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Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1903.
FALL RIVER, MASS. PRESS OF SAMUEL E. FISKE, 19 COURT SQUARE, 1904.
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DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 3575 00042 5282
Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF DIGHTON
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1903.
FALL RIVER, MASS. PRESS OF SAMUEL E. FISKE, 19 COURT SQUARE, 1904.
3 3575 00042 5282
Selectmen's Report.
CITIZENS OF DIGHTON.
The expectation expressed in the last Annual Report of a reduction this year in the tax rate has not been fully realized, however the rate is fourteen dollars per thousand, a small reduction having been secured, a rate much lower than many of our neighboring cities and towns.
A new industry in the north part of the town pays this year fourteen hundred dollars tax and the Street Railway over twenty-eight hundred dollars. Our aim should be to secure a low rate of taxation as possible con- sistent with a generous support of Schools, Highways and the Municipal Charities.
Should we be able to secure a low rate other industries will be attracted and locate here, our rail and water facili- ties being adequate.
The Massachusetts Highway Commission alloted this year eight thousand and three hundred dollars to build and finish all that part of the Providence and Taunton Pike in Dighton. A section of Chestnut and Winthrop Streets have been discontinued, and Chestnut Street has been ex- tended to the State Highway at a cost of about two hun- dred and twenty-five dollars. A section of Spring Street . westerly from the Mount Hope Finishings Co.'s works has been improved at their expense, and the town has rebuilt a section easterly from their works to Pearl Street, cutting. the grade of the hill near Odd Fellows Hall.
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Owing to the early cold weather work had to be aban- doned, and will be resumed as early in the spring as possible.
The street will have an easy grade and relieve the usual water accumulation on Pearl Street and quite a distance easterly from the hall.
The contract to re-build Spring Street was awarded to James N. Horton for $975, he being the lowest bidder, other bids ranged from $975 to $1400 for the same specifications.
A suitable fence has been built to protect the north side and a bank wall in front of Odd Fellows Hall and Fred N. Reed's lot on the south side will have to be graded to agree with the grade of the street.
A deficiency of $261.57 occurs in the running expenses of the town farm this year, and has been in arrears from two to three hundred and fifty dollars for quite a num- ber of years.
It has been suggested that the farm can be made self- supporting if the superintendent engaged in the ordinary repairs of our streets.
While the State Highway is being built through the town a large part of the Highway appropriation should be used for permanent improvements, in fact, it should be so every year.
The past twenty years we have spent $60,000 on street · repairs, aud can we show adequate improvements for such a large sum. A sum almost sufficient to macadam them.
We trust that a careful consideration of this matter will be made, and that prudent measures will be adopted that will result advantageously.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Rural free delivery has been secured for the South and Western part of the town, carrying the mail from Dighton post office.
A telephone company desire to establish an exchange with over thirty subscribers, and will ask for the use of certain streets to erect poles and run wires.
We feel confident that the Massachusetts Highway Commissioners will allot a sum for the construction of a section of State Highway on the Fall River and Taunton route.
We appeared for the town at the hearing for Bristol County at Taunton, and called their attention to the sec- tion at Broad Cove, Pleasant Street, as a very poor road, with a large amount of travel, and urged their immediate attention, and feel assured that they will do something there this season.
Robert Bradbury and wife, who received soldiers' relief the past thirteen years, died early in the year. Our disbursements for state aid are forty-nine dollars per month, distributed to eleven beneficiaries.
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Jury List.
The following is a list of names nominated by the Selectmen to be presented to the annual Town Meeting, to be held on Monday, March 7, 1904, for their approval or rejection.
Clarence C. Andrews, clerk William T. Marston, moulder
Ferdinand Waldron, baker John F. Driscol,
Rufus P. Horton, farmer
.William C. Codding,
Daniel T. Wood, Jr. 66
Henry H. Lincoln,
William B. Reed, 66
Gaius E. Horton, 66
Eugene F. Rose. pattern m'kr.
James E. Macker,
John T. Adams, blacksmith
Herbert L. Horton, 66
Geo. I. Potter, produce dealer
James N. Paul, 66 Edmund Hathaway, retired
James A. Talbot, . 66 Wm. J. Roberts, stove m'r.
Howard D. Pierce, 66 Joseph Pitts, merchant
George H. Walker, 66 Albert W. Emery, merchant
Samuel J. Eaton, 66
Fred N. Reed, 66
Dwight F. Lane, 66 Wm. T. Tweedy, silversmith
John A. Briggs, carpenter
J. Harvey Briggs, florist
Henry D. Greenlaw, carpenter.
