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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1917
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1917
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WHITINSVILLE, MASS .: PRESS OF EAGLE PRINTING CO. 1918.
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Warrant for Town Meeting
Monday, March 18, 1918.
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 eigh- teenth day of March next, at 5.45 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 treas- urer, six constables, a tax collector, an agent of Devise of Moses Wallis, one highway commissioner, a tree warden, an auditor, all for the term of one year, also one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, one water commissioner, two members of the school committee, one trustee of the public library, one town cem- etery commissioner, all for the term of three years, and to vote Yes or No on the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this 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 out- standing committees 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
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debts and interest, for salary of superintendent of schools, for maintaining street lights, for highways and bridges, for extermina- ting browntail and gypsy moths, for salaries of town officers, and for all other expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To see what compensation the town will pay each member of the Hose Company for their services for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
ART. 7. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist, and what their compensation shall be.
ART. 8. To see what sum the town will raise and appro- priate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to oil the macadam roads, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 10. To see what salary the town will pay its tax col- lector the ensuing year.
. ART. 11. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty-five dollars for the repair of town clock, so-called, to be paid from the contingent fund.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the Simon Fairfield public library.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote the sum of one hun- dred dollars to Lambert B. Simmons Camp 123, S. of V., for de- fraying expenses for Memorial Day.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for railing highways.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used for the repair of stone roads, under super-
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vision of the selectmen, or act or do anything in relation to the same.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909 entitled, "An act relative to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on the Lord's Day."
ART. 18. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to appoint one inspector of wires.
ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to designate the various streets of the town by placing the proper signs at entrance thereof, or take any action thereon.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to require electric light and telephone companies to use the same poles in common, or take any action thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to adopt the following bylaw : The owner or tenant of land abutting upon a granolithic or concrete sidewalk in the village of East Douglas, shall remove the snow and ice therefrom within twelve hours from the deposit or accumulation thereof, under a penalty of ten dollars upon said owner.
The polls may close at 2 o'clock.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, at the Post Office in East Douglas, and at the Post Office in Douglas Center, ten days at least before the time of hold- ing 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 twenty-eighth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
W. R. WALLIS, W. E. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Report of the Selectmen
The Selectmen of Douglas respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1917.
Orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer amounting to $41,199.96, for the following purposes :
Schools, appropriation . $11,000 00
Received from State . 2,458 65
$13,458 65
Orders drawn (see school report) 13,082 29 $13,082 29
Balance . $376 36
Highways and railing, appropriation $2,450 00
Expended
2,302 31
$2,302 31
Balance ... $147 69
Hose Company, appropriation .
$240 00
Expended
240 00
$240 00
Street lighting, appropriation
$1,750 00
Expended
1,749 96
$1,749 96
Balance . 04
Support of poor, appropriation $3,000 00
Expended . 3,000 00
$3,000 00
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Soldiers and widows relief, appropriation
$100 00 Expended
312 00 $312 00
Overdrawn. .
$212 00
Moth extermination, appropriation
$300 00
Expended . .
248 00
$248 00
Balance . .. $52 00
Sidewalks, appropriation
$500 00
Expended
72 85
$72 85
Balance . . . $427 15
Repairing stone roads, appropriation
$1,125 00
Expended .
1,123 04 $1,123 04
Balance . . $1 96
Memorial Day, appropriation
$100 00
Expended
100 00
$100 00
Water bond, appropriation
$800 00
Expended .
800 00
$800 00
Fire tower, appropriation
$100 00
Expended .
100 00
$100 00
Oiling road, appropriation
$1,000 00
Expended
861 39
$861 39
Balance . $138 61
Town clock, appropriation
$25 00
Expended
25 00
$25 00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $1,400 00 Collector, on salary . $125 00 Expenses and supplies 68 10
$193 10
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Assessors .
$425 18
Expenses
48 08
473 26
Registrars
60 00
Town Clerk, 1916 and 1917
286 15
Tree Warden
137 23
School Committee
50 00
Selectmen .
100 00
Counsel and Clerk
50 00
Expense
8 00
Treasurer .
100 00
Water Commissioners
100 00
Overseers of Poor
180 00
$1,737 74
Overdrawn
$337 74
CONTINGENT.
Snow roads. .
$218 38
Fire protection telephone
34 18
State road
1 00
Forest fires .
67 08
Guide posts
133 95
War registration
7 35
Inhabitant tax
24 38
Game Warden, two years
100 00
Sealer Weights and Measures
4 25
Vital statistics
19 00
Cattle inspection
46 75
Meat inspection .
