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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
IN
16
Year Ending
MARCH 1, 1908.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1908.
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WHITINSVILLE, MASS. : PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1908.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
WORCESTER SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Douglas, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, East Douglas, in said Douglas, on Monday, the six- teenth day of March current, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasurer, 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 select- man, one assessor, 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 selectman for term of two years to fill vacancy, and to vote Yes or No on the question shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in the Town the ensuing year.
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.
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 vote to adopt the following by law :- Art. 5, Sec. 1. After the first of May, 1908, no person shall engage in business of purchasing, selling or bartering junk, old metals or second hand articles in Douglas without being li- censed by the selectmen. Sec. 2. The selectmen shall annually license one or more suitable persons to carry on said business of junk dealer in said Town imposing such fee therefor as they may determine.
ART. 11. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist and what their compensation shall be.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to contract with the Douglas Electric Co. for street lighting the ensuing year, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
ART. 13. To see what sum the town will raise and appropri- ate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.
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.
ART. 15. To see what salary the town will pay its Tax Col- lector the ensuing year.
ART. 16. To see what price the town will pay for teams and labor on the highways the ensuing year.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money 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 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 and appropriate for the Simon Fairfield Public Library.
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.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to build or construct a system of water works for domestic and fire purposes, or do any- thing or act in relation thereto.
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ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to alter or enlarge the drain from T. W. S. Ritchie's line across the road connecting with drain, providing said Ritchie pay half the cost, or do anything in relation thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the town will raise or appropriate one hundred dollars for the dedication of soldiers' monument.
ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the repair and building of bridges.
ART. 26. 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.
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 vote to sell its stone crush- er or do anything in relation to the same.
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.
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 second day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight.
W. S. SCHUSTER,
W. L. CHURCH, B Selectmen of Douglas.
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Report of the Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen herein submit the report of the various town officers for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1908. The Board has drawn orders on the town treasurer amounting to $21,437.29 for the following purposes:
Highways
$1,836 57
Snow roads
13 15
Support of poor
1,000 00
Fire Company
327 75
Schools
8,269 80
School Physician 50 00
Sidewalks, P. Converse
2 75
Grading school house lot, Kenyon
40 90
Douglas Electric Co
998 14
S. S. Post, G. A. R.
150 00
Repair stone road with trap rock
57 47
Douglas town cemetery
100 00
Monument at Douglas town
200 00
Election expenses
92 25
Town clerk
83 13
Burial of Indigent Soldier, Wellington Dore
35 00
Railing highway
8 78
Cattle inspection, W. E. Cook
49 78
Meat inspection, W. E. Cook
22 80
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BRIDGES.
Cemetery street, W. R. Wallis, lumber, etc. $65 87
W. E. Balcome 8 34
$74 21
GILBOA.
W. R. Wallis, material
$363 26
W. E. Balcome
82 06
$445 32
Credit town of Uxbridge
147 11
$298 21
LOVETT.
W. R. Wallis, material $ 476 69
Waldo Bros., cement.
141 31
Freight.
32 30
R. Bruley .
1,587 46
W. E. Balcome
98 64
$2,336 40
Schuster Woolen Co., repairing lower bridge
4 75
Total
$2,713 57
SUPPRESSING ILLEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR.
Charles Labree
$25 00
E. P. Heath 75 00
$100 00
FIRE WARDENS.
Frank A. Read $ 19 05
W. S. Jillson, Dike fire.
40 00
W. S. Jillson, Douglas woods 224 25
W. L. Church
71 40
Manchaug Co 94 40
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B. F. King $ 26 20
U. I. Peters 424 40
W. E. Schuster 217 25
W. R. Wallis
386 90
Am. Axe and Tool Co
17 05
T. W. S. Ritchie, victuals 40 56
$1,560 90
ASSESSORS.