CHARLES S. CHASE, ) Selectmen GEORGE M. CHASE, of WILLARD J. REED, Dighton.
Dighton, Dec. 31, 1903.
Clarence W. Waldron, 66
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Report of Board of Health.
The following report is respectfully submitted : Number of infectious diseases reported 1903,
Scarlet fever, 15 cases. Diphtheria, 3 ".
The last annual town meeting authorized the Overseers of Poor to employ a physician by the year to attend all pauper and board of health cases. Dr. Joseph B. Sayles, the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract from Mar. 1, 1903 to Mar. 1, 1904.
The following bills have been contracted and paid.
BILLS CONTRACTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
FUMIGATION.
1903.
Mar. 7 J.B.Sayles,fumigation, So. Dighton school house
6 00
Frank Rogers' house 4 00
7 A. J. Barker, 24 formaldehyde candles 5 50
Aug. 1 J. B. Sayles, fumigation house of Leon- ard Pearse 5 25
Sept. 5 F. B. Cadoza house 4 00
Nov. 7. fumigation house of J. Silvia, F. Costa 8 50
Dec. 5 Broad Cove schoolhouse 6 50
F. P. Cardosa house 4 00
$43 75
CHARLES S. CHASE, GEORGE M. CHASE, of
Board
WILLARD J. REED, Health
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Report of Overseers of the Poor.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT THE TOWN FARM, DECEMBER 31, 1903.
Wood 45.00, express wagon 55.00, farm wagon 50.00 $150 00
Horse sled 12.00, ploughs, cultivators and har- rows 20.00 32 00
English hay 120.00, swale hay 5.00, harness 20.00
145 00
Grain 6.00, horse 75.00, cows 115.00
196 00
Curry comb, rake, brush, potato diggers
1 75
Wheel jack, lanterns, knife, bushel boxes, chest
7 00
Baskets, drawing knife, wrench, manure forks
2 00
· Cattle ties, hay forks, shaving brake
6 00
Iron bar, grindstone, wheelbarrow
7 00
Syringe, oil and can, clothes wringer and washing machine 8 25
Rubber gloves, coal hod and stove in shop 12 00
175 fowls 113.75, whiffletree, chains and pick 118 25
Ladders 3.00, cranberry rake, cook stove, shovels 5 50
Corn 100.00, potatoes 16.00, vinegar 15.00
131 00
Hams, shoulders and apples 10 00
Household furniture
225 00
Saws, axes, hoes, scythes and snaths
3 00
Pork 15.00, provisions 20.00
35 00
$1094 75
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SUPT. OF TOWN FARM IN ACCOUNT TOWN OF DIGHTON.
DR.
Cash on hand at settlement Dec. 31, 1902 $10 17
Jan. Sale of eggs
17 75
Feb. 66
26 15
March 66
54 01
Apr. 66
and poultry
37 27
May
66 66
42 16
Sale of potatoes
90
· Sale of beef cow
35 00
June
Sale of eggs
39 17
July
18 71
Sale of potatoes and apples
1 50
hay
21 00
Aug.
66 eggs
19 11
Sept.
31 51
Received from use of pasture
6 00
Oct.
Sale of eggs and poultry
29 13
Received from use of pasture
6 50
Nov. Sale of eggs and poultry
33 49
Received from use of pasture
25 00
Dec.
Sale of eggs and poultry
14 68
66 potatoes
50 40
5 00
fodder
Received from use of pasture
13 00
$537 61
1903.
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1903.
CR.
