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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1919
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1919
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Warrant for Town Meeting
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920.
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 fifteenth 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 treasurer, 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, 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 cemetery 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 for 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 debts and interest, for salary of superintendent of schools, for
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maintaining street lights, for highways and bridges, for extermin- ating 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 found.
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, 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 vote to build a new school- house in Douglas Center, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 12. 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, 1920, 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. 13. 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. 14. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the Simon Fairfield public library.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote the sum of one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars to Lambert B. Simmons Camp 123, S. of V., for defraying expenses for Memorial Day.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for railing highways.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used for the repair of stone roads, under super- vision of the selectmen, or act or do anything in relation to the same.
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ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct its board of selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission under Chapter 155, of the General Acts of 1918 and to raise and appro- priate the money required thereunder.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate money for the care of Carter Square lot and the monument lot in East Douglas.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to authorize its treas- urer to give a deed of release in its name of title to the Annie D. Tillinghast land acquired by it for taxes August 11, 1917, or take any action in relation thereto.
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 holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
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, 1919.
Orders have been drawn on the Town Treasurer amounting to $60,902.91, for the following purposes :
Schools .
$17,623 30
Highways
Ordinary
$2,923 44
Stone.
2,821 61
Oiling
1,375 15
Special
3,344 72
Railing
54 30
$10,519 22
Poor
$8,570 56
Fire Company
390 00
Street Lighting.
1,749 96
Fire Telephone
43 51
Moth Suppression
374 20
Memorial Day
125 00
Library
300 00
County Tax.
2,153 00
Debts & Interest
3,490 55
Notes .
12,000 00
Town Clock
25 00
Tree Warden
271 25
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SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Overseers of Poor
$180 00
Selectmen
100 00
Water Commissioners.
100 00
Treasurer
150 00
School Committee
50 00
Counsel and Clerk
50 00
Town Clerk
121 05
Game Warden
50 00
Dog Officer .
20 00
Registrars
60 00
Forest Warden.
5 00
Janitor. town and engine hall
60 00
Board of Health
97 58
Assessors
468 39
Tax Collector
132 58
$1,644 60
CONTINGENT.
Insurance
$297 28
Auditing account. 2 years
99 09
Cattle inspection
73 50
Meat inspection
79 00
Printing
200 90
Election expenses
120 25
Douglas cemetery.
48 00
Vital statistics.
13 00
Stationery
2 20
Police
78 00
Burial M. Pikander.
36 00
Forest fires
21 69
Expense treasurer
4 00
Mowing cemetery.
30 00
Counsel, Mercier fire.
50 00
Care monument lot .
3 00
Care watering trough.
5 00
Weights and measures
1 85
Transportation, state.
4 00
$1,166 76
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STATE AID 12 MONTHS.
James G. Adams
$48 00
Wellington Balcom
72 00
Horace Belding
48 00
Mrs. Ruth A. Bowdish
12 00
George M. Church
72 00
Mrs. Lizzie Cook
72 00
Charles E. Greene
72 00
Mrs. Ruhannah A. Marshall.
16 00
Chandler Titus
44 00
$456 00
$60.902 91
W. R. WALLIS, W. E. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Treasurer's Report.
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.
1919
Dr.
Cash on hand
$11,750 95
Jan. 8 Court money
10
17 Highway Commission, State Treasurer. 154 70
28 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 18 Taxes 1917. . 8 06
Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 8 Taxes 1918 .... 376 02
30 Caroline M. Otis Fund, F. J. Libby Executor
50 00
Feb. 3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company ..
35 59
10 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 9 Taxes 1918. .
139 06
14 Income Tax 1917, State Treasurer $74 00
14 Income Tax 1918, State Treasurer 111 00
185 00
Mar.
3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company. . 31 64
12 School Fund, State Treasurer
1,037 07
26 State Treasurer:
Support Sick Paupers. $7 45
Temporary Aid 150 00
Burial of Paupers 21 00
178 45
April
3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company. .
