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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of
Middleboro, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1913
OUTH
COUNTY
INCORPORATED
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of
Middleboro, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1913
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TOWN OFFICERS 1913.
Town Clerk. ALBERT A. THOMAS Term expires 1915
Treasurer and Collector. ALBERT A. THOMAS
Selectmen.
CHARLES N. ATWOOD WILLIAM M. HASKINS BOURNE WOOD
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
Assessors.
ALBERT T. SAVERY EDWIN F. WITHAM BENJAMIN C. SHAW
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
Overseers of the Poor.
EDWIN F. WITHAM CHARLES W. KINGMAN CHARLES M. THATCHER
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
School Committee.
GRANVILLE E. TILLSON JAMES P. LEAHY, M. D. GEORGE W. STETSON
THEODORE N. WOOD
REGINALD W. DRAKE E. T. PEIRCE JENKS
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES
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Municipal Light Board.
WILLIAM A. ANDREWS HARLAS L. CUSHMAN WILKES H. F. PETTEE
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
Board of Health.
BERT J. ALLAN JAMES H. BURKHEAD, M. D.
JOHN H. WHEELER
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916-
Constables.
F. HERBERT BATCHELDER
FRANK W. HASTAY
SAMUEL S. LOVELL
HARRY F. SNOW
FRED C. SPARROW
HARRY W. SWIFT
CHARLES M. THATCHER
ICHABOD B. THOMAS
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM H. CONNOR
Registrars of Voters
WALTER M. CHIPMAN Term expires 1914 LORENZO WOOD Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN
Trustees of Public Library.
WALTER SAMPSON Term expires 1914
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
NATHAN WASHBURN
HENRY W. SEARS
DAVID G. PRATT
KENELM WINSLOW
GEORGE BRAYTON
EDWARD S. HATHAWAY
THEODORE N. WOOD
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916
Fish Wardens.
CORNELIUS H. LEONARD CHARLES N. ATWOOD WILLIAM M. HASKINS
Tree Warden Auditor LUTHER S. BAILEY WILLIAM W. BRACKETT
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
For the year ending December 31, 1913
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 3, 1913 AND ADJOURN- MENTS HELD MARCH 14, 1913 AND APRIL 3, 1913.
Support of Schools :-
Instruction, including Super- intendent's salary and trav- elling expenses of $2,200, Janitor's Salaries
$28,800 00
2,200 00
Fuel
2,200 00
Books, Supplies and Printing
2,000 00
Office Rent
150 00
Tuition-Bridgewater
76 00
Sundries
600 00
Total $36,026 00
Less estimated income, etc. 3,476 00
Balance
$32,550 00
School Physician
300 00
School Committee
150 00
Repairs
2,000 00
Transportation
2,000 00
$37,000 00
Support of Poor, including salaries of Overseers of $500 and over- draft of $233.14 7,200 00
Soldiers' Relief
2,000 00
Military Aid 150 00
Town Officers :-
Town Clerk, Treas. and Collector$1,200 00
Assessors 1,100 00
Selectmen
800.00
Registrars and Election and
Caucus Officers 450 00
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Inspector of Animals
200 00
Auditor
200 00
Moderator
20 00
Appropriation Committee
60 00
£
$4,030 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 300 00
$1,250 00
Incidentals, including overdraft of $1,919. 10 caused by settlement of damage suits against the Town in the Sparrow, Bernier, Kelley and Perkins cases $4,000 00
Town Debt :----
Sewer Note due November 1, 1913 $5,000 00
School House Note due Nov. 1, 1913 1,650 00
School House Note due Nov. 1, 1913 400 00
School House Note due Dec. 1, 1913 250 00
$7,300 00 1,500 00
Interest
Middleboro Gas and Electric Plant :- (Appropriation in form required by act of 1905)
Estimated operating expenses for 1913 $26,500 00
Interest required
2,468 00
Notes due 3,000 00
Depreciation, 3% of cost of Plant 4,844 00
Total $36,812 00
Less estimated income 30,000 00
Balance
$6,812 00
Suburban Lighting
400 00
Office Rent Commissioners' Salaries
150 00
300 00
$7,662 00
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Board of Health :