Jan. Cash paid shoeing horse .80, coffee 1.05, grinding corn .45, labor 4.00 $6 30
Feb. Grinding corn .30, tea and cocoa .50, grind- ing corn .45, salts .15, repairs on har- ness .45, yeast cakes .08 1 93
Mar. Shoeing horse 1.25,grinding corn .45,coffee .60, grinding corn .45; scraps 4.50, shoeing horse .65, grinding corn .30, groceries 24.56
32 76
Apr. Labor 1.50, coffee .35, grinding 'corn .45, shoeing horse .80, fish .20, nails .20, twine .15,yeast cakes .08 fertilizer 6.00 9 73 May Coffee .80, seed .53, plow point .35, plowing 8.80, cow 28.00, seed corn 1.25,bread, yeast cakes .36, paper and border 1.88, cheese .30, hoe .33,labor 1.75,groceries 30.05 74 40 June Papering 2.00, coffee .80, shoeing horse 1.25, grinding corn .90, labor 3.75 8 70
July coffee .45, scythe 1.00, labor 1.50, shoeing horse 1.00, haying 8.75, butter and cheese .81, screening wire .24, repair- ing harness .50, grinding corn .50, bread .25, potatoes .25, yeast cakes .08, coffee .35 15 68 Aug. Cash to treasurer 100.00, labor 6.25, shoe- ing horse 1.00, coffee .70 107 95
Sept. Labor 1.25, cow 38.00, crackers .25, cheese .17,groceries 34.26,shoeing horse 1.00, labor 2.25, onions .40 77 58
Oct. Cow 30.00, coffee .30, baking powder .45, 30 75
Nov. Shoeing horse 1,00, labor 2.50 3 50
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Dec. Meat 44.56, whitewashing .40, killing pig 1.00, turnips .25, bread .66, groceries 44.86, 91 73
Cash paid treasurer
70 00
$531 01
Total receipts
$537 61
Expenditures
$361 01
Cash paid treasurer
170 00
531 01
Balance due town at settlement Dec. 31, 1903 $6 60
Increase of property at town farm this year $67 65
TOWN FARM.
Total receipts, sale of produce
$537 61
Bills paid by superintendent
$361 01
66 for grain
230 83
11 m. of supt. salary
275 00
Total expenses
866 83
Total receipts
537 61
$329 22
Increase property town farm
67 65
Actual deficit
$261 57
Out of which should be taken the cost of supporting 35 tramps, if we cared for them elsewhere. It has been suggested that the farm can be made self-supporting if it was used as a center from which a section of our highways
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were repaired and improved. There are towns which re- pair the streets making their town farm the headquarters combining the highway and poor departments advantage- ously.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
1903.
Jan. 1 Charles A. Horton, 2 cords of wood for Mary E. Goff $6 75
Board of Ella Thornley, from Dec. 3, 1902, to Dec. 5, 1903, 78 00
Taunton Insane Hospital, board Charles Cobb, Oct. 1, 1902, to Oct. 1, 1903, 169 46
Charles A. Horton, same 169 46
Nancy S. Waldron, 169 46
Agnes O'Connor, 66
169 46
Medfield Insane Asylum, board of Philip
J. McManus from Oct. 1, 1902, to Oct. 1, 1903, 146 00
3
N. B. Norton's bill milk for Isaac A. Reed 6 10
Staples Coal Co., ton coal for Ida B.
Goff, ton coal for Mrs. Allen 15 50
Edward Almy, bill groceries, Nov. and Dec., 1902, for Isaac A. Reed 16 90
Geo. B. Perry, bill groceries, Mary E. Goff, Oct. 6, 1902, to Jan. 3, 1903 13 00
E. Walker, 2 ft. wood for Mrs. Allen 1 50
4 ft. wood for Ida B. Goff 3 00
Chas.H.Smith,4 ft. wood Kate McManus 1 50
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Geo. M. Chase, aid 2 mo. John Wheeler 8 00
J. G. Tompkins, 1 cord wood Mrs. F. Sylvia 6 00
C. F. Forster & Co., 2 suits clothing for children Mrs. M. Sylvia to attend sch. 4 00
Feb. 3
Dr. Joseph Boland Sayles, last 12 salary town physician to Mar. 1, 1903 40 00
7 N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed 3 10
Fred N. Reed, groceries Ida B. Goff, Oct. 29 to Feb. 6 13 91
Oct. 28 to Feb. 3, Mrs. Allen 13 27
J. T. Wilbur, meat I. A. Reed to Jan. 1, 1903 17 15
J. T. Wilbur, meat Mrs. Allen Mar. 13 to Dec. 27, 1902 7 49 -
Mar. 7 W. T. Place, shoes for Rosana Murphy and sawing wood for Ida B. Goff 2 25
Paid Town of Middleboro, aid to chil- dren of Charles E. Lee, Mar. 29, 1902 to Jan. 1, 1903 55 31
Town of West Bridgewater, aid to Mrs. Richard Westcottand family to Jan. 1, 1903 208 50
City of Fall River, aid to Geo. E. Shaw 16 50
J. G. Tompkins,8 ft.wood, Mrs. F. Sylvia 4 50
D. D. Andrews, shoes for Clarence C. Cash 1 00
E. Walker, 12 cord wood Ida B. Goff 2 50 G. E. Gooding, " 66
delivered Sept. 8, 1902 2 00
C. H. Smith, 112 cords trash wood for Katie McManus 4 50
N. B. Horton, milk for Isaac A. Reed 2 80
George M. Chase, aid to John Wheeler 10 00
Apr. 4 C. H. Smith, 1 cord trash wood for Katie McManus 3 00
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E. Almy, groceries for I. A. Reed Jan. 7 to March 11 15 70
N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed 3 10
George B. Perry, groceries for Mary E. Goff, Jan. 5 to Feb. 28 8 00
C. S. Chase, cash paid Stephen Hoyt's Sons for 100 apple trees for town farm 20 00
S. D. Jones, kindlings for Ida B. Goff 50
May 2 N. B. Horton, milk for I. A. Reed 3 00
E. Walker, half cord wood Ida B. Goff 2 50
F. N. Reed, groceries for Ida B. Goff Feb. 6 to May 2 12 20
F. N. Reed, groceries for Mrs. Allen Feb. 3 to May 2 13 06
J. B. Sayles, M. D., cod liver oil for Mrs. F. Sylvia and Isaac A. Reed 3 00
Geo. M. Chase, aid to John Wheeler 8 00
June 6 J. G. Tompkins, 1 cord wood Mrs. F. Sylvia 4 50 .
