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ANNUAL REPORT
For THE OW OFFICERS
OF
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.,
YEAR 1905
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.
FOR THE
YEAR 1905.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS. : MIDDLEBORO GAZETTE OFFICE, 1906.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1905.
Town Clerk.
AMOS H. EATON
Term expires 1906
Treasurer and Collector. AMOS H. EATON.
Selectmen and Assessors.
EDWIN F. WITHAM
Term expires 1907
LYMAN P. THOMAS .
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1908
WILLIAM M. HASKINS .
66 1906
Overseers of the Poor.
ANDREW M. WOOD
Term expires 1908
CHARLES M. THATCHER
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66 1907
CHARLES W. KINGMAN
66 1906
School Committee.
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
Term expires 1908
WILLIAM C. LITCHFIELD
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66
1908
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS
66 1906
NATHAN WASHBURN
66 1906
CHARLES S. TINKHAM
66 1907
E. T. P. JENKS
66
1907
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES.
Municipal Light Board.
THOMAS S. HODGSON, M. D.
Term expires 1908
HENRY W. SEARS
1906
JOHN A. MILLER .
66 1907
Board of Health.
JAMES A. BURGESS
Term expires 1907
BERT J. ALLAN
66 1908
THOMAS S. HODGSON, M. D.
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66 1906
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Constables.
HIERBERT L. BATCHELDER. JOHN R. GOVE. SAMUEL HATHAWAY. HERBERT L. LEONARD.
SAMUEL S. LOVELL. JOHN M. LUIPPOLD. FRED. C. SPARROW. ICHABOD B. THOMAS.
Superintendent of Streets. JOIIN C. CIIACE.
Registrars of Voters.
LORENZO WOOD
JAMES H. RUSSELL .
WALTER M. CHIPMAN
66 1908
Trustees of the Public Library.
C. D. KINGMAN
Term expires 1908
W. II. SOUTHWORTH .
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66
1908
DAVID G. PRATT
66
1906
JOSEPH E. BEALS
. 1906
KENELM WINSLOW
1906
GEORGE BRAYTON
66
1907
E. S. HATHAWAY
66 1907
ANDREW M. WOOD
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Fish Wardens.
EDWIN F. WITHAM. LYMAN P. THOMAS.
WILLIAM M. HASKINS.
Fence Viewers.
WILLIAM H. CROSBY. WILLIAM MCALLISTER. LOUIS RITTER.
Tree Warden. LUTHER S. BAILEY.
Auditor.
PERCY W. KEITH.
66
1908
NATHAN WASHBURN
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1907
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Term expires 1906 66 1907
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JOSEPH T. WOOD
JOSEPH T. WOOD.
Born March 17, 1818; Died February_6, 1890.
A distinctive characteristic of Plymouth Colony was the strong, sturdy, self-reliant ability of its members, not relying on or dependent upon men of high station but possessing a high average grade of character. £ Such were Brewster and Bradford, Standish, Carver and Howland, and as transmitted to later generations, such was the subject of this sketch.
A lineal descendant of John Howland, Francis Cooke and other Mayflower passengers, Mr. Wood possessed in a marked degrec the Pilgrim ideal of character. Of one of the oldest and most honorable families of Middleboro, his immediate ancestry were men of mark. His grandfather, Ebenezer Wood, was three times elected as representative to the Massachusetts Legislature, serving in 1781-2-7.
His father, Judge Wilkes Wood, a graduate of Brown University, and later one of its Fellows, served two years in the State Senate ; was a member in 1840 of the electoral college which cast its vote for William Henry Harrison, and for 22 years from 1821 to 1843 was Judge of Probate for Plymouth County.
Joseph T. Wood, the fourth and youngest son of Judge Wilkes Wood and Betsy Wilde Thompson Wood, was born in Middleboro in the house in which he lived and died.
