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TOWN BOOKBINDERY 168 County Road, P.O. Box 91 East Freetown, MA 02717 Tel: (508) 763-2713
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PROPERTY OF
BERKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
7. La sell
ANNUAL REPORTS
-OF THE-
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
-TOGETHER WITH A-
Valuation and Tax List,
-FOR THE-
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1901.
ANNUAL REPORTS
-OF THE -
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF THE-
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
-TOGETHER WITH A-
Valuation and Tax List,
-FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1901.
FALL RIVER, MASS. FRESS OF SAMUEL E. FISKE, GRANITE STREET, 1901.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Aggregates.
Receipts
$15325 42
Miscellaneous bills
8681 50
Schools
2169 25
Town officers
593 26
Poor out of almshouse
792 41
State aid
460 00
Soldiers relief
36 00
Forest fires
68 42
Public Library
72 15
High school
275 00
Snow bills
72 42
Highway bills
1120 65
Uncollected taxes, 1900
178 21
Cash in treasury
806 15
$15325 42 --
TOWN'S INDEBTEDNESS.
To Bristol County National Bank seven hundred dollars, due March 17, 1901.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Assessor's Report 1900.
Valuation of real estate
$309800 00
Valuation of personal
69333 00
Depreciation in real estate from 1899
16051 00
Increase in value of personal
6365 00
Rate per $1000
12 50
Acres of land assessed
9929
Number of dwelling houses
253
Horses assessed
250
Cows 66
327
Sheep
66
10
Fowl 66
3215
Swine 66
27
Number of taxes assessed
470
Number of taxes assessed on property
410
Town Appropriations.
Roads and bridges
$1100 00
Schools and supplies
1700 00
Incidentals
1000 00
Repairs at town hall
125 00
Painting No. 2 schoolhouse
50 00
State tax
255 00
County tax
750 68
CALVIN T. CRANE,
Chairman.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Treasurer's Report
From Feb. 15, 1900 to Feb. 15, 1901.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury Feb. 15, 1900 $894 73
Hired to Bristol Co. Nat. Bank 4500 00
From City of Taunton for Poor 37 50
Peter L. Chase, two cows 40 00
State, support of state paupers 26 00
66 for insane paupers 101 08
66 burial of soldiers 35 00
66 inspection of animals 11 10
66 tuition of children small towns275 00
Corporation tax 270 61
66 National Bank tax 653 25
66 State aid Chap. 374 accts,'99 477 00
66 Income Mass. School fund 554 58
66 Dog fund 140 58
C. N. Simmons, fish note 75 00
Marble Bros., two oyster notes 1500 00
City of Boston, app. for s. supplies 52 00 F. S. Macomber, auc. license 2 00
J. M. Alexander 66 2 00
Use of Town Hall 8 50
Lakeville, tuition of pupils 28 40
Guard. of Helen Boyce 10 00
Fines from Dist. Court 29 50
State, County and town tax
5223 24
Int. of taxes 11 60
Bal. 66 1896 66 14
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ANNUAL REPORT.
66
66 1897
60 28
66 66
1898
93 72
Paid in from amt. of taxes due in 1899 146 61
$15325 42
STATE AID.
Mrs.Angeline R. Williams 12 mos.at $4 $48 00
Mary E. Smith 12 66
4 48 00
66 Maria Macomber 12 66
2 24 00
Mr. Andrew J. Briggs 12 66
4 48 00
66 Benj. F. Dean 12 66 .
3 36 00
66 John A. Read 12 66 6 72 00
Isaac M. Cole 12 66
4 48 00
66 Dyer S. Paull 12 66
4 48 00
Calvin Belcher 12
6 72 00
66 Walter A. Pierce 4
6.