Goff & Haynes, groceries for Mary E. Goff, Mar. 6 to June 1 13 00
N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed 3 10
C.A.Reed, 12 cord split wood Mrs. Allen 3 50
D.D.Andrews, shoes Clarence & Edith Cash
3 65
66 flour Mrs. Frank Silvia 15 50
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66 shoes for children M. Silvia 7 15
groceries for Catherine Snow 11 50 A. J. Barker, cod liver oil 6 75
Staples Coal Co, coal for Ida B. Goff 7 75
27 George N. Goff, sawing wood Ida B. Goff 1 25
Joseph B. Sayles, 3 mos. salary 18 75
July 2 Geo. M. Chase, aid John Wheeler 2 mos. 8 00 E. Milbank, burial Mary J. Perry 15 00
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Aug. 1 J. Pitts, shoes Edith V. Cash 1 00
E.Almy,groceries I.A. Reed, Mar., July 30 24 84
F. N. Reed, groceries Mrs. Allen, May 1 to Aug. 1 13 04
F. N. Reed, groceries I. B. Goff Apr. 28 to July 28 13 23
N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed June and July 6 10
Sept. 5 J. B. Sayles, 3 mos. salary town physician 15 75
N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed 3 10
J. B. Sayles, cod liver oil I. A. Reed 3 00
E. Walker, 12 cord wood I. B. Goff 2 50 George M. Chase, aid John Wheeler 8 00
Oct. 3 C. H. Smith, 1 cord wood Katie McManus 3 00
Miss M. McDaniels, nurse for Mrs. Joseph Rogers 23 00
E. Almy, groceries I. A. Reed July 5 to Oct. 2 20 92
F. N. Reed, groceries Mrs. Allen Aug. 1 to Oct. 21 9 (5
F. N. Reed, groceries I. B. Goff Aug. 1 to Oct. 3 9 06
Goff & Haynes, to July 22 for M. E. Goff 5 00 Nov. 7 J. G. Thompkins, 1 cord wood for Mrs. F. Sylvia 4 50
Mary George, nurse Mrs. Joseph Rogers 3 weeks 15 00
James T. Wilbur, meat I. A. Reed from Jan. 23 to Oct. 5 22 37
James T. Wilbur, meat Mrs. Allen Feb. 14 to July 18 2 92
George M. Chase, aid to John Wheeler 8 00
City of Taunton, aid to Antone Morres and family Feb. 19 to June 12 25 50
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N. B. Horton, milk I. A. Reed and Mrs. Reed 3 55
Staples Coal Co., 1 ton coal I. B. Goff 7 75
Dec. 5
Willard J. Reed, aid to I. B. Goff 1 75
Charles A. Reed, wood I. B. Goff 3 50
66 66
Mrs. Allen® 1 50
F. N. Reed, groceries I. B. Goff Oct. 6 to Nov. 24 7 80
Dec. 20
J. B. Sayles, M. D., salary Jan. to Nov. 30 18 75 D. D. Andrews, groceries for Catherine Snow and family May 22 to Dec. 8 26 07
D. D. Andrews, shoes and groceries Clarence C. and Edith V. Cash 3 25
D. D. Andrews, flour Mrs. F. Sylvia, June 20 to Oct. 19 11 50
D. D. Andrews, groceries Aug. 26 to Sept. 17 for Joseph Perry 12 00
groceries for Katie McManus 2 00
66 Joseph Rogers 15 00
66 Manuel J. Perry 2 00
C. S. Chase, aid for funeral of Katie McManus 2 50
F. A. Whitmarsh, milk for Catherine Snow, May 18 to Dec. 11 4 00
$1969 63
TOWN FARM.
