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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
For the Year Ending December 31, 1909
TAUNTON, HARRINGTON PRESS. . 1910.
ANNUAL 1
DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
3 3575 00042 5662 ORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
For the Year Ending December 31, 1909
TAUNTON, HARRINGTON PRESS. 1910.
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Selectmen's Report.
To the Citizens of Dighton :-
The financial affairs of the town are in a good and satis- factory condition and rank high among the cities and towns of the State. A few towns have a lower tax rate per thou- sand, but ours is reasonable and fair, twelve dollars and twenty cents on a thousand, two dollars and sixty cents less than last year. Our debt is only about $7000. It is a matter for congratulation our low rate when, in the cities and many other towns, it is from $15 to $25. Our low rate has not crippled or injured our several departments. Our schools are prosperous, amply equipped with necessary supplies, effi- cient teachers, and comfortable buildings. Our poor have re- ceived kind and careful treatment; our roads and bridges will compare favorably with those of adjoining cities and towns. With judicious and careful appropriations and contracts, un- der normal conditions, expenditures may be reduced and an even lower rate be secured.
We have plenty of comparative cheap land, the best of facilities for freight by water, steam and trolley. Low valua- tion, low taxes should be a stimulant for business enterprises to locate.
It is regretable that the Mellen Pure Food Company did not locate their works here. They found everything satisfactory except the condition of the river. It is a very desirable com- pany, doing a very large and prosperous business in every country and would add credit and standing to any community fortunate enough to have them locate their works.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
The Mass. Highway Commission allotted to Taunton and Dighton $10,000 to build State Highway on Somerset Ave. in Taunton and Dighton. Our town complied readily with all the usual conditions imposed by the laws of the State. Some difficulty was experienced in Taunton concerning the lay out which caused delays that made it impossible to con- struct this Fall. About 1400 feet was to be built in Taunton, the rest in Dighton. We have every assurance that the work will commence in the early Spring.
SEWAGE.
The Taunton sewage conditions have not changed except only a greater pollution of the river.
No efforts have been made to utilize the filter beds or to adopt some other system of disposal.
The time limit fixed by the State Board of Health expires July 1, 1910, and they are opposed to extending the time again and have referred the question to the legislature.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Public Library has too limited quarters, and, if it is desirable to increase its usefulness, adequate quarters must be furnished to meet the increasing demands of its patrons.
For the present, at a small outlay, room is available at the Town Hall, but any large outlay would be unwise and unde- sirable. Mr. Carnegie, in 1905, offered to furnish money to build a building to meet our requirements. After considerable discussion of the question, the town failed to take action, but we suppose the funds are available when the town meets its requirements for maintenance. It would be highly gratifying if some of the wealthy descendants of some of our old hon- ored and distinguished families would erect a suitable monu- ment to their cherished memories in a public library building.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
BERKLEY AND DIGHTON BRIDGE.
This bridge in the near future will have to be painted, re- planked, and some piles driven. There has been some talk that it should be changed over into a concrete bridge. The engineers of the Highway Commission inform us that it would be an expensive job; that the structure would have to be strengthened and that it could not be changed for less than $10,000 outside of the draw. Therefore it will be cheap- er to keep the bridge as it is.
The county took account of travel for one week with the following result :
GOING EAST.
Carriages F't Psgrs
Autos
Wagons
Bicycles
Nov. 8
32
37
2
7
4
Nov. 9
25
36
4
8
3
Nov. IO
24
30
4
8
6
Nov. IT
28
23
3
3
6
Nov. 12
39
30
2
2
5
Nov. 13
27
35
4
6
5
Nov. 14
37
4I
I2
O
4
-
-
Total
212
232
3I
34
33
GOING WEST.
Nov. 8
29
32
I
6
7
Nov. 9
22
41
4
6
6
Nov. 10
28
28
3
6
5
Nov. II
30
I6
4
5
8
Nov. 12
35
24
5
2
7
Nov. 13
23
I2
5
5
5
Nov. 14
36
43
7
O
0
-
Total
203
196
29
30
38
Total both ways-foot passengers, 428; all others, 610.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN FARM.
Some of our ablest and most judicious citizens thought it very unwise to sell the town farm, even if we had to run it at a loss of from two to five hundred dollars a year. You voted to sell and we carried out your instructions and sold it last March. Nearly a year's experience proves to us that it was a very wise move, and the the results are better than we expected. We reserved the four acre gravel hill with right of way to the streets. The account of the sale of the furnish- ings and products will be found in the Overseers of the Poor's Report. We, however, believe that several towns should join together, forming a pauper district and support a creditable experimental farm. We are boarding fully supported pau- pers in the Taunton Almshouse and one in a private family.
On the reserved gravel lot is the burial lot of the original owner, Israel Lee, who, with his family, are buried there, and near by are laid the remains of his faithful slaves.
STATE AID.
There are seventeen recipients of State Aid. Two have died, Agnes Blackwell, April 24, and David H. Briggs, Aug. 31. Charles H. Shove and Lafayette Daley have moved to another town. The present recipients are Martha M. Bab- bitt, Mary E. Baylies, Lillis Briggs, George T. Briggs, Re- becca A. Horton, Albert A. Kingsley, Edward P. Lincoln, James H. Luther, George A. Munroe, Julia A. Paul, Phineus M. Pratt, Nancy F. Rose, Elizabeth L. Shove, Nathan O. Walker, Julia A. Ward, Silas H. Wheldon, and Alfred A. Horton.
WATER SUPPLY.
Pipes have been laid and hydrants erected by the Mount Hope Finishing Company to furnish water for North Dighton. They have contracted with the City of Taunton to furnish water. This has been done at no cost to the town.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
The Taunton Gas Company are already furnishing gas for that section, and we trust that inducements might be made so that the line would be extended to the south part of the town.
THE FALL RIVER BRIDGE.
A hearing