilizer,
129 81
Stock,
82 56
Labor,
483 80
Tools and Repairs,
64 97
Harness and Repairs,
21 80
Blacksmithing,
39 70
Lumber and Repairs on
Buildings,
187 35
Paint, putty and glass,
5 15
Salt and lime,
II 55
Coal, 18 23
Ice,
14 63
Medicine,
6 05
Medicine for Cattle,
5 90
Barbed Wire,
2 32
Furniture,
22 70
Tin, wooden and earthen ware,
17 04
Tobacco,
3 95
Soap, oil and matches,
42 15
Clothing,
58 63
Sundries,
29 82
Superintendent's Salary,
400 00
Town Treasurer,
93 96
$3,076 82
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CASH RECEIVED.
For Milk, $1,061 19
Eggs and Poultry,
90 04
Beef and Pork,
155 33
Vegetables,
334 05
Hay, Straw and Rye,
99 97
Labor,
73 25
Wood and Posts,
313 74
Sundries,
19 25
Board of Thomas Keating
30 00
From Town Treasurer,
900 00
Average number of Paupers, 5 1-3 Number of Inmates, 5.
$3,076 82
Cost per week per capita,
$3 68
FRED H. COLLINGWOOD
Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
SETTLEMENT IN ATTLEBORO.
Atkinson, A. A.
$22 50
Brailey, William
10 00
Belmont, L.
6 00
Brown, Emma
4 00
Barley, Lucy
228 00
Chase, Sarah
34 15
Crehan, John and Magrath Children, 69 06
Claflin E. E.
2 00
Cater, Maria
II 63
Collum, Austin
I 50
Cloutier, Noel
II 50
Dwyer, Larry
2 00
Donley, Martin
20 00
Duckworth, S.
7 00
Eden, Ann
16 00
Fiske, L. E.
18 00
Forrest, Levi
7 00
Foss, C. L.
33 00
Gregory, Annie
23 35
Culver, Frank, Paid by him,
I 00
Gilman, Paul
48 50
Gorton, J. Jr.
12 00
Grimley, Thomas
2 00
Gorman, Arthur
20 96
Handy, Lydia
64 50
Harmon, E.
90 20
.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hager, Emily
7 25
Hackett, Mrs. P.
12 00
Lannergan, H.
147 00
Lane George
14 50
Lemaire, Theodore
14 50
Martin, Charles
9 75
Malley, Catherine
IO 74
Martin, J.
32 75
O'Neil, Bridget
85 99
Pace, Amos
48 50
Quinn, Margaret
48 00
Robins, Thomas
6 00
Reynolds, D. H.
II 75
Sinclair, James
38 06
Stafford, Thomas
32 50
Smith, J. W.
32 50
Sharron, Peter
100 00
Tucker, Nancy
270 43
Thurber, Edwin A.
2 00
Wood, William H.
5 50
Wetherby, F. E.
51 25
Williams, G. P.
6 25
Williams, Mrs. M.
2 00
Edward McDonald's family,
35 84
$1,790 91
TOWN BURIALS.
Mylor, Thomas F.
$15 00
McCartney, A.
15 00
Claflin, Mary
15 00
Lemaire, Alice
5 00
Quinn, Margaret
8 00
McDonald, (child),
10 00
$68 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
LUNATICS.
Theodore F. Martin,
$169 46
Charles E. Bailey,
169 46
Charles Cheever,
169 46
Ruth C. Munroe,
169 46
J. Cavanaugh, 169 46
William H. Speare,
169 46
Charles A. Briggs,
169 46
Isaac Briggs,
169 46
Willliam H. Wood,
170 38
James W. Smith,
20 96
$1,547 02
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MASS. SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE MINDED.
Freeman, Maggie,
$ 4 10
Handy, George A. 126 72
$130 82
MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.
Hatten, George H. Jr.
$37 50
Hatten, Warren A. I 80
$39 30
MILITARY RELIEF.
Hatten, Geo. H. $27 75 $27 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE CASES.
Cross, Charles,
$II 50
Doran, James,
8 00
Devens, John,
3 00
Dorey, Edward,
31 75
Ducas, Anthony,
14 00
Donahue, J.,
9 00
DeLong, F.