24 16
License, Undertaker, Francisco Bowen ... 1 00
14 Court Money, Second District Court .... 11 50
17 Income Tax 1918, State Treasurer
37 00
License, Butcher, T. E. Kelley License, Butcher, Thos. Murphy 1 00
1 00
28 License, Pool, Amos Goodness
20 00
May
3 Interest, Blackstone National Bank. 6 37
Interest Massachusetts Trust Company. . 21 29
5 License, Undertaker, E. E. Young 1 00
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7 License, Auctioneer, W. H. Herendeen. . .. 2 00
License, Pool, Elmwood Club 10 00
Educational Independent Industrial
Schools, State Treas 4 37
14 License, Junk, 14 of price, I. Shor 25 00
24 Note No. 12, Massachusetts Trust Company 6,000 00
26 Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 19 Taxes 1917. . 8 15
Frank E .Jones, Coll. No. 10 Taxes 1918 .. 84 49
4 Interest, Blackstone National Bank
2 88
License, Peddlers, State Dept. Weights
and Measures 8 00
Interest, Msasachusetts Trust Compnay. . Highways, Freight Refund on claim, N. Y., N.
7 56
H. & H. R. R. Co. 5 00
Frank E. Jones, Coll. Taxes 1917 7 50
Frank E. Jones, Coll. No. 11 Taxes 1918.
94 39
28 Note No. 13, Blackstone National Bank 6,000 00
5 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company. .
5 10
10 State Treasurer:
Temporary Aid $354 00
Mothers with dependent
children 284 67
638 67
12 Court Money
18 14
Income Tax 1918 State Treasurer 74 00
111 00
2 Interest, Blackstone National Bank .. 5 92
4 Interest Massachusetts Trust Company. 10 11
18 License, Circus, Lowande's American cir- cus 5 00
21 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 1 Taxes 1919
2,519 07
22 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 2 Taxes 1919. 3,657 96
Sept.
3 Interest, Blackstone National Bank. 66
4 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company 3 21
8 Tree Warden, W. E. Carpenter .. 1 00
John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 3 Taxes 1919 150 49
9 State Treasurer
Tuition of Children $252 00
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Compensation of .Inspector of Ani-
mals 27 50 279 50
12 Board of Health, Belle Turner 5 50
Sept. 13 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 4
Taxes 1919
$2,171 10
June
July
Aug.
18 Income Tax 1917, State Treasurer $37 00
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20 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 5 Taxes 1919 1,435 55
22 Contagious Diseases, State Treasurer. 22 00
26 School Dept., Manual Training, Parent- Teacher's Association 50 00
27 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 6, Taxes 1919 1,759 66
30 Cemetery Lot, Whiting, Peoples Savings Bank 2 00
Cemetery Lot, Scott, Peoples Savings Bank 2 00
Cemetery Lot, Cummings, Peoples Savings Bank 1 00
Oct.
2 Interest, Blackstone National Bank.
1 07
3 Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company . .
5 01
4 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 7, Taxes 1919 1,840 57
8 Poor Department, Town of Sutton.
24 00
11 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 8 Taxes 1919 1,463 12
14 License, Junk, 2nd payment, I. Shor. 25 00
14 School Superintendent, State Treasurer .. 500 00
15 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 9 Taxes 1919 2,358 39
Oiling Roads, Hayward Woolen Company 45 31
17 Court Money, Second District Court .... 25 92
22 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 10 Taxes 1919.
2,588 76
29 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 11 Taxes 1919 513 65
Nov.
3 Interest, Blackstone National Bank. 7 89
Interest Massachusetts Trust Company ... 8 05
12 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 12 Taxes 1919 329 21
17 State Treasurer:
Corporation Tax, Public
Service $668 45
Corporation Tax Business 12,659 34
Income Tax, 1919 General 3,678 54
Income Tax, 1919, School Fund
700 00
National Bank Tax
267 83
Contagious Diseases. 30 00
State Aid
876 00
18,880 16
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26 Town Hall, Rollin Mansfield 3 00
27 Town Hall, Medor Gette 3 00
Dec. 1 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 13, Taxes 1919 323 22
