Town annual report of Middleborough, Massachusetts 1908, Part 1

Author: Middleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 184


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ANNUAL REPORT


0° THO


TOWN OFFICERS


OF


MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.


YEAR 1908.


TaGIN MOUTH


JUNTY MASS


INCORPORATE


CAD.1665


FALL COVER, MASS. STUY.ON PUBLISHING Co., PRINTERS, 43 FOURTH ST. 1909


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF


MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS.


FOR THE


YEAR 1908.


FALL RIVER, MASS. ATHEARN PUBLISHING CO., PRINTERS, 43 FOURTH ST. 1909.


PETER H. PEIRCE. March 25, 1788-January 27, 1861.


HON. PETER H. PEIRCE.


Hon. Peter H. Peirce was the youngest of the numerous children of Capt. Job Peirce and wife, Elizabeth Rounseville, and was born in that part of Middleboro now- Lakeville, March 25, 1788.


It is proverbially true that the boy is the father of the man, and thus in this case the sequel proved, for those remarkable qualities of head and heart that through life signally distin- guished Hon.Peter H. Peirce, and made him the man of mark that he was, were so well defined as inherent possessions, and the results came forth so spontaneously, that several years before he attained to his majority he had built up for him- self and become the master of a permanent, well-conducted, successful, and very lucrative business in his native town, and which as a merchant caused him to rank among the first in the southern parts of Massachusetts, where he had few equals and certainly no superiors.


His political influence was unequalled at the time, had never by any other resident of Middleboro been attained before, nor has it been equalled since; and this he enjoyed for some forty years, during all of which he was a patriot more than a politician, ever ready to practice self-sacrifice for the attainment of a good principle and never seeking the pomp of power, or desiring the spoils of office. In dispensing benefits to benevolent and reformatory objects he was ever very liberal, but so regulated his charitable bestowments that the right hand might not know the act of the left.


He was never an office-seeker, although his power to obtain office was almost unbounded, and hence he held few offices, and these were at first in the militia, when ease and pleasure were for the time supplanted by fatigue and danger. He led a company of the coast guard in active service in the last war with England, and was subsequently promoted to the office


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of lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry in Plymouth County Brigade, from which circumstance the familiar appellation of Col. Peirce, by which he was generally known.


It may be of general interest to know that when the Fall River branch railroad was being built to connect with the Old Colony Railroad at South Braintree in 1846-7, by the efforts of Col. Peirce, assisted by a few friends in taking stock, etc. this road was induced to come through Middleboro instead of passing some distance to the west as first planned.


He was several times elected to a seat in the State Senate, where the committee upon which he was appointed to serve shows that his ability was recognized and respected, and in which body he made for himself an honorable record. His death occurred upon the 27th of Jan. 1861, leaving a wife and eight children to emulate his virtues and mourn his loss,


History of Plymouth County.


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1908.


Town Clerk.


AMOS H. EATON


Term expires 1909


Treasurer and Collector. AMOS H. EATON.


Selectmen.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS


Term expires 1909


CORNELIUS H. LEONARD


1910


CHARLES N. ATWOOD


66


1911


Assessors.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS


Term expires 1909


ALLERTON THOMPSON


66


1910


ALBERT T. SAVERY


1911


Overseers of the Poor.


CHARLES W. KINGMAN


Term expires 1909


CHARLES M. THATCHER


1910


EDWIN F. WITHAM


1911


School Committee.


WILLIAM A. ANDREWS


Term expires 1909


NATHAN WASHBURN


1909


CHARLES S. TINKHAM


1910


E. T. P. JENKS


1910


WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH


1911


SUSAN L. CUSHMAN


66


1911


Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES.


Municipal Light Board.


HENRY W. SEARS WILKES H. F. PETTEE LYMAN P. THOMAS


Term expires 1909


1910


66


1911


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Board of Health.


THOMAS S. HODGSON, M. D. JAMES A. BURGESS BERT J. ALLAN


Term expires 1909


1910


66


1911


Constables.


F. HERBERT BATCHELDER


DAVID S. SURREY


SAMUEL S. LOVELL


HARRY W. SWIFT


JOHN M. LUIPPOLD


FRED A. THOMAS


FRED C. SPARROW


ICHABOD B. THOMAS


Superintendent of Streets. JOHN C. CHACE


Registrars of Voters.