10 00
Eden, Mary J.,
2 00
Kearns, M.,
8 31
Magnussen, A,
124 00
Schofield, Enos,
II 50
Stiles, S. M.,
20 00
Snow, Peter,
9 50
Sperry, Jane,
6 00
Seymour, Frank,
4 50
Wardell, Mary A.,
26 50
Edward Macdonald,
7 16
$306 72
CHARGED TO THE STATE FOR BURIALS.
August, J.,
$10 00
Cote, J.,
10 00
Duffy, James,
15 00
Elmore, Mary,
10 00
Guillette, J.,
15 00
Magnussen, A.,
15 00
Martin, Samuel,
15 00
Martin, Eudora,
10 00
Smith, J. H.,
15 00
$115 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CHARGED TO OTHER TOWNS.
Rehoboth aid to Bowen, Benj., $37 50
Free Town " " Brailey, E. W., 18 50
E.Douglass " " Buxton, Helen M., 104 00
Dudley, " Brackett, Edward, 15 00
Sturbridge
" Coleman, Wm., 3 25
Sharon 66
" Fuller, E. A., 70 25
Taunton 66
" Fields, Chas. W., 46 85
Fall River
" Giblin, Wm. H,, 24 50
Lowell,
" Martin, Peter, 2 00
Boston,
Maguire, Francis, 5 50
Mansfield, 66 " Morse, Addie, 27 75
Harwich,
" O'Brien, Frank, 4 00
Taunton,
". Thayer, Nancy, 60 00
$419 10
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
From Jan. 1, 1891 to April 1, 1891, $298 81 April 1, 1891 to Jan. 1, 1892, 225 00
$523 81
MISCELLANEOUS.
Salaries of Overseers of Poor, 308 67
Tramps, 34 80
Office supplies and printing,
26 24
Cash paid Superintendent of Almshouse,
900 00
E. Myers,
27 00
$1,296 71
Total,
$6,265 14
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DEDUCTIONS FROM EXPENSE.
Amount received and due for medical attendance, $211 25 1-2 amount paid on military set- tlements, 33 37
Amount paid E. Myers and
charged on Selectmen's books,
27 00
Amount charged other towns,
419 10
for state burials,
115 00
" cases,
306 72
66 received on our account,
36 00
paid Treasurer by Super- intendent Collingwood,
93 96
66 received for support of individuals, 169 46
E. Myers account, 27 00
$1,438 86
Cost of supporting paupers,
$4,826 28
DUE FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Free Town, E. W. Brailey, $18 50
E. Douglass, Helen W. Buxton, 104 00
Dudley Edward Bracket, 15 00
Sturbridge, Wm. Coleman,
3 25
Lowell,
Peter Martin, 2 00
Boston,
Francis Maguire, 1890 17 CO
1891 5 50
Mansfield,
Addie Morse 27 75
Harwich,
Frank O'Brien, 4 00
Sharon, E. A. Fuller, 76 50
Taunton,
C. W. Fields, Nancy Thayer, 109 85
Fall River,
W. H. Giblin, 24 50
$407 85
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ANNUAL REPORT.
EXPLANATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
Our expenses at the Almshouse have been larger than usual for the number of inmates, mainly for two reasons.
First : We found it necessary to shingle the roof, or rather roofs of the houses and put on new gutters, which expense, according to precedent, was charged to main- tenance account.
Second : We put a reduced valuation upon not a few items of personal property, which have been carried along in the list from year to year at about the same figures, rather than by reduction, to discriminate against the Superintendent, since the amount of the reduction adds so much to the expense of supporting the house.
We would here urge upon the town the desirability of making such an appropriation for the pauper account as may reasonably be expected to cover expenditures.
The town has gained and can gain nothing by making an insufficient appropriation, and why should not the disagreeable features and more or less troublesome effects of an overdraw, be obviated ?
The net expense of supporting the insane and idiotic for the year exceeded fifteen hundred dollars leaving but the meager sum of two thousand dollars for the main de- department.
We call attention to case of Military relief, an item which should not appear in our report, but which was forced into it, as will appear by what follows. The law makes it the duty of the Selectmen of towns to furnish aid, when required, to those who are entitled to Military relief therein, and forbids that they should be designated or treated as paupers. Several applications for aid in this case were made to the Selectmen, but in vain, and hence in compliance with the law which forbids the Overseers of the Poor, knowingly to permit suffering for lack of the
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necessaries of life, we granted aid and must continue to do so, if necessity exists or until the proper authorities shall relieve us of the duty.
