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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1911
TAUNTON, MASS .: THE DAVOL PRESS, OOR. MAIN AND SCHOOL STREETS, 1912.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
FOR THE
Year Ending Dec. 31, 1911
TAUNTON, MASS .: THE DAVOL PRESS, COR. MAIN AND SCHOOL STREETS, 1912.
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Town Officers, 1911.
Town Clerk Samuel H. Cook, 3 years
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor Charles H. Macomber Charles F. Paull James McCall
Moderator Edwin H. Allen
Assessor-3 Years John T. Haskins
School Committee-3 Years Noah H. Strange
Collector of Taxes Herbert A. Perry
Treasurer . Samuel H. Cook
Auditor Thomas P. Paull
Highway Surveyors
Willard H. Hathaway
James H. Macomber
Edward E. Whittaker
Jacob F. Kusterer
Howard Haines Adelbert A. Briggs
Silas E. Braley
Constables
Jonathan M. Alexander
Adelbert A. Briggs
Edwin H. Allen
George F. Chapman Enoch V. Boyce Chester E. Phillips
Noah H. Strange
Fish Wardens Gideon H. Babbitt Adelbert A. Briggs Linneus C. Whittaker
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Gideon H. Babbitt
Oyster Wardens Arthur J. Bennett Jabez M. Francis
Tree Warden Linneus C. Whittaker
Trustees of Public Library Joseph Howland for 3 years Maria E. Haines for 2 years Burial Ground Commissioner-3 Years George H. Swift
List of Officers Appointed by the Selectmen, 1911
Tax Collector Herbert A. Perry. Sworn in by Town Clerk
Fence Viewers and Field Drivers
Willard H. Hathaway
James H. Macomber
E. E. Whittaker
Howard Haines
Jacob F. Kusterer Adelbert A. Briggs Silas E. Braley
Measurers of Wood and Lumber
Asa W. Read
Levi P. Churchill
John T. Haskins
Gideon HI. Babbitt
Sumner N. Staples Willard H. Hathaway
Meat Inspector Charles M. Wade
Animal Inspector James H. Macomber
Sealer of Weights and Measures Adelbert A. Briggs
Burial Commissioner George H. Swift
Treasurer Edwin H. Allen
Clerk Ervine A. Chace
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Town Warrant
Article 1. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 2. To see if the town will appropriate any part of the dog fund to the Public Library.
Art. 3. To act on report of town officers.
Art. 4. To fix compensation for collector and treasurer for ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the town treas- urer to hire money under the approval of a majority of the selectmen to pay the current expenses of the town.
Art. 6. To choose all necessary town officers (one school committee for three years, one assessor for three years and town clerk for three years, and vote on the question, "Shall licenses be granted to sell intoxicating liquors ?" " Yes " or " No."
Art. 7. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for repairs of ways and bridges.
Art. 8. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for schools, including supplies, high school tuition, salary of super- intendent, repairs on school buildings, and car fares for high school scholars.
Art. 9. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for sup- port of the poor, salaries of town officers, state aid, and inci- dental expenses.
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Art. 10. To see what action the town will take in regard to payment of taxes, and what rate of interest is to be charged after a certain date for uncollected taxes.
Art. 11. To choose a memorial committe and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the purpose of exterminating the gypsy and brown tail moths and care of public shade trees.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for fire protection.
Art. 14. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Caucus, Tuesday night, Feb. 27, at 8 o'clock.
Town Meeting to be held on March 4, at 10 o'clock a. m.
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Report of Selectmen
To the Inhabitants of Berkley :
Owing to the increased expense of the town we have hired all the money we could this year under the vote passed at our annual meeting limiting that amount to $6000. We hired this money as needed, one or two thousand at a time, making the notes payable at such times as in our judgment they could be met ; they have all been paid but one of $1000, issued in December and due in March. At the close of the year we did not have money enough to pay all bills there being about $500 unpaid. With the expenses this year and the way the money has been hired, $6000 was not enough. If we had known we were not going to have enough we could have arranged to carry over a $2000 note instead of $1000. We bring this to your attention so that full knowledge may be had as to the general conditions in order that this matter may be acted upon intelligently when fixing the amount another year.