C. H. Batcheller . $114 30
Wm. Manahan
36 25
L. J. Marsh 45 00
Canvassing town
10 00
Books and blanks
11 10
Clerk's time . 13 50
$230 15
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
F. Bowen . . $15 60
Dr. Couillard
24 00
Dr. Clark 3 50
$43 10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Henry Tetu, janitor town hall and engine hall, two years $ 60 00
W. H. Herendeen, burial mad dog 2 00
Dr. Holbrook, return births 1906 & 1907 5 00
Worcester County Truant School, board, Roberts 47 74
Eagle Printing Co
103 75
Hall, auditing
47 31
Dr. Couillard, reporting births
2 25
W. R. Wallis, grading sticks
1 80
Mosler Safe Co., safe, town clerk 122 50
IO
E. L. Williams, moving safe. $ 1 00
C. S. Goodness, labor on flag pole 1 50
Freight on safe and cement 4 65
Tax books for collector 2 50
Officers, Fourth of July
7 50
W. Manahan, dog officer
10 00
L. H. Cunliff, valve box for watering trough 3 45
C. J. Batcheller, ink for tress 7 50
F. Bowen, reporting 38 deaths 9 50
Allen Vickers, share of Walling estate 14 51
Freddie Vickers, share of Walling estate W. L. Church, express . 7 00
14 51
Dr. Clark, reporting births
3 50
James Mason, care of watering trough
5 00
Freight on snow plow. . 4 80
H. N. Logee, work on scraper and valve box . 6 50
Est. Geo. Abbott, postal cards and en- velopes for collector. 8 74
Dr. Ela, reporting births 3 25
W. E. Hayward & Co., work on trees 12 00
$519 76
STATE AID.
Wellington H. Balcome $72 00
Charles H. Barton 48 00
Elmer H. Balcome 24 00
Horace Belding
48 00
Wm. H. Cook.
48 00
Wellington Dore
57 00
Charles E. Green
48 00
Christopher Gazette 48 00
Wm. H. Marshall
48 00
John P. Otis
36 00
Joseph Quinn
48 00
Simeon H. Staples
36 00
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Chandler Titus $48 00
Leander Thompson 48 00
Charles A. Whipple 48 00
Dorris B. Young 48 00
Elisha McKenney 48 00
Wm. E. Chase 48 00
Mrs. Wm. E. Chase 24 00
Mrs. Charles A. Whipple
48 00
Joseph Arnold
38 00
Dighton Goddard
54 00
$1013 00
SOLDIERS' AND WIDOWS' RELIEF.
Mrs. Gould
$40 00
Wellington Balcome 24 00
$64 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
C. Mercier, Registrar $ 15 00
F. Bowen, Board of Health 15 00
Tax Collector, 1906
150 00
Selectmen 80 41
Overseers of Poor
150 00
Treasurer 75 00
S. S. Committee
50 00
$535 41
W. S. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Treasurer's Report.
WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Treasurer.
1907.
CR.
Mar.12 Henry D. Mowry, overseer of poor $37 75
Apr. 1 Selectmen's orders, 326 to 336. 1,335 13
3 Charles Labree, constable, court money 44 42
May 6 Selectmen's orders, 337 to 351
1,882 40
June 1 Collecting check . . . 10
State, { druggist license 25
3 Selectmen's orders, 352 to 362 1,954 71
12 Henry D. Mowry, money received by state. 24 20
41 54
July 1 E. P. Heath, deputy sheriff, court money . . . Charles Labree, constable, 66 38 94
E. P. Heath, collector, 1906 abatements . 32 47
Selectmen's orders, 363 to 375. 1,737 94
Sept. 3
Selectmen's orders, 376 to 395. 2,402 12
Oct. 7 Charles Labree, constable, court money 20 94 ...
Edward A. Brown, treasurer, ¿ county tax. . Selectmen's orders, 396 to 406 .. 1,136 65
662 00
E. P. Heath, deputy sheriff, court money .. . Will Manahan, constable, court money . . .. 5 14
7 09
31 W. H. Herendeen, care of cemetery and re- pairing stone. This fund is in trust, Henry Whiting fund 10 00
13
Nov. 4 Selectmen's orders, 407 to 414 .. $1,694 12
15 State treasurer, state tax . 1,480 00
6. repair of highways 6 02
Dec. 2 Selectmen's orders, 415 to 428. 2,238 83 Edward A. Brown, balance of county tax 662 00
1908.
Jan. 1 E. P. Heath, deputy sheriff, court money . .. 16 54 Charles Labree, constable, 10 24
6 International Trust Co., school house note, No. 10 1,000 00 International Trust Co., interest on 6 notes. 240 00
Selectmen's orders, 429 to 441.