4 16 00
Expended for state aid 460 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Mr. Chas. B. Hathaway 12 mos. at $3 36 00 Expended for Soldiers' Relief $36 00
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
Notes to Bristol Co. Nat. Bank $6000 00
Int. 66 66 96 06
Abatement of taxes
36 63
Clifford N. Phillips, cleaning s.pipe No.6 1 50
Jethro Ashley, 66 3 75
J. C. A. Robinson 66 1 .6 50
S. E. Fiske, printing reports
35 00
66
66 50 voting lists 5 00
Henry Hathaway, repairs on road scraper 3 87 State treasurer 9 62
Jethro Ashley, services at No. 3 50
J. C. A. Robinson, care of town hall
12 25
oil 1 41
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fred Williams, labor on chimney No. 1 50 Dighton,superintending painting of bridge 6 22 Peter L. Chase, 2 cows for town farm 84 00 Salary, Freeborn S. Brightman town farm agent 200 00
Money assumed by him on bills 75 55
Theron Gorham, printing assessor's notice2 00
D. Benj. Phillips, labor on milkhouse at town farm 5 94
D. Benj. Phillips, labor on barn 3 83
Good Roads Mach. Co., Pennock sect- ions and points 8 00
L. P. Churchill, 208 ft.boards for No. 6 3 12
S. F. Hazzard, stock and painting blinds No. 7 14 46
Herbert F. Briggs, labor at town hall 12 00
Fred Williams, 7 00
A. G. Williams, shingles and nails for town hall 72 08
Barry Pt. Co., printing blanks 2 00
Crowell and Savery, paint and oil for schoolhouses 28 50
Crowell and Savery, paper for No. 4 3 33
David Hoxie, whitewashing No. 1
3 00
Chas. Corey, warrants returned to dist. court 51 13
Mary A.Richmond,cleaning 7 sch. houses 18 00 E. H. Allen, labor on 66 8 93
Crowell & Savery, material for
66
4 85
66 nails " townhouse 2 90
66 clothes hooks 50
County tax 750 68
Dighton Furnace Co., 1 stove No. 5 12 00
Pierce Hardware Co., 13 wire door mats 6 50 Jethro Ashley, labor and material re- pairs at No, 3 6 46
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ANNUAL REPORT.
A. T. Storey, trees for No. 2 3 00
A. W. Reed, setting same 50
A. L. Hathaway,setting glass in town hall 60
State tax 255 00
Freetown 1/2 expense setting boundary stone 90
S. E. Fiske, assessor's book 3 00
Wright & Potter, returns of property 1 07 A. G. Williams, lumber at town farm 19 84
J. R. Tallman, insurance on town li- brary 8 00
J. R. Tallman, insurance on town farm buildings 15 50
J. C.Standish,care Berkley and Digh- ton bridge 60 00
J. C. Standish, oil
20
Levi L.Crane,second hand harness for Town Farm 10 00
Town of Dighton, repairs on Berkley & Dighton bridge 66 33
Jethro Ashley, repairs at No. 3
1 05
J. W. Paull, 66 6 and 7 7 15
Paull Bros.,
66
66
66
and material 11 27
Fred Williams, painting s.house No.2 32 00
Geo. F. Chapman, 1 hawk 50
W. F. Westgate 1
50
J. F. Staples, 6 hawks 3 00
Zebedee Terry, 2 66 1 00
S. N. Staples, 1 2 00
L. E. White, legal services on electric road 5 00
John Gidmark, labor at town farm 1 50
Henry Hathaway, 66 1 50
66 shingling at town house 13 00
Harris M. Dolbeare, warrant to tax
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ANNUAL REPORT.
collector and town treasurer 61
Joseph Howland, car fare to Boston 2 00
Staples Coal Co., coal for town hall 3 38
D. Benj. Phillips, labor on town farm buildings 4 00
Town of Middleboro, care of herring 20 00
E. S. Hathaway, 6 guide boards 9 00
(". H. Macomber, fumigating houses and school-house at Myricks 18 00
Clifford Phillips, putting new rope on flagpole No. 6 1 00
Chas. Corey, deputy sheriff com. Fred. Horton 8 74
N. H. Strange, ex. on reports, 2 trips to Fall River 1 20
N. H. Strange, 2 revenue stamps 1 50
Discount on taxes 491 34
Walter Pierce, cleaning stove pipe No. 4 75
Expended for miscellaneous bills $8681 50
TOWN OFFICERS.