Overdraft and unpaid bills 1912 account, but not to include any bills for salary of Board or for in- spection of plumbing, for services previous to January 1, 1913 $1,000 00 Salaries of Board, including over- draft of $12.50 on 1912 account 300 00
Inspection of Beef and Milk 1913 400 00
Inspection of Plumbing 1913 100 00
All other expenses 700 00
$2,500 00
Highway Department :- Superintendent's Salary $1,500 00
Clearing of snow, in addition to amount received from East Taunton Street Railway Co., as Excise Tax and estimated at $200.00 1,600 00
Repairs and maintenance of Vil- lage District in addition to re- ceipts from the State on account of Street Railway Corporation Tax and estimated at $3,000 1,000 00
Repairs on highway in outside district 6,000 00
Receipts from Bay State Street Railway as Excise Tax and es- timated at $1,600 to be expended on Plymouth Street from its junc- tion with Murdock Street to the Bridgewater Line
Receipts from the New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Co., as ex- cise Tax estimated at $320 and to be expended on Smith Street Water Supply 300 00
$10,400 00 100 00
Town Construction Plant Police Department :- Salary of Chief Salary of Nightwatchmen (2)
$1,000 00
1,800 00
All other expenses 400 00
$3,200 00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures, in- cluding salary 300 00
Street Sprinkling-equal amount
750 00
to be assessed on abuttors Tree Warden's Department-includ- ing salary of Tree Warden G. A. R. for Memorial Day
1,000 00
200 00
For Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 1,939 92
Highway Dept., for collecting rub-
bish for 1912 and 1913
1,000 00
Portable School Building
1,600 00
Repairs High School
1,000 00
Water for Fall Brook School"
500 00
Total appropriations $96,581 92 Less Corporation and Bank Tax estimated 7,461 59
$89,120 33
Less Sewer note assumed by Peirce Trustees
5,000 00
To be raised by tax
$84,120 33
Voted by Town
$84,120 33
State Tax
10,400 00
State Highway Tax
403 75
County Tax
7,751 94
Overlay
1,686 32
$104,362 34
Assessed on 2360 polls
4,720 00
Assessed on personal property
21,087 54
Assessed on real estate
78,554 80
$104,362 34
Number of polls assessed, 2360
Value of buildings, excluding land
$2,426,920
Value of land, excluding buildings
1,500,820
3,927,740
Value of personal estate
1,054,377
$4,982,117
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Persons, firms, etc. assessed on property
1868
Residents
1526 342
Non-Residents
Persons assessed for poll tax only
1465
Number of horses assessed
692
Number of cows assessed
608
Number of swine assessed
23
Number of sheep assessed
1
Number of fowl assessed
7,640
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
138
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1,703
Number of acres of land assessed
40,226
Population of Town 8,000
Taxes remitted in 1913 have been as follows:
On account 1911 Assessments
$460 12
On account 1912 Assessments
784 60
On account 1913 Assessments
459 68
Tax rate $20.00 on $1,000.
ALBERT T. SAVERY, EDWIN F. WITHAM, BENJAMIN C. SHAW,
Assessors of Middleborough.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending December 31, 1913.
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.
Orders drawn:
Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Collector
$1,200 00
Caucus officers
33 00
Election officers
152 00
William J. Coughlin, Registrar
69 30
Walter M. Chipman, Registrar
68 60
Albert A. Thomas, Registrar
70 00
Lorenzo Wood, Registrar
67 55
Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer
175 00
Thomas F.Conway, Inspector of Animals 200 00
Alvin C. Howes, Moderator
20 00
Appropriation Committee
60 00
C. H. Leonard, Selectman
33 33
William M. Haskins, Selectman
400 00
Charles N. Atwood, Selectman
200 00
Bourne Wood, Selectman
200 00
Benjamin C. Shaw, Assessor
300 00
Edwin F. Witham, Assessor
309 00
Allerton Thompson, Assessor
27 20
Albert T. Savery, Assessor
408 00
William W. Brackett, Auditor
250 00
Overdrawn 1912
$4,242 98 32 01
4,274 99
· Appropriation
4,030 00
Overdrawn 1913 244 99
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TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES.