There has been a great many forest fires during the year costing the town a lot of money and doing much damage to taxable property. These fires became so frequent during the early summer the selectmen took the responsibility upon them- selves to offer $100 reward for an arrest and conviction of ar y person found guilty of setting same. It is a serious matter which calls for the rigid enforcement of the law.
We need several more extinguishers and perhaps some other things for fighting fire. There is a law now whereby certain towns are reimbursed one-half the amount they expend for fire apparatus providing the amount is not over $500. We hope the town will make a liberal appropriation that we
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may have extinguishers enough so there will be some of them kept in each school district.
A claim has been made to the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. for $86 for labor fighting fire caused by said Company May 8 and 14.
Agreeable to the provisions in the will of the late Giles L. Leach, his heirs have paid into the treasury the sum of $650, his bequest to the town. It was his request that $150 be used to plant trees on the common, Maple and Linden, and if this amount was not all expended for trees, the balance was to go towards filling in the low place on the common north of the town hall. How the balance of $500 shall be used is a matter for the town to decide. In so doing may we remember the public spirit which prompted this gift, that Mr. Leach was long a citizen of the town and for many years served its best interests in about every capacity, his last public office being that of town clerk.
The selectmen have appointed Edwin H. Allen, treasurer, and Ervine A. Chace, town clerk, to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of Samuel H. Cook.
The cost of maintaining our poor is steadily increasing, it amounts to over $1000 this year.
We refer you to the auditor's report for our financial con- dition.
CHARLES H. MACOMBER, CHARLES F. PAULL, Selectmen.
JAMES McCALL,
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List of Jurors
PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
Thomas P. Paull,
Padelford St.
Teacher
Edward E. Whittaker,
Point St.
Farmer
Albert B. Cummings,
Point St.
Farmer
Clifford E. Macomber,
Berkley St. Teamer
Charles B. Wordell, Mill St.
Sawyer
Herbert A. Perry,
Berkley St.
Farmer
Chester E. Phillips,
Berkley St.
Moulder
Samuel H. Cook,
Algerine St.
Farmer
Allen A. Haskell,
Berkley St.
Clerk
Marcellus S. Boynton,
Bay View Av.
Farmer
Jacob F. Kusterer,
Plain St.
Farmer
Charles E. Clark,
Jerome St.
Painter
John F. Randall,
Padelford St.
Salesman
Elmer V. Poole,
Berkley St.
Silversmith
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Assessors' Report for 1911
Valuation of Real Estate
$335,066 00
Personal Property
72,348 00
Rate per thousand
12 80
Acres of land assessed
10,050
Number of dwelling houses
266
horses assessed
234
66 cows assessed
357
neat cattle other than cows
91
66
swine assessed
144
sheep
38
fowls
(value $1965)
3930
polls
240
66
taxes
517
66
(on property)
435
ROLLIN H. BABBITT,
Chairman.
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Appropriations
By Taxation
For Highways and Bridges
$1200 00
Schools, supplies and repairs
1800 00
Memorial Day
35 00
Exter'tion gypsy and brown tail moths 35 00
Supt. of Schools
300 00
Incidental Expenses
200 00
" Support of Poor
800 00
$4370 00
From Cash on Hand
For Pay of Town officers 700 00.
$5070 00,
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Board of Health
The town has been very fortunate in regard to contagious diseases, there has been only two cases reported during the year. The law in regard to same is as follows :
"A householder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick of small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other infectious or contagious disease declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to public health, shall forth- with give notice to the Board of Health of the city or town in which he dwells.
Upon death, recovery or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the Board such rooms of his house, articles therein as, in the opinion of the Board, have been exposed to infection or contagion.
Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen or red and show an unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after birth, it shall be the duty of the nurse, relative or other attendant having charge of such infant, to report in writing within six hours thereafter to the Board of Health in the city or town in which the parents of the infant reside the fact that such inflammation, swelling and redness of the eyes and unnatural discharge exists.
