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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of
Middleboro, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1912
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OR
YOUTH
COUNT
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INCORPORATED
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of .
Middleboro, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1912
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NTY. MAS
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INCORPORATED
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1912.
Town Clerk.
ALBERT A. THOMAS
Term expires 1915
Treasurer and Collector. ALBERT A. THOMAS
Selectmen.
CORNELIUS H. LEONARD
Term expires 1913
CHARLES N. ATWOOD
1914
WILLIAM M. HASKINS
6
1915
Assessors.
ALLERTON THOMPSON
Term expires 1913
ALBERT T. SAVERY
1914
EDWIN F. WITHAM
66
1915
Overseers of the Poor.
CHARLES M. THATCHER
Term expires 1913
EDWIN F. WITHAM
1914
CHARLES W. KINGMAN
1915
School Committee.
CHARLES S. TINKHAM
Term expires 1913
1913
GRANVILLE L. TILLSON
1914
LOUIS H. CARR
1914
GEORGE W. STETSON
66
1915
THEODORE N. WOOD
1915
E. T. PEIRCE JENKS
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES
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Municipal Light Board.
WILKES H. F. PETTEE
Term expires 1913
1914
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS HARLAS L. CUSHMAN
1915
Board of Health.
.
JOHN H. WHEELER BERT J. ALLAN JAMES H. BURKHEAD, M. D.
Term expires 1913
1914
66 1915
Constables.
F. HERBERT BATCHELDER
E. KIMBALL HARRISON
FRANK W. HASTAY
SAMUEL S. LOVELL
HARRY F. SNOW
FRED C. SPARROW
HARRY W. SWIFT
ICHABOD B. THOMAS
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM H. CONNOR. Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN
Term expires 1913
WALTER M. CHIPMAN
1914
LORENZO WOOD
1915
Trustees of Public Library.
GEORGE BRAYTON
Term expires 1913
EDWARD S. HATHAWAY
66
1913
THEODORE N. WOOD
66
1913
WALTER SAMPSON
1914
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
1914
NATHAN WASHBURN
1914
HENRY W. SEARS
66
1915
DAVID G. PRATT
66
66
1915
Fish Wardens.
CORNELIUS H. LEONARD CHARLES N. ATWOOD WILLIAM M. HASKINS
Tree Warden Auditor
LUTHER S. BAILEY WILLIAM W. BRACKETT
66
1915
KENELM WINSLOW
66
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REPORT OF THE ASSESORS. For the year ending December 31, 1912.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL. TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 4, 1912.
Support of Schools:
Instruction, including Super- intendent's salary and trav- eling expenses of $2,200,
$28,800 00
Janitors' Salaries
2,200 00
Fuel
2,200 00
Books, Supplies & Printing
2,100 00
Office Rent
150 00
Tuition-Bridgewater
76 00
Sundries
700 00
Total $36,226 00
Less estimated income from
tuition, etc. 3,933 00
Balance
$32,293 00
School Physician
100 00
School Committee
150 00
Repairs
1,500 00
Transportation
1,800 00
Water Supply
509 60
Support of poor including salaries
6,500 00
Military Aid
2,000 00 550 00
Town Officers :-
Town Clerk, Treas. and Collector $1,200 00
Assessors
1,100 00
Selectmen
800 00
Registrars and Election and Caucus Officers 480 00
Inspector of Animals
200 00
$36,352 00
Soldier's Relief
6
Auditor
200 00
Moderator
20 00
Appropriation Committee
60 00
$4,060 00
Expenses of Town Officers:
Assessors, including horse hire, clerical help and miscellaneous $500 00
Clerk for Town Clerk, Treasurer and Selectmen 450 00
Registrars and Election and Caucus Officers 250 00
$1,200 00
Incidentals, including amount es- timated at $500 due Harriet O. Pierce Estate on Tax Abatement Town Debt:
2,000 00
Sewer Note, due Nov. 1, 1912 $5,000 00
School House Note due Nov. 1, 1912 1,650 00
School House Note due Nov. 1, 1912 400 00
School House Note due Dec. 12, 1912 250 00
$7,300 00
Interest
2,000 00
Middleboro Gas and Electric Plant :-
(Appropriation in form required by Act of 1905)
Estimated operating expenses for 1912 $19,000 00
Interest required
2,588 00
Notes due 3,000 00
Depreciation, 4% of cost of plant
5,637 10
Total
$30,225 10
Less estimated income 24,000 10
Balance
6,225 00
Suburban Lighting
450 00
Office Rent
150 00
Commissioner's Salaries
300 00
Board of Health :- Overdraft and unpaid bills 1911 account
$650 00
Salaries of Board
300 00
Inspection of Beef and Milk
400 00
7,125 00
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Inspection of Plumbing All other expenses
100 00 550 00
$2,000 00