C. M. Wade, con. state election 1899 $1 50
Alton W. Reed s. com. from Feb. 15, '99 to Feb. 15, 1900 32 00
C. H. Macomber,selectman from Feb. 15 to March 16, 1900 6 50
Fred Williams,serving town warrants'99 3 00 66 teller 66 meeting 1900 1 50
G. H. Myrick, auditor '99 10 00
C. T. Crane,selectman and overseer of poor from Feb.14 to Mar.11,1900 15 25
C. T. Crane, cash paid out 5 60
H. F. Briggs, selectman and overseer
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ANNUAL REPORT.
of poor from Feb.14 to Mar.12 1900 5 00
B. Emery Townsend, assessor 1900 41 25
James W. Paull, s. com. from Mar. 13 to June 30, 1900 33 00
G. H. Myrick, assessor 1900 45 75
cash paid out 2 00
C. T. Crane, assessor 1900 45 00
G. L. Leach, town clerk and registrar 22 10
66 recording births, deaths and marriages 1900 18 50
C. F. Paull, truant officer 2 00
E. H. Allen, mod. at town meeting 1 50
N. G. T. Bowen, teller at state election 1 50
A. J. Briggs, ballot clerk 1 50
J. M. Alexander, teller at Mar. meeting 1 50
WV. A. Strange, ballot clerk at state election 1 50
L. P. Churchill,selectman, overseer of poor and registrar to Feb. 15, 1901 21 50
C. M.Wade,con. serving dog warrants 1900 10 00
C. M. Wade, serving warrants for town meeting and state election 1900 3 00
H. F. Briggs, selectmen, overseer of poor and registrar from March 12 1900 to Feb. 14, 1901 34 90
C. T. Crane, selectman from Mar. 15 1900 to Feb. 14, 1901 42 00
C. T. Crane, cash paid out 9 76
overseer of poor Mar. 14 1900 to Feb. 14, 1901 13 50
C. T. Crane, registrar to Feb. 2, 1901 6 50
N. H. Strange, treas. and coll. 1900 100 00
stamps stationery and printing 15 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
66
con. at state election 1 50
meetings at town hall 9 75
Eliphalet Terry, inspector 1900 28 40
Expended for town officers $593 26
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Fred H.French, Taunton Insane Hosp. $169 46 Helen Nichols Boyce,city of Fall River 77 14
Chas. Norcutt family.
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, groceries 4 00
City of Taunton, aid from Mar. 3 to
Oct. 1 10 00
Cash
1 00
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Macomber.
Presbrey Bros. 104 00
Morton Hospital, crutches 1 50
Frank H. Nichols
City of Somerville 41 43
Miss LydiaSeekell.
Flora Hathaway, care and board 34 07
Mrs. Everett French.
City of Taunton 2 00
Chas. Hathaway.
Dr. J. B. Sayles, med. attend. 73 60
Mrs. Marion Lippman, nurse 51 42
Mrs. Rose L. Silvester.
Aid 26 5-7 weeks at $2.50 from Feb. 5,
1900 to Aug. 11, 1900 66 79
Mrs. Mary L. Wilbur.
Aid 52 weeks at $1.50 from Feb. 5, 1900 to Feb. 4, 1901 78 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mrs. Jason Pittsley.
Aid 52 weeks at $1.50 from Feb. 5, 1900 to Feb. 4, 1901, 78 00
Expended for poor out of almshouse $792 41
SCHOOLS.
Teachers' Names and Wages.
No. 1 Julia R. Burt 24 wks.at 8.50 204 00
66 1
10
66 66 8.00 80 00
66 2 Mary L. Corey, 24 66 8.50 204 00
66 2 10
66 66 9.00 90 00
" 3 Jennie M. Hook 4 66 8.50 34 00
" 3 Herbert L.Sargent 8 3-5 " .