Income Tax, State Treasurer,
1917, $37 00
Income Tax, State Treasurer, 1918 37 00
74 00
3 Peddlers License, 1, State Commissioner .. Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company. . 11 01
8 00
5 Undrawn Check, Worcester Trust Co ... 3 40
8 Poor Department, Town of Natick ......
30 00
12 Schools Manual Training, High School Alumni 30 00 Schools Manual Training, Teachers . 51 17
15 Town Hall, Womans Relief Corps 3 00
License, Butcher's, Edrastus Chase 1 00
License, Butchers, A. B. Simmons 1 00
16 Town Hall, Kenneth McMahon
3 00
18 Stone Roads, Hayward Woolen Co.
82 08
Highways, State Treasurer ..... $2,500 00
Corporation Tax, Public Sev- vice, State Treas 4 12
High Schools Tuition. Special Cases, State Treas 348 28
2,852 40
20 Town Hall, Fred Jette
3 00
22 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 14 Taxes 1919 354 78
31 John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Coll. No. 15, Taxes 1919 135 01
Income Tax 1919, School Fund, State Treasurer 75 88
Dog Fund, County Treasurer
203 58
Jan.
2 High School Tuition, State Treasurer $110 00
School Transportation, State Treasurer 240 00
$350 00
Town Hall, Mrs. C. W. Holmes 3 00
3 License, Butcher's, Albert Belaire 1 00
Interest, Massachusetts Trust Company .
12 74
$72,419 32
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1919
Cr.
Jan. 30 People's Savings Bank, Caroline M. Otis Fund $50 00
Feb. 3 Selectmen's Orders, 2374 to 2382 2,379 50
5 Court Money, Albert Dansereau 24 69
March 3 Selectmen's Orders, 2383 to 2389. 2,182 18
26 H. D. Mowry, Support Sick
Paupers $7 45
H. D. Mowry, Temporary Aid .. 150 00
H. D. Mowry, Burial of Paupers 21 00
178 45
April
7 Court Money, Herbert Hughes 5 56 Selectmen's Orders, 2390 to 2402 3,784 73
14 Court Money, W. H. Herendeen 14 76
May
5 Selectmen's Orders, 2403 to 2413
3,222 26
June 2 Selectmen's Orders, 2415 to 2419 3,672 52
4 Court Money, G. Andrew Keith 17 76
27 Frank E. Jones, Coll. abate-
ments 1917 $6 25
Frank E. Jones, Coll. abate- ments 1918. 34 57
40 82
July
7 Selectmen's Orders, 2420 to 2433. 6,690 72
10 H. D. Mowry, Temporary Aid $354 00
H. D. Mowry, Mothers with depend. children. 284 67
638 67
11 Court Money, Herbert E. Hughes 5 26
4 Selectmen's Orders, 2434 to 2440 3,176 67
Aug. Sept. 8 Selectmen's Orders, 2441 to 2451 4,322 76
24 Whiting Cemetery lot, W. H. Herendeen $2 00
Scott Cemetery lot, W. H. Her-
endeen . 2 00
Cummings Cemetery lot, W. H. Herendeen 1 00
5 00
Oct. 6 Selectmen's Orders, 2452 to 2461
4,725 26
8 Court Money, Albert Dansereau Court Money, Charles C. LaBree 6 00
$6 62
Court Money, E. P. Heath 9 10
21 72
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Poor Department, Town of Sutton $ 24 00
Nov. 3 Selectmen's Orders, 2462 to 2473. 15,390 61
17 State Treasurer:
State Tax $4,730 00
State Tax Special 283 80
State Highway repairs 212 50
Soldier's Exemption 2 21
5,228 51
Dec. 1 Selectmen's Orders, 2474 to 2485. 4,291 86
8 H. D. Mowry, Poor Department, Natick .. 30 00
31 C. J. Batcheller, dog fund to Library. 203 58
Jan. 5 Selectmen's Orders, 2486 to 2508
7,063 84
7 Court Money, Herbert E. Hughes $6 60 Court Money, W. H. Herendeen 13 00
Court Money, G. Andrew Keith 24 06
43 66
$67,435 35
By Cash
4,983 97
$72,419 32
ASSETS.