Highway Department :-- Superintendent's Salary and trans- portation of men $1500 00
Clearing snow, general repairs and street cleaning in addition to receipts from other sources Repairs on highways in outside districts, including special re- pairs on Spruce, Carver, Rocky Gutter, Tispaquin, Soule, Plymp- ton, Thompson, River and Miller Streets
2,500 00
Water Supply
8,000 00 300 00
12,300 00
Police Department :-
Salary of Chief
$1,000 00
Salary of Nightwatchman
900 00
Salary of Nightwatchman
850 00
All other expenses
400 00
$3,150 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Department, including Salary
250 00
Street Sprinkling-equal amount
to be assessed on abuttors
600 00
Tree Warden's Department-in- cluding Salary
1,000 00
G. A. R. for Memorial Day
200 00
For Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,916 35
Fourth of July celebration
300 00
Total appropriations Corporation and Bank Tax estimated
$90,803 35
6,329 23
To be raised by tax
$84,474 12
Voted by Town
$84,474 12
State Tax
8,500 00
State Highway Tax
622 50
County Tax
7,227 25
Overlay
1,117 97
Total to be raised by tax
$101,941 84
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Assessed on 2473 polls Assessed on personal property Assessed on real estate
4,946 00
20,334 04
86,661 80
$101,941 84
Number of polls assessed, 2473
Value of buildings excluding land
2,356,495 00
Value of land excluding buildings
1,476,595 00
$3,833,090 00
Value of personal estate
1,016,702 00
$4,849,792 00
Persons, firms, etc. assessed on property
1,837
Residents
1490
Non residents
347
Persons assessed for poll tax only
1,584
Number of horses assessed
712
Number of swine assessed
35
Number of sheep assessed
3
Number of fowl assessed
8,195
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
116
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1,754
Number of acres of land assessed
40,226
Population of Town 8,000
Taxes remitted in 1912 have been as follows:
$53 16
On account 1909 assessments
44 33
On account 1910 assessments
861 13
On account 1911 assessments
684 94
On account 1912 assessments
402 50
Tax rate $20.00 on $1,000.
3,421
Number of cows assessed
620
On account 1908 assessments
ALBERT T. SAVERY, ALLERTON THOMPSON, EDWIN F. WITHAM, Assessors of Middleborough.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending December 31, 1912.
The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treasurer for the amounts hereinafter given under the several appro- priations made by the Town.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Orders drawn:
Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector $1,200 00
Lorenzo Wood, Registrar
75 25
Walter M. Chipman, Registrar
81 90
Luke F. Kelley, Registrar
21 00
Albert A. Thomas, Registrar
59 50
William J. Coughlin, Registrar
52 50
A. A. Thomas, Treas. for Elec- tion and Caucus Officers
243 50
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals 200 00
A. A. Thomas, Treas. for Appro- priation Committee
60 00
William W. Brackett, Auditor 150 00
Alvin C. Howes, Moderator
15 00
Allerton Thompson, Assessor
408 00
Edwin F. Witham, Assessor
345 00
Albert T. Savery, Assessor
405 00
William M. Haskins, Selectman
400 00
C. H. Leonard, Selectman
200 00
Charles N. Atwood, Selectman
200 00
Henry B. Schlueter, Election officer
3 00
Appropriation
4,060 00
Balance from 1911
27 64
$4,119 65
4,087 64
Overdrawn, 1912 $32 01
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TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Balance from 1911
492 67
$1,692 67
Orders drawn:
Lorenzo Wood, Advertising 72 00
Bourne's Cafe, suppers for Caucus officers 26 75
C. L. Hathaway & Co., supplies for Registrars
1 05
Mrs. L. O. Tillson, Treas., lunches for Election officers
11 35
Florence C. Haskins, Clerk Town Clerk and Selectmen 450 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 40 50
Middleboro News, advertising 47 50
Susie A. Pitman, Clerk for Assessors
198 53
Isabelle L. Pratt, Clerk for Assessors
56 40
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp 1 83
E. F. Witham, expenses for Assessors
20 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery and supplies 12 55
Burditt & Williams, steel tape for Assessors
5 50
Lottie W. Tinkham, clerical work
7 50
Allerton Thompson, horse hire for Assessors
194 00
Albert T. Savery, horse hire and
expenses for Assessors 35 00
Edwin F. Witham, Horse hire and
expenses for Assessors 15 50
1,195 96
Balance 1912 $496 71
INCIDENTALS.