8.00 68 80
3 Lillian M. Blinn 11
66 8.00 88 00
66 3 Alton W. Read 10 66 8.50 85 00 66 4 Annie E. White 12 66 8.00 96 00
4 Nancy J. Chester 1 66 8.00 8 00
4 E. Louise Allen 21 66 7.50 157 50
66 5 Susan E. Child 13 66 7.50 97 50 66 5 Annie E. White 21 66 7.50 157 50
" 6 Helen A. Whitmore34
7.50 255 00
" 7 Cath'ne O'Connell 13 66 8.50 110 50
" 7 Alton W. Reed 11
66 8.50 93 50
" 7 L. G. Harrington 7
66 8.50 59 50
Expended for teachers
$1888 80
JANITORS.
No. 1 Harry E. Williams
$9 16
" 2 C. Frank Briggs
9 15
" 3 Roy Ashley
12 65
66 4 Wm. Grady
3 15
66 4 A. E. White
3 25
" 4 A. L. Allen 2 75
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ANNUAL REPORT.
" 5 Clarence Copeland
11 65
" 6 Wm. McDonald 6 65
" 6 H. A. Northrup 3 00
" 6 Clifford Phillips
6 25
" 7 Fred M. Paull 11 40
Expended for janitors
$79 06
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
American Book Co.
$30 68
Ginn & Co., 14 00
Thomas Shewell Co.
13 35
H. A. Dickerman & Son
10 22
Houghton & Mifflin
3 57
N. E. Pub. Co.
3 50
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
2 72
James W. Paull, paid for supplies 1 20
E. H. Allen,express on book and supplies 2 26
Expended for books and supplies $81 50
WOOD.
Paull Bros., wood to Nos. 3,4,6 and 7 $43 40
H. A. Dean, 66 1, 2 and 5 21 03
N. H. Strange, 2 cds. oak to No. 5 6 86
C. T. Crane, 1/2 cd pine " 3 2 00
66 31/2 ft.“ " 2 1 75
H. A. Dean, 1/2 cd. " " 3 2 00
J. F. Dean, 1 " sawed " 4 4 75
SAWING AND HOUSING.
Wm. McDonald 1 50
Benj. F. Dean
14 25
Asa W. Reed 5 40
Fred M. Paull
3 25
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Walter F. Pierce
3 50
Clifford N. Phillips
1 75
Robert Dunlap
5 00
J. T. Powers
50
Roy Ashley
15
N. H. Strange
2 80
Expended for wood sawing and housing $119 89
SNOW BILLS.
J. H. Thrasher, and others $2 20
E. E. Whitaker, 66
11 32
I). B. Phillips 66
20 90
C. M. Wade 66
20 80
J. D. Briggs 66
2 45
E. H. Allen 66
4 75
S. C. Norcutt 66
4 00
Jethro Ashley
66
3 60
H. H. Patterson 66
2 40
Expended for snow bills $72 42
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Excepting Berkley and Dighton Bridge. hours
S. Albert Burt
641/2 at 15 $9 671/2
66
boys 641/2 " 10 6 45
horse 641/2 " 15 9 671/2
$25 80
G. H. Babbitt
271 2-3“ 40 75
66
horse 40 66
6 00 46 75
Herbert Patterson 120 66
18 00
J. T. Cummings 66 horse 25
45 6.
6 75
3 75
10 50
Geo. S. Cummings
74
66
11 10
E. H. Allen
110
66
16 50
horse
16
66
2 40
18 90
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Henry Hathaway
48
66
7 20
A. I .. 66
36
66
5 40
HI. A. Perry
50
.6
7 50
66
horse
50
7 50
15 00
Albert Cummings 66
horse 23 66
3 45
9 15
John Cameron
30
66
4 50
66
horse
30
66
4 50
9 00
gravel 50 loads at 3
1 50
Martin Alden
397 66
11 01
G. L. Leach
" 90
2 70
Blasting material
1 50
Sharpening drills
50
Expended by G. H. Babbitt Sur. No. 1
$194 91
hours
Shepherd Phillips 262 at 15
39 30
Jabez Francis 13
1 95
Chester E.Phillips 134
20 10
Asa W. Reed
135
20 25
Edmund Phillips 10
1 50
Miles Dean 41 66
4 50
66
horse 25 1/2 "
3 8212
66
11 posts
66
1 65
66
8 rails
" 10 80
10 77 1/2
hours
Clarence Dean 85 12 at 15
12 821/2
George E. Westgate ploughing
1 00
hours
Joseph Anderson 60
at 15 9 00
Joseph Grassie 37
5 55
66 horse 37 66
5 55
Patrick Clark
10 66
1 50
66
66
1 50
10 6 3 00
-
38
66
5 70
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ANNUAL REPORT.