57 55
Care watering trough, two years
10 00
Dog Officer
10 00
Election expenses
96 74
Auditor .
42 84
Printing
151 15
Rizutti case
71 00
Board of Health
113 45
Police
46 50
Mowing cemetery
12 00
Tax sale
15 75
Care Monument lot
3 00
Janitor Town hall
40 00
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Repair Town and Engine hall
$42 19
Insurance Town Farm
42 83
Debts and interest
11,556 56
County tax .
1,814 00
Railing bridge
50
$14,782 38
STATE AID 12 MONTHS.
James G. Adams
$48 00
Wellington Balcom
36 00
Mrs. Catharine Barton
72 00
Horace Belding
48 00
Mrs. Ruth A. Bowdish
72 00
George M. Church
72 00
Mrs. Lizzie N. Cook
72 00
Charles E. Green
72 00
Mrs. Ruhannah A. Marshall
48 00
Chandler Titus
48 00
Lena Gabrielson
75 00
$663 00
$41,199 96
W. R. WALLIS, W. E. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Treasurer's Report.
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.
1917
DR.
Cash on hand
$4,862 18
Jan. 10 District Court . 22 89
12 Temporary aid, State Treasurer
14 00
15 E. P. Heath, Collector, No. 20 taxes, 1916 66 66
19 1915
6 63
27 State school fund, State Treasurer 1,241 90
Feb.
2 Town hall rent, dancing class 6 00
2 76
3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co
15 70
8 License, butcher, Alphonzo Chase
1 00
12 Town hall, rent, O. E. S., John Clark Outside poor, Mary Lawrence, Boston . Town hall, rent, D. A. R., Mrs.W. B. Pine
25 00
16
17 66 dancing class
6 00
27
66
28 Sidewalks, 1916, W. E. Schuster
152 05
March
3 Interest. Massachusetts Trust Co.
13 64
5 E. P. Heath, Coll., No. 21, taxes 1916 66
20,
1 76
14
66 6 22, 1916
127 18
23 Town hall, rent, dancing class.
9 00
April
2 License, undertaker, Francisco Bowen 66 E. E. Young.
1 00
1 00
4 peddlers, H. S. Hewett, No. 441
8 00
9 Court money, Second District Court . . 18 67
6
300 00
Interest, Worcester Trust Co.
3 00
3 00
6 00
359 14
66 6. 66 1915.
II
April 3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. $9 37
30 License, auctioneers, Baldwin 2 00
Cemetery, two lots sold, Willie Manahan. 28 00
May
1 License, pool and billiards, Amos Goodness
20 00
2 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.
5 59
4 Note No. 4, Walter E. Schuster
1,000 00
22 Rent, Town hall, Slavonia club.
3 00
24 License, auctioneers, F. J. Libby
2 00
pool, Elmwood club
10 00
28 Note No. 4, Walter E. Schuster 4,
4,000 00
Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co ..
1 73
12 E. P. Heath, Coll., No. 23, taxes 1914.
15 07
66 1916.
110 07
14 License, junk, Isaac Shor
20 00
July
3 Note No. 5, Willie R. Wallis
1,000 00
6 Temporary aid, State Treasurer
296 05
13 Court money Second District Court.
75 16
State-Support of sick paupers. . $61 00
Temporary aid 19 60
66 Mothers, depend. children 36 00
116 60
17 License, show, R. T. Richards ...
5 00
18 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. 6 74
2 Note No. 6, Walter E. Schuster ..
1,000 00
Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co.
3 86
6 License, auctioneer, W. H. Herendeen Note No. 7, Walter E. Schuster .
1,000 00
21 E. P. Heath, Coll., No. 24, taxes 1916. .
74 25
6 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 1, taxes 1917
3,163 04
7 State-Support sick paupers $47 40
Temporary aid . 260 84
Burial of paupers 15 00
323 24
School tuition high, State Treasurer .
500 00
8 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 2, taxes 1917
3,750 00
10 Est. Arthur Rice, H. D. Mowry rec'd 1916. 4 00
Sept.
12 School tuition, Delina Donias, 1916-17
30 00
13 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co
1 97
15 F. P. Heath, Coll., No. 21, taxes 1915 66 25. " 1916 18 72
13 10
19
66 " credit 1915 taxes to 1916 13 10 66 School tuition, James Cranska 30 00
Aug.
2 00
Sept.
2,000 00
June 4 6.