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1919 $4,983 97
Due from John B. Chapdelaine, Sr., Collector, 1919. . 773 38
Due from State Aid 456 00
$6,213 35
In trust, Henry Whiting fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot. . 141 91
In trust, Sarah E. Scott fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 59 64
In trust, Ezra Aldrich fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 124 89 In trust, Lucinda C. Reynolds fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot .... 102 40 In trust, Caroline M. Otis fund, People's Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 51 13
GILBERT W. ROWLEY,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF AUDITOR.
February 24, 1920.
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, 1919, 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. $2,955 58
On deposit in Blackstone National Bank 2,028 39
Total cash on hand December 31, 1919
$4,983 97
AGENT OF DEVISE OF MOSES WALLIS.
Balance on hand January 1, 1919 $ 4 50
Received during the year 1919 :
Interest $2,018 06
Principal 400 00
2,418 06
Total cash receipts and balance. $2,422 56
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All deposited in Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. The total of the Fund is now $50,321 96
DOUGLAS WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance on hand January 1, 1919 $ 11 70
Received during the year 1919. 2,693 94
$2,705 64
Payments during 1919 :
Labor .
$720 20
Power .
997 65
Repairs
150 07
$1,867 92
Balance on hand December 31, 1919.
$837 72
The taxes are closely collected, the balance outstanding being about $600.00.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. FRANKLIN HALL, C. P. A.,
Accountant and Auditor.
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Report of the
Water Commissioners.
The closing of the town accounts on Dec. 31st, in accord with the state requirements, gives scant time for the superin- tendent to make all collections for the last quarter of the year and also get in all the outstanding bills due from the water department to that date. On Dec. 31st of this year, there were outstanding bills of $412.03, and bills for water service uncol- lected of $339.99.
In July last, water bonds Nos. 11 and 12 were paid, and Nos. 13 and 14 will be paid the coming July. The total issue was 42 bonds of $1000 each.
RECEIVED FOR MAKING HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
1919.
Feb. 17 To received for making house connections $59 50
April 17 To received for making house connections 15 00
July 18 To received for making house connections 24 00
$98 50
LABOR AND SUPPLIES IN MAKING HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
1919.
Feb. 15 By paid Walworth Mfg. Co. brass and lead
goods $68 08
Feb. 18 Express on pump repair parts 1 09
July 3 Harry Gamel, labor 11 00
18
E. Paine, labor H. Correll, labor
12 00
Aug. 16 Rumsey Pump Works, repair parts 80 90
Sept. 2 Fred Nault, labor
5 00
Oct. 25 Carl Donaldson, labor
5 20
Theodore Hall, labor
5 00
Dec. 22 Harry Gamel, labor
8 00
Carl Donaldson, labor
2 00
$210 27
OPERATING RECEIPTS.
1919.
Feb. 17 To received for water service
$76 07
66
66
66
71 78
Mar. 30
66
66
60
280 50
Apr. 17
sprinkler “
18 44
May 21
16
66
water
108 50
July
18
66
66
66
336 63
66
66
sprinkler
18 44
29
66
66
water
66
125 93
Oct.
2
66
66
87 50
16
66
.6
66
66
293 00
25
66
66
water
66
119 56
Dec. 23
66
66
70 00
31
66
66
66
66
951 60
66
sprinkler
18 44
Cash income
$2,594 77
To 53 town hydrants, valued at
1,590 00
Water for watering trough, library and bubbling foun- tain, valued at
200 00
OPERATING EXPENSES.
1919.
By paid E. R. Correll, Supt.
$660 00
Wor. Sub. Electric Co. power for pumping .. 987 90
Wor. Sub. Electric Co. lights.
9 75
$1,657 65
.
.
.
18 44
sprinkler
$ 12 00
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MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.
1919.
To received interest on deposits
$ 67
RECAPITULATION.
1919.
Dr.