John Rose
151/2"
2 33
66
66
15 1/2"
2 33
4 66
Thos. H. Chase "
10 66
1 50
66
10 66
1 50
3 00
Ervin A. Chase
20 66
3 00
66 horse
20 66
3 00
6 00
Dyer S. Paull
10 66
1 50
Frank Briggs
10 " .071/2
75
H. A. Dean
15 " 15
2 25
66 horse
20 66
3 00
5 25
Shepherd Phillips, gravel 216 lds.at 03
6 48
Ervine A. Chace
66 55 66
1 65
Gustavus Tripp 66 123 66
3 69
Chester E. Phillips, 3 lbs spikes at .95
15
Shepherd Phillips, post and rails
30
Expended by Chester E. Phillips Sur. No. 2 $164 23
hours
Jethro Ashley 151 at 15
22 65
66
horse 103 1/2 " 15 53
38 18
Roy Ashley 83 66
12 45
Arthur Bassett, 181/2 66 2 77 1/2
66 horse 33 1/2
5 021/2 1
7 80
E.E. Whitaker laying stone 41 at 17 1/2 7 17
6:
24 " 15 3 60
66
horse 24 " 3 60
14 37
C. R. C. French, wall stones 8 tons at .75 6 00
hours
J. M. Alexander
30 12 at 15 4 571/2
66
301/2 6:
4 571/2 9 15
Lineaus Whitaker
721/2 66
10 87
66 horse 60 66
9 00 19 87
Augustus R.Haines 35 66
5 25
Herbert F. Briggs 391/2 66
5 92
Albert Whitaker 24 66
3 60
Rollin H. Babbitt 24 66 3 60
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ANNUAL REPORT.
66 horse 24 66
3 60
7 20
Chas. E. Chase
24
66
3 60
66
24 66
3 60
7 20
W. H. S. Crane 24 66
3 60
horse 24 66
3 60
7 20
James H. Covel
24
3 60
A. J. Gidmark 24
66
3 60
Rollin H. Babbitt, 97 loads gravel at .03
2 91
Jethro Ashley, 4 loads sand at .05
20
66 1 post
08
66
3 "
60
66
2 4
20
Expended by Jethro Ashley Sur. No. 3
$155 38
hours
D. B. Phillips,
13514 at 15 20 29
66 horse 100
15 00
35 29
Dan. O'Brien
65 66
9 75
Peter L. Chase
50 66
7 50
66 horse 80 66
12 00
19 50
Orin Ta'bot 66 80 66
12 00
66
40 66
6 00
18 00
Elisha Belcher
30
66
4 50
E. E. Winslow
38
66
5 70
A. J. Bennett, gravel 75 lds. at .03
2 25
Expended by D. B. Phillips Sur. NO. 4
94 99
hours
Job D. Briggs 133 at 15
19 95
Joseph W. Terry 38 66 5 70
Edward E. Terry 58 66
8 70
Frank B. Terry 10 66
1 50
Mary Richmond hor.37 66
5 55
Alfred Pierce
20
66 3 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
36 66 5 40
gravel 14 lds. at .03
42
8 82
Adelbert A. Briggs 30 at 15
4 50
horse 30 66
4 50
9 00
W.A.Strange " 72 66
10 80
66
50 66
7 50
66
gravel 14 lds. at .03
42
18 72
N.H.Strange " 92 66
2 76
hours
66
horse 40 at 15
6 00
66
18 66 2 70
11 46
Expended by Job D. Briggs, Sur. No. 5
89 40
Wm.McDonald,setting posts and rail- ing on Cotley Bridge
1 00
Isaac Seymour, 4 bolts for machine
20
66
15 posts at .10
1 50 .