Orders drawn:
C. L. Hathaway & Co., stationery 6 01
and office supplies
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 182 60
Dr. J. P. Leahy, return of births 4 75
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Southern Mass. Telephone Co., tel- ephone bills 147 33
Fred C. Sparrow, injury 300 00
Middleboro News, advertising 184 00
L. H. Raymond, carbon paper
2 00
W. L. Soule, returning deaths
20 25
Dr. J. H. Burkhead, return of births 6 25
T. A. Churbuck, measuring flow of River 12 50
Dr. W. F. Whitmarsh, returning births 75
Dr. W. F. Fryer, returning births
6 50
Dr. C. S. Cummings, returning births 3 50
Whitcomb & Owens, freight and carting safe 3 12
County Commissioners, entrance fee for petitions 6 00
A. A. Thomas, returning births, marriages and deaths
· 131 40
Dover Press, printing Town re- ports 228 80
John A. Nelson, binding vital re- cords 3 00
A. M. Bearse, P. M. stamped en- velopes
84 96
C. W. Kingman, investigating forest fires, 1910, and 1911 10 00
Henry W. Henderson, typewriter table and chair 8 00
T. G. Sisson, carting Town reports
50
A. M. Bearse, P. M. box rent 4 80
Adams Express, Co., express bills
2 05
C. W. Kingman, services at forest fires 10 00
D. F. Wilbur, Dog Officer 150 00
Lorenzo Wood, advertising
130 00
E. W. Parker, map N. E. States
1 95
Chas. F. Gettemy, certifying to notes
12 00
F. R. Adams, paper for adding machine 4 00
P. B. Murphy, printing 7 75
G. W. Stetson, Atty., abatement tax, H. O. Peirce Est. 466 12
12
Stephen D. Kelley, injury to horse on highway 25 00
C. E. Weston, forest fires 125 20
Middleboro Band, concerts 100 00
Dr. C E.Morse, returning birth
25
Oliver Typewriter Co., supplies
90
Bay State St. Rwy. Co., express 30
Leonard & Sampson, liability in- surance Moth Department
52 72
C. S. Millerd, horse hire for Dog Officer 66 50
Adder Machine Co., repairs and
overhauling adding machine 6 25
C. E. Ryder, Agt. premium bond
Town Clerk, Treas. & Collector
100 00
Middleboro Fire Dist., water for drinking fountain
3 45
A. M. Bearse, P. M. stamps
70 00
W. M. Haskins, office expenses and cash paid out 21 00
The Rand Co., filing supplies
1 80
Carters Ink Co., ink
2 20
Frank E. Sweet, Atty. damages Belmore-Bernier suit
875 00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of pipe 1 00
Union Publishing Co., directories
4 00
Florence C. Haskins, administer- ing oaths 7 00
Overdrawn 1911
$3,603 46 973 65
$4,577 11
Appropriation
$2,000 00
From Herring Account
236 75
Receipts
421 26
$2,658 01
Overdrawn 1912
$1,919 10
TOWN HALL.