Jan. 1 To cash in town treasury $ 11 70
To received for making house connections .. 98 50
Water and sprinkler service 2,594 77
Miscellaneous receipts
67
$2,705 64
1919. Cr.
By paid labor and supplies making house connections $210 27 Operating expenses 1,657 65
Dec. 31. By Cash in town treasury 837 72
$2,705 64
WILLIE R. WALLIS, CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, HERBERT N. LOUGEE,
Water Commissioners.
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Report of Treasurer DOUGLAS WATER WORKS.
1919
Dr.
Jan. 1 Cash on hand
$11 70
Feb. 17
C. J. Batcheller, Commissioner
135 57
March 31
71 78
April 17
66
313 94
May 21
66
108 50
July
18
66
66
66
379 07
29
66
66
66
125 93
Oct.
2
66
66
87 50
16
66
66
66
311 44
25
23
66
66
70 00
1920
Jan.
16
Interest for year
67
$2,705 64
1919
Cr.
February Water Commissioner's Orders 502
to 504
$416 12
April Water Commissioner's Orders
505
to 507
181 09
June Water Commissioner's Orders
508
237 90
July Water Commissioner's Orders
509
to 512
95 00
August Water Commissioner's Orders
513 and 514
332 13
September Water Commissioner's Orders 515 and 516
65 00
October Water Commissioner's Orders
517
to 521 277 75
December Water Commissioner's Orders 522
to
526 262 93
$1,867 92
By cash on hand
837 72
$2,705 64
GILBERT W. ROWLEY, Treasurer.
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119 50
Dec.
.. .. .
66
970 04
66
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT 1919.
BIRTHS.
Whole number 65
Number of males. 31
Number of females 34
65
American parentage 11
Foreign parentage 47
7
Mixed parentage
- 65
MARRIAGES.
Whole number . 16
American birth 28
Foreign birth . 4
Residents of Douglas
21
Elsewhere
11
First marriage 31
Second marriage. 0
Third marriage.
1
DEATHS.
Whole number 33
Male
17
Female 16
33
American birth. 27
Foreign birth 6
33
22
Number under 1 year Between 1 and 5 years 66 5 " 10
8
66
10 " 20 66
1
20 " 30 66
2
66 30 " 40 66
2
66 40 " 50 66
3
60 50 "60 66
2
66 60 " 70
66
4
66 70 " 80
66
7
66
80 " 90 66
1
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DOGS REGISTERED.
Whole number 113
Males, 100 at $2.00.
$200 00
Females, 13 at $5.00
65 00
$265 00
Less fees 113 at 20 cents
22 60
$242 40
JOHN B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF TREASURER Simon Fairfield Public Library.
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1919.
Dr.
January 1 Unexpended balances as follows-
Due from town appropriation
$100 00
Balance on deposit 89 26
$189 26
1919.
Income for the year as follows :-
Jan. 20. Received Savings Bank interest
$76 25
Feb. 5 Savings Bank interest 45 00
Apr. 15 Int. on Liberty Bonds 90 90
May 12 Savings Bank interest 22 50
15 Int. on Liberty Bonds
127 50
Aug. 12 Savings Bank interest
22 50
Sept. 2 Town appropriation . .
200 00
Oct. 15 Int. on Liberty Bonds
95 63
Nov. 1 Savings Bank interest
22 50
15 Int. on Liberty Bonds
127 50
Dec. 31
Dog fund
203 58
31
Fines
35 35
$1,069 21
$1,258 47
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1919,
Cr.
Expenses for year as follows :-
Paid Rosalie E. Williams, librarian. $466 00
Martha Belding, assistant librarian 14 00
Herbert E. Hughes, janitor 92 00
Worcester Suburban Electric Co. 26 12
Magazines 48 60
Book
1 79
Newspapers
18 00
Supplies
6 49
Removing ashes
1 50
Accrued interest on Liberty Bonds
purchased
47 81
Accrued interest on Liberty Bonds
purchased
7 10
Subscription to Readers Guide 6 00
Cleaning Library
10 00
Wire for screens
5 50
Library Club meeting
2 00
Frank E. Jones ,coal
168 00
Lamps
2 51
$923 42
Dec. 31 Balance on deposit
335 05
$1,258 47
The increased cost of each item of the running expenses of the library, the past year, reached such an amount, together with the uncertainty of the amount to be received from the dog fund-which is not known until the last of the year-pre- vented the purchase of new books much needed, until the final yearly balance was known. A substantial lot of new books are now ordered and will soon be on the shelves.