Paid E. E. Horton and wife salary supt. and matron Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 1.903 $275 00
J. S. Place & Co., grain Dec. 15, 1902 to Nov. 19, 1903 230 82
$2475 45
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CR.
By cash paid by M. L. Cobb, for board of Chas. Cobb
$169 46
Town Yarmouth
70 85
City of Fall River
25 25
Mrs. Crowell, board of Nancy S. Waldron
24 50
State
11 22
Manuel J. Perry, burial of Mary
10 00
E. E. Horton, sale produce
-
$481 28
$1994 17
CLAIMS UNPAID DEC. 31, 1903.
Town of Yarmouth
$7 65
City of Taunton
116 73
State Joseph Perry -
38 50 .
Theodore George
21 00
Mrs. Joseph Rogers
53 00
Frank Costa
21 00
-
$257 88
Net cost support poor 1903
1736 29
There are no inmates at the town farm.
Lodged 35 tramps ; fully supported 5 insane, one fully re-imbursed by M. L. Cobb, Esq,, and about 50 cents per week paid by Mrs. Crowell, for Nancy D. Waldron.
Jan. 1, 1904 the insane all pass for care and support to the state.
CHARLES S. CHASE, Overseers GEORGE M. CHASE, of
WILLARD J. REED, Poor.
Dec. 31, 1903.
170 00
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Town Meeting.
To be held Monday, March 7, at 8.45 o'clock A. M. in Town Hall to act on the following articles :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the year ensning, and appropriate the same.
Third. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing, and to vote Yes or No, on the question shall license be granted in this Town for the sale of intox- icating liquors.
Fourth. To hear the report of the Town Officers, and act thereon.
Fifth. To hear the report of the Auditor, and act thereon.
Sixth. To see if the Town will accept and approve of the Jurors nominated by the Selectmen and act thereon.
Seventh. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for highways, townways and bridges and to determine the expenditure of the same.
Eighth. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money under the direction of the Select- men to pay Towu charges.
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Ninth. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the support of the public library.
Tenth. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Memorial day.
Eleventh. To see if the Town will raise and appro priate a sum of money for the protection of shade trees in the Town and to determine the expenditure of the same.
Twelfth. To see if the Town will allow a discount to persons making a voluntary payment of their taxes on or before some date that the Town may fix and charge in- terest after a date that the Town may fix.
Thirteenth. To determine the compensation of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Fourteenth. To see if the Town will instruct the Overseers of the Poor to hire a Superintendent of the Town Farm for the year succeeding their term of office.
Fifteenth. To choose three Fish Wardens.
Sixteenth. To choose three Oyster Wardens.
Seventeenth. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to hire a Town Physician for the year succeeding their term of office, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by that Board.
Eighteenth. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase surety for the official bonds of the Town Officers.
Nineteenth. To see what action the Town will take in relation to a claim of Orin M. Jones for an allowance for damages alleged to have occurred to his team on Chest- nut street, near the residence of Timothy Waterman.
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Twentieth. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the benefit of the Taunton Firemen's Relief Association, by request.
Twenty-first. To act relative to the management, dis- posal or leasing of the Town Farm and to provide measures for the care of paupers or act thereon.
The polls will open for the election of Town officers at 9 o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 1 o'clock P. M.
CHARLES S. CHASE, Selectmen GEORGE M. CHASE, of
WILLARD J. REED, Dighton.
Dighton, Feb. 1, 1904.
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Town Clerk's Report.
The following is a synopsis of business as recorded during year 1903.
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 2d, 1903, John T. McCabe, Nathan O. Walker, Silas H. Whelden, D. Thurber Wood Jr. were appointed and qualified as tellers ; C. S. Chase as moderator.