1 2
Sept. 20 School Union, State Treasurer School tuition, M. J. Woodrow
30 00
21 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 3, taxes 1917 . . 1,638 40
24. Overseers of Poor, Estate P. J. Robbins 21 55
28 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 4, taxes 1917. .
1,946 29
2 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co
10 36
9
6 6, “
1,209 47 89 87
13 Court money, Second District Court .
3,018 89
19
2,045 67
2 6. 9, 60 Nov.
1,835 17
Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co .. 21 29
16
Rent of Town hall, Albert Fairfield 3 00
State Treasurer :-
Corporation tax, Pub. Serv. $953 10
business . 5,331 83
Income tax .
1,899 18
National Bank tax
284 53
Mothers Depend. Children 66 66 00
Temporary aid 11 50
66
117 85
School tuition of children . 216 75
Military aid
688 00
Soldiers exemption
10 72
9,823 97
28 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 10, taxes 1917 1,140 05 30 Transportation Mrs. Mary Simon, State 10 00 Board of Charity, H. D. Mowry .. . 4 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Co. 22 68
Dec.
10 Peddlers license, State Commissioner of Weights and Measures 32 00
28 Income Tax, State Treasurer 148 00
1918
Jan.
4 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 11, taxes 1917 880 66
Dog fund, County Treasurer . 219 39
9 Court money, Second District Court 73 50
$500 00
Oct.
5 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 5, taxes 1917. . 66 66
1,664 25
15 Frank E. Jones, Coll., No. 7, taxes 1917. .
66 66 " 8,
244 51
$52,245 62
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1917
CR.
Jan. 19 H. D. Mowry, temporary aid .
$14 00
Feb. 5 Selectmen's orders, 2104 to 2109 1,669 09
19 License, liquor, due State Treasurer 25
28 H. D. Mowry, poor, City of Boston . 25 00
March 5 Court money, Herbert Hughes $13 12
66 Andrew G. Keith . 10 48
23 60
E. P. Heath, Tax Coll., abate- ments 1916 $146 62
E. P. Heath, Coll., inhabitant tax 19 01
165 63
E. P. Heath, Coll., abatements 1915 Selectmen's orders, 2110 to 2120
1 76
April
2 66 2121 to 2135.
2,215 68
30
66 66 2136 to 2144
1,051 72
May
4 Court money, Herbert Hughes . $28 69
66 66 J. B. Howard . . 23 68
52 37
June 4 Selectmen's orders, 2145 to 2158
3,376 46
5 Court money, E. P. Heath
6 14
12 E. P. Heath, Coll., abatements 1914 . 66
1916.
30 14
July
2 Selectmen's orders, 2159 to 2169A.
4,408 35
20 H. D. Mowry-Temporary aid. . $315 65 66
.. Support sick paupers 61 00
66 Mothers with depend- ent children 36 00
412 65
Aug. 6 Selectmen's orders, 2169B to 2175. .
2,131 38
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E. P. Heath, Coll., taxes 1915 to balance
10 01
13 Court money, H. E. Hughes. . . $35 25 6: Albert Dansereau 23 74
66 E. P. Heath 13 04
72 03
Sept. 6 Court money, E. P. Heath
15 83
4 Scott cemetery lot, W. H. Heren- deen $2 00
Whiting cemetery lot, W. H. Herendeen 2 00
4 00
15 07
66 66
1,622 34
14
1917
CR.
Sept. 10 Selectmen's orders, 2176 to 2186.
$1,964 51 H. D. Mowry, transportation of paupers. . 1 90
66 estate Arthur Rice . 4 00
15 E. P. Heath, Coll. :
Abatements 1916 $6 88
Annie Tillinghast, deed 1915 3 93
66 66 66 1916 5 24
Sylvia Moss, 1915. 1 98
66
66 1916. 2 62
Frank Donaldson, 1915. 3 93
66 1916. . . 5 24
29 82
Charge 1915 taxes to 1916
13 10
24 H. D. Mowry, Overseer of Poor 21 55
Oct.
1 Selectmen's orders, 2187 to 2198
3,764 57
2 H. D. Mowry, State Treasurer Court money, H. E. Hughes . . . $27 50
326 74
66 Albert Dansereau. 23 24
66 E. P. Heath. 60 70
111 44
Nov. 5 Selectmen's orders, 2199 to 2211
11,419 28 Court money, E. P. Heath . . . . . $20 68
16 66 Albert Dansereau . 16 54
37 22
16 State tax, State Treasurer .... $4,070 00 State highways, repairs, State
Treasurer 213 00
4,283 00
22 Aiding mother, H. D. Mowry. . . $244 51
66 .. 66 00
Support of sick paupers, Mowry 11 50
Temporary aid, H. D. Mowry. . 114 35
436 36
30 H. D. Mowry, trans. Mrs. Mary Simmons 10 00
Dec.