He early became prominent in local affairs and his valuable traits of character being perceived by his fellow townsmen he was soon called to serve them in various offices. For twenty-eight years he was on the Board of Selectmen, in later years being its chairman. In 1852 and 1854 he represented Middleboro in the Legislature and for nine years was one of the County Commissioners of Plymouth County. He also served as Town Assessor and as Water Commissioner. In all these varied offices he
displayed such ability and conscientious devotion to right principles as well as unaffected modesty as to endear himself to his townsmen and win their fullest confidence in his integrity and good judgment. Interested in educating the young he for many years was one of the trustees of Peirce Academy in its palmy days. Believing as he did in the necessity of religious principles, he early united with the Baptist Church in this place and gave forty six years of devoted service as deacon besides serving as Clerk of the Baptist Society, Superintendent of the Sunday School, trustee of church funds and chairman of the building committee which superintended the erection of the present edifice of the Baptist Church which may well be a lasting memorial of him.
" The memory of the just is blessed."
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1905.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD MARCH 6th, 1905,
At the Adjournment held March 15th, 1905 and at a Special Town Meeting held December 16th, 1905.
Unpaid school bills of 1904 $550 00
Support of schools, current expenses and super- intendent's salary 24,421 00
Transportation of scholars 2,750 00
Repairs and alterations of school property 1,000 00
Salary of School Committee
150 00
Support of poor
8,000 00
Soldiers' relief
.
3,500 00
Military aid
500 00
Town officers
2,400 00
Incidentals
2,800 00
Water supply
1,500 00
Town debt
6,250 00
Interest .
2,500 00
Salaries Electric Light and Gas Commissioners 150 00
Suburban lighting
400 00
Bond due
2,000 00
Interest . .
2,861 34
Note due .
750 00
Construction
1,000 00
New enclosed arc lights
1,500 00
For purchase of meters
650 00
Board of Health
.
450 00
Sewers
75 00
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Highway Department
· $8,500 00
Police
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300 00
Night Watch .
750 00
Sprinkling streets
600 00
Tree Warden .
100 00
Town house, repairs, insurance, etc.
1,100 00
Town house, painting
450 00
Post No. 8 G. A. R. ·
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.
200 00
Public Library
·
.
100 00
Total appropriations Deduct
. $78,457 34
Appropriation for arc lights to be raised by notes $1,500 00
Appropriations made to be raised in 1906 500 00
Corporation and bank tax
5,040 00 7,040 00
To be raised by tax
. $71,417 34
Voted by town
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. $71,417 34
State tax
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.
5,640 00
State highway tax
42 34
Grade crossing tax .
2,382.10
County tax
6,100 73
Non-resident bank tax
157 68
Overlayings
868 07
Total
$86,608 26
Deduct amount of note paid by trustee of
Peirce Estate
5,000 00
Total to be raised by tax
. $81,608 26
Assessed on 2,104 polls .
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. $4,208 00
Assessed on personal property .
. 16,193 65
Assessed on real estate
· 61,048 93
Assessed on non-resident bank stock
157 68
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200 00
Concrete walks
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$81,608 26
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Number of polls assessed, 2,104
Value of buildings, excluding land $2,002,185 00
Value of land, excluding buildings .
1,389,422 00
$3,391,607 00
Value of personal estate
899,647 00
$4,291,254 00
Persons, firms, etc., assessed on property :
Residents
1,441
Non-residents
·
. 322
Persons assessed for polls only . ·
1,145
Total number of persons assessed 2,908
Number of horses assessed
863
Number of cows 66
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705
Number of sheep 66
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13
Number of swine 66
42
Number of fowl
3,500
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
122
Number of dwelling houses
66
1,534
Number of acres of land
39,180
Population of town
6,893
Taxes remitted, 1902
$18 00
Taxes remitted, 1903
95 80
Taxes remitted, 1904
620 94
Taxes remitted, 1905
238 64
Added taxes, 1905
114 46
Tax rate, $18.00 on $1,000.