LORENZO WOOD


Term expires 1909


JAMES H. RUSSELL


66


1910


WALTER M. CHIPMAN


66


1911


Trustees of Public Library.


DAVID G. PRATT


Term expires 1909


JOSEPH E. BEALS


66


1909


KENELM WINSLOW


1909


GEORGE BRAYTON


6


1910


ANDREW M. WOOD


1910


WALTER SAMPSON


66


1911


W. H. SOUTHWORTH


1911


NATHAN WASHBURN


66


1911


Fish Wardens.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS CORNELIUS H. LEONARD CHARLES N. ATWOOD


Fence Viewers.


RUFUS CARPENTER JULIUS FOSTER PENNIMAN ZENAS E. PHINNEY


Tree Warden. LUTHER S. BAILEY


Auditor. PERCY W. KEITH


1910


E. S. HATHAWAY


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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.


For the Year Ending December 31, 1908.


APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 2, 1908 AND ADJOURNMENTS HELD MARCH 25, APRIL 29, JUNE 1 AND JUNE 15, 1908.


Suppression of crime


$1,000 00


Memorial Day Post 8 G. A. R.


200 00


Tree Warden


200 00


Watering streets


600 00


Reimburse Josiah Carver


120 00


Support of schools


28,514 00


School transportation


1,750 00


School house repairs


1,000 00


School committee's salaries


150 00


Soldiers' relief


3,500 00


Military aid


200 00


Incidentals


3,000 00


Water supply


1,500 00


Town debt


8,900 00


Interest


3,500 00


Board of Health and Inspection of Plumbing


850 00


Town House Committee


500 00


Gypsy and Brown Tail moths


1,000 00


Town officers


2,600 00


Support of Poor


7,200 00


Highways


Supt's salary and clerical expenses


1,150 00


Clearing snow and general expenses


1,350 00


Grove Street


1,000 00


Sidewalks


1,000 00


Police


250 00


Night Watch


725 00


Gas and Electric Plant


7,000 00


Committee to investigate gas and elec. plant


300 00


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Suburban Lighting Salary Municipal Light Board Spraying trees


$300 00


150 00


200 00


Total Appropriations


$79,709 00


Deduct


Corporation and Bank tax


6,765 33


To be raised by tax


$72,943 67


Voted by town


$72,943 67


State tax


7,480 00


State highway tax


423 17


County tax


6,196 44°


Non-resident bank tax


193 92


Overlay


758 12


Total to be raised by tax


$87,995 32


Assessed on 2110 polls


4,220 00


Assessed on personal property


16,954 00


Assessed on real estate


66,905 00


Assessed on non-resident bank stock


193 92


Number of polls assessed, 2110


Value of buildings excluding land


$2,409,173 00


Value of land excluding buildings


1,201,933 50


$3,611,106 50


Value of personal estate


916,489 19


$4,527,595 69


Persons, firms, etc., assessed on property


Residents


1520


Non-residents


319


Persons assessed for poll only


1186


3025


Number of horses assessed


836


Number of cows assessed


633


Number of swine assessed


21


11


Number of fowl assessed


$5885


Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed


100


Number of dwelling houses assessed


1565


Number of acres of land


40,195


Population of town


6,893


Taxes remitted in 1904


21 66


Taxes remitted in 1905


101 20


Taxes remitted in 1906


134 03


Taxes remitted in 1907


261 84


Taxes remitted in 1908


655 80


Added taxes in 1908


2,607 81


Tax rate $18 50 on $1000.


.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS, ALBERT T. SAVERY, ALLERTON THOMPSON,


Assessors of Middleboro.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the year ending December 31, 1908.


The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treasurer for the amounts hereinafter given under the several appropri- ations made by the town:


TOWN OFFICERS.