Balance from 1911
$568 20
Receipts
3,777 00
$4,345 20
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Orders drawn:
B. F. Johnson, Janitor
500 00
H. B. Wentworth, tuning pianos
18 00
Midd. Gas. & Elec. Plant, lights
796 53
E. H. Blake, keys and labor on awnings
1 50
G. D. Simmons, reseating chairs
10 86
B. F. Johnson, help
348 83
W. W. Rogers & Co., electrical work
4 91
F. A. Johnson, labor and setting glass
23 45
Frank W. Hastay, Police duty
21 15
J. L. Jenney, coal
503 66
T. M. Ryder, insurance
50 00
C. E. Ryder, insurance
50 00
D. D. Sullivan, insurance
50 00
J. F. Alden, insurance
56 25
Percy W. Keith, insurance
75 00
Annie M. Reed, insurance
50 00
C. L. Hathaway, insurance
50 00
S. G. Robinson, insurance
50 00
Fred C. Sparrow, carpenter work
70 19
Lucas & Thomas, soap and sweep- ing compound 30 20
Lloyd Perkins, plumbing work 24 80
F. Herbert Batchelder, Police duty
37 50
C. M. Thatcher, Police duty
25 90
R. M. Bassett, electrical work.
25 46
H. A. Witbeck, lamps, batteries and labor 23.12
R. C. McLeod, Police Duty
10 05
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
18 02
Cudahy Packing Co., soap powder
4 17
F. N. Whitman, ash cans, paper towels and racks
26 40
M. Steinert & Sons Co., tuning piano 4 00
Billboard Publishing Co., date books
1 50
I. B. Thomas, Police Duty
44 25
C. L. Hathaway & Co., lamp fix- tures and disinfectant 1 63
J. & G. E. Doane, supplies
55 34
H. L. Thatcher & Co., letter heads
2 75
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Jones Bros. Co., chairs
34 00
Wm. F. Dean, screen repairs
1 30
T. W. Pierce Co., plumbing repairs
9 36
T. G. Ford, blind irons
1 80
C. O. Denham, Janitor
20 00
Formacone Co., disinfectant
13 50
William M. Haskins, Agent
148 50
$3,293 88
Balance 1912
$1,051 32
POLICE
Appropriation
$3,150 00
Transferred from Suppression of
Crime account
500 00
Orders drawn:
Harry W. Swift, Chief
999 37
Harry F. Snow, Night Watch
899 60
E. Kimball Harrison, Night Watch
658 66
Frank W. Hastay, Night Watch
228 45
J. & G. E. Doane, saw, hammer, nails
2 05
Harry F. Snow
11 50
A. P. Follansbee
3 00
Southern Mass. Telephone Co.
68 22
B. F. Johnson, food for prisoners
47 30
E. Kimball Harrison
13 20
Fred A. Thomas
1 00
Harry W. Swift, expenses
70 45
C. M. Thatcher
19 27
Central Garage, auto hire
15 00
C. W. Maxim, auto hire
2 00
W. F. Fryer, M. D., professional services
8 00
Midd. Auto Exchange, auto hire
18 50
Frank W. Hastay
28 69
F. Herbert Batchelder
37 44
Auto List Publishing Co., auto list 20 00
I. B. Thomas
8 00
R. C. McLeod
10 90
Jones Bros. Co., bedding
9 05
B. F. Johnson, Keeper of Lockup
50 00
$3,650 00
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S. S. Lovell 6 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing
5 25
Bailey's Garage, auto hire
6 75
J. H. Burkhead, M. D., profession- al services
1 50
Union Publishing Co., directory
2 00
$3,251 15
Balance 1912
$398 85
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriations :
Superintendent's salary and trans-
portation of men
$1,500 00
Clearing snow, general repairs and street cleaning
2,500 00
Repairs in outside districts
8,000 00
Water supply
300 00
Receipts
13,003 49
Balance from 1911
938 85
$26,242 34
Orders drawn as per bills approved by Superintendent of Streets
$25,931 01
Balance 1912
$311 33
STREET SPRINKLING.
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls
$280 80
The Texas Oil Co., oil
305 55
The Solway Process Co., calcium chloride
33 60
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
56
Standard Oil Co., oil
527 75
The Dustoline Co., dust layer
554 58
Studebaker Corporation, repairs oil cart 21 40
$1,724 24
Appropriation ·
600 00
Balance from 1911
75 12
Receipts
27 85
Street Watering tax
658 56
Overdrawn 1912
$1,361 53 $362 71 .
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SIDEWALKS.
Pay Rolls
$597 12
C. P. Washburn, cement
94 00
Henry L. Clapp, pitch, tar, etc.