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EDWIN F. WITHAM, WILLIAM M. HASKINS, LYMAN P. THOMAS, Assessors of Middleboro.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1905.
The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for the amounts hereinafter given under the several appropriations made by the town :
. TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriations ·
$2,400 00
Unexpended . .
142 29
$2,542 29
Orders drawn :
E. F. Witham, selectman and assessor $315 00
L. P. Thomas, selectman and assessor 232 50
W. M. Haskins, selectman and asses- sor
232 50
Clara G. Thomas, clerk
48 00
Amos H. Eaton, town clerk, treasurer and collector
1,099 98
Amos H. Eaton, administering oaths
25 00
Amos H. Eaton, board of registrars .
48 75
Peter M. Ramsey, board of registrars
8 75
Lorenzo Wood, board of registrars .
60 00
James H. Russell, board of registrars
52 90
Amos H. Eaton, paid election officers Committee on appropriations
92 50
40 00
Walter M Chipman, board of regis- trars 26 25
Sarah A. Phinney, dinners election officers ·
5 25
P. W. Keith, auditor ·
100 00
A. H. Eaton, paid caucus officers .
16 00
$2,403 38
Unexpended
$138 91
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NIGHT WATCH.
Unexpended
$7 00
Appropriation .
750 00
Orders drawn :
George E. Hatch 728 00
Balance unexpended .
$29 00
POLICE.
Unexpended
$57 26
Appropriation .
300 00
Bal. from suppression of crime appro. 34 89
Bal. from 4th district court 62 35
$454 50
Orders drawn :
William H. Goodwin
5 00
Herbert L. Leonard
123 00
William E. Cushman
4 00
Fred C. Sparrow
16 25
H. L. Batchelder
25 50
Samuel Hathaway
35 75
John M. Luippold
25 50
John R. Gove .
6 00
Everett T. Lincoln®
20 00
George E. Hatch
3 00
Ichabod B. Thomas
25 00
Isaac M. Foye
8 00
S. S. Lovell
60 50
John H. Ryder
15 00
Warren S. Gibbs
2 00
B. F. Johnson
6 80
E. F. Witham
12 00
393 30
Balance unexpended .
$63 20
WATER SUPPLY.
Appropriation .
. $1,500 00
Orders drawn
$1,500 00
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$757 00
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TREE WARDEN.
Appropriation .
$100 00
Orders drawn :
Luther S. Bailey
99 97
Unexpended balance .
03
SPRINKLING STREETS.
Appropriation .
$600 00
Orders drawn
$600 00
SEWERS.
Unexpended
$75 00
Appropriation .
75 00
Received from sewer permits
250 00
$400 00
Orders drawn :
M. O. Rounseville
350 00
A. G. Hayes
5 00
355 00
Balance unexpended .
$45 00
MILITIA COMPANY.
Balance unexpended
$100 00
Transferred to incidental account INCIDENTALS.
Balance unexpended
$26 02
Appropriation .
2,500 00
So. Mass. Tel. Co. postage
2 40
Edgar D. Wood, sealer of weights and measures
49
Use of telephone
1 50
Appropriation at special meeting 300 00 .
Transferred from militia company ·
100 00
Herring account
112 59
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$100 00
$3,043 00
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Orders drawn :
Southern Mass. Telephone Co. .
$45 57
Isabel Thomas, copying
2 00
Clara G. Thomas, clerk
42 00
Mary C. Eaton, copying .
29 40
Wood & Tinkham, printing
1,226 55
L. P. Thomas, incidental expenses 15 41
Hobbs & Warren Co. 1 61
A. B. Paun, M. D., inspector of ani- mals 183 33
C. W. Kingman, forest fire ward ·
22 00
W. C. McCrillis, forest fire ward
69 90
D. S. Surrey, forest fire ward .
10 20
John E. Benson, forest fire ward
3 30
Geo. H. Vaughan, forest fire ward Benj. C. Shaw, forest fire ward
19 10
Harry L. Clark, fighting fire
60
John L. Benson, forest fire ward
52 10
E. H. Gammons, forest fire ward
3 00
8 60
Geo. A. Robbins, forest fire ward C. E. Weston, forest fire ward
5 20
James A. Burgess, inspector of meat and provisions
107 50
Smith & Hathaway, stationery .