3 Selectmen's orders, 2212 to 2218. 3,103 97
4 Court money, Albert Dansereau . 25 56
1918
Jan. 4 C. J. Batcheller, dog fund 219 39
7 Selectmen's orders, 2219 to 2238
4,472 61
15
10
Court money, E. P. Heath. $5 64
J. B. Horton, Ux'ge 5 88
$11 52
By cash 4,665 58
$52,245 62
ASSETS.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1918. $4,665 58
Due from F. E. Jones, Collector, 1917. 967 16
Due from State Aid . 663 00
$6,295 74
In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot. $136 24 In trust, Sarah E. Scott, Peoples Savings Bank, Wor- cester, for care of cemetery lot . $60 60
In trust, Ezra Aldrich Fund, Peoples Savings Bank Worcester, for care of cemetery lot $114 84
GILBERT W. ROWLEY,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF AUDITOR.
Office of WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL, C. P. A.,
Exchange Building, 53 State St., Boston, Feb. 1, 1918. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Douglas, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- · urer, Agent of Devise of Moses Wallis, Tax Collector and Over- seers of Poor, for the year ending December 31, 1917, and find them to be in excellent condition, and all funds fully accounted for. The Treasurer's cash was verified and found to be as follows :
On deposit in Massachusetts Trust Co., as per check book .
$4,665 58 which agrees with the balance as required by the cash book.
DOUGLAS WATER DEPARTMENT.
Balance on hand February 29, 1917 $723 07
Received to December 31, 1917 . 3,288 58
$4,011 65
Payments to December 31, 1917 3,405 10
$606 55
Balance on hand December 31, 1917
This balance is located as follows :
On deposit in Old Colony Trust Co. $37 17
Deposits in January, 1918 952 95
$990 12
Less checks outstanding
383 57
Balance per check book $606 55
Respectfully submitted,
WM. FRANKLIN HALL, C. P. A.,
Accountant and Auditor.
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Report of the Water Commissioners.
The new state law, requiring all towns to close their financial year the First of January, leaves scant time for us to make our col- lections in full for the last quarter of the year. On the closing of our accounts for 1917, there was still due the waterworks, uncol- lected, $229.50.
Water bonds Nos. 7 and 8 were paid last July, and Nos. 9 and 10 will be paid the coming July 1st. After July 1st, there will remain 32 more bonds outstanding.
RECEIVED FROM MAKING HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
1917
March 29
To received for making house connections $25 00
August 2 66 66 -
47 56
$72 56
LABOR AND SUPPLIES IN MAKING HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
1917
Feb. 9 By paid Charles Raguso, labor . $15 00
Washburn & Garfield, valves. 4 47
April 10
Walter Lemay, labor 3 75
May 19
24
Mike Carter, labor 4 50
Patrick Carter, labor 8 70
Aug. 31
Town of Uxbridge, supplies 3 75
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Oct. 25 By paid Agostine Fina, labor $ 2 50
Eddie Cooke, labor 2 00
Charles Raguso, labor . 23 20
3 75
88 01
$160 94
OPERATING RECEIPTS.
1917
March 27
To received for water service. . $79 50
66
66 66
270 00
66
sprinkler service. .
18 44
May
11
water service
101 13
July
2
66
66
246 00
66
sprinkler service.
18 44
9
66
water service .
155 50
August 2
66
66 66
66 44
Oct.
12
66
66
66
275 80
18 44
25
66
water service.
114 50
Nov.
27
66
66
68 50
Dec.
31
66
66
66
934 51
66 sprinkler service ..
18 44
Cash income
$2,385 64
To 53 town hydrants, valued at.
1,590 00
Water for watering trough, library and bubbling foun- tain, valued at.
$200 00
OPERATING EXPENSES.
1917
By paid E. R. Correll, Supt
$624 00
548 90
Worcester Sub. Electric Co., power for pumping 66 lights
10 25
$1,183 15
Dec. 31
Town of Uxbridge, supplies. . . . W. R. Wallis, supplies for 3 yrs. Freight, express and cartage .... 1 31
April 19
sprinkler service. .
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MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.