66
spikes
25
66
fuse dynamite and caps 1 75
hours
66
256 at 15
38 40
66
horse 115
17 25
59 35
Wm. H. Northup 110 66 16 50
66
horse 30 66
4 50
66
gravel 28 lds at .03
84
21 84
hours
Manuel Rose
40 at 15 6 00
horse
30 66
4 50
10 50
John Keating
100 66
15 00
Walter A. Sabins 65 66
9 75
66
horse 15 66
2 25
12 00
Geo. F. Chapman 140 66
21 00
66
76 66
11 40
32 40
66
6 rails at .06
36
66
gravel 38 lds. at .03
1 14
1
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ANNUAL REPORT.
hours
James Lynch 45 at 15
6 75
Geo. A. Harmon
20
66
3 00
Isaac Ellis 5
66
75
Arcide Leroux
10 66
1 50
Chas. F. Phillips 37 66
5 55
Edmund O. Phillips 40 66
6 00
Geo. E. Westgate 10 65
1 50
66
horse 20 66
3 00
Benj. Phillips gravel 16 lds. at .03
48
Timothy Chace " 57 66
1 71
Expended by Isaac Seymour Sur. No. 6
$183 83
hours
Chas. M. Wade 236 at 15
35 40
66
horse 170
25 50
60 90
Eli Wordell 66 110 66
16 50
66
107 66
16 05
32 55
Elam R. Haskins
50 66
17 50
66
451/2"
6 83
66 .
521/2"
7 88
22 21
John F. Staples
61 66
9 15
66
30 "
4 50
13 65
Malachi Haskins
110 66
16 50
66
gravel 40 lds. at .05
2 00
66
" 98
6 .03
2 94
21 44
hours
Damon White
90 at 15
13 50
Geo. S. Clark
60 66
9 00
66
horse 20 66
3 00
12 00
Isaac N. Horton
50 166
7 50
Geo. W. Macomber
50 66
7 50
66
horse
40
66
6 00
66
gravel 25 lds at .03
75
14 25
hours
Chas. F. Paull
40 at 15 / 6 00
ANNUAL REPORT. 21
66 horse 20
3 00
9 00
Edmund P.Dean“ 10 66 1 50
66
10 66 1 50
66
gravel 50 loads at .03
1 50
4 50
Walter A.Strange " 37
66
1 11
hours
John T. Haskins 32 at 15 4 80
66 horse 60 66
9 00
13 80
Levi P.Churchill« 20 66
3 00
66
40 66 6 00
66
20 " 121/2 2 50
11 50
Expended by Chas. M. Wade Sur. No. 7 $237 91
FOREST FIRES.
Theodore H. Thrasher
1 00
G. H. Babbitt and others 56 94
S. C. Norcutt 66
10 48
68 42
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Julia R. Burt, librarian for 1900
25 00
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books 47 15
72 15
HIGH SCHOOL.
City of Taunton :
Maurice B. Anthony 50 00
Laurence A. Babbitt 50 00
Grace Bassett 50 00
Lena B. Macomber 50 00
Ada H. Strange 50 00
Theodore H. Thrasher 25 00
Expended for high school term ending June 1, 1900 $275 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
BERKLEY FEB. 15, 1901.