3 16
D. H. Holmes, M. D., registering births
2 25
J. F. Shurtleff, M. D., registering births ·
50
W. F. Fryer, M. D., registering births .
8 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing
83 38
B. F. Johnson, feeding prisoners .
37 23
B. F. Johnson, keeper of lockup
50 00
Snow & Barbour, engineering .
62 50
T. C. Collins & Son, insurance
30 00
E. E. Hobart, registry fee
3 00
F. M. Bixby, settlement of Seth A. Eaton case
161 93
E. F. Witham, travelling expenses .
66 15
Municipal Engineering 2 00
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17 60
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Carter Ink Co. $2 50
A. H. Eaton, returning births, mar- riages and deaths, 1904 110 40
Sarah A. Phinney, election officers' dinners 10 15
W. M. Haskins, use of team, etc. 62 00
H. H. Shaw, use of team, etc. 10 00
D. M. Pratt, moth examiner 17 99
A. M. Bearse, postage·
47 74
T. A. Churbuck, engineering in case
against Taunton 84 75
M. M. Copeland, printing 55 25
Keystone Job Print, printing
12 00
P B. Murphy, printing . . .
4 25
Little, Brown & Co., book
4 00
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
2 50
Emery Record Preserving Co. .
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3 75
Henry M. Meek Pub. Co.
52
J. L. Fairbanks & Co.
9 50
Abatement of taxes .
44
Josiah H. Thomas, forest fire ward
5 50
Bowker Insecticide Co.
50
Amos H. Eaton, delivering tax bills, etc. 66 21
Everett T. Lincoln, serving notices
14 92
D. D. Sullivan, witness Blair case.
20 00
T. G. Sisson, use of horse
7 50
S. E. Matthews, destroying ballots
1.75
John Robbins Mufg. Co. . 6 25
A. C. Howes 15 00
Library Bureau
12 15
Amos H. Eaton, caucus officers
30 00
Annie M. Reed, state aid papers 3 50
George Soule, returning deaths,
21 25
$3,017 34
Balance unexpended .
$25 66
TOWN HALL.
Unexpended .balance
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$30 88
Appropriation .
900 00
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13
Appropriation at special meeting $200 00
Received for rent of hall . 829 30
Appropriation for painting town house 450 00
$2,410 18
Orders drawn :
Clara G. Thomas
$66 00
J. & G. E. Doane, oil, lead and inci- dentals
182 75
B. F. Johnson, janitor
520 00
B. F. Johnson, cash paid out
2 73
Thomas W. Pierce, incidentals
62 70
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant
464 79
P. W. Keith, insurance
30 00
T. M. Ryder, insurance
30 00
D. D. Sullivan . .
30 00
C. L. Hathaway .
30 00
Annie M. Reed
30 00
Jones Bros. Co.
18 47
John McNally, teaming
10 64
E. C. Holloway
38
J. F. Alden, insurance
30 00
J. K. & B. Sears, lumber
4 30
H. B. Wentworth, tuning piano
11 50
Fred C. Sparrow, carpentering
20 95
Rodney E. Southworth
12 06
W. H. Southworth, repairs
4 40
E. H. Blake, repair keys and locks
2 80
Fred N. Whitman, supplies
2 30
W. F. Dean, mill work
2 50
Bryant & Soule, coal
367 27
H. I. Dallman & Co., dusters
10 50
LeBaron Foundry Co.
1 50
John Hickman, slating roof
44 30
F. A. Johnson, labor painting
311 76
William E. Bump, brooms
1 50
Amos H. Eaton, incidentals bought
5 75
Oliver Typewriter Co.
4 75
$2,316 60
Balance unexpended .