It will be seen by those who take the pains to compare, that the net expense of maintaining our poor this year is nearly four hundred dollars less than last year notwith- standing the fact that the cost for support of lunatics is more than three hundred dollars in excess of last year, the quite unusual expense in making repairs at the Alms- house, and the large reduction in the valuation given per- sonal property there.
S. P. LATHROP, G. B. FITTZ, E. R. READ, Overseers of Poor.
.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
A REPLY.
The remarks in reference to military relief contained in the written report of the Overseers of the Poor refer to a single case, as will be seen by an inspection of their ac- count of expenditures, although the somewhat ambiguous language of their report might easily leave the impression that the claims of a number of worthy persons had been disregarded by the Selectmen.
When the law imposing upon Selectmen the charge of soldier's relief became operative, we immediately investi- gated the several cases committed to us from the Over- seers of the Poor, and among them we found that of the person in question, who for a long time, as we understand. had received relief from the overseers on the basis of a military settlement. Through the adjutant general of the Commonwealth we investigated his military record as contained on the files of the war department, and we found that his connection with the army was for a period of less than two months; and that he did not leave Massa- chusetts ; and that there was nothing to indicate that any disability had been incurred in the service ; and we further learned, although his term of service appears somewhat brief, he had, nevertheless, received his bounty.
The statute governing such cases provides that a sol- dier " who duly served for not less than one year, or died, or became disabled from wounds or disease received or contracted while engaged in such service or while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, and his wife or widow and minor children, shall be deemed thereby to have acquired a settlement" in the town to whose credit he served. And our courts have held that a soldier dis- charged for disability does not gain a settlement, unless the disability arose from wounds or disease contracted in the service, the burden of proving which is on the party
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alleging it. On the law as thus laid down in our statutes and explained by the decisions of our courts is it reason- able to allege that a man who never left the state, who never rendered any service to the country, and whose brief connection of less than two months with the army enabled him to draw a considerable sum of money from the public treasury, is thereby justified in claiming that the town shall place him on the honorable roll of military settlements, and assume the liability of supporting him for the rest of his life ?
As regards the demerits of this particular case it would hardly seem necessary to say more, and no pride of opinion on the part of the Overseers of the Poor arising from a consciousness of having misapplied the public funds in the past should stand in the way of the prompt correction of such error which the public interest demands when the facts are known.
While we are well aware of the criticism which must arise in the minds of sensible people on the judgment and taste displayed in making a town report a field of con- troversy, and while we are unwilling to be parties to such an impropriety, the provocation offered seemed to afford no escape from saying what we have in regard to this case. If we might add one word further, it would be this, that when a claim of relief is made under the statute providing for soldiers' relief, it is the province of the selectmen, who have charge of such cases, to pass on the validity of the claim ; and, if they find the facts of the case are in- sufficient to establish a military settlement and the person needs relief, it is the duty of the Overseers of the Poor to extend such aid under their general powers for the relief of the poor, and to charge it in a proper manner in their report and not as military relief. Furthermore, it is their duty to take steps at once to ascertain where the person aided has a legal settlement, and to see to it that such
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city or town is charged with the expense of his support. A neglect of such duty is a serious matter financially for the town, as it imposes on them not only the necessity of supporting the person in question, but exposes them also to the liability of expenditure for the relief of his children claiming under him.
FRANK I. BABCOCK, GEO. A. ADAMS, CHARLES PHILLIPS, Selectmen of Attleborough.
TOWN TREASURER.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT,
1891.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1891, $9,51I 70
John Thacher, Collector,
59,000 00
Chas. T. Guild
1,952 36
Geo. F. Ide
100 00
$61,052 36
LICENSES.
Mar. 12. Received of D. E. Adams, Auction- eer's license, $2 00
May 26.
L. H. Cooper, Billiard license, 10 00
M. S. Mead, Druggist license, I 00
S. P. Clark, Druggist license, I 00
H. P. Childs, Druggist license, I 00
June 5.
E. A. Morse, Billiard license, 25 00
26.
W. L. Main, Circus license, 25 00
29.
E. A. Morse, Fireworks license, 5 00
July 2.
Cosgrove & Kelly, Fire- works license, 5 00
Irwin Bros, Circus license 25 00
8.