The undersigned having been chosen Auditor of the Town of Berkley, and duly sworn for the current year, submits the following report: 1
The books of the Collector examined Feb. 15, 1901 indicated :
The whole amount to be collected $5223 24 Taxes uncollected Oct. 21, 1900 309 82
Taxes subject to ten per cent discount 4913 42
Ten per cent discount 491 34
Taxes paid before Oct. 21, 1900 $4422 08
Taxes paid between Oct.21 1900 and Feb. 15, 1901 131 61
Balance of taxes of 1896 66 14
66 1897 60 28
66 1898 93 72
Received of taxes of 1899
146 61
for interest on taxes 11 60
$4932 04
The Treasurer has shown vouchers in the form of orders and receipts for all money expended by him. He has credited the Town with cash received from all sources amounting to the sum of $15325 42
He has charged the town with money
paid out for the current year $14341 06
Cash in the Treasury 806 15
Uncollected taxes of 1900 178 21
$15325 42
Uncollected taxes 1899
$106 92
66 1900
178 21
Whole amount of uncollected taxes $285 13
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Berkley.
For the Fiscal Year Ending Feb. 14, 1901 inclusive.
TOWN FARM.
The appraisal was taken on Feb. 16, 1901.
Two horses
$60 00
Four cows
180 00
Four cows
150 00
Three cows
75 00
Eleven tons of E. hay
176 00
Lot of black grass
10 00
Two harnesses and chains
16 00
Two harrows 14 00
Horse rake, cutter, hoes and forks
11 00
Iron bars, hay fork, chains, diggers
6 00
Sprayer for apple tree
5 00
Ladder and whiffletrees
4 00
Express wagon and blanket
34 00
Farm wagon and hay rack
33 00
Mowing machine
18 00
Dressing under the barn
100 00
Grindstones, boards and shingles
12 00
44 hens
22 00
Crates and baskets
3 00
Plows and cultivator
8 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Roll of netting
2 75
Corn in crib
1 00
Axes and stone hammers
3 50
Cradle and scythes
3 00
Stoves and ware
8 00
Clothes basket, line and wringer
4 00
Can and oil
1 50
Boiler, pails etc.
4 50
Lamps, lantern and doors
4 50
Clothing and drum
5 00
Tables, chairs and table clothes
8 00
Mirrors, chairs, brushes and jugs
9 00
Groceries
6 00
Feather beds, mattresses
25 00
Crockery and clocks
4 00
Bedding and towels
20 00
Clothes horse and rope
1 00
Chests, trunks etc.
6 00
Clothing for females
5 00
Three bushels potatoes
2 50
Grain at mill
4 75
Grain at barn
8 00
$1074 00
Mr. Brightman has expended for the fiscal year end- ing Feb. 14, 1901, the sum of $933.03, and has received for milk, strawberries, etc. $802.15, leaving a balance against the town of $135.88.
The following persons are at the Town Farm; An- drew Caswell in fair state of health and Mary D. Deane who is perfectly helpless and a constant care. (Died Feb. 22, 1901).
131 tramps have been provided for during the past year.
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AID OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Fred H. French at Taunton Insane Hospital, $3.25 per week of which State pays one half; Elias Macomber, $1 per week, repaid by State; Mrs. Mary Wilbur, $1.50 per week; Mrs. Jason Pittsley, $1.50 per week; and Cor- delia Macomber, $1 per week.
We have acknowledged the case of Henry A. Sackett who was assigned by the State to the credit of Berkley during the Civil War. He is paralytic and in feeble health He resides in Holyoke. We have made application for Military Aid.
The Town Appropriation of $1100 was divided among the Highway Surveyors as follows:
No. 1 Gideon H. Babbitt
$178 00 expended $194 91
2 Chester E. Phillips
160 00
66
164 23
" 3 Jethro Ashley
155 00
66
158 98
66 4 D. Benjamin Phillips
85 00
66
94 99
66 5 Job. D. Briggs
85 00
66
89 50
" 6 Isaac Seymour
183 00
182 83
" 7 Charles M. Wade
238 00
66
237 91
Repairs on scraper
16 00
66
11 40
$1100 00
$1134 75
The sum of $12.90 not allowed.
GUIDEBOARDS.
Six new guideboards are ready to be put in place as soon as the weather permits.
OYSTER BEDS.