2,604 82
Feb. 1 Collecting check 10
3 Selectmen's orders, 442 to 445. 1,154 09
29 Selectmen's orders, 446 to 466. . 2,183 02
Library orders, 52 to 86, inclusive 659 60
E. P. Heath, collector, discount on taxes . .
320 13
66 ", town tax. 38 83
66
abatements 77 01
$25,759 14
1908.
Mar. 1 By cash in hands of treasurer 5,946 30
$31,705 44
Cash in bank, James Smith Mon- ument Fund $3,131 50
Interest .
54 80
3,186 30
$34,891 74
1907.
DR.
$6,365 14
Mar. 1 Cash on hand . A. A. Putnam, court money . 4 34 National Shawmut Bank, interest for March 9 64 Apr. 1 Fire damages, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co .. 30 65
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Apr. 22 Henry Stoughton Hewett, special license, peddler, less amount taxes $ 6 42
May 1 Interest for April 9 55
6 Adams Express Co., license . 1 00
Auctioneer's license, W. H. Herendeen 2 00
Inn holders license, Jos. T. Derham 1 00
8 Amos Goodness, 3 pool tables, 1 billiard ... E. P. Heath, auctioneer's license 2 00
20 00
11 Napoleon Bonville, 1 pool table 5 00
June 1 Interest for May . 9 78
23 00
3 State treasurer, support of sick paupers. . . . transportation of sick pau- pers 24 20
4 J. H. Seder, peddlers license 8 00
12 Druggist's license 1 00
July 1 Interest for June .
6 00
A. A. Putnam, justice, court money 87 17
E. P. Heath, tax collector, taxes.
221 45
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collector, No. 1, 1907 taxes ...
1,550 00
25
66
66
2, 66
66
1,550 00
27
66
66 66 3, 66
3,900 00
31 66
66
4, 66
66
. . .
2,300 00
Aug. 2 66
66
5, 66
66
4,520 00
Interest for July
3 93
5
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 6, 1907 taxes. . . 300 00 66 66 7, " 800 00
14 Foresters, rent of town hall to April 1, 1907
60 00
19 State treasurer, inspection of animals
24 00
20 Ameen Forzley, peddlers license .
8 00
Sept. 3
66
9, 66
300 00
23 97
Interest for August Credit W. R. Wallis
6 07
21 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 10, 1907 taxes
600 00
Oct. 1 Interest for September 24 92
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 11, 1907 taxes. . 400 00
A. A. Putnam, justice, court money . . 11 35
Rent of town hall, Catholic whist party . . .
2 00
. .
10
26 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 8, 1907 taxes . .
775 00
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Oct. 3 R. H. Chamberlain, county sheriff, P. Gardi- ner . $ 10 00
8 L. S. Aldrich, Uxbridge, check for the town share of money from state for school superintendent. 500 00
23 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 12, 1907 tax . 600 00 Henry Whiting Fund, interest drawn for re- pairing cemetery lot 10 00
Nov. 1 Interest for October
24 82
2 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 13, 1907 taxes. . 975 00
8 E. B. Knapp, auctioneer's license .
2 00
15 Arthur Chapin, state treasurer, corporation tax 818 67
National bank tax
204 87
Burial of soldiers 35 00
State aid . 861 00
19 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 14, 1907 taxes. .
2 00
21 Rent town hall, Catholic church whist party. Emel Rein, old lumber from bridge 4 00
26 B. C. Seder, peddlers license.
8 00
Dec. 1 Interest for November
22 82
6 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 15, 1907 taxes. . 470 00
31 A. A. Putnam, justice, court money 93 96
1908.
Jan. 1 Edward A. Brown, county treasurer, dog tax 289 97 Received from town of Uxbridge, § of total cost of repairing Gilboa bridge 147 11
Interest for deposit, December . . 20 69
2 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 16, 1907 taxes. . 261 00
28 State treasurer, money returned for school fund 847 49
Feb. 1 Interest for January deposits .
16 54
17 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 17, 1907 taxes. .
474 53
22 Rent town hall
2 00
29 State treasurer, corporation tax. 3 92
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 18, 1907 taxes. . 429 48
town tax 38 83
200 00
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Feb. 29. E. P. Heath, collector, abatements $ 77 01 66 discount on taxes 320 13
Interest on deposits for February 15 82
$31,760 24
1907.
Apr. 15 James Smith Monument Fund 3,131 50
$34,891 74
In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot $100 00
ASSETS.
Cash on hand $5,946 30
Due from Foresters, rent of hall, April 1, 1908.