On receipt of such report, or of notice of the same symptoms given by a physician as provided by the following section, the Board of Health shall take such immediate action as it may deem necessary in order that blindness may be prevented.
Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
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But the Board of Health of a city or town may in its discre- tion, disinfect or fumigate all such premises as in the opinion of the Board have been exposed to any infectious or conta- gious disease at the expense of the city or town and may em- ploy any proper and competent person or corporation for the purpose of such disinfecting or fumigation."
CHARLES H. MACOMBER, Board CHARLES F. PAULL, of
JAMES MCCALL, Health.
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Cash in Treasury, Jan. 1st, 1911
$806 40
Mass. School Fund
1288 41
Dog Fund
176 77
Corporation tax
from State
112 39
Bank tax
397 79
State aid
348 00
High School
66
753 00
School Supt.
66
250 00
Tuition of children
263 50
Inspection animals
66
21 00
Temporary aid
24 00
Auctioneers' licenses
4 00
Butchers'
4 00
Oyster note
500 00
Fish privileges
31 00
Interest, Cemetery endowment
35 05
Lakeville School children
5 00
Machinists' National Bank
6000 00
Leach fund
650 00
J. M. Alexander, taxes 1909
113 53
יי
1910
538 64
Herbert A. Perry, " 1911
5106 96
Court fines 25 00
Total receipts
$17,454 44
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Expenditures
Highways and bridges
$1239 47
Public Library
117 39
Memorial Day
34 75
Enforcing law
47 80
Forest fires
579 15
Schools
3634 95
High school
768 00
Transportation
156 25
Soldiers' relief
36 00
Cemetery (endowed)
35 05
Outside poor
982 70
State aid
416 00
Town officers
935 49
Machinists' National Bank
5500 00
66 .
interest
and expense
122 89
Snow bills
50 56
State tax
660 00
Highway tax
16 80
County tax
608 26
Balance due the State
2 70
Berkley and Dighton bridge repairs
97 56
Miscellaneous
582 68
Deposited in Taunton Savings Bank,
Leach fund
519 50
Balance in treasury
1 28
Bills unpaid
$17,629 62 175 18
$17,454 44 EDWIN H. ALLEN, Treasurer.
479 89
care
4 50
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Town Officers
John C. Davis, Supt. of schools $226 64
Martin H. Bowman, Supt. of schools 106 68
Charles W. Cook, town clerk
20 40
treasurer
11 42
Dr. L. E. Butler, inspector of schools
25 00
C. M. Wade,
meat 24 25
Henry Hathaway, tree warden
5 00
J. H. Macomber, inspector of animals 29 50
Charles Corey, truant officer 10 00
72 00
James McCall,
42 00
Charles F. Paull,
37 00
L. C. Whittaker, ballot clerk 5 00
Fred L. Williams, 5 00
Walter A. Strange, teller
2 00
Chester E. Phillips, "
5 00
Thomas P. Paull, auditor
14 00
A. A. Briggs, dog officer
15 00
G. H. Swift, assessor 49 35
59 25
John T. Haskins, 48 00
N. H. Strange, school committee 26 50
E. H. Allen,
32 75
Julia R. Burt,
25 00
N. H. Strange, justice of peace
census enumerator
10 00
E. H. Allen, making State bills, etc.
4 00
moderator
2 00
posting warrants
8 00
. . supply agent
10 00
66 justice of peace 3 00
$935 49
Forest Fires
G. H. Babbitt and others $458 30
1 75
Rollin H. Babbitt, assessor
Charles HI. Macomber, selectman
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S. E. Braley and others 62 75
J. II. Macomber “ 17 30
Standard Ext. Co. 40 80
$579 15
Enforcing the Laws
Charles Corey, 5 cases $29 80
F. S. Hall 18 00
$47 80
Miscellaneous Bills
Fred L. Williams, care of town hall $15 00
Wood and oil for town hall 4 24
Birth Certificates by Dr. Briggs and Dr. Dwinell 1 00
Printing town reports 88 75
Printing and supplies for town officers 29 70
S. II. Cook, distributing town reports 1 00
Two safes and moving old safe
103 40
J. M. Alexander and others fighting moths 120 78
A. T. Storey, trees for the common
130 50
American Surety Co., bonds for treas- urer and collector 40 00
Telephone, postage and express
5 78
Medical services
12 65
Three hawks
1.50
Staples Coal Co.
