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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending
MARCH 1, 1907.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1907.
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WHITINSVILLE, MASS .: PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1907.
LIST OF JURORS.
TO BE ACTED UPON MARCH 18, 1907.
Summano, a, 13. Herbert Jones
Charles Bennett,
Urban I. Peters,
Loren A. Buffum,
John J. Kelley,
John B. Chapdelaine,
William H. Wellman,
Jesse B. Sweet,
Paul D. Manning,
Edward E. Young,
A. F. Jones, James F. Kenyon,
Edward T. Rawson,
Herbert N. Lougee,
Willie Manahan,
Willie McGrath,
Walter H. Parker, alvin H Browne
Marcin Chan
Frank H. Bird,
Andrew Wilson, James B. Chase,
Hammond Metcalf.
W. S. SCHUSTER, Selectmen E. N. JENCKES, of W. L. CHURCH. Douglas.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
WORCESTER SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Douglas, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, East Douglas in said Douglas, on Monday the eighteenth day of March current at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles:
ART. 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasur- er, a town agent, six constables, a tax collector, an agent and three appraisers on Devise of Moses Wallis, three fence and three bridge viewers, ten highway surveyors, one for each district, a tree warden, an auditor, all for term of one year, also one selectman, one as- sessor, one overseer of the poor, three members of the school committee. one trustee of the Public Library, one town cemetery commissioner all for term of three years, also elect one assessor for term of one year to fill vacancy, and one member of the school committee for one year, and to vote Yes or No on the question shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town the ensuing year.
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ART. 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3.
To hear the reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.
Art. 4. To raise by tax and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for support of poor, for schools, for debts and interest, for salary of Superintendent of schools, for maintaining street lights, and other contingent expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
> ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for making and repairing highways and townways for the ensuing year and order the same assessed upon polls and estates of resi- dents and non-residents as other town charges are assessed.
-ART. 6. To determine the time when poll and other taxes shall be collected, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
7 ART. 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the fire company the sum of eight dollars each for their services the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the assessors to abate such taxes as in their judgement ought to be abated.
ART. 10. To see if the town will accept the list of names proposed by the selectmen to serve as jurors the ensuing year, or amend the same by adding thereto or taking therefrom.
last year
ART. 11. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist and what their compensation shall be.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to contract with the 5.Douglas Electric Co. for street lighting the ensuing year, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
Sara-
ART. 13. To see what sum the town will raise and appropri- ate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.
Sinkao last Library yes
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Sama addition > $50 con Dispone 1300 for daft Sams Emrating Gut
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ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for Samuel Sibley Post, G. A. R. for charitable purposes, under the provisions of Chapter 25, Section 15, of the Revised Laws.
Y ART. 15. To see what salary the town will pay its Tax Col- Same as lector the ensuing year. last year
> ART. 16. To see what price the town will pay for teams and Same as labor on the highways the ensuing year.
last year
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money MES in anticipation of taxes of the current year and to be paid therefrom.
>ART. 18. To see what sums of money the town will raise and 200 appropriate for constructing and repairing sidewalks, and under whose supervision it shall be expended.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty-five dollars for repair of town clock, so called, to be paid from the contingent fund.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise andy appropriate for the Simon Fairfield Public Library.
400
ART. 21. To see if the town will instruct its Collector of Taxes to sell the George Walling estate now in its possession for taxes, at public auction, and authorize him to give a quit claim deed thereof in the name of said inhabitants of Douglas.
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ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept the bequest of three thousand dollars made by the late James Smith to the town of Douglas for the erection and maintenance of a soldier's monument in said Douglas.
yes
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the agent of the Moses Wallis Devise to discharge for and in behalf of the town all mortgages held by the town under said Devise when said mortgages are fully paid to said agent, and to ratify and confirm all prior discharges heretofore made by any of the lawful agents of said Devise.
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ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of one hundred dollars for righting stones and other necessary work in the old cemetery at the centre so-called.
7 ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to give the veterans of the war 1861-65 and sons of veterans the right to build a mound and erect a monument on the common at the center of the town in memorial of the soldiers and sailors of said war.
ART. 26. To see if the town will raise and oppropriate the sum of two hundred dollars towards the payment for said monu- ment mentioned in Article 25.
> ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to appropriate three thousand dollars on the highways under the supervision of the selectmen, or act or do anything in relation to the same.