Appropriation
Balance from 1912
$1,250 00 496 71
$1,746 71
Orders drawn :
Eleanor B. Munroe, clerk Assessors 225 30
Susie A. Pitman, clerk Assessors 71 05
Susan A. Bishop, clerk Assessors 29 20
Verna L. Francis, clerical work Assessors 2 50
Daniel F. Wilbur, horse hire Dog Officer 31 00
Florence C. Haskins, Clerk Town Clerk and Selectmen 450 00
Hobbs & Warren, stationery Assessors 7 50
Eleanor B. Munroe, expenses at Registry Deeds 1 99
C. S. Millerd, horse hire Dog Officer 6 00
Bourne's Cafe, lunches Election Officers 15 50
T. G. Sisson, horse hire Assessors 40 50
Middleboro News, advertising Assessors 8 00
Benjamin C. Shaw, horse hire and ex- penses Assessor 140 00
Lottie W. Tinkham, clerical work
4 00
George G. Benson, handle and strap for Registrar's box 1 25
Edwin F. Witham, horse hire and expenses Assessors 17 70
Albert T. Savery, horse hire and ex-
penses for Assessors 20 50
$1,071 99
Balance 1913
$674 72
INCIDENTALS.
Orders drawn: W. L. Soule, returning deaths $ 23 25
Dr. A. C. Wilbur, returning births 3 00
Dr. W. F. Fryer, returning births 5 50
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 211 37
Dr. J. F. Shurtleff, returning births 1 50
So. Mass. Telephone Co., telephone bills 99 06
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J. E. Cross, stamp pad 35
A. M. Bearse, P. M., stamped envelopes 84 68
Dr. J. H. Burkehead, returning births 4 25
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp 2 66
Dr. J. P. Leahy, returning births 6 00
C. L. Hathaway & Co., office supplies 9 78
Albert A. Thomas, recording births, marriages and deaths 165 90
Hobbs & Warren, office supplies and repairs on Town Seal 3 50
Dover Press, printing Town Reports 239 20
A. M. Bearse, P. M. ,P. O. box rent 3 60
Lorenzo Wood, advertising
197 25
Adams Express Co., express charges
3 30
P. B. Murphy, printing 7 00
Director Bureau Statistics, certi- fying notes 15 00
Middleboro News, printing and ad- vertising 131 00
James F. Charnock, returning deaths
3 50
Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writer ribbons 3 75
Underwood Typewriter Co., ex- change of machines 36 75
James C. Moore Corp., bill heads and ledger 5 55
A. M. Bearse, P. M., two cent stamps 74 00
D. F. Wilbur, horse hire Dog Officer 7 00
Carl S. Oakes, Treas., for band concerts 100 00
Fred N. Whitman, flag
16 92
A. A. Thomas, Treas., pay roll. Forest fires 4 20
Middleboro News, advertising
24 75
Chester E. Weston, pay rolls Forest fires 378 92
Middleboro Band, for band concerts
100 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., Collector's Book etc. 10 75
Charles E. Ryder, premium on bond
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector 100 00
The Rand Co., filing supplies 1 80
Levi L. Crane, pens
1 50
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Dr. C. S. Cummings, returning births 4 50
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of pipe 1 00
A. W. Brownell, printing
2 00
Florence C. Haskins, administering oaths 10 00
Leonard & Sampson, liability insurance for moth work 77 13
Overdraft of 1912
$2,181 17 1,919 10
4,100 27
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Receipts 9 77
4,009 77
Overdrawn 1913 $90 50
TOWN HALL
Balance from 1912
$1,051 32
Receipts
3,525 00
$4,576 32
Orders drawn:
B. F. Johnson, Janitor $520 00
P. B. Bragdon, boiler inspection 2 00
The Billboard, date books 75
The Cudahy Packing Co., soap powder 4 25
Lucas & Thomas, sweeping compound 15 75
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant,
lights 802 68
Charles E. Guertin, Police duty 13 50
B. F. Johnson, for help
255 39
Charles M. Thatcher, for Police duty
19 75
F. Herbert Batchelder, for Police duty
43 50
J. & G. E. Doane, supplies
153 95
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
22 49
Lloyd Perkins, plumbing etc.