Due from E. B. Knapp, collector, 1896
66 66
1897
145 67
66 66 66 1899 229 90
66.
66 1900 254 22
66
66 66 1901 95 07
Due from E. P. Heath, collector, 1907
786 59
Due from state for state aid .
1,016 00
$8,554 06
LIABILITIES.
Five school house notes $5,000 00
WALTER E. SCHUSTER,
Town Treasurer.
60 00
20 31
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East Douglas, Mass., March 2, 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Douglas, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- urer and Tax Collector for the year ending February 29, 1908, and find them to be correct.
The Treasurer's cash balance of $9,132.60 is accounted for as follows : .
On deposit in National Shawmut Bank of Boston :
Town funds.
$5,433 74
Smith Monument Fund 3,186 30
Total on deposit
$8,620 04
Checks undeposited .
141 71
Cash on hand
370 85
Total cash on hand and in bank. $9,132 60
Respectfully submitted,
WM. FRANKLIN HALL, Auditor.
Per A. T. Byrnes.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
1907.
BIRTHS.
Whole number. 60
Number of males
25
Number of females 35
60
American parentage 17
Foreign parentage 32
Mixed parentage . 11
60
MARRIAGES.
Whole number 35
American birth 34
Foreign birth 36
Residents of Douglas 59
Elsewhere
11
First marriage
66
Second marriage
4
DEATHS.
Whole number 57
Males 24
Females 33
19
American birth 44
Foreign birth . 13
57
Number under 1 year
12
Between
1 and
5
4
5 and
10
1
10 and 20
2
66
20 and 30
6
66
30 and 40
4
40 and
50
4
€ 6 50 and
60
5
60 and 70.
4
70 and 80
5
80 and 90
10
90 and 100.
0
57
DOGS REGISTERED.
Whole number 166
Males, 157 at $2.00
$314 00
Females, 9 at $5.00.
45 00
$359 01
Less fees, ( 166 at 20 cts.) .
33 20
Paid to County Treasurer
$325 80
ERWIN E. CARPENTER,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF
Simon Fairfield Public Library
DR.
1907.
$145 44
Mar. 1 Balance due from town
120 00
Balance income, Smith fund
Balance income, Fairfield fund 69 27
Total balance in favor of Library
$334 71
Income for year as follows :-
$400 00
Town appropriation
Dog fund. 289 97
21 89
Interest Keith fund
240 00
Interest Fairfield fund
175 00
Fines
10 68
Total Income
1137 54
$1472 25
Interest Smith fund
2I
1907.
CR.
Mar. 10
Paid A. F. Jones, wood
$11 00
12
Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries 20 15
20
66 Bert Hughes, janitor 5 00
April 9 66 Books
150 17
10
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries 20 35
20
Bert Hughes, janitor 5 00
66 Magazines. 24 95
22
.6 Library Cards
4 00
May
7
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
16
66 Newpapers
5 60
20
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
June 4
66
Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries
20 65
20
66 Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
" Cutting Wood
1 25
July 2
Vera H. Warner, librarian
20 00
19
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
30
" Frank E. Jones, coal
15 00
Aug. 20
66
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
Sept. 7
66
Martha Belding, substitute librarian 25 85
20
66
Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
Oct.
3
Vera H. Warner, librarian.
20 00
6
" Estate A. J. Thayer, team grading
3 50
8
History
2 25
9
66
Book labels
3 25
20
Cleaning library 8 00
66 Bert Hughes, janitor 5 00
21
Express
40
Stoddard's newspaper bill
3 05
" H. C. Holden, newspapers
7 50
31
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries
20 16
Nov. 20
66 Bert Hughes, janitor, sundries 7 00
27
Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries 20 15
Dec. 20
Bert Hughes, Janitor 5 00
26
" Vera H. Warner, librarian 20 00
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian 20 85
6 Douglas Electric Co., lights
25 12
66
22
1908.
Paid cartage of steam heater $2 85
Jan. 11
" Frank E. Jones, coal 82 50
Newspapers 3 81
Bookbinding 83 35
66 Electric lights
41 98
23
66 Vera H. Warner, librarian, express
20 35
24
" Bert Hughes, janitor
5 00
30
66 Books .
109 89
Feb. 20
Vera H. Warner, librarian, sundries . 20 25
66 Bert Hughes, janitor 5 00
29
66 Frank E. Jones, coal 31 00
" Douglas Electric Co. 22 26
" Removing Registers and closing floor 5 25
$978 69
1908.