25 38
$582 68
Public Library
Julia R. Burt, librarian
$40 00
Books purchased
48 74
Repairs, express, etc.
8 65
Joseph Howland, services for 1910 and 1911 20 00
$117 39
34 75
Memorial Day expenses
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Soldiers' Relief
Charles B. Hathaway
$36 00
State Aid
Reuben Delano
$48 00
Gustavus T. Fisher
48 00
George A. Hathaway
36 00
Dyer S. Paull
48 00
Walter A. Pierce
72 00
William R. Smith
48 00
Benjamin Battles
42 00
Charles Hersom
30 00
Lewis Greene
24 00
Benjamin F. Luther
20 00
$416 00
Poor out of Almshouse
Frederick Macomber
$130 00
Mrs. Pittsley
102 50
Daniel Caswell
112 50
DePointe children
330 50
Philip Strange
45 00
Mrs. Bugbee
68 38
Margaret Clark (City of Boston)
38 00
Ada Hathaway (City of Fall River)
91 92
Mary Malt
24 00
Charles E. Norcutt (City of Taunton)
4 90
Sarah Hathaway (burial)
35 00
$982 70
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SCHOOLS
Teachers' Names and Wages
No. 1 A. Mabel Sawyer 22 wks. at $11
$242 00
Myron R. Chace 14 66
10 140 00
No. 2 Isabell Pratt 22 11 242 00
," Gertrude E. Davis 14 66
11 154 00
No. 3 Edith Blood 22
10 220 00
Ruth E. Holland 14 10 140 00
No. 4 Elizabeth S. Davis 14
. 6
8 112 00
No. 5 Marian G. Adrian 22
9 198 00
Addie M. Blood
14
9 126 00
No. 6 Mary L. Corey
36
9 324 00
No. 7 Maria Legrow
22
11 242 00
7
66
12
84 00
Elsie M. Snow
7
66
12
84 00
Jennie M. Seaver (assistant)
13 05
Sara L. Maloney
19 60
Lila A. Neves
20 70
Joanna Fitzgerald 66
8 70
$2370 05
Fuel for Schools
N. H. Strange, 172 cds. hard & pine wood $75 51
E. II. Allen, 6 cds. hard wood 29 50
L. P. Churchill and others 12 25
Staples Coal Co. 50 00
$167 26
High School Transportation
Edwin C. Kusterer
$15 00
Grace Haskins
10 00
J. E. Francis
8 00
Ruth Howland
15 00
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Francis M. Chase
8 00
Luther B. Hoard
14 40
Madeline E. French
19 00
Edmund M. Clark
5 85
Louise Chester
24 00
Blanche and Sadie Carey
25 00
Maude and Earl Hopkins
12 00
$156 25
Repairs on School Buildings
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, black-boards
$123 86
A. G. Williams & Co.
46 85
L. M. Witherell 21 63
N. H. Strange
30 00
Dighton Foundry Co.
28 85
J. M. Fitzgerald Co.
6 81
David Hoxie
4 00
F. L. Williams & G. H. Swift
17 50
A. W. Allen
2 60
E. E. Whittaker
3 25
Other repairs
8 21
$293 56
Janitors
Raymond Macomber
$20 50
Frank E. Reed
13 63
Clinton Macomber
7 00
George R. Babbitt
13 50
Alvin E. Briggs
20 50
Willie Murphy
20 75
Luther B. Hoard
40 00
Joe Smith
13 50
Willie Hall
4 00
$153 38
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High School Tuition
Blanche G. Carey,
Fall River
$63 75
Sadie A. Carey,
66
63 75
Louise Chest er,
18 00
Edwin C. Kusterer,
63 75
Arthur B. Studley,
"
66
18 75
Grace Haskins,
Taunton
60 00
E. A. Hopkins,
60 00
J. E. Francis,
60 00
Ruth E. Howland,
60 00
Francis M. Chase,
60 00
Luther B. Hoard,
60 00
Madeline E. French,
60 00
Maud E. Hopkins,
60 00
Edmund M. Clark,
60 00
$768 00
Books and Supplies
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$102 49
J. L. Hammett Co.
8 44
American Book Co.