> ART. 28. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the repair and building of bridges.
$300
ART. 29. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxi- cating liquors.
The polls may close at two o'clock.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Post Office in East Douglas, at the Post Office in Douglas Center ten days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
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HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fourth day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seven.
W. S. SCHUSTER, Selectmen E. N. JENCKES, of
W. L. CHURCH, Douglas.
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Report of the Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen herein submit the annual report of the various town officers for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1907. The Selectmen have drawn 152 orders on the town treasurer amounting to $18,736.78 for the following purposes :
Highways . $1,610 98
Snow roads 105 55
Final payment, macadam road, Depot street . 625 65
Macadamizing Gilboa street 3,393 29
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING.
Palmer Converse $ 8 45
F. J. Kenyon 30 12
A. Newell, moving curbing, Main street. . 20 00
W. F. Hayward Co., clearing snow 16 50
$75 07
Support of poor
$765 00
Fire engine company, paid members
$320 00
Fuel, A. F. Jones, 1904, 1905 18 75
F. E. Jones 15 00
$353 75
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FIRE WARDENS AND ENGINEERS.
H. D. Mowry $ 1 05
C. H. Hilton
2 00
L. A. Buffum 60
P. Converse. .
2 80
W. L. Church
6 20
W. R. Wallis 33 80
32 00
W. H. Parker
Hughes & Howard 6 00
$84 45
PRINTING.
L. H. Balcome
$17 25
Eagle Printing Co 104 75
$122 00
Town clerk $83 82
Registrars
60 00
Election expenses
70 00
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Lena Frost, nursing and board of Mrs.
Junior .
$46 00
Dr. Clark, medical attendance
28 00
66
Elliott 2 00
one vaccination . 50
J. Sullivan, eight days quarantine 14 00
Dr. Balcome, antitoxin, St. Andrews 5 00
F. Bowen, board health, various expenses
30 33
Quarantine, Virgin .
15 00
Bunfield 16 00
St. Andrews 20 00
$176 83
Cattle inspection, W. E. Cook.
$46 00
Meat
66
36 08
$82 08
Schools
$7,396 51
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BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
Mrs. Knapp. $35 00
Geo. Blackmer 35 00
$70 00
ASSESSORS OF TAXES.
W. H. Wellman $11 87
Wm. Manahan 45 00
J. B. Sweet /. 52 00
C. H. Batcheller 114 04
$222 91
S. S. Post, G. A. R., charitable purposes $150 00
Truant officers
26 50
Military aid
4 00
Soldiers' and widows' relief
$77 60
Care Geo. Blackmer
24 50
Dr. Holbrook, attending Mrs. Knapp
16 00
$117 50
State aid
$880 00
Library insurance
$50 00
Repair pump
1 10
$51 10
Grading school house lot, Kenyon $87 03
SALARIES TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen
$100 00
Overseers of poor
175 00
Treasurer
75 00
S. S. Committee
50 00
Auditor
5 00
Tax collector, E. P. Heath
150 00
$555 00
Douglas Electric Co
$1,091 46
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Henry Tetu, janitor, town hall and engine hall $28 00
A. F. Jones, repair town clock 25 00
W. E. Schuster, stationery, letter files, etc. 5 45
Board of Albert Roberts, Worcester Coun- ty Truant School 35 16
F. J. Libby, assisting auditing accounts. . 15 00
A. P. Rugg, legal services, P. & W. E. R. R. Co., franchise 25 00
H. D. Mowry, expenses teams, Mrs. Knapp's funeral . 4 00
F. Bowen, setting glass
1 30
W. R. Wallis, lumber, town buildings 146 47
Officers for Fourth of July 7 50
C. Labree, dog officer 14 00
G. Abbott, postal cards for tax collector . . 10 50
Purchase lot in village pine cemetery . .
20 00
F. H. Bird, insurance. 35 04
W. E. Cook, inspecting and killing 2 horses 6 00
C. E. Horne, building wall M. E. Davis. . 62 98
Orson Chase, mowing cemetery . 10 00
W. L. Church, team, state aid agent.
75
F. Bowen, returning 35 deaths
8 75
Drs. Clark, Johnson and Ela, reporting births 11 50
Dr. Clark, attending Quinn at lockup 1 00
J. Mason, thawing out watering trough. 1 00
W. B. Fairfield, printing tax notices 1 00
$ 475 40
STATE AID.