Mar. 1. Unexpended Balances as follows :-
Due from the town $175 81
Smith fund. 176 43
Fairfield fund 141 32
493 56
$1,472 25
In accordance with the announcement in the last annual re- port, the trustees have placed in the building a complete, and highly satisfactory steam heating plant, making it thoroughly comfortable in the most extreme weather. The trustees expected to meet this expense by suspending book additions, etc., but Mr. James Fairfield, of Boston, the donor of the library, and its re- peated benefactor, came forward and insisted on paying the full cost. The entrance to the library, steps and walk, which have never been satisfactory to Mr. Fairfield, have been removed and rebuilt at his own expense, giving results in accord with the fine building.
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The library has passed a most successful year. The new rule of the often addition of books, keeping it up to date, is proving a great success.
We are indebted to Mr. Henry Capron, of Uxbridge, for the presentation of a large number of valuable books.
1907.
Oct. 21 Received of James Fairfield . .. $585 00 Paid Foster Heating Co., steam plant $585 00
ENDOWMENT FUNDS.
Mrs. Royal Keith
$ 200 00
James Fairfield 5000 00
James Smith
6000 00
$11,200 00
CHAS. J. BATCHELLER, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF POOR
FOR YEAR ENDING MAR. 1, 1908.
ORSON M. Chase, Supt. of Almshouse.
Personal property at almshouse, as per inventory
March 1, 1907
$2,125 02
March 1, 1908
2131 50
Increase $6 48
We have made the Superintendent debtor to what he has re- ceived for labor, produce, etc., and credited him with what he has paid out as follows:
1907.
DR.
Mar. 1 Cash on hand $19 25
10 bushel pota- toes 7 95
6 qts. milk 30
4 dozen eggs 1 10
20 lbs. butter 6 00
Apr. 1 16} bushel po- tatoes $12 50
29 qts. milk 1 47
Eggs 25
1 sink 1 00
Lead pipe 36
Calf
6 50
25
Apr. 1 2 hogs, 336 lbs.
at 8c. a lb. $26 88
Potatoes
38
2 livers
50
Sept. 1
43 lbs. butter
12 70
Cream
40
10g doz. eggs 3 62
Fighting fire
60
Potatoes
2 90
Labor with team 2 50
Labor with team 1 00 Milk 05
May 1
18 qts. milk 9:2
12 bushel pota-
toes
9 95
Butter 30
Eggs 1 29
Fowls 3 35
Labor with team 6 80
Nov. 1 333 lbs. butter 10 72 Milk 10
June 1
16} lbs. butter 4 13
2 hogs, 546 lbs. at 10c. a lb. 54 60
20 qts. milk 98
1 liver 25
Eggs 8 13
Squash . 80
Potatoes
90
Dec. 1
46 lbs. butter 14 72
Cream
60
Milk 10
Corn 3
50
2 lbs. sausage 30
Hay
25
Dinners 50
Fowl
48
Vinegar
5
Labor with team 1 55
July 1
80 lbs. butter
20 54
1908.
DR.
Eggs
17 00
Jan. 4 Board, Adras-
tus Sherman
$6 00
Labor with team
95
Apples 2 20
Beans
35
Potatoes
2 50
Fowls
1 44
Turnips
75
Beans
32
Dinner
25
Pork 18
Butter 9 92
Cream
40
Fowls
4 00
Cash
3 00
Cream
20
Cow 27 00
Feb.
Milk & Cream
1 95
Aug. 1
733 lbs. butter
20 20
Butter
2 24
30} doz. eggs
8 81
Dinner
25
27 qts. milk 1 32
Labor with team
50
Labor with team 1 50
Fowls
90
Fowls 4 21
Fowls 4 55
$446 02
Cream 70
Oct. 1
45 lbs. butter 14 10
Labor with team 1 50 Eggs 38
Calf 8 00
Rake teeth 1 00
Cream 35
18lbs. butter 5 48
2 fowl 70
2 hogs, 376 lbs. at 9c. a lb. 33 84
Cream
5
Aug. 1
Squash
$
10
Milk 1 91
26
1907.
CR.