M. A Davenport, Bil- liard license, 15 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
July 8.
E. R. Read, Auctioneer license, 2 00
Sept. 16.
L. M. Stanley, Auction- eer license, 2 00
26. Merrick & Myrick, "Merry Go Round" license, 5 00
$124 00
NOTES.
April 21. Received of Provident Institution of
June 13.
Savings in the Town of Boston, Note dated April 20, 1891, for 6 months at 4 1-2 per cent., $50,000 00 First National Bank of Attleboro, Note dated June 13, 1891 at 5 per cent., 10,000 00
July 10.
Attleboro Savings Bank, Note dated July 10, 1891, 10,000 00
Sept. 3.
Attleboro Savings Bank, Note dated August 26, 1891, at 5 per cent., 5,000 00
Dec. 16.
First National Bank of Attleboro, Note dated Dec. 16, 1891, at 5 per cent., 10,000 00
$85,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
NORTH ATTLEBORO'S PROPORTION OF SCHOOL NOTE AND INTEREST ON BONDS.
Mar. 27. Received of A. E. Codding, Treas.,
No. Attleboro's pro- portion of Interest on bonds due January '91, $185 45
May 26.
No Attleboro's propor- tion of School Note dated May 24, 1883, at 4 per cent., 1,853 50
Aug. 5.
Interest on School Note dated May 24, 1883, 37 07
Interest on Bonds due April, 1891, 557 44
Interest on Bonds due July, 1891, 185 45
Nov. 20.
Interest on Bonds due
October, 1891, 557 44
Dec. 31.
Interest on Bonds due Jan. 1892, 185 45
$3,561 80
MISCELLANEOUS.
Jan 31. Received of Town of Mansfield, $3 25
Mar. 2.
Town of Rehoboth, 20 25
IO. City of Taunton, 80 15
20. E. Poole, Entrance to sewer, 37 50
24. State of Mass. Corpora- ticn Tax, 13 27
27.
A. E. Codding, Treas.,
North Attleboro's pro-
portion of fees for collecting taxes, 239 21
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mar. 27.
1-2 expenses of West case, 206 35
April 16. F. E. Miller, Entrance to sewer, 37 50
·
May 27. State of Mass. Support of Paupers, 20 00
June 6. . Support of State Pau- pers, 80 00
Temporary Support of State Paupers, 66 72
Burial of State Paupers,
125 00
IO.
G. A. Monroe, Support of R. C. Monroe, 85 42
July 2.
Town of E. Douglass, 96 00
City of Chelsea, 9 00
18.
R. D. Manchester, Dirt, etc., 24 30
Aug. I.
Town of Rehoboth, 46 50
5.
A. W. Sturdy, Entrance to sewer, 37 50
Sept. I.
R. D. Manchester, Lum- ber, I 00
25.
G. A. Monroe, Support of R. C. Monroe, 84 04
30.
A. R. Wright, Sheriff, Fines and Expenses, 17 99
Oct. 19.
J.M. Solomon, Entrance to sewer, 37 50
Nov. 5.
R. D. Manchester, Dirt, etc., 3 00
Dec. IO.
Overseers of the Poor, Support of Paupers, 6 00
State of Mass. Corpora- tion Tax, . 1,675 58
National Bank Tax, 510 61
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dec. 10.
Military Aid Chap. 279, Acts of '89, 409 00
State Aid. Chap. 301, Acts of '89 720 00
Support of StatePaupers,
73 00
Expense of Contagious Diseases, 106 07
Dec. 23.
J.O. Tiffany, Text Books, 27 61
R. D. Manchester, Dirt,
etc. 58 40
State of Mass. Armory
31.
Rent, 400 00
J. O. Tiffany, Text books, 31 75
W. E. Hayward, Entrance to sewer, 105 00
F. H. Collinwood,
93 96
State of Mass. Burial of State Paupers, 15 00
A.M. Alger, Court Fines for the year 1891, 451 26
Error by approval of duplicate bills, 56 13
$6,110 82
Total amount received for the year 1891 and cash on hand Jan. 1891, $165, 360 68
EXPENDITURES.
NOTES.
1891. April 21. Paid. State of Massachusetts, Note dated May 9, 1890, $30,000 00 First Nat. Bank of Attle- boro, note dated Dec. 31, 1890, at 6 per cent. 10,000 00
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