Jos. T. Arnold .
$36 00
Wellington Balcome
72 00
Laura Balcome 24 00
Horace Belding 48 00
Lizzie Cook 48 00
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Wellington Dore
$58 00
Chas. E. Greene
48 00
Christopher Gazette 48 00
Anna Knapp
16 00
Mrs. W. H. Marshall 48 00
John P. Otis
36 00
Joseph Quinn .
48 00
Elmira Staples.
48 00
Chandler Titus
48 00
Mrs. Leander Thompson
48 00
Chas. Whipple
48 00
Dorris B. Young
48 00
Catherine Barton
36 00
Mrs. McKenney .
32 00
Mrs. Chas. Whipple
12 00
Wm. E. Chase
18 00
Mrs. Wm. Chase
12 00
$880 00
Military aid
$4 00
SOLDIERS' AND WIDOWS' RELIEF.
Mrs. Knapp
$32 00
Mrs. Gould
45 00
Geo. Blackmer
24 50
W. Balcome
16 00
$117 50
W. S. SCHUSTER, E. N. JENCKES, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Treasurer's Report.
WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Treasurer.
1906.
CR.
Mar. 14 Paid note, E. N. Jenckes, agt. . $2,000 00 Interest 59 21
$2,059 21
Paid note, Lura Wallis, expires
April 2nd. $800 00
Interest
43 33
843 33
Paid note, Edwin Moore est.,
March 28 $2,000 00
Interest
115 66
2,115 66
Paid note, M. M. Luther est., March 29 $200 00
Interest
11 53
211 53
16 Paid H. D. Mowry, overseer of poor, money returned by state 5 20 Library orders, numbers 14 to 18 inclusive . 32 57
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Apr. 3 Selectmen's orders, number 173 to 187 .... $1,486 48 H. D. Mowry, overseer poor, money from Uxbridge 14 00
G. H. Stoddard, library order, number 19 .. 35 60
12
H. D. Mowry, overseer poor, money returned by state 74 07
10 Library order, number 20, Vera Warner 17 74
23 66 21, J. B. Howard 5 00
12 Chas. Labree, court money, April 1 17 60
May 7 Library order, number 22, Vera Warner 17 90 Selectmen's orders, number 188 to 204 2,447 05
31 A. B. Chapin, state treasurer, one-fourth liquor license 1,000 00
June 4 Selectmen's orders, number 205 to 214. Library order, number 23, Bert Hughes .... 66 24, J. B. Howard . . 5 00
1,036 52
3 00
21
66 25, Bert Hughes. . . 5 00
5
66 66 26, Vera Warner . . . 19 06
July 2 E. P. Heath, constable, court money 13 47
Selectmen's orders, number 215 to 223 945 58
23 E. P. Heath, order of abatement 104 09
26 Paid note, E. N. Jenckes, given July 2 501 87
6 Library order, number 27.
26 77
66 66 28
19 48
66 66
29.
5 00
8 94
Wm. Manahan, court money returned .
Aug. 6 Selectmen's orders, 224 to 241
4,814 75
23 H. D. Mowry, overseer poor, money returned by state 28 25
Sept. 4 Selectmen's orders, number 242 to 256
857 25
Oct. 1 Library order, number 30, Vera Warner
19 39
66
66
66 32, Frank Jones . .. 70 75
66
66 31, Bert Hughes.
5 00
33, Vera Warner 18 14
14
Oct. 1 Library order number 34, Bert Hughes . .
$ 5 00 66 66 66 35, Vera Warner 19 01 Selectmen's orders, number 257 to 265 802 13