Appropriation


Unexpended


$2,600 00 699 86


$3,299 86


Orders drawn:


Amos H. Eaton, Town clerk, treasurer and collector


$916 66


Amos H. Eaton, treasurer, committee


on appropriations


50 00


Amos H. Eaton, treasurer, caucus officers


58 50


Amos H. Eaton, registrar


63 65


Amos H. Eaton, treasurer, election officers


131 00


Amos H. Eaton, clerical work


100 00


Amos H. Eaton, administering oaths


25 00


Lyman P. Thomas, selectman


47 50


William M. Haskins, selectman and assessor 480 00


Charles N. Atwood, selectman


90 00


Cornelius H. Leonard, selectman


161 50


Albert T. Savery, assessor


290 00


Allerton Thompson, assessor


305 00


James H. Russell, registrar


52 85


Walter M. Chipman, registrar


52 85


Lorenzo Wood, registrar


52 85


Alvin C. Howes, moderator


30 00


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Percy W. Keith, auditor


$300 00


Percy W. Keith, auditor, returns to State


25 95


Georgia H. Crapo, clerk


51 00


Alta Battles, clerk


12 00


Clara G. Gray, clerk


101 20


Mrs. John Belden, clerk


39 00


Florence McDermid, clerk


89 05


3,525 56


Overdrawn


$225 70


INCIDENTALS.


Appropriation


$3,000 00


Received from Geo. E. Keith


2 87


Transferred from Fourth District Court


157 41


$3,160 28


Overdrawn 1907


63 90


Available 1908


$3,096 38


Orders drawn


James F. Roberts, auto officer


$2 00


James A. Burgess, inspection meats


128 95


J. F. Shurtleff, return of births


1 75


T. G. Sisson, team for forest fire


3 00


B. F. Johnson, ink and help in Hall


2 50


Jones Bros. Co., supplies for lockup


19.95


H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing and envelopes 157 25


Carters Ink Co.


2 20


Annie M. Reed, making State Aid papers


5 00


N. Washburn, legal services in 1907


88.00


W. L. Soule, return of deaths


22 50


W. L. & E. Gurley, supplies for Sealer


5 84


A. S. Tallman, Inspector of animals


183 26


B. F. Johnson, feed of prisoners and work on lawn 69 25


Middleboro News, printing and adver- tising


383 78


H. S. Thomas, typewriting


4 50


Thorp & Martin Co., stapler


1 50


So. Mass. Tel. Co.


43 02


14


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rebates $40 40


A. C. Wilbur, return of births 5 00


A. M. Bearse, stamped envelopes. 64 32


L. P. Thomas, car fares and cash paid out 6 20


T. A. Churbuck, measuring water at Vaughan's Bridge 96 00


Sarah A. Phinney, dinners and suppers for Election Officers 8 00


Emery Record Preserving Co., rebind- ing tax books 7 50


A. H. Eaton, recording and returning marriages, deaths and births


114 20


E. E. Hobart, entry fee


3 00


Municipal Engineering Co., subscription


2 00


P. B. Murphy, printing


8 50


J. H. Leahy, return of births


2 75


Hobbs & Warren Co., blanks


6 25


Walter Bryant, forest fires


143 30


S. E. Matthews, burning ballots


1 50


Library Bureau, dog license cards


4 25


W. F. Fryer, return of births


5 25


Oscar Perkins, overpaid tax


16 16


J. L. Benson, forest fires


85 60


Adder Machine Co.


300 00


E. H. Cromwell, forest fires


64 90


The Typewriter Exchange


35 00


E. H. Blake, keys


2 40


C. E. Ryder, interest on Town Clerk bond 75 00


William M. Haskins, horse hire, car


fares, and cash paid out as Select- man and Assessor


89 50


J. J. Hargraves, ink


4 00


T. F. Conway, forest fires


11 20


L. O. Atwood, forest fires


16 75


H. E. Smith, error in tax 1907


4 04


Lorenzo Wood, printing and advertising


171 50


D. S. Surrey, forest fires


8 60


Dora A. Patterson, settlement of suit


50 00


T. G. Sisson, teaming


11 00


J. L. Fairbanks Co., Cash book


9 50


B. F. Johnson, keeper of lockup


50 00


15


Allerton Thompson, horse hire and travelling expenses $118 50


B. F. Johnson, supplies for lockup 9 55


Edgar D. Wood, Sealer


37 50


C. Hennecke, lawn seats


21 00


Keystone Job Print, printing


16 00


W. H. McFarland, paper for adding machine 4 00


D. F. Wilbur, Dog Officer


50 00


E. E. Place, Sealer


5 00


E. H. Blake, push cart for Sealer


10 00


Safety Check Protector Co.