$93 58
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Received from Wareham .
23 25
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66 Plymouth . 60 00
66
66 State Treasurer 140 00
$3,723 25
Overdrawn
1,337 72 ·
Available for 1905
$2,385 53
Orders drawn :
Town of Sandwich, acct. H. P. Lovell and family
$234 95
George L. Soule, burial of Mrs. Reu- ben Harlow .
35 00
George L. Soule, burial of Charles D. Swett
35 00
George L. Soule, burial of C. W. Turner
35 00
Jones Bros., burial of Ellis Dunham . 35 00
George L. Soule, burial of Eben H. Atwood
35 00
Jones Bros. Co., burial of Edw. Ha- ley, Jr. .
35 00
D. H. Holmes, physician to soldiers . 75 00
Annie M. Reed, State aid papers
4 00
Eugene Blackwell, acct. A. C. How- land
122 00
C. W. Clark
60 00
Mrs. C. H. Crandall
.
48 00
John M. Luippold, guardian
48 00
Charles Mitchell
36 00
Mrs. Louise Parry
60 00
Mrs. Jennie F. Shaw
60 00
William N. Shaw
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John Scanlin .
48 00
George Temple
60 00
Mrs. Henrietta Wilmot
96 00
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66 00
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Melissa Collins
.
$48 00
W. T. Jefferson
6 00
Eben H. Atwood
107 00
C. O. Cook
90 00
Town of Wareham, acct. Albert Shaw
23 25
Mrs. C. H. Perry and child
154 15
Harrison Haskins
116 00
L. S. Raymond
20 00
Sylvanus Bisbee
46 00
Maria S. Haines
10 00
Isabel H. Finney
72 00
George H. Shaw, 2d
80 00
William E. Bump
25 00
William F. Thompson
80 00
George Powers
35 00
Job N. Cole
30 00
Abiel Gibbs
86 00
Stephen H. Hammond
36 00
Earl T. Smith .
20 00
Theodore P. Holmes
62 00
Daniel F. Wilbur
135 00
Hannah V. Mellen
126 00
George B. Leonard
20 00
Artemas Morse
14 00
Simeon Harlow
63 00
James Farley
95 50
I. M. Foye
55 00
John J. Perkins
25 00
Samuel Williams
20 00
A. O. Standish
29 00
Mrs. M. A. Perry
94 00
Elvira P. Swett
10 00
George L. Finney
32 00
Mrs. Eben Atwood
62 00
E. E. Place
12 00
Henry A. Eaton
10 00
James McMann
128 00
Job Chandler
5 00
Salisbury H. Frisbie
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12 00
James H. Tripp
149 00
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Ellen J. Barrows
$66 50
Mrs. A. Bliss
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72 25
Wilson Orr
.6 00
Benj. F. Mosher
15 00
Julia Boardman
16 00
Sanford Weston
25 00
Bernard Glancy
10 00
Solon Robertson
92 00
Arad Thomas
10 00
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$3,789 60
Overdrawn
$1,404 07
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Unexpended $2,311 92
Appropriation for repair of highways, snow bills, State highway, and Su- perintendent's salary
8,500 00
Received from street sprinkling .
1,347 50
Received from other sources, as per
Superintendent's report . · . 14,619 25
$26,778 67
Orders drawn :
General highway bills approved by the Superintendent of Streets $24,380 33
Paid State Treasurer, Highway tax 42 34
Deduct error in cash book 225 57
24,648 24
Unexpended balance
$2,130 43
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STATE AID.
A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THOSE PERSONS TO WHOM STATE AID HAS BEEN PAID DURING THE YEAR 1905, AND THE AMOUNT PAID TO EACH.