1917
To received for thawing water pipes $10 00
Town appropriation to help pay water bonds Nos. 7 and 8. 800 00
Interest on deposits
8 03
Refund on labor 2 00
Allowance for old copper heater
10 35
$830 38
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS.
1917
By paid Frank E. Jones, coal for pumping station $5 00
J. W. Wixtead, supplies . 1 25
National Meter Co., repair parts. 7 92
Rumsey Pump Co., repair parts
4 23
Worcester Sub. Electric Co., motor bearings Small supplies
9 26
1 85
Worcester Sub. Elec. Co., thawing frozen pipes
27 00
Rubber boots .
4 50
Paying water bonds, Nos. 7 and 8
2,000 00
$2,061 01
RECAPITULATION.
Dr
1917
January 1 To cash balance in town treasury. - $723 07
Dec. 31 To received for making house connections 72 56
for water and sprinkler service 2,385 64
66 miscellaneous receipts 830 38
$4,011 65
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Cr.
By paid for labor and supplies for house connections .
$160 94
Operating expenses. . 1,183 15
Miscellaneous expenses 2,061 01
1918 January 1 By cash balance in town treas. 606 55
$4,011 65
WILLIE R. WALLIS, CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, HERBERT N. LOUGEE,
Water Commissioners.
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Report of Treasurer DOUGLAS WATER WORKS.
1917
DR.
January 1
Cash on hand .
$723 07
Charles Raguso, refund order No. 394.
2 00
March 7 29 C. J. Batcheller, commissioner 66 66
104 50
April 19
288 44
May 11
66
101 13
July 1 Gilbert W. Rowley, Treas. town of Douglas 2 C. J. Batcheller, commissioner 66 66
264 44
9
155 50
August 2
66
114 00
Oct. 12 66
304 24
25 66 66
114 50
Nov. 27
66 66 66
68 50
Dec. 3 Badger Fire Extinguisher Company ... .
10 35
1918
Jan. 15 C. J. Batcheller Interest for year .
952 95
8 03
$4,011 65
800 00
22
1917
CR.
Feb.
Water Commissioner's Orders, 419 to 421
$111 00
March
66
66
422 and 423
53 00
April
66
424 to 431
220 63
May
66
66
66
432 to 436
66 80
June
66.
60
66
437 and 438
2,048 00
August
66
66
66
439 to 443
304 05
October
66
66
66
444 to 447
75 70
November
66
66
448
142 35
1918
January
66
66
66
449 to 456
383 57
$3,405 10
By cash on hand,
606 55
$4,011 65
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
1917.
BIRTHS.
Whole number 69
Number of males 33
Number of females 36
-
69
American parentage 16
Foreign parentage 45
8
Mixed parentage . .
69
MARRIAGES.
Whole number . . .
19
American birth 29
Foreign birth 9
Residents of Douglas
24
Elsewhere
14
First marriage. 37
1
Second marriage
DEATHS.
Whole number 27
Male . 13
Female 14 - 27
24
American birth 16
Foreign birth
8
Unknown birth .
3
- 27
Number under 1 year 3
Between 1 and 5 years
66
5 66
10 66
0
66 10 66 20 66
1
66 20 66 30 66
1
6 30 66 40 66
2
66 40 66 50
1
66
50
66 60
66
3
66
60
66 70
66
6
70
66 80
66
7
80 66 90 66
3
27
DOGS REGISTERED.
Whole number 124
Males, 116 at $2.00
$232 00
Females, 8 at $5.00
40 00
Less fees, 124 at 20c .
24 80
Paid to County Treasurer
$247 20
$272 00
J. B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library.
1917
DR.
Jan. 1 Unexpended balances as follows : -
From town appropriation
$17 34
Balance on deposit 174 56
$191 90
Income for the year as follows :-
Dog fund ..
$219 39
Fairfield fund
220 40
Smith fund
240 00
Keith fund, two years
16 48
Schuster fund .
40 00
Taft fund
20 00
Received for fines
21 93
Town appropriation
150 00
$928 20
$1,120 10
1917
CR.
Expenses for the year as follows :
Paid Rosalie E. Williams, librarian. $364 00
Martha Belding, assistant librarian . . 12 00
Herbert E. Hughes, janitor . 76 00
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Paid Worcester Suburban Electric Co $41 40
H. C. Holden, newspapers
14 25
Magazine subscriptions
40 90
Books . . 16 27
Library cards . 4 36
Removing ashes and sundry labor. .
4 50
Library supplies .