E. P. Heath, sheriff, court money . 28 86
Chas. Labree, constable, court money
26 08
J. B. Howard, constable, court money
629 50
5 Library order, number 36, G. H. Stoddard .
5 90
66 66
37, Bert Hughes . 5 00
66 66 66
38, Vera Warner 19 24
Nov. 5 Selectmen's orders, number 266 to 279 1,135 89
19 State treasurer, to state tax 66 repair highways
79 50
20 Library order, number 39, Bert Hughes 5 25
66 66 40, Vera Warner . 19 61
Dec. 1
Edward A. Brown, balance county tax ... Selectmen's orders, number '280 to 288
629 50
1,110 74
20 E. P. Heath, collector, taxes 1905, abate- ment per order assessors
47 62
15 International Trust Co., school note, number 9
280 00
Jan. 4 Chas. Labree, court money J. B. Howard, “
10 59
Library order, number 41, Vera Warner. . . 19 02
66 42, Bert Hughes . ... 66
43, G. H. Stoddard . 4 20
7 Selectmen's orders, number 289 to 300. 1,350 96
30 Library order, number 44, Vera Warner. 17 89
66 66 45, Bert Hughes 5 00
31 A. B. Chapin, state treasurer, druggist li- cense 25
Shawmut National Bank, expense collecting check 10
H. D. Mowry, overseer poor, money returned by state 15 00
Feb. 4 Selectmen's orders, number 301 to 306 900 41
25 Library order, number 46, Vera Warner 19 05
30 65
5 00
.
1,000 00 International Trust Co., interest seven notes
1,260 00
15 54 Edward A. Brown, one-half county tax. ..
I5
Feb. 25 28
Library order number 47, Bert Hughes . ... $ 6 25
48, Frank E. Jones. . 22 50
66 66 49, C. J. Batcheller . 7 86
66 66 50, J. W. Wixtead . . 10 96
66
66 66 51, Douglas Electric
Company .
72 30
E. P. Heath, collector, discount on taxes 277 98
abatement on taxes . . 112 55
66
town taxes 36 74
Selectmen's orders, number 307 to 325
1,849 02
$30,788 90
Feb. 28 By cash in hands of treasurer 6,365 14
$37,154 04
1906.
DR.
Mar. 1 Cash on hand
$6154 38
12 Walter E. Jones, by E. P. Heath, trustee, 4th payment on shortage account 467 80
12 N. Y., N. H. &. H. R. R., Fire damages. . 18 45
21 Walter E. Jones, by E. P. Heath, trustee, 5th payment on shortage account. 1122 04
April 1 Interest for March
6 97
A. A. Putnam, Justice, court money 56 07
3 Uxbridge, town paupers, money returned. . .
14 00
6
A. B. Chapin, State Treas. support sick paupers 74 07
24 Jos. Labelle & Co., license 1st and 4th class 2000 00 Wm. Bruley & Co., 2 pool tables and alleys 20 00
27
28 Napoleon Bonville, 1 pool table 5 00
30 Jos. Derham & Co., 1st and 4th class license
2000 00
30 Amos Goodness, 4 pool tables 20 00
May 1 Interest for April on deposits 84
7 W. H. Herendeen, auctioneer's license. . 2 00
E. P. Heath, Auctioneer's license . 2 00
14 Manchaug Co., check for repairing and
16
building Macadam road Depot St. as per agreement
$300 00
15 Walter E. Jones, E. P. Heath, trustee, 6th and last payment of W. E. Jones shortage to town . 488 89
17 Walter E. Jones, E. P. Heath, trustee, dif- ference in book accounts and bills of W. E. Jones
39 12
18 Jacob H. Seder, Pedler's license No. 285, 5-18-07
8 00
31 Interest for deposits May
5 00
July 2 Welford Beane, Clerk of Court Interest for June
89
23
E. P. Heath, collector No. 23, 1905 tax
1906 tax No. 1.
1071 00
26
66
66
66
3
900 00
27
66
.6
4
2,000 00
30
66
66
66
66
5
550 00
66
66
66
6
4,550 00
31 66
66
66
66
7.
1,000 00
Aug. 2
66
66
66
66
8
1,250 00
Interest on deposits for July
62
6
E. P. Heath, collector, 1906, number 9
66
10 500 00
23
State treasurer, sick paupers .