13 26
Barrett Mfg. Co., pitch and side- walk composition 374 96
H. L. Bond Co., tar kettle 45 00
T. W. Pierce Co., stove pipe 2 30
65 25
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
8 82
Mrs. John Perkins, injury on side- walk 25 00
$1,225 71
Overdrawn 1911
$581 79
Receipts from Peirce Trustees and others
$1,033 20
Overdrawn 1912
$774 30
GYPSY MOTHS
Appropriation
· $1,916 35
Receipts
829 50
Moth Tax
1,296 42
$4,042 27
Orders drawn:
Pay Rolls
3,599 95
C. S. Millerd, horse hire 174 75
F. L. Taft, horse hire
158 25
F. L. White, car fares and expenses
14 70
J. & G. E. Doane, rope and sup- plies
5 93
T. W. Pierce Co., chain and bolts
1 60
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
4 20
A. A. Thomas, expenses
3 79
George Westgate, express
40
Fitzhemy-Guptill Co., packing for sprayer 1 24
W. H. Ladbury, bicycle repairs
5 15
C. H. Tribou, gasolene 9 00
W. S. Andrews & Son, rubber boots 11 00
Chas. O. Denham, horse hire
50
$1,807 50 -
W. H. Connor, tar and cement
17
Harris M. Dolbeare, printing cir- culars 3 50
Bailey's Garage, repairs sprayer
7 25
A. D. Nelson, freight
50
$4,001 71
Overdrawn 1911
32 89
$4,034 60
Balance 1912 7 67
SEWERS.
Received from sewer permits
$284 02
Balance from 1911 253 00
$537 02
Order drawn:
Sparrow Bros., oil coat
2 75
Balance 1912
$534 27
TREE WARDEN
Orders drawn as per bills approved by Tree Warden
$1,118 64
Appropriation
1,000 00
Balance from 1911
107 82
1,107 82
Overdrawn 1912
$10 82
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Orders drawn by Selectmen
$1,885 25 467 64
Overdrawn 1911
$2,352 89
Appropriation
2,000 00
Receipts
125 00
2,125 00
Overdrawn 1912
$227 89
STATE AID
State Aid of the following amount has been paid for the year 1912 $5,600 00
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MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$550 00
Balance from 1911
193 50
Received from State Treas.
492 00
1,235 50 864 00
Orders drawn
Balance 1912
$371 50
The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :-
John F. Perry, Clerk of Middleboro Fire District.
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals
Chester E. Weston, Forest Warden
William M. Haskins, Burial Agent
Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden
William M. Haskins, Agent for Town Hall
William H. Connor, Superintendent of Streets
Morrill K. Dean, Inspector of Alewives, at East Taunton
William A. Andrews, Gas and Electric Light Commissioner John W. Kelley, Fish Warden Walter Nickerson, Fish Warden
E. Kimball Harrison, Police Officer
Harry W. Swift, Police Officer Harry F. Snow, Police Officer Samuel S. Lovell, Police Officer
F. Herbert Batchelder, Police Officer
Ichabod B. Thomas, Police Officer Fred A. Thomas, Police Officer
Charles M. Thatcher, Police Officer
B. Frank Johnson, Police Officer Roger Nuttall, Police Officer Arthur P. Follansbee, Police Officer
John E. Robinson, Police Officer
Robert McLeod, Police Officer
William Watson, Police Officer
William M. Haskins, Police Officer Frank Hastay, Police Officer B. Frank Johnson, Keeper of Lockup Frank L. White, Gypsy Moth Supt.
Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures James H. Rogers, Public Weigher Francis M. Tirrell, Field Driver and Pound Keeper William D. Wilcox, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber William C. Vickery, Police Officer
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Arthur E. Southworth, Police Officer William J. Coughlin, Registrar of Voters Herbert L. Wood, Public Weigher Edgar D. Wood, Special Police Augustine Roy, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber ELECTION OFFICERS PRECINCT ONE.