Alden, Susan M.,
$48.00
Finney, Isabelle B., 48.00
Alden, Mrs. Warner,
48.00
Freeman, Andrew,
12.00
Atwood, Eben H.,
24.00
Gammons, Melintha B.,
48.00
Atwood, Rebecca S.,
12.00
Gammons, Thomas G., 48.00
Atwood, John,
48.00
Gibbs, Charles F.,
72.00
Atwood, Eliza A.,
48.00
Gibbs, Stephen S.,
48.00
Ashley, Luther G.,
72.00
Glidden, Benjamin R.,
48.00
Barrows, Ellen J.,
48.00
Haines, Maria H.,
48.00
Bisbee, Sylvanus,
72.00
Hammond, Stephen H.,
28.00
Bisbee, Abigail,
44.00
Harlow, Simeon,
72.00
Blinkinsop, James,
72.00
Harvey, Alexander V.,
48.00
Bliss, Alphonso,
72.00
Haskell, John T.,
48.00
Boardman, Julia,
48.00
Haskins, Harrison,
72.00
Bryant, James W.,
72.00
Hathaway, Sarah,
48.00
Bryant, Drusilla J.,
48.00
Haven, Perley,
72.00
Bryant, William E.,
72.00
Haven, Lucinda E.,
48.00
Bump, Benjamin W.,
72.00
Hermann, George H.,
72.00
Bump, Emily A.,
48.00
Holmes, Theodore P.,
72.00
Bump, William E.,
50.00
Howard, Cyrus S.,
48.00
Bump, Juliett,
48.00
Howland, Alvin C.,
48.00
Butler, Susan K.,
48.00
Knowland. John B.,
48.00
Carroll, John,
12.00
Litchfield, William C.,
48.00
Carl, William H.,
48.00
Littlejohn. Ira O.,
60.00
Carter, James,
72.00
Lucas, Abner,
72.00
Caswell, William W.,
72.00
Lyon, Mary A.,
48.00
Clark, Maria H.,
48.00
McMann, James E.,
48.00
Chandler, Job C.,
60.00
McMann, Lydia A.,
48.00
Chandler, William B.,
48.00
Merrick, John R., 48.00
72.00
Cole, Job N.,
72.00
Morse, Charles H.,
48.00
Cole, Abbie D.,
48.00
Morse, Ezra,
36.00
Coombs, William A.,
48.00
Mosher, Benjamin F.,
60.00
Doten, Rebecca S.,
3.00
Nichols, Lucia M.,
48.00
Copeland, Amy E.,
48.00
Nickerson, Hiram,
72.00
Dorr, Amos L.,
72.00
Nickerson, Eliza E.,
48.00
Dorr, Mary T.,
48.00
Norveille, Susan,
48.00
Drew, Stephen D., Jr.,
24.00
Perkins, John J.,
54.00
Dunham, Harriett A.,
48.00
Perkins, Lucy,
48.00
Dunham, Mary Y.,
48.00
Perkins, Joshua L.,
72.00
Eaton, Henry A.,
72.00
Perkins, Thompson,
72.00
Eaton, Deborah,
48.00
Pittsley, Charles P.,
72.00
Ellis, Daniel W.,
18.00
Pittsley, Sarah J., 48.00
Fagan, Peter,
72.00
Place, Edward E.,
32.00
Fagan, Hannah,
48.00
Raymond, Lucius S.,
48.00
Faxon, William L.,
72.00
Raymond, Marcus M.,
36.00
Finney, George L.,
72.00
Scanlin, John,
72.00
Finney, Cordelia A.,
48.00
Shaw, Albert,
72.00
Finney, Thomas W.,
32.00
Shaw, George H.,
72.00
Lane, Benjamin F.,
48.00
Capen, Mary L.,
48.00
Churchill, Annie E.,
48.00
Mitchell, Charles,
18
Shaw, Jennie F.,
48.00
Thomas, George B., 72.00
Shaw, Joanna,
48.00
Thomas, Mary,
44.00
Shores, Phoebe C.,
32.00
Tripp, James H.,
48.00
Sisson, Clarinda A.,
48.00
Thompson, William F.,
20.00
Smith, Earl T.,
20.00
Waterman, Julia A.,
48.00
Smith, Roland,
48.00
Weatherbee, David N.,
48.00
Smith, John. E.,
48.00
Weatherbee, Mary H.,
48.00
Smith, Watson N.,
54.00
Westgate, Edward S.,
48.00
Soule, Abby J.,
24.00
Weston, Dura T.,
48.00
Southworth, Rodney,
24.00
Weston, Sanford,
72.00
Staples, William S.,
72.00
Whitman, Alden,
72.00
Shurtleff, Benjamin,
40.00
Leonard, Ellen,
48.00
Temple, George,
72.00
Wilbur, Charles,
36.00
Thomas, Arad, Jr., .