38 27
T. G. Sisson, moving piano etc.
21 25
J. H. Wheeler, disinfectant
14 00
Fred C. Sparrow, carpenter work
259 50
T. M. Ryder, insurance
50 00
C. E. Ryder, insurance 50 00
Annie M. Reed, insurance
50 00
Sarah G. Robinson, insurance
50 00
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D. D. Sullivan, insurance 50 00
C. L. Hathaway, insurance 50 00
Percy W. Keith, insurance
75 00
J. F. Alden, insurance
56 25
R. M. Bassett, lamps and electrical work 78 38
I. B. Thomas, Police duty
40 50
James L. Jenney, coal
518 41
George D. Simmons, repairs chairs
2 79
B. F. Johnson, expenses
1 50
H. B. Wentworth, care of piano
20 00
E. H. Blake, repairs locks and labor on awnings 1 50
C. O. Denham, help
32 00
Washburn Purizone Co., dust layer
6 00
F. A. Johnson, painting
584 34
F. N. Whitman, towels
35
W. M. Haskins, agent
137 25
Frederick H. Deane, Police duty
4 50
$4,035 80
Balance 1913
$540 52
POLICE
Orders drawn:
Harry W. Swift, Chief
$960 00
Harry F. Snow, Night Watch
916 90
Frank W. Hastay, Night Watch
873 75
F. Herbert Batchelder, Night Watch
19 76
Central Garage, auto hire
11 00
Harry W. Swift, expenses
553 12
So. Mass. Telephone Co.
80 65
Harry F. Snow
3 10
C. M. Thatcher
58 30
Lorenzo Wood, printing
2 00
B. F. Johnson, food for prisoners
40 60
Middleboro Auto Exchange, auto hire
19 50
Bailey's Garage, auto hire 15 00
F. Herbert Batchelder
9 50
Harry W. Flagg, copies of record
3 00
Officers for July Fourth
48 00
Charles Guertin
5 25
Nemasket Auto Co., auto hire
4 50
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Jones Bros. Co., bedding Frank W. Hastay
11 87
7 20
B. F. Johnson, Keeper of Lockup
50 00
$3,693 02
Appropriation
$3,200 00
Balance from 1912
398 85
3,598 85
Overdrawn 1913
94 17
HIGHWAYS
Appropriations :
Superintendent's salary
$1,500 00
Clearing snow
1,600 00
Village District
1,000 00
Outside District
6,000 00
Water supply
300 00
Collecting rubbish 1912 and 1913
1,000 00
Receipts
16,330 08
Balance from 1912
311 33
$28,041 41
Orders drawn as per bills approved by Superintendent of Streets
24,559 50
Balance 1913
3,481 91
From this account there should be
deducted
$1,803 70
which was appropriated for snow
and
582 00
which was appropriated for water
and to be used for no other purposes
2,385 70
Actual Highway balance Dec. 31, 1913
1,096 21
STREET SPRINKLING
Orders drawn:
$1,599 26 362 71
Overdraft from 1912
$1,961 97
Appropriation
$750 00
Street Sprinkling tax
819 13
Transferred to Village account
362 71
1,931 84
Overdrawn 1913 $30 13
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SIDEWALKS
Orders drawn:
Overdraft from 1912
$1,248 71 774 30
Receipts
$2,023 01 1,543 00
Overdrawn 1913 $480 01
SEWERS
Balance from 1912
$534 27
Received from entrance fees
450 00
$984 27
Orders drawn:
607 22
Balance 1913
$377.05
GYPSY MOTHS
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls
$3,502 67
T. W. Pierce Co., supplies
17 98
J. & G. E. Doane, supplies 7 38
239 25
A. D. Nelson, expenses
40 92
Bernice M. Reed, copying street list for Moth Dept. 4 60
Allerton Thompson, Assessor, making property list 24 00
Edwin F. Witham, Assessor, making property list
24 00
H. W. Oliver, repairs on ladder
2 30
Fred Duprey, painting sprayer
32 00
B. E. Chapman, bicycle repairs
29 10
Adams Express Co., express bills
50
Charles H. Tribou, gasoline
7 70
T. G. Sisson, horse hire
134 97
Bailey's Garage, work on sprayer
20 60
Central Garage, gasoline
11 50
Wakefield Daily Item, Moth circulars .