48 12
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
14 50
H. A. Dickerman & Son
16 45
Other school supplies
17 92
$207 9%
Sawing and Housing
Frank B. Terry
$2 50
Raymond F. Macomber
1 75
Lloyd White
3 50
Willie Murphy
1 75
George R. Babbitt
4 50
A. A. Briggs & A. E. Briggs
4 25
Clinton Macomber
2 50
Willie Hall
3 00
Sumner Staples, sawing 19 cords
16 00
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N. H. Strange Frank E. Reed
1 50
75
E. H. Allen
75
$42 75
School Incidentals
Howard Haines, transporting pupils No. 4 $149 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, desks for " 7 119 03
H. N. Clark Co., 3 oil stoves 14 25
H. A. Dickerman & Son, brooms, etc.
6 00
G. W. Luther, oil, etc.
11 50
J. M. Fitzgerald & Co.
17 92
Cleaning school houses
18 25
L. P. Churchill, cement, lime, etc. 10 55
Whitewashing, etc. 17 33
Express, telephone, etc. 8 04
Carting black boards, etc.
9 15
Supt. of Schools, expenses
18 41
$399 43
Cash Received for Schools
Mass. School Fund
$1288 41
State, tuition of children 263 50
State, on account of superintendent
250 00
Town appropriation
1800 00
€ 66 superintendent 300 00
Bristol County Dog Fund
59 38
$3961 29
At a meeting of the School Committee held Jan. 29, 1912, the report of the Superintendent of Schools was read and adopted as the report of the School Committee; also, voted that the town appropriate the same for schools as last year.
JULIA R. BURT,
Secretary.
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HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
District No. 1
Willard Hathaway, 193 days, horse 15g days $56 00
Staples Coal Co. 27 35
John Miller, 105 days
19 00
Ernest Hopkins, 55 days
10 00
G. H. Babbitt, 45 days
8 20
Wm. Gilbert, 72 hours
1 50
Arthur Macomber, 35 days
6 40
John Barrows, 3 days
5 40
Frank 1 day
1 80
Robert Gilbert, 2 hours
40
Henry Hathaway, 2 days
3 60
John Rothermel, 7} hours
1 50
George Caswell
50
James B. Hathaway, 7 days
13 40
J. F. Staples, posts, drill, spikes, etc. 9 63
G. H. Swift, 3 days 5 40
Lawrence Swift, 3 days, horse 6 days, gravel
14 04
Maria Haines, gravel
1 80
Frank Terry, 4; days
8 00
J. McDonald, 43 days
8 00
Lewis Greene, 13 days
2 40
$204 32
District No. 2
J. H. Macomber, 63 days, horse 7,1 T'8 days, posts, etc. $23 73
J. H. Macomber and others 83 73
John Hoxie, 23 days 5 20
John Oliver, 223 days 41 20
Joe Addleson, 103 days 18 40
C. H. Macomber, posts 5 60
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A. W. Reed, § days
80
Mrs. H. A. Dean, poles
1 00
Charles Corey, 2 days, horse 2 days 6 30
John Barber, 2 days 3 60
Henry Westgate, 2 days
3 60
Ervine Chase, horse 2 days, gravel
5 76
$198 92
District No. 3
E. E. Whittaker, 245 d. posts, etc. $7 15
$51 35
Arthur Bassett, 43} hours with horse
15 22
John Rothermel, 103 days 19 40
Thomas A. Briggs, 3 days
5 40
Norman Whittaker, 3 days
5 40
L. C. Whittaker, 143 days, horse 5g days
35 90
C. D. Babbitt
70
Herbert Babbitt, 33 days
6 80
Staples Coal Co.