22 00


Newman Clock Co., dials for watchman's clock


5 10


Walter L. Beals, rubber stamps


1 00


Mrs. C. F. Gay, dinners for Election Officers 4 00


H. W. Atwood, forest fires


22 40


J. H. Wheeler, distributing tax bills


35 00


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., lease


1 00


A. E. Martell Co., Collection Book


3 50


John S. Holmes, rebate on tax paid


20 75


A. T. Savery, horse hire and travelling expenses


30 30


A. H. Eaton, cash paid out


27 98


J. C. Chace, Freight 1 98


W. F. Fryer, professional services for prisoner


2 00


$3,096 38


TOWN HALL.


Appropriation


$500 00


Received for rent of Hall


1,277 00


$1,777 00


Overdrawn 1907


190 67


Available 1908


$1,586 33


Orders drawn


B. F. Johnson, janitor


$485 65


B. F. Johnson, assistance


9 60


John Belden, janitor


30 00


W. H. Goodwin, janitor


2 00


16


John Belden, electric installation $9 90


F. F. Shurtleff, electric installation 37 94


H. A. Witbeck, electric lamps 3 00


C. L. Hathaway, insurance


40 00


Annie M. Reed, insurance


40 00


J. F. Alden, insurance


40 00


S. G. Robinson, insurance


40 00


Charles E. Ryder, insurance


40 00


T. M. Ryder, insurance


40 00


D. D. Sullivan, insurance


40 00


Percy W. Keith, insurance


40 00


Midd. Clothing Co., Dustbane


3 24


Smith & Hathaway, blotting, floor wax, and dust layer 7 00


T. W. Pierce, plumbing repairs 42 25


Formacone Co.,


9 00


Fred C. Sparrow, repairs and putting up booths


149 39


W. M. Haskins, Agent 1907 and 1908


125 00


James L. Jenney, coal and boards for coal bin


467 70


E. H. Blake, keys and putting up awnings


2 90


W. F. Dean, covering screens


3 50


T. G. Sisson, carting rubbish and mov- ing piano


27 65


J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber


18 70


J. & G. E. Doane, hardware


27 96


Jones Bros. Co., tables and rent of chairs


9 75


Midd. Gas & Electric Plant, light


676 41


Lloyd Perkins, 2nd, plumbing


33 63


Lucas & Thomas, soap


4 32


John C. Chace, brick work


1 00


A. G. Hayes, care of sewer


5 00


$2,512 49


Overdrawn


$926 16


NIGHT WATCH.


Appropriation $725 00 Unexpended 21 00


$746 00


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Orders drawn: George E. Hatch


$767 00


Overdrawn


$21 00


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation


$250 00


Balance from 1907


2 00


Transferred from Fourth District Court 211 66


$463 66


Orders drawn:


Fred A. Thomas


$52 81


Harry W. Swift


47 02


John M. Luippold


109 00


Fred C. Sparrow


32 50


Herbert Batchelder


29 00


Frank S. Thomas


3 50


Ichabod B. Thomas


19 50


Harry F. Snow


10 50


Everett T. Lincoln


35 03


William A. Green


3 00


David S. Surrey


41 00


Roger Nuttall


6 50


Samuel S. Lovell


39 30


Jones Bros. Co.


35 00


$463 66


REIMBURSEMENTS.


To reimburse Green and Liuppold in their defense as Police Officers of Middleboro


Appropriation


$200 00


Orders drawn $200 00


To reimburse J. T. Carver in his defense as Police Officer of Middleboro


Appropriation $120 00


Orders drawn $120 00


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SUPPRESSION OF CRIME.


Appropriation


Balance 1907


$1,000 00 100 00


$1,100 00


Orders drawn


Kenelm Winslow 900 00


Balance


$200 00


HIGHWAYS.


Unexpended $815 78


Appropriation for Supt.'s salary and clerical expenses


1,150 00


Appropriation for clearing snow and general expenses 1,350 00


Received from Street Sprinkling


1,337 64


Excise Tax


1,599 01


From other sources, as per Superin- tendent's report


16,831 01


$23,083 44


Orders drawn:


General highway bills approved by Supt. of Streets


$23,118 09


477 yds. street crossings at 50 cents charged in 1907 to sidewalk acct.


238 50


$23,356 59


Overdrawn


$273 15


SIDEWALKS.


Appropriation


$1,000 00 228 60


Overdrawn 1907


771 40


477 yds. sidewalks at 50 cents in 1907 charged to Highways 238 50


Error in 1907 9 28


Available 1908


$1,019 18


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19


Orders drawn: John C. Chace, pay rolls M. M. Cartier & Sons Co.