3 50
Frank Stets, moving tools 1 00
Sparrow Bros., oil suit 2 75
$4,106 72
C. S. Millerd, horse hire
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Appropriation Receipts Balance from 1912 Moth tax
1,939 92
872 46
7 67
900 49
3,720 54
Overdrawn 1913 $386 18
TREE WARDEN.
Orders drawn as per bills approved by Tree Warden
$1,165 45
Overdraft from 1912
10 82
$1,176 27
Appropriation
1,000 00
Receipts
16 12
1,016 12
Overdrawn 1913 $160 15
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$2,000 00 43 00
Receipts
$2,043 00
Orders drawn by Selectmen 1,463 75
Overdraft from 1912
227 89
1,691 64
Balance 1913
$351 36
STATE AID.
State Aid of the following amount has been paid for the year 1913 $4,996 00
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation
$150 00
Balance from 1912
371 50
Received from State Treasurer 432 00
Orders drawn
$953 50 780 00
Balance 1913 $173 50
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The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :-
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals
Chester E. Weston, Forest Warden
Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden
Morrill K. Dean, Fish Warden and Inspector at East Taunton
William H. Connor, Superintendent of Streets
William M. Haskins, Burial Agent
William M. Haskins, Agent of Town Hall
John W. Kelley, Fish Warden
Arthur Ouellette, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Maurice E. Hardy, Public Weigher
William G. Wilcox, Measurer of Wood Bark and Lumber
Ernest S. Pratt, Public Weigher
William J. Coughlin, Registrar of Voters
A. D. Nelson, Gypsy Moth Supt. B. Frank Johnson, Keeper of Lockup Harry W. Swift, Police Officer and Chief of Police
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
John E. Robinson, Police Officer Robert McLeod, Police Officer
William Watson, Police Officer William-M. Haskins, Police Officer
Frank Hastay, Police Officer Charles E. Guertin, Police Officer
Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures
James P. Leahy, M. D., Member of School Board
Daniel F. Wilbour, Police Officer
Louis Ritter, Public Weigher Ferdinand Landgrebe, Special Police
Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer
Patrick A. Grant, Public Weigher
Theodore A. Braley, Public Weigher
Frederick M. Jenney, Public Weigher
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Precinct One. Bert J. Allan, Warden
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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 Henry B. Schlueter, 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 1913.
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, wood worker, 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, 2 High 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, veterinary, 72 South Main St. Edward H. Cromwell, real estate agent, Cherry 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. G. Delmar Dunbar, clerk, 17 Court End Ave. Eugene L. Dunham, shoeworker, 18 Elm St. David H. Farrar, shoeworker, Cottage Court Charles O. Gammons, farmer, Highland St. William A. Greene, shoeworker, 75 Forest St. Bradford Harlow, R. R. Employee, 16 Southwick St. Wadsworth H. Harvey, woodworker, Miller St. William M. Haskins, Selectman, 29 Oak St. Alvin C. Howes, Supt. Water Works, 86 Pearl St. Eugene J. Keith, carpenter, 35 North St.
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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. Lovell, agent, 8 Water St. John L. Luippold, shoeworker, 17 Arch St. Eugene H. McCarthy, shoeworker, 53 Everett St. James McCarthy, painter, 22 Lovell St. John Merrihew, woodworker, Smith St. Ernest M. O'Toole, clerk, 14 North 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.
Charles H. Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Edwin E. 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, mason, 76 Oak St. Albert T. Westgate, clerk, Miller St. Thomas T. Westgate, woodworker, Miller St. Seneca T. Weston, farmer, France St. John H. Wheeler, clerk, 57 Everett St. Charles O. White, shoeworker, Pleasant St. George H. Wilbur, photographer, Plymouth St.
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Chester B. Wood, farmer, Wood St. Edward C. Wood, druggist, 25 Webster St. Harold S. Wood, agent, 9 High St.
The damage suit of Anders Martenson, against the Town has been settled out of Court. There is now pending against the Town a suit of William T. Way, Administrator Estate of George B. Smith.
WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CHARLES N. ATWOOD, BOURNE WOOD, Selectmen of Middleborough.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Orders drawn:
Highway Dept., repairs on fishway
$64 69
D. F. Wilbur, Fish Warden 60 00
Frank Horn, watching at Muttock 5 00
John W. Kelley, Inspector
25 00
Morrill K. Dean, Inspector at East Taunton
125 00
Charles N. Atwood, Fish Warden
5 00
C. H. Leonard, Fish Warden
5 00
William M. Haskins, Fish Warden
5 00
$294 69
Balance from 1912
6 00
Receipts
150 00
156 00
Overdrawn 1913
$138 69
The above overdraft is a little misleading as there is due, but not yet received, from the towns down the River more than enough to balance it.
WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CHARLES N. ATWOOD, C. H. LEONARD,
Fish Wardens.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Middleborough, Mass., Jan. 1, 1914. To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough:
Gentlemen :-
I have the honor to make the following report of my doings as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1913.
I have made no additions to the equipment the past year but have been ordered under the new law to seal druggists weights, for which I have ordered the equipment, for which the town will have to provide in next year's tax levy. The cost will probably amount to about $28.00. The assets now are $607.44.
Sealed Condemned
Portable Platform Scales
104
4
Spring Balances
49
7
Counter Balances
29
Steel Yards
32
Computing Scales
99
2
Wagon Scales
5
Rail Road Scales
6
1
Wet Measures
27
Dry Measures
22
Yard Sticks
48
2
Weights
416
Milk Bottles
1740
Cranberry Barrels
2783
Stores visited
29
Coal reweighed
3
Fees received
$82.34
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$300 00
Orders Drawn
Edgar D. Wood, Salary
$249 94
Labor
3 12
25
.
Tools
6 46
Printing
6 94
Horse hire
14 00
Sundries
8 65
Overdrawn 1912
3 80
$292 91
Balance ·
7 09
Respectfully submitted EDGAR D. WOOD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
From January 1, 1913 to January 1, 1914.
The work for the year consisted of spraying and removing trees. We sprayed 1482 trees, and removed 21 trees, 16 live and 5 dead.
Statement of account of Tree Warden for 1913.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Received - L. S. Bailey
16 12
$1,016 12
Less Overdraft
10 82
$1,005 30
Payments :
April 5 L. S. Bailey
145 00
8 Geo. E. Doane
4 35
18 L. S. Bailey
17 00
May
15 L. S. Bailey
17 25
24 L. S. Bailey
39 00
Geo. E. Doane
147 17
29 L. S. Bailey
36 00
June
6 L. S. Bailey Geo. E. Doane
143 90
13 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
72 50
21 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
57 50
28 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
51 12
L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
18 30
July
3 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
25 00
5 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll
16 12
11 L. S. Bailey Horse Hire
58 50
19 Leonard & Sampson Insurance
25 71
L. S. Bailey
64 00
Aug.
1
L. S. Bailey 15 00
8 Leonard & Barrows 4 65
31 25
27
Geo. E. Doane 3 43
Sept. 27
L. S. Bailey Salary 1913,
Bal. 1912
172 70
$1,165 45
Overdraft January 1, 1914 160 15 Valuation of property $250.00.
Thanking all who assisted me the past year.
Respectfully submitted, L. S. BAILEY, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
In accordance with the revised laws, the annual report of the Board of Health is herewith submitted, including the re- ports of the Inspector of Slaughtering and Inspector of Milk.
The Board was organized March, with B. J. Allan, chairman, J. H. Wheeler, Agent, J. H. Burkhead, physician. J. H. Wheeler was appointed Inspector of Slaughtering and Inspec- tor of Milk.
Regular meetings of the Board have been held the first Monday in the month with special meeting when necessary. The office of the Board has been open daily from 7 to 8 P. M.
During 1913 the town of Middleboro was very fortunate in the number of contagious diseases, having the smallest num- ber of cases reported with one exception (19) since the Board began to keep the records. During the year ending Dec. 31, 1913 contagious diseases have been reported as follows: Diphtheria 8, Scarlet Fever 6, Measles 5, Tuberculosis 10 a total of 27 cases.
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