Bert J. Allan, Warden
Herbert A. Pratt, Deputy Warden
Percy W. Keith, Clerk
Ernest I. Perkins, Deputy Clerk Benjamin E. Holmes, Inspector
Charles O. White, Deputy Inspector
Nathan W. Pratt, Teller
Frank P. Hall, Deputy Teller
Josiah F. Carver, Officer PRECINCT Two
Henry W. Sears, Warden Levi O. Atwood, Deputy Warden Chester E. Weston, Clerk
Michael J. Cronan, Deputy Clerk William M. Haskins, Inspector E. T. Peirce Jenks, Deputy Inspector Edgar D. Wood, Teller Ernest M. O'Toole, Deputy Teller James F. Roberts, Officer
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LIST OF JURORS TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
JULY 1912.
William F. Atwood, farmer, France St.
Luther S. Bailey, market, 23 Forest St. Otis L. Barden, barber, Pearl St. John L. Benson, lumber dealer, Wareham St. Howard M. Bishop, woodworker, Smith St.
Edward H. Blake, bill poster, 101 Centre St.
George F. Bryant, grain and coal dealer, 56 No. Main St. Charles E. Bump, shoeworker, Arch St. Marshall P. Burgess, shoeworker, 71 No. Main St. Joseph Carver, clerk, Miller St. Josiah T. Carver, painter, Pleasant St. John M. Casey, shoeworker, 67 Wareham St. Benjamin W. Caswell, agent, 15 Peirce St. Homer R. Caswell, clerk, 14 Pearl St. Walter M. Chipman, printer, 12 Arch St. Louis D. Churbuck, carpenter, 18 Webster St. Abisha T. Clark, farmer, Marion Road.
Howard A. Cline, pattern maker, 273 Centre St. Charles F. Cole, carpenter, 56 South Main St. Thomas F. Conway, farmer, Clay St. Edward H. Cromwell, merchant, Wareham St. Elisha A. Cudworth, woodworker, Highland St. Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr., sawyer, East St. Albert Deane, poultry dealer, Soule St. George A. Deane, peddler, Thompson St. Leonidas Deane, real estate dealer, 63 Oak St. Eugene L. Dunham, shoeworker, 18 Elm St. John E. Erickson, clerk, Wood St. David H. Farrar, shoeworker, Cottage Court. Granville N. Fuller, farmer, Thompson St. Charles O. Gammons, farmer, Highland St. William A. Greene, shoeworker, 75 Forest St. Badford Harlow, R. R. Employee, 16 Southwick St. Wadsworth H. Harvey, woodworker, Miller St. William M. Haskins, Selectman, 29 Oak St.
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Alvin C. Howes, Agt. Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, 86 Pearl St.
Eugene J. Keith, carpenter, 35 North St.
Percy W. Keith, insurance agent, Plymouth St.
Michael H. Kelley, mason, 30 Webster St. Thomas J. LeBaron, farmer, Wareham St. Orville N. Leonard, clerk, 63 Oak St. Edward B. Loveli, agent, 8 Water St.
John L. Luippold, shoeworker, 17 Arch St. Eugene H. McCarthy, shoeworker, 53 Everett St. John Merrihew, woodworker, Smith St. Louis T. Perkins, plumber, 40 Oak St.
George H. Place, real estate dealer, 149 Centre St.
Luther B. Pratt, teamer, East Main St. Edward C. Reed, lumber dealer, Pine St.
Rodman H. Robinson, farmer, Plymouth St.
Clarence H. Ryder, carpenter, Highland St. John H. Ryder, farmer, Highland St.
Truman C. Savery, wood and lumber dealer, Plymouth St. Benjamin C. Shaw, lumber dealer, Rocky Meadow St. Dana H. Shaw, farmer, Rocky Meadow St.
Harrison F. Shurtleff, board sawyer, France St.
Walter H. Smith, carpenter, Wood St. Charles H. Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Edwin H. Soule, lumber dealer, Cedar St. Orlando Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Frank M. Stickney, paper box maker, 53 Forest St.
Myron R. Sturgiss, cranberry grower, Rocky Meadow St.
John J. Sullivan, clerk, 219 Centre St. Charles W. Swett, carpenter, Miller St. Charles M. Thatcher, real estate agent, 36 School St. Alfred E. Thomas, woodworker, Smith St. Frank S. Thomas, engineer, Wareham St. George L. Thomas, plumber, 6 Court End Ave.