13 25
66 transportation paupers
1 20
burial of paupers . 15 00
66
. 6 inspector of animals 23 50
25 B. Sedesky, license peddler, number 465, expires August 21, 1907
8 00
28 Circus license
2 00
Sept. 7 E. P. Heath, collector, number 11
800 00
Interest received, August deposits 12 50
Oct. 1 E. P. Heath, collector, number 12 600 00
E. E. Young, undertaker's license 1 00
16 44
E. N. Jenckes note 4 1-2 per cent.
500 00
373 09
24
25 66 66
550 00
600 00
21
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Oct. 1 A. A. Putnam, court money returned $94 62 Interest on September deposits 11 48
9 Edw. Knapp, auctioneer's license 2 00
16 E. P. Heath, collector, number 13 350 00
23 B. Frank Strogroff, peddler's license 8 00
29 E. P. Heath, collector, number 14 800 00
Nov. 2 66 15 1,500 00
Interest for October 12 04
19 State corporation tax
" national bank tax
185 12
aid
962 00
66 Board of Charity 1 20
15 00
burial of soldiers 70 00
Interest on deposits for November
13 52
3 E. P. Heath, collector, number 16 66 taxes,'05,
700 00
number 23 $8 98
E. P. Heath, collector, taxes, in- terest 22 5.9
E. P. Heath, collector, taxes, abatements 47 62
79 19
31 Edw. A. Brown, treasurer, dog money State treasurer, temporary aid 15 00
1907.
Jan. 2 A. A. Putnam, justice, court money 71 22 Intesest on deposits for December 12 54
3 E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 taxes, number 17 200 00
7 E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 taxes, number 18 525 00
21 E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 taxes, number 19 200 00
25 A. B. Chapin, state treasurer, Mass. school fund 845 62
31 Interest on deposits for January 10 87
Dec. 1 20
308 16
burial of paupers
310 13
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Feb. 9 E. P. Heath, collector, 1906, number 20. $200 02 L.S. Aldrich, Uxbridge, money returned state, school superintendent . 500 00
28 E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 taxes, number 21 530 00
E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 taxes, discount 277 98
66 " 'abatement 112 55
.6 66 " town tax.
36 74
Arthur Chapin, state treasurer, income tax . 2 05
66 66 support sick paupers 37 75
Interest on deposits for February 11 12
$37,154 04
Walter E. Jones who was short in his account as treasurer of the town has made the last three payments on the shortage throngh E. P. Heath his trustee.
Fourth payment $467 80
Fifth 66 1,122 04
Sixth and last payment 488 89
$2,078 73
Last year the town received three payments on this shortage.
Feb. 15 Number one $1,385 27
19 Number two 2,031 96
24 Number three 500 00
$3,917 23
Which with payments made this year make a total received on shortage account of . $5,995 96
The town's money is on deposit in the Shawmut Bank, Boston, and you have received $98.39 interest. The town has paid the following notes :
E. N. Jenckes, agt. $2,000 00
Lura Wallis 800 00
Edwin Moore, est 2,000 00
M. M. Luther, est 200 00
School house.note number nine 1,000 00
Interest on these notes 509 73
$6,509 73
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You have reduced the debt of the town $6,509.73. The only bill or note against the town is the $6,000.00 on new school house, and you have more than enough money in the hands of your treasurer to pay this bill, but these notes can only be paid at the rate of $1,000.00 each year. Your town debt has never been so small as it is today. Below is the debt for the past seven years, also amount showing how much money your treasurer had on hand each year.
Town debt.
Cash on hand.
March 1, 1901,
$25,173 58
$ 643 12
1902,
22,430 42
959 05
66
1903,
19,940 00
2,697 98
66
1904,
14,800 00
1,733 74
66
1905,
13,812 00
1,827 07
66
1906,
12,000 00
6,154 38
66
1907,
6,000 00
6,365 14
In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, Peoples Savings Bank,
Worcester, for care of cemetery lot . $100 00
ASSETS.
Cash on hand
$6,365 14
66
66
1897 66
145 67
66
66
66 1899 66
229 90
66
66
66 66 1900 254 22
66
66
66 66 1901 66
95 07
66 66 E. P. Heath, 66 1906 66
197 04
66
66 State, burial of soldiers 70 00
6: 66
66 for state aid . 880 00
$8,317 35
66
Due from Foresters for rent of hall to April 1, 1907 . 60 00
E. B. Knapp, collector, 1896 taxes 20 31
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LIABILITIES.
Six school house notes $6,000 00
WALTER E. SCHUSTER,
Town Treasurer.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Douglas, Mass. :
. I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- urer and Tax Collector for the year ending March 1, 1907 and find them to be correct. The Treasurer's cash balance of $6,365 .- 14, is accounted for as follows :--
On deposit in National Shawmut Bank, Boston $5,920 86
Checks undeposited 422 90
Cash on hand 21 38
$6,365 14
WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL, Auditor.
March 1, 1907. By A. T. Byrnes.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
1906.
BIRTHS.
Whole number 66
Number of males
29
Number of females
37
66
American parentage 23
Foreign parentage
33
Mixed parentage.