June 7
Medicine,
Mar. 13 Trace $ 25
Saw
15
26 John Condon
cash 6 35
29 T. J. Murphy
5 94
Apr. 1
Medicine, Ellen Leach 85
Tea-kettle 1 25
4
Killing hogs 2 00
10 Medicine, Ellen Leach 50
12 4 pigs
12 00
Clothing, Ellen Leach 1 00
17
Killing hogs 1 50
20 Shoeing horse . 40
Labor 7 50
27 2 bushels
May 1
Labor
17 25
Shoes, Ellen
Leach 25
Aug. 1
Clothing for Ellen Leach 50
Nails 4
Shoeing horses 1 90
Medicine, Ellen Leach 65
Cow 55 00
George Gleason 80
S. C. Smith 1 50
H. Logee 40
T. J. Murphy, cash 2 81
T. J. Murphy, cash
4 33
Camphor 25
H. N. Logee
1 00
Sept. 1
Medicine, Ellen Leach 1 00
Clothing.
Ellen Leach
77
1 doz. tomato
plants 25
Ellen Leach $ 25 Shoeing horses 1 40 John Condon, cash 5 14
Frank Young,
cash
2 18
T. J. Murphy, cash 2 59
Strawberries
30
Labor
13 70
July 1
Medicine, Ellen Leach 63
Pastry 50
Camphor 25
John Condon,
cash
5 24
T. J. Murphy,
cash
2 88
Frank Young,
cash
2 20
Labor
37 15
John Condon, Cash 3 12
T. J. Murphy,
Cash 3 46
1 plough-point 50
1 ton fertilizer 32 00
Medicine, Ellen Leach 75
Clothing,
Ellen Leach 50
John Condon, cash 2 34
John Condon, cash 2 74
W. Scribner 15
Labor
9 91
Milk pail 50
June 7
Corn-planter 1 50
Bread 7
Frank Young,
cash
1 48
potatoes 1 60
27
T. J. Murphy, cash 2 83
Ralph Dudley 1 00
Clothing,
Ellen Leach
57
Shoeing horse
55
Oct. 1 Lime 20
Clothing, Ellen Leach 60
T. Murphy,
cash
2 91
John Condon, cash 6 66
E. N. Jenckes,
on account 10 00 Labor 55
Nov. 1
Clothing,
Ellen Leach 2 95
Killing hogs
1 50
J. W. Wixtead,
cash 15 00
E. N. Jenckes,
cash 15 00
4 pigs 20 00
Lime 20
John Condon, cash 3 57
T. Murphy, cash 3 32
Dec. 1 Killing hogs 75
Labor 45
Hardware
57
Labor
3 45
Frank Young,
cash 1 45
John Condon, cash 1 45
1908.
Jan. 1 Making cider 94
Clothing, . Ellen Leach 52 S. P. Holbrook 2 25 E. N. Jenckes,
cash 15 00
J. W. Wixtead,
cash 15 00
John Condon,
cash
1 54
T. J. Murphy,
cash
3 90
Fred Parks, labor 50
Feb. 1
Labor on ice 10 80 John Condon, cash 82
T. J. Murphy,
cash
2 13
E. N. Jenckes,
cash
5 00
$419 35
Mar. 1
Cash in hands
Supt.
26 67
Bills receivable,
from Wm. H.
Emerson, con-
servative for
Ellen Leach,
from Jan. 5,
1907, to Jan. 4, 1908 147 27
From Jan. 4,
to Mar. 1, 1908 22 77 Frank Amidon,
1906 5 00
28
The Overseers have paid the following bills on almshouse account :
1907.
Apr. 1 Levi Brown, salary in full $75 00
8 Furniture 25 00
May 9 W. R. Wallis, labor and pipe 10 45
July 6 O. M. Chase, salary to July 1 75 00
29 W. A. Scribner, butter carriers 5 50
Oct. 5 O. M. Chase, salary to Oct. 1 75 00
10 Almshouse register 3 30
O. M. Chase, salary to Jan. 1
75 00
1908.
· Jan. 6 Fire extinguisher 9 50
Feb. 29 James Wixtead
44 48
E. N. Jenckes 60 92
$459 15
PAINTING ALMSHOUSE.
W. R. Wallis, lead and oil
$48 00
Frank Smith, labor . 45 25
$93 25
SUMMARY.
Superintendent has paid for supplies as per this report $419 35 Overseers have paid out as per report. , 459 15
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