Ichabod B. Thomas Jr., shoeworker, 248 Centre St. James A. Thomas, millwright, Wareham St. Lazelle E. Thomas, retired, 59 Everett St. William H. Thomas, farmer, Wareham St. Allerton Thompson, retired, 17 North St. Charles S. Tinkham, shoeworker, 11 Courtland St. Chester M. Washburn, lumber dealer, Plymouth St. John A. Washburn, baker, 76 Oak St. Albert T. Westgate, clerk, Miller St. Thomas T. Westgate, woodworker, Miller St. Seneca T. Weston, farmer, France St.
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John H. Wheeler, clerk, 57 Everett St. Charles O. White, shoeworker, Pleasant St. George H. Wilbur, photographer, Plymouth St. Edward C. Wood, druggist, 25 Webster St.
The damage suit of Belmore and Bernier against the Town has been settled. We have also settled a number of minor claims without suit. There is now pending against the Town a suit of Anders Martenson.
WILLIAM M. HASKINS, C. H. LEONARD, CHARLES N. ATWOOD,
Selectmen.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Balance from 1911
$62 77
Received from sale of herrings
151 00
Received from towns down the river
280 00
Orders drawn:
Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden
50 00
Morrill K. Dean, Inspector at East Taunton
125 00
John W. Kelley, Fish Warden
25 00
Charles N. Atwood, Fish Warden
5 00
C. H. Leonard, Fish Warden
5 00
William M. Haskins, Fish Warden
5 00
215 00
Balance
278 77
Check sent to Town of Lakeville
36 02
Transferred to Incidentals acct.
236 75
272 77
Balance to divide with Lakeville
$6 00
WILLIAM M. HASKINS, C. H. LEONARD, CHARLES N. ATWOOD,
Fish Wardens.
493 77
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 1, 1913.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleboro: Gentlemen :-
I have the honor to submit to you my ninth annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures of the Town of Middleboro for the year 1912.
I have added to the equipment the past year one die machine for sealing tin measures at a cost of $5.75, making the inven- tory of the department, including equipment furnished by the State, total $607.44
I again earnestly recommend the abolishing of the collection of fees and that the Town appropriate a sufficient sum of money for your Sealer to conduct the department in a re- spectable manner.
Your Sealer's duties are constantly increasing and the purchasing public are yearly receiving more benefits through this department.
The practice of weighing heavy wrapping paper with goods purchased and charging for same at goods price has been done away with, also a new law in regard to the weighing of fruits, vegetables and nuts has been the means of much extra work and additional expense for the department.
I have sealed and condemned the past year scales and measures as follows :- .
Sealed
Condemned.
Portable Platform Scales
72
2
Spring Balances
37
4
Counter Balances
38
1
Steel Yards
9
2
Computing Scales
36
0
Wagon Scales
4
0
Rail Road Scales
3
0
Wet Measures
228
4
Dry Measures
54
4
25
Yard Sticks
146 11
Weights
283
13
Milk Bottles
3229
0
Inspected 1624 Cranberry Barrels, Sealed or Inspected 5772 pieces, condemned 41 making a total of 5813 pieces.
There has been one prosecution for insufficient weighing. I have made twenty visits to the various stores and dealers, have weighed one load of coal and called for the dealers slips at various times.
I have collected in fees and turned into the Town Treasury the sum of $70.83 and I find uncollected the sum of $1.50 which I have charged to the account of Loss and Gain.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation for Salary
$200 00
Appropriation for Expenses
50 00
Received from Fees
70 83
$320 83
Paid
Town Treasurer
70 83
For 2 days labor
3 00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing
9 75
Lorenzo Wood, printing
1 50
C. M. Hutchinson, printing
8 00
Carbon Paper
05
T. G. Sisson, horse hire
7 00
Sundry expenses
3 95
E. E. Cole Co., plating
1 50
T. G. Sisson, horse hire
2 00
Die Clamp
5 75
C. S. Millerd, horse hire & sundries
2 45
Adams Express Co., express
20
T. J. Hargraves, glass ink
4 00
M. C. Smith, stamps & dies
3 25
W. & L. E. Gurley, lead seals
1 40
Edgar D. Wood, Salary,
200 00
$324 63
Deducting the amount of fees collected and paid into the Town Treasury of $70.83 leaves the account overdrawn for the year the sum of $3.80.
Respectfully submitted EDGAR D. WOOD, -
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
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