10
66
MARRIAGES.
Whole number 26
American birth
27
Foreign birth 25
Residents of Douglas 42
Elsewhere
10
First marriage .
49
Second marriage
3
DEATHS.
Whole number 45
Males.
22
Females 23
- 45
22
American birth 34
Foreign birth
11
-
45
Number under 1 year
9
Between 1 and 5
3
66
5 and 10
2
66
10 and 20
1
66
20 and 30
2
66 30 and 40
4
66 40 and 50
3
66
50 and 60
3
66
60 and 70
5
66
70 and 80
5
80 and 90
8
66
90 and 100
45
DOGS REGISTERED.
Whole number 166
Males, 153 at $2.00
$306 00
Females, 13 at 5.00
65 00
$371 00
Less fees, (166 at 20 cts.)
33 20
Paid to County Treasurer
$337 80
GEORGE ABBOTT,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF
Simon Fairfield Public Library
1906.
DR.
To appropriation by the town $400 00
Dog fund for the year
310 13
Carbide sold 3 50
Old newspapers sold. 2 75
Fines for the year
17 39
$733 77
1906.
CR.
Mar. 16
By paid Vera H. Warner, librarian $20 00
24
J. B. Howard, janitor 5 00
April 2 Geo. H. Stoddard, magazines and papers 35 60
10 Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries. 20 09
23 J. B. Howard, janitor 5 00
May 8
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
21
66
J. B. Howard, janitor
5 00
June 1
66 Cleaning 3 00
5
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries . 20 05
21
66 Bert Hughes, janitor . 5 00
25
66 Electric lighting for four months . 30 27
24
July 5 By paid Vera H. Warner, librarian
$20 00
21 66 Bert Hughes, janitor . 5 00
31 66 Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries. 20 05
Aug. 20 66 Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
21 6.
Frank Jones, coal
70 75
28 66 Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
Sept. 20 6:
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
25 66 Vera H. Warner, librarian 20 00
Oct. 5
66 G. H. Stoddard, newspapers 8 65
20 66
Bert Hughes, janitor .
5 00
23
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian, express. .
20 25
Nov. 20
66
Bert Hughes, janitor, sundries. 5 25
20
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian, express. .
20 30
Dec. 18
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
20
66
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
1907.
Jan. 5
66
Geo. H. Stoddard, newspapers
4 20
15
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian 20 00
20
66 Bert Hughes, janitor . 5 00
Feb. 12
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
20
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
66 Cutting and housing wood .
1 25
28
.6
Frank Jones, coal
22 50
66 Wood
4 50
66
Keys, electric light bulbs, express
3 36
66
J. W. Wixtead, supplies
10 96
66 Electric lighting for eight months.
72 30
$588 33
Cash in town treasury . ·
145 44
$733 77
ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS.
DR
James M. Fairfield endowment, ( $5,000.00.) To received one year's interest $175 00
25
CR.
By paid W. E. Jones, labor and material on
roof .
$15 26
Trustees for grading and repairs 90 47
$105 73
Balance unexpended $69 27
James Smith devise, ( $6,000.00.)
·To received six month's interest . $120 00
The library has passed another prosperous year. An order has been placed for over two hundred new books, which will soon be in the hands of the readers, and some two hundred and fifty old books are being rebound. The expense for these new books and the rebinding is to be met from the balances on hand as shown in this report.
The book committee, in future, will make additions of the new books by the standard authors, as soon as published, thus keeping the library up to date, and giving the patrons the benefit of the new books while they are new.
From the experience of the past three years, the trustees are satisfied that the hot air furnace is not adequate to keeping the library comfortably warm in cold weather, and that the consump- tion of coal is excessive to the results obtained. They propose equipping the building with either steam or hot water heating this season.
CHAS. J. BATCHELLER, Treasurer.
26
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF POOR
FOR YEAR ENDING MAR. 1, 1907.
LEVI A. BROWN, Supt. of Almshouse.
Personal property at almshouse, as per inventory
March 1, 1906
$2,140.06
March 1, 1907 2,125.02
Decrease
15.04
We have made the Superintendent .debtor to what he has received for labor, produce, etc., and credited him with what he has paid out as follows:
1906
DR.
Mar. 29 Butter $ 1 20
15
6 19 lbs. butter 5 70
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