$745 69 263 71


$1,009 40


Balance


$9 78


SPRINKLING STREETS.


Appropriation


$600 00


Orders drawn:


$600 00


GYPSY MOTHS.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Balance 1907


18 16 226 10


Tax


$1,244 26


Orders drawn:


John C. Chace, pay rolls


$ 1,673 09


Harold L. Bond Co.


57 50


F. N. Whitman


67


Stamped envelopes


11 24


Circulars


3 85


J. &. G. E. Doane


10 12


$1,756 47


Overdrawn


$512 21


PINE STREET.


Balance from 1907


$114 23


Received from County Commissioners


400 00


Available 1908


$514 23


Orders drawn:


502 53


Balance


$11 70


GROVE STREET.


Appropriation Orders drawn


$1,000 00


315 76


Balance


$684 24


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SEWERS.


Receipts : 5 sewer permits at $25 Overdrawn 1907


$125 00


47 23


Balance $77 77


TREE WARDEN.


Appropriation


$200 00


Appropriation spraying trees


200 00


Balance 1907


100 00


$500 00


Orders drawn:


Luther S. Bailey $500 00


WATER SUPPLY.


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Orders drawn


$1,500 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Appropriation


$3,500 00


Received from Wareham


8 25


Received from Plymouth


60 00


Received from State Treasurer


105 00


$3,673 25


Overdrawn in 1907


1,881 81


Available 1908


$1,791 44


Orders drawn:


W. E. Bump


$37 00


Mrs. M. A. Perry


56 00


D. F. Wilbur


30 00


Samuel Williams


9 75


Geo. Herman


72 50


Jas. McMann


52 88


Geo. Powers


29 00


Geo. L. Finney


36 50 37 00


Chas. Mitchell


Joseph Williams


141 00


Wm. F. Thompson


104 00


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James Farley


$84 00


Harrison Haskins


30 50


Geo. B. Leonard


37 75


Rebecca Atwood


75 00


Mrs. L. L. Parry


74 50


Geo. B. Thomas


16 00


Mrs. I. M. Foye


10 00


Town of Sandwich, on account of


H. P. Lovell


119 48


Alphonso Bliss


45 00


Mrs. Ruth Bliss


68 00


James Bryant


15 00


Mrs. Geo. Herman


12 00


Mrs .Thomas Wilmot


96 00


Arad Thomas


24 00


Geo. Temple


60 00


Geo. H. Shaw, 2nd


24 00


J. B. Wing


37 00


Wilson Orr


12 00


William Carl


10 00


Earl T. Smith


40 00


Abial Gibbs


14 00


S. H. Frisby


11 25


Theo. P. Holmes


30 25


Artemas Morse


16 00


Perley Haven


54 00


Mrs. Ellen Barrows


63 50


Chas. A. Howes


10 00


D. H. Holmes, Soldiers' doctor


for one year


205 00


Alvin C. Howland


21 50


Stephen S. Gibbs


10 00


City of Brockton, on account of Isabel H. Finney


72 00


Walter Jefferson


6 00


C. W. Clark


67 00


Melissa Collins


48 00


Chas. O. Cook


72 00


Mrs. C. H. Crandall


48 00


Mrs. C. H. Perry and child


120 00


Mrs. Jennie F. Shaw


60 00


$2,424 36


Overdrawn


$632 92


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STATE AID.


A list of the names of those persons to whom State Aid has been paid during the year 1908, and the amount paid to each.


· Alden, Matilda J.


$48 00 Dunham, Harriet A.


$48 00


Alden, Susan M.


48 00


Dunham, Mary Y.


48 00


Atwood, Rebecca S.


48 00 Drew, Hannah S.


16 00


Atwood, John S.


48 00 Eaton, Henry A.


72 00


Atwood, Eliza


48 00 Eaton, Deborah F.


48 00


Ashley, Susan E. J. 44 00


Fagan, Peter


72 00


Barrows, Ellen J.


48 00


Fagan, Hannah


48 00


Bisbee, Sylvanus


72 00


Finney, George L.


72 00


Bisbee, Abigail


48 00


Finney, Cordelia A.


48 00


Bliss, Alphonso


72 00 Finney, Thomas W.