6 70
Annual sub. to Reader's Guide
6 00
R. Moore, two trimmings of shrubs. .
3 00
Frank E. Jones, coal
152 00
W. R. Wallis, kindling and cement. .
4 00
Snow shovel
50
Bookbinding
19 61
J. W. Wixtead, supplies
4 58
Lawn mower
4 65
Mrs. Johnson, cleaning library
10 00
Stovepipe .
1 50
M. A. Lofstedt, electrical repairs
6 00
Freight, cartage and express
5 62
Electric bulbs
3 60
$801 44
Dec. 31 Balance on deposit.
$151 32
Due from town on appropria-
tions .
167 34
$318 66
$1,120 10
ENDOWMENT FUNDS.
Mrs. Royal Keith fund $200 00
James M. Fairfield fund
5,000 00
James Smith fund .
6,000 00
Arthur M. Taft fund
500 00
Winfield S. Schuster fund
1,000 00
$12,700 00
CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, Treasurer.
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Annual Report of the OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
From January 1, 1917 to January 1, 1918.
To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas :
Gentlemen : The report of the Overseers of the Poor from January 1, 1917 to January 1, 1918, is herewith submitted.
A. E. DIXSON, Supt. of Almshouse.
Personal property at almshouse as per inventory ;
$2,934 42
January 1, 1918, as follows :
Household furniture and provisions in cellar $965 71
Contents of woodhouse, wash-house, fowls and grain . .
338 00
Farming tools and wagons. 300 00
607 75
One pair horses
Nine cows, one bull, one heifer
1,025 00
Seven large pigs, two small pigs
330 00
Twenty-five tons ensilage 200 00
Twelve tons hay . 240 00
Grain . 51 90
Increase
$4,058 36 $1,123 94
January 1, 1917
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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 :
DR.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917
$82 34
Eggs .
31 86
Team work and labor
70 10
Pigs
266 98
Milk
80 01
Hens
83 95
Board
100 00
Calves . .
44 66
One cow
55 00
One bull
55 00
Miscellaneous
80 31
Cash from Henry D. Mowry
100 00
Butter
658 01
Received Josephine Robbins estate
20 76
$1,728 98
CR.
Grain, groceries and supplies
$970 94
Blacksmith and repairs
46 06
Doctors bills and medicines
26 07
Pigs . .
63 00
Cows
240 00
Hens
37 50
Telephone
3 37
Labor .
202 39
Miscellaneous
20 28
$1,609 61
Cash on hand January 1, 1918. .. 119 37
$1,728 98
TOTAL PAYMENTS, TOWN ACCOUNT.
The Overseers have paid the following bills at Almshouse :
Almshouse salaries
$570 84
Cash for almshouse 100 00
Groceries and grain
1,445 73
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Fertilizer $51 00
Doctors bills 25 50
One stove 14 60
W. E. Jones, sundries 19 35
W. R. Wallis, sundries
23 11
$2,250 13
REPAIRS.
A. E. Gove, on chimney $16 43
W. E. Balcom, labor .
31 00
B. A. Stockwell, labor 26 50
W. R. Wallis, sundries 177 14
$251 07
SUMMARY.
Superintendent has paid for supplies as
per this report . .
$1,609 61
Overseers have paid out as per this report 2,501 20
$4,110 81
Superintendent for labor, produce and
board received . $1,728 98
Increase as per inventory . 1,123 94
$2,852 92
$1,257 89
OUTSIDE POOR.
No. 1
$3 00
83 41
3
39 29
4
13 00
5
13 00
6
53 00
7
40 00
$244 70
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
No. 1. $191 60
2.
450 93
3 15 00
4 9 00
30
No. 5. $11 29
10 00 6
100 00 7
8
146 51
9
142 50
10
273 00
11
19 35
12
59 50
$1,428 68
LOCKUP ACCOUNT.
Lockup expense
$36 46
Miscellaneous 65 79
$102 25
TOTAL PAYMENTS.
At almshouse $2,250 13
At almshouse, repairs
251 07
Outside poor .
244 70
State Aid account
1,428 68
Lockup and miscellaneous
102 25
$4,276 83
RECEIPTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Cash on hand January 1, 1917. $74 00
Received from Town Treasurer
3,000 00
66
State
1,201 65
City of Boston . 25 00
66
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., account Jos-
ephine Robbins Est .. . 21 55
$4,322 20
Deduct total payments .
4,276 83
January 1, 1918 cash balance on hand . $45 37
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