72.00
Williams, Samuel,
18.00
Thomas, Lucy,
48.00
MILITARY AID.
A LIST OF THE NAMES OF PERSONS TO WHOM MILITARY AID HAS BEEN PAID DURING THE YEAR 1905, AND THE SUM PAID TO EACH.
Field, Lysander W.
$120.00
Shaw, William N., 132.00
Gibbs, Abiel,
96.00
Standish, Alfred O.,
144.00
Glancy, Bernard,
96.00
Thompson, William F.,
60.00
Howes, Charles A ..
120.00
Wood, Jacob,
144.00
Leonard, George B.,
96.00
Wilbur, Daniel F.,
120.00
Powers, George,
120.00
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LIST OF JURORS.
The Selectmen propose the following persons to serve as jurors the ensuing year :
F. Austin G. Atwood.
Wm. F. Atwood, France st. Walter L. Beals. John L. Benson. Joshua K. Bishop. Charles E. Bump. John M. Casey. James M. Coombs.
Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr. Arad R. Dunham. Lucius M. Fuller. Wm. M. Haskins. Clarence E. Libby. John Merrihew. Edwin F. Witham. Louis D. Churbuck. Horace A. Vaughan. Charles B. Dunham. Luther S. Bailey. Michael O'Donnell. Robert S. Phillips. David G. Pratt. John C. Robinson. Henry K. W. Ryder. Albert T. Savery. Benjamin C. Shaw. Walter H. Smith. Edwin E. Soule.
Harrison W. Atwood. Otis L. Barden. Grover Bennett.
Howard M. Bishop. George F. Bryant.
Marshall P. Burgess.
Abisha T. Clark.
George A. Cox.
Albert Dean. George A. Earle.
Morton L. Gammons.
Thomas J. LeBaron. Adam P. McKeen.
Andrew W. Miller. Edward C. Wood.
Herbert W. Cornish. James F. Roberts.
Wordsworth H. Harvey.
Charlie O. Breach.
Edward H. Blake.
Geo. H. Place.
Luther B. Pratt.
Charles E. Ryder. John H. Ryder. Truman C. Savery.
Albert T. Westgate. Walter M. Snow. Orlando Soule.
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Myron R. Sturgis. John J. Sullivan.
Alfred E. Thomas.
William H. Thomas. Lazell E. Thomas.
Asaph F. Washburn. George H. Wilbur. Charles F. Cole.
Carlton W. Maxim.
Warren B. Stetson.
Thomas F. McDonald.
Bradford Harlow.
Leonidas Deane.
Michael H. Kelly. Alvin C. Howes.
The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :
A. B. Paun, M. D., Inspector of Animals. Henry H. Robinson, Inspector of Alewives.
E. F. Witham, Burial Agent. John C. Chace, Supt. of Streets.
Walter M. Chipman, Registrar of Voters.
George E. Hatch, Night Watchman.
Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
B. F. Johnson, Keeper of Lockup. D. M. Pratt, Moth Examiner.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Precinct 1.
A. W. Leonard
Warden.
Warren S. Gibbs
Deputy Warden.
P. W. Keith .
Clerk.
B. J. Allan
Deputy Clerk.
T. J. Pratt
. Inspector.
B. E. Holmes .
Inspector.
M. V. B. Pratt Deputy Inspector.
Deputy Inspector.
H. A. Pratt . Josiah T. Carver
Officer.
.
.
David S. Surrey. Charles M. Thatcher. Charles H. Thomas.
James A. Thomas.
Ichabod B. Thomas. John B. Thomas. William L. Wade. Seneca T. Weston.
Charles H. Soule.
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Precinct 2.
George F. Bryant .
Warden.
Chester E. Weston
Deputy Warden.
Joseph E. Beals
Clerk.
E. F. Witham
·
Deputy Clerk and Teller.
Wm. M. Haskins
Inspector.
E. T. P. Jenks
Deputy Inspector and Teller.
Edgar D. Wood
Inspector.
Walter M. Snow
Deputy Inspector.
Isaac M. Foye
Officer.
The Selectmen have laid out Tispaquin street between Wareham street and Fall Brook, and Sumner avenue, from Arlington street north 2100 feet, as town ways and they have been accepted and allowed by the town.
They have also petitioned the County Commissioners to widen, straighten, and relocate Pine street throughout its entire length.
The suit of Seth A. Eaton against the town has been settled.
The claims of the town against the cities of Taunton and New Bedford will be heard before Marcus Morton as auditor in February.
The case against G. M. Quirk & Co. has not advanced, it being necessary to appoint another Auditor in place of Judge Grover who has been appointed District Attorney.
Judgment was for plaintiff in the cases of Blair vs. town of Middleboro and the town has appealed.
No action has been taken during the year in the case of the Marinette Gas Eng. Co. against the town.
Judgment was for plaintiff in the case of Morse vs. the town of Middleboro and it will be necessary to raise the money to satisfy it at the coming March meeting.
EDWIN F. WITHAM, WILLIAM M. HASKINS, LYMAN P. THOMAS,
Selectmen of Middleboro.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Received from sale of herrings
$55 00
Received from towns down the river 230 00
$285 00
Orders drawn :
E. T. Lincoln, auctioneer $2 00
H. H. Robinson, inspector
130 00
R. Hathaway, fish warden
10 00
E. F. Witham, fish warden
5 00
Wm. M. Haskins, fish warden
5 00
L. P. Thomas, fish warden
5 00
Town of Lakeville, percent of balance 15 41
Transferred to incidental account
112 59
.
.
$285 00
EDWIN F. WITHAM, WILLIAM M. HASKINS, LYMAN P. THOMAS,
Fish Wardens.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
MIDDLEBORO, Mass., Jan. 1st, 1906.
To the Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Middleboro:
I have the honor to make the following report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1905.
I have condemned six spring balances, one dry measure, three weights, two yard sticks and one Platform scale.
There has been received for fees $30 54
I have paid out for new hand seal, printing, stickers, car fare and horse hire . 7 85
I have charged the town for seventy four hours time at 30 cents 22 20
Balance due the town of Middleboro and paid into the treasury of same 0 49
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR D. WOOD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleboro:
The following is a statement of receipts and disbursements for and on account of highway, State highway, and town bills, etc., as received and paid since Jan. 1st.
Unexpended balance for 1904 .
. $2,311 92
Received from Jan. 1905 to Jan. 1906 :
Jan. 7 John C. Chace . 2 00
6 28 Mrs. Jowitt for stone dust 9 00
Feb. 25 Peirce Trustees .
2,160 01
Mar. Appropriation . 8,500 00
Apr. 29 Mrs. Jowitt for stone dust 1 50
June 8 State Treasurer 97 99
Aug. 1 O. C. St. Ry. Co. 14 28
10 Peirce Trustees 4,446 55
6 21 Leonard, Shaw & Dean, for labor 21 83
Sept. 23 V. A. Libby, town teams . 20 00
Oct. 6 Peirce Trustees
3,562 42
28 Eben Pickens, labor on sewer 37 64
M. S. Ryder, labor on sewer
103 08
Nov.
3 George W. Stetson, labor on sewer 82 71
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