21 33
Huntley Perry, 6 days, horse 33 hours
15 15
Albert Regan
2 10
$178 75
District No. 4
Howard Haines, 103 days, horse 113 days
$34 00
Mrs. O'Brien, gravel
7 50
John Rothermel, 4 days
7 20
Earl Haines, 7g days
13 40
Staples Coal Co.
12 00
L. E. Whittaker, 2 days
3 60
W. H. Belcher, 3 days
5 40
W. F. Pierce, 2 days
3 60
B. F. Luther, 2 days ¿ hour
3 70
Thomas Powers, 26 days
4 80
$95 20
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District No. 5
A. A. Briggs, 143 days, horse 73 days
$35 60
Frank Terry, 103 days
18 40
Alfred Pierce, 10 hours, gravel $2
4 00
Charles Hathaway, 3 hours
60
Staples Coal Co.
6 00
N. H. Strange, 3} d. horse 2 d. gravel $5 55
14 15
S. H. Cook, 25 days, horse 24 days
7 90
George E. Crimlish, 7 days
12 60
Albert W. Allen, 33 days, horse 31 days
11 00
$110 25
District No. 6
J. F. Kusterer, 31§ days, horse 31§ days
$99 81
material for Cotley bridge 8 45
dynamite, drills, gravel, etc.
11 98
Staples Coal Co.
12 00
George Chapman
60
Reuben Delano, gravel
3 75
Manuel Parveo, 3} days
5 60
John Clark, 13 days
3 20
J. F. Staples, 23 days, horse 4; days
10 00
Arthur Davis, 153 days
27 60
Manuel Martin, 23 days
4 00
George Flint, 33 days, gravel, 30
7 30
$194 29
District No. 7
S. E. Braley, 93 days, repairs $.70
$17 70
L. P. Churchill Co., 18 days, horse 293 days 71 85
Eli Wordell, 4g days, horse 1 day
10 05
Peter L. Chase, 143 days, horse 6 days
34 69
16 60
Charles Hathaway, 93 days
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David Babbitt, 4 days
7 20
Frank Ames, 4 days 7 20
W. H. W., 4 days 7 20
C. B. Wordell, 2 days
3 60
F. A. Demoranville, 2 days
3 60
F. K. Gamache, 133 days
24 00
Frank Washburn, 3 days, horse 6 days
13 50
A. Haskins, 3 days, horse 3 days
9 45
Arthur G. Mann, 2 days
3 60
George H. Turcott, 15 days
2 80
George L. 1 day
1 80
Malachi H. Haskins, 24 days, gravel $3 40
7 80
Damon D. White, 23 days
4 00
F. S. Macomber, gravel
2 85
$249 49
Repairing road scraper
4 25
Over-pay to S. E. Braley
4 00
Total
$1239 47
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Auditor's Report
As Auditor I have examined the accounts of the three Treasurers the town has employed during the year and found the accounts incomplete. The attempt in this report to harmonize the accounts of the several Treasurers and the amount of cash on hand has required days of irritating labor.
THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
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Assets
Cash on hand January, 1912
$1 28
Deposits in Savings Banks
1550 00
Leach fund
525 00
Unpaid taxes, 1909
70 64
1910
256 41
1911
Oyster note due March, 1912
500 00
Four notes of $500 each, due each successive year
THIE TOWN OWES.
Note for borrowed money due March, 1912 1000 00
Unpaid bills (estimated) 500 00
THOMAS P. PAULL, Auditor.
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Report of the Town Clerk
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1911.
Marriages Registered in Berkley, 1911
April 25. Frank H. Spooner of Freetown and Hattie P. Homer of Freetown. Married by Rev. George W. Christie of Berkley.
June 27. Maurice B. Anthony of Berkley and Dora A. Randall of Berkley. Married by Rev. Clayton E. Delanater.
July 17. Manuel Cabral of Berkley and Catherine Souza Lawrence of Berkley. Married by Rev. George W. Christie of Berkley.
July 29. Ellis E. Hall of Berkley and Jessie F. McKennon of East Milton. Married by Rev. Ira W. LeBarron.