The increased running expenses of the library, calls for a larger town appropriation for this year, in order to have new books so much in demand by the increasing number of patrons.
The endowment funds of the library are now invested as follows :-
In Registered 41/4 per cent Liberty Bonds. $10,500 00
In Savings Banks 2,200 00
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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, 1919 to January 1, 1920.
To the Selectmen and Citizens of Douglas :
Gentlemen : The annual report of the Overseers of the Poor from Jan. 1, 1919 to Jan. 1, 1920, is herewith submitted.
Valuation of real estate 170 acres of land, house, barn and sheds $7,000 00
Personal property at Almshouse as per inventory :
Household furniture and provisions .. $1,264 78
Contents of woodhouse, wash-house, fowls and grain. . 469 45
Farming tools and wagons
406 45
One pair horses
300 00
15 head cattle .
1,700 00
13 pigs
190 00
Grain in barn
210 65
35 tons ensilage
700 00
15 tons hay.
450 00
41,000 ft. lumber on lot ..
1,220 00
¿ interest in engine, truck, blower belt and saw.
100 00
20 cords wood on lot 90 00
25 cords stake on lot
75 00
Increase during year 1919.
$7,176 33 $1,520 70
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We have made the Superintendent debtor for what he has received for labor, produce, etc., as follows : .
DR.
Cash on hand last report 1918
$ 10 10
Received from sale of eggs.
279 42
Butter and milk
1,599 25
Fowls
108 05
Calves
155 00
Vinegar
21 00
Meats
754 10
Lumber
68 31
Overseers and other sources cash ..
2,623 82
Board
25 00
Labor
31 62
Miscellaneous
97 14
$5,772 81
CR.
Paid for Groceries
$75 87
Blacksmith and repairs
136 08
Medical attention and medicines
215 39
Live stock, pigs
162 00
Fertilizer
5 00
Meats and fish
344 12
Laundry
77 01
Labor
641 02
Cash payments
1,768 70
Home furnishing.
57 00
Water system and wiring.
884 08
Lumber . .
68 31
Electricity
57 48
Micellaneous
144 01
Butter, eggs and fruit
sold to store
and credited on %
1,101 19
$5,737 26
Balance cash on hand
35 55
Less short on wood lot %
13 17
$22 38
By authority and approval of the selectmen a small acreage of chestnut was cut and sold (partly) during the year as follows :
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DR
CR.
Received from sales of R. R. ties. $1,270 50
Paid for wiring house and barn
$299 00
Shingling
66 67
Plumbing
418 50
Carpentering
306 50
Shingles
34 25
Churn and 2 motors
158 75
$1,270 50
$1,283 67
1,270 50
This amount taken from cash balance as above. . $13 17
On the lot to be sold 41,000 ft. lumber, 20 cords wood 25 cords slabs, valued at. .
$1,385 00
TOTAL PAYMENTS, TOWN ACCOUNT.
The overseers have paid the following bills at almshouse :
Salary of superintendent $960 00
Cash for almshouse 1,888 67
Groceries and grain. 1,685 56
Anderson bill, heating plant
885 00
$5,419 23
SUMMARY.
Superintendent has paid for supplies $5,737 26
Overseers have paid out as above. 5,419 23
$11,156 49
Supt. for labor, produce, board, etc. $5,737 26
Increase as per inventory 1,520 70
$7,257 96
OUTSIDE POOR ACCOUNT.
Paid No. 1
$96 00
2
162 25
3
30 00
1
106 00
$394 25
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MOTHER'S AID ACCOUNT.
Paid No. 1
$741 00
665 00
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