48 00


Boardman, Julia


48 00 Finney, Isabelle B.


48 00


Bryant, James W.


72 00


Freeman, Andrew


48 00


Bryant, Drusilla J.


48 00


Field Lysander


72 00


Bryant, William E.


72 00


Field, Zelphia M.


44 00


Bump, Benjamin W.


72 00


Garlick, Henry E.


48 00


Bump, William E.


72 00


Gammons, Thomas G.


48 00


Bump, Juliett H.


36 00


Gibbs, Isaac F.


24 00


Bryant, Mary J.


48 00


Gibbs, Stephen S.


12 00


Capen, Mary L.


48 00


Handy, Simeon


12 00


Carl, William H.


48 00


Haines, Maria H.


48 00


Carter, James


60 00


Hammond, Stephen H.


52 00


Caswell, William W.


72 00


Harlow, Simeon


72 00


Clark, Maria H.


48 00


Harvey, Alexander V.


48 00


Churchill, Annie E.


48 00


Haskell, John T.


50 00


Cole, Job N.


72 00


Haskins, Harrison


72 00


Cole, Allie D.


48 00


Haven, Perley


66 00


Coombs, William A.


72 00


Herman, George H.


72 00


Coombs, Julia


48 00


Holmes, Theodore P.


72 00


Copeland, Amy E.


48 00


Holmes, Charles H.


72 00


Cobb, Amelia S.


52 00


Howland, Alvin C.


54 00


Chandler, William B.


18 00


Henlin, Louisa


48 00


Dorr, Amos L.


72 00 Higgins, Harrison L.


72 00


Dorr, Mary T.


48 00 Hathaway, Sarah


44 00


Drew, Stephen D., Jr.


42 00 King, Katherine


44 00


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Knowland, John B.


$60 00 Shaw, Jennie F.


$48 00


Lane, Benjamin F.


48 00 Shaw, Martha -


48 00


Litchfield, William C.


48 00 Shaw, Joanna 48 00


Littlejohn, Ira O.


60 00


Shores, Phoebe C.


48 00


Lyon, Mary A.


48 00 Sisson, Clarinda A.


48 00


McMann, James E.


54 00


Smith, John E.


72 00


McMann, Lydia A.


48 00


Soule, Ally J.


24 00


Merrick, John R.


48 00


Southworth, Rodney E. 24 00


Morse, Charles H.


48 00


Staples, William S.


72 00


Morse, Ezra


72 00


Shurtleff, Benjamin 48 00


Macomber, Celia S.


32 00


Temple, George


72 00


Morse, Artemas


10 00


Thomas, Arad Jr.


72 00


Nichols, Lucia M.


48 00


Maglathlin, Lucy 48 00


Nickerson, Hiram


72 00


Thomas, Lucy


48 00


Nickerson, Eliza E.


48 00


Thomas, George B.


42 00


Norveille, Susan


48 00


Thomas, Mary


48 00


Perry, Mary A.


20


Thompson, William F.


48 00


Perkins, John J.


72 00


Waterman, Julia A. 48 00


Perkins, Lucy


48 00


Weatherbee, David N.


48 00


Perkins, Joshua


72 00


Weatherbee, Mary H.


48 00


Pittsley, Charles P. .


72 00


Westgage, Edward S.


72 00


Pittsley, Sarah J.


48 00


Weston, Dura T.


72 00


Place, Edward E.


16 00


Leonard, Ellen


48 00


Raymons, Lucius S.


48 00


Williams, Samuel


72 00


Raymons, Marcus M.


36 00


Williams, Joseph


72 00


Scanlon, John


72 00


Wing, Joshua G.


15 00


Shaw, George H.


72 00


Wentworth, George A.


24 00


Shaw, Jonathon W.


72 00


Wentworth, Elizabeth


16 00


A list of the names of persons to whom Military Aid has been paid during the year 1908, and the amount paid to each.


Gibbs, Abiel


$120 00


Wilbur, Daniel F.


$220 00


Leonard, George B.


198 00 Place, Edward E.