The following Town Officers were elected and quali- fied :
Town Treasurer, Dwight F. Lane. Selectmen, Charles S. Chase, George M. Chase and Willard J. Reed. Over- seers of Poor, Charles S. Chase, George M. Chase and Willard J. Reed. Assessors, George E. Gooding, Leroy J. Wade and James E. Macker. School Committee for three years, E. Ellsworth Lincoln and Andrew W. Turner. Road Commissioner for three years, Herbert A. Briggs. Auditor, J. Willis Andrews. Trustee of Public Library, 3 years, Dwight F. Lane. Tree Warden, Herbert N. Walker. Constables, Edmund Hathaway, James H. Luther, Fred Millard, Eldorus Negus, Elwin W. Ward, Arthur A. Whip- ple, Charles A. Horton. Tax Collector, Albert N. Goff. Fish Wardens, Edmund Hathaway, William E. Walker, Walter E. Chase. Oyster Wardens, Edmund Hathaway, William E. Walker, Walter E. Chase. Field Drivers, William E. Walker, Albert N. Goff. Measurers of Wood and Bark, Edmund Hathaway, George E. Gooding and Josiah S. Place. Measurer of Lumber, George E. Good- ing. Public Weighers, John R. Lewis, William Z. Whit- marsh. Fence Viewers, Charles S. Chase, George M. Chase and Willard J. Reed.
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Vote on license question, No 41, Yes 6.
Committee to make estimates of appropriations was appointed as follows : William H. Walker, Josiah S. Place, George M. Chase, Henry D. Greenlaw, Charles A. Horton, John T. Adams, George A. Reed, John A. Briggs and James H. Luther.
Voted to accept report of Town 'Officers as printed and dispense with the reading of the same.
Voted to accept report of Auditor as printed.
Voted to accept and approve list of Jurors as reported by Selectmen as follows :
Willard J. Reed, moulder Clarence C. Adams, clerk Ferdinand Waldron, baker
Henry H. Lincoln, moulder John T. Adams, blacksmith Geo. I. Potter, produce deal. Andrew J. Hathaway, farmer Edmund Hathaway, retired Rufus P. Horton, farmer Daniel T. Wood Jr., farmer William B. Reed, farmer John F. Driscoll, moulder
Gaius E. Horton, farmer Wm. J. Roberts, stove mntr. George A. Reed, moulder John A. Briggs, carpenter William T. Marston,moulder Darius M. White,stable k'pr. Eugene F.Rose,pattern mkr. James E. Macker, farmer William T. King, retired Herbert L. Horton, Silas H. Whelden, Alfred A. Horton, 66 Josiah S. Place, merchant George T. Briggs, farmer Edwin A. Anthony,machinist Henry D. Greenlaw,carpenter Albert N. Goff, fur dealer William C. Codding, moulder
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Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums for
Town purposes :
Support of schools
$3650
School incidentals
600
Music in schools
300
High school tuition
500
Roads and bridges
2200
Town debt
900
Poor and alms house
1800
Dighton and Berkley bridge
200
Macadam on Spring St.
1100
District supervision of schools
300
Memorial day
25
Official bonds
50
Carriage and wood house at Alms house 100
Voted to appropriate $100 from dog fund and $100 from street railway tax for the public library.
Voted to macadamize the street leading from the Odd Fellows' hall to the Mt Hope Finishing Co.'s plant and to cut down the hill near Odd Fellow's hall and that the macadam be done by contract under the direction of the selectmen and road commissioners.
Voted that the selectmen require a ten thousand dollar bond from the town treasurer.
Voted that the treasurer's salary be $50.
Voted that the taxes be collected same as last year and that the one offering to pay over to the town on or before the last day of December, 1903, the largest amount of all legally assessed taxes shall be tax collector. The taxes were then offered at public auction and sold to Albert N. Goff, he agreeing to pay over to the town 98 11-16 cents on every of all legally assessed taxes on or before Dec. 31, 1903. A ballot was taken and Albert N. Goff was elected tax collector.
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Voted to authorize the overseers of poor to hire a superintendent of town farm for year succeeding their term of office.
Voted to authorize the overseers of poor to hire a town physician on such terms as they may agree upon and for the year succeeding their term of office.
Voted the compensation for labor on the high- way be same as last year which was compensation for a man 15 cents per hour or $1.50 per ten hours, for a horse 121/2 cents, for cart 21/2 cents, for horse and cart 15 cents per hour or $1.50 per ten hours, for yoke of oxen and cart 20 cents per hour or $2.00 per ten hours, for double team of horses $2.75 per day or $1.25 for each, for shoveling . snow 20 cents per hour.
Voted that for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Dighton in antici- pation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the town treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time with the approval of a majority of the select- men a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate eight thousand dollars, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made, any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted that the field drivers be pound keepers.
Voted that the selectmen appoint a sealer of weights and measures.
Voted that one-half the Memorial Day appropriation expended by James H. Luther in north part of town and the other by John A. Briggs in south part.
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