August 6. Thomas J. Nadeau of Holyoke and Rose L. Gamache of Berkley. Married by Rev. H. Cullen, Priest October 28. Arthur H. Macomber of Berkley and Mrs. Mabel E. Taylor of Berkley. Married by Rev. George W. Christie of Berkley.
November 16. Benjamin A. Phillips of Taunton and Bessie H. Smith of Berkley. Married by Rev. J. Ralph McGee of Taunton.
December 2. Manuel Perry of Berkley and Annie Betten- court of Taunton. Married by Rev. Joaquen Fortensca, R. C. Priest.
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Births Registered in Berkley, 1911
Child's Name
Parents' Name
Feb. 19 Herbert Ephriam Tripp
Herbert E. Tripp
Priby P. Weaver
Frans H. Silvian
Elvia M. Harkajarava
Walter C. Ashley
Blanche M. Whittaker
Enoch V. Boyce
Grace A. Borden
June 11
-Tirrell
Edwin F. Tirrell
Annie S. Delano
July 17 Margaret Strange
Walter A. Strange
Margaret A. Harrington
Oct. 29
-York
Percy E. York Ruth Horton
Frederick C. Blinn
Margaret W. Johnson
Dec. 30
-Peterson
Charles Peterson
Irene Crane .
Jan. 14
-Silvian
Aug. 15
Ashley
May 6 - Boyce
Oct. 29 Blinn
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Deaths Registered in Berkley, 1911
Date
Name
Y.
Age M.
D.
January
9
Frank C. Patter
45
14
Hakazarsi Silvan
16 Bertha B. Swift
49
February
5 Mary Deluco Meniz
8 10
23
Elam Richmond Haskings
79
9
12
March
5
Hiram A. Babbitt
80
6
Mary Jane Ballard
59
8
27
April
2
Waldo Ames Lord
64
3
18
3
Harriett Bugbee
80
2
24
25
John Colby A. Robinson
61
10
25
May
5 George Lewis Turcott
56
3
20
July
11 Dorcas A. Phillips
83
4
August
15 Herbert E. Tripp
24
Robert Marchard Clark
3
September
11 Elias Macomber
91
3
7
22 Sarah A. Hathaway
77
8
20
October ·
26 Charles A. Davis
69
10
29 Lillian May Dexter
34
8
26
29
Peddy S. Pierce
87
4
6
5
27
8 Joseph T. Cummings
80
11
Ebenezer Macomber
82
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Report of Commissioners for the Town Cemetery, December 31, 1911.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Dec. 31, 1910, Cash on hand
$4 46
June 10, 1911, John Cummings lot No. 38 8 00
Dec. 5, 1911, G. H. Swift, mowing bushes " 31, 1911, Cash on hand
$4 46
8 00
$12 46
$12 46
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
The treasurer has on deposit in the Bristol County Savings Bank of Taunton, to be held forever in trust, the income to be used for the care of burial lots, the following sums :
1898, June 27, Philip C. Porter,
Endowment $100
Expended $11 00
Int. Due $7 60
1900, May 12, Wm. Babbitt,
100
3 50
10 13
1906, April 12, Calvin T. Crane,
100
3 50
7 52
1906, Oct. 1, Susan H. Allen,
200
2 50
12 72
1908, Dec. 12, Thomas Terry,
100
3 50
5 38
1909, Dec. 17, Samuel C. Norcutt,
100
3 50
3 68
1910, Sept. 17, Rev. Thos. Andros,
200
6 55
1 53
1910, June 24, Wm. Burt and Alex- ander Simms,
100
1 00
4 08
HORACE N. MACOMBER, EDWIN H. ALLEN, GEORGE H. SWIFT, Commissioners.
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Report of Trustees of Town Library
Your Trustees are pleased to report an unusually large addition to the Library the past year.
We have added fifty books by purchase, have received thirty-six book as a gift from the State and a farther gift of one hundred and thirty-eight books from the Millicent Library of Fair Haven. These with three volumes of Harper's Magazine from our fellow townsman Albert E Dean make a great accession.
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