To obtain the best results from them steps should be taken to extend them up the Taunton River, as deepening the channel in the upper part admits the sea-water much farther up than formerly. We learn from parties, who are
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good authority, that there is nothing on the upper flats to catch the oyster spawn and allow it to mature. We think if one or two hundred dollars were expended in putting oyster shells and gravel on the barren flats, it would be a good investment after the second year and certainly our ex- perience with oyster beds prove they are worth conserving.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
By the returns from our Oyster beds last June of $1500, our financial condition was very much improved and in one sense our debt was extinguished: but, having to carry State Aid along sometimes nearly two years, an apparent debt against the Town is left.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health has to report one case of diph- theria. The settlement was not in our Town.
There have been a number of cases of Scarlet Fever in Myricks, attended by quite a bill of expense. Fumigation thus far has cost $18 and is not yet completed. The Board of Health, by advice of attending physician, ordered the destruction of all books at schoolhouse No. 7 suspect- ed of having been used by children who had been sick with Scarlet Fever. The agent reports the des ruction of sixty- eight books and some supplies not readily disinfected.
CALVIN T. CRANE, LEVI P. CHURCHILL, HERBERT F. BRIGGS.
Selectmen Land Overseers of the Poor.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
List of Jurors.
To be presented at the Annual Meeting, March 11, 1901.
Caleb D. Babbitt, machinist Benjamin F. Anthony, machinist Job D. Briggs, farmer Chester E. Phillips, moulder
Thomas A. Briggs, ship-wright Elmer V. Poole, silversmith
Albert W. Allen, farmer D. Benjamin Phillips, carpenter Charles F. Paull, farmer Malachi H. Haskins, farmer Rol'in H. Babbitt, farmer Eugene E. Whittaker, farmer
George S. Cummings, carpenter Walter A. Strange, farmer Albert F. Haskins, milk-man John F. Staples, farmer.
CALVIN T. CRANE, LEVI P. CHURCHILL, HERBERT F.BRIGGS.
Selectmen of Berkley.
Berkley, Feb. 23, 1901.
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Town Warrant.
Articles to be Acted upon at the Annual Town Meeting at the Town Hall on Mar. 11, 1901.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To act on Reports of Town Officers.
Art. 3. To fix the compensation of the Collector and Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers in- cluding two Burial Commissioners and to vote on the question : "Shall a license be granted in this Town for the sale of intoxicating liquors?" Yes or No.
Art. 5. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs of Ways and Bridges and determine the expendi- ture of same, Berkley and Dighton Bridge included.
Art. 6. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for schools, including supplies and High School tuition.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will unite with other Towns to hire a School Superintendent and provide for the same.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 9. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for the support of the Poor, Repairs on Public Buildings, Sal- aries of Town officers, State Aid and Incidental Expenses, for the ensuing year.
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10. To see if the Town will appropriate any part of the Dog Fund for the Public Library.
11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of our Oyster Beds.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will allow a Discount on Taxes when voluntarily paid before a date fixed by the Town and fix a rate of interest on unpaid taxes after a date the Town may fix.
. Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money under the approval of a majority of the Selectmen to pay the indebtedness of the Town and current expenses.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will accept the Road laid out by the Selectmen at Myricks and provide for the same.
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LIST OF TAXES,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1901.
Poll. Personal.
Real.
Total.
Edwin H. Allen
$2
$8 06
$35 75
$45 81
Albert W. Allen
2
3 06
21 37
26 43
Jethro Ashley
2
75
16 06
18 81
Martin Alden
2
19
7 50
9 69
Benj. F. Anthony
2
38
12 50
14 88
J. M. Alexander
2
1 44
15 62
19 06
John Ames
2
2 00
Thomas Burt heirs
12 31
12 31
Caleb D. Babbitt
2
1 81
19 50
23 31
Joseph H. Babbitt
2
1 25
3 25
Adm. of Wm. Babbitt
16 85
16 85
Louisa Babbitt
13 13
13 13
John D. Babbitt heirs
15 63
15 63
Rollin H. Babbitt
2
1 79
20 13
23 92
Rollin H. Babbitt Jr.
2
94
2 94
Charles D. Babbitt
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