70 00


Powers, George


120 00


Howes, Charles A. 24 00


Wood, Jacob


144 00 Haven, Perley


40 00


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The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order:


William M. Haskins, Burial Agent


H. H. Robinson, Inspector of Alewives


Chester E. Weston, Forest Warden


Alfred S. Tallman, Inspector of Animals


John C. Chace, Superintendent of Streets


John C. Chace, Inspector of Moths George E. Hatch, Night Watch


Walter M. Chipman, Registrar of Voters


George H. Northcott, Public Weigher


L. E. Thomas, Public Weigher


Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures


ELECTION OFFICERS.


PRECINCT 1.


A. W. Leonard, Warden.


J. 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.


H. A. Pratt, Deputy Inspector.


Josiah T. Carver, Officer.


PRECINCT 2.


George F. Bryant, Warden.


C. E. Weston, Deputy Warden.


Walter L. Beals, Clerk.


E. F. Witham, Teller and Inspector.


W. M. Haskins, Inspector.


Edgar D. Wood, Inspector.


E. T. P. Jenks, Deputy Inspector and Teller


Walter M. Snow, Deputy Inspector. James F. Roberts, Officer.


The rebuilding of Taunton and Centre streets from Lakeville line to the Centre St. Railroad Bridge necessitated the re- locating of the East Taunton Street Railway track in some


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places, and after a hearing held Nov. 20th the Selectmen granted said relocation, a plan of which is on file.


In the suit against the City of Taunton there was a new trial granted which was heard before a jury, and a verdict of $13,441.00 awarded the Town.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CORNELIUS H. LEONARD, Selectmen. CHARLES N. ATWOOD,


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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.


Received from sale of herrings


$261 00


Received from towns down the river 190 00


$451 00


Orders drawn:


Midd. Highway Dept., building cement dam


$102 25


Walter D. Blair, Fish Warden


10 00


Daniel F. Wilbur, watching


15 00


H. H. Robinson, watching at East Taunton


130 00


Geo. W. Starbuck, carpenter work


4 15


J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber


3 62


A. W. Merritt, watching


2 00


Wm. Quindley, watching


30 00


C. H. Leonard, Fish Warden


5 00


Wm. M. Haskins, Fish Warden


5 00


C. N. Atwood, Fish Warden


5 00


$312 02


Balance to divide with Lakeville


$138 98


WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CORNELIUS H. LEONARD, CHARLES N. ATWOOD,


Fish Wardens.


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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.


Middleboro, Mass., January 1st, 1909.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :


I have the honor to submit the following report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1908.


Owing to the large amount of extra work required of the several sealers of the state, by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures whose object is to have all laws pertaining to this department thoroughly and impartially enforced. Enter- tering heartily into these efforts of a more thorough execution of the laws for the protection of a consuming public, I have as a result exceeded all past procedures of Middleboro in receipts and expenditures.


I believe the time has now come when the town should place this department on a respectable basis, viz .- taken from the incidental account and the sealer be paid a regular salary and allowed a certain amount for expenses. There are many reasons why I advocate this change, but the chief one is that it will save confusion between this department and the Town Treasurer. An inventory of the property be- longing to this department has been taken and is hereby presented. This includes the standard balances weights and measures furnished to the town by the state.


The assets as per report Jan. 1, 1908 were $534 80


Added during the year 1908 39 89


Total assets Jan. 1, 1909 $574 69


During the past year I have sealed, adjusted or condemned weights and measures used in the purchase or sale of articles that go into the homes of the consuming public of Middleboro as follows :


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Articles


Sealed


Adjusted or Condemned


Platform scales


75


3


Spring balances


52


4


Counter balances


60


0


Steel yards


6


4


Computing scales


21


7


Wagon scales


7


1


Railroad scales


2


0


Wet measures


100


13


Dry measures


91


7


Yard measures


36


1


Linear measures


1


0


Weights


422


29


Milk bottles


2407


241


Milk cans


6


0


Cranberry barrels


3108


131


Total


6394


441


COAL.


I have tested the weight of 20 loads of coal and have found 17 loads correct, two short to which warning letters were sent and one overweight. I have also called for certificates of weight at various times and have found that all dealers are complying with the law in this respect.


STORES VISITED.


I have made 39 visits to the several stores and places of business and am happy to say that the custom of weighing and figuring heavy packages as a part of the article purchased has been abolished.


PROSECUTIONS.


I have made no prosecutions during the year, warning letters having been sufficient.


JUNK DEALERS AND PEDDLERS.


I have made frequent examinations of junk dealers and peddlers and when in error they have shown a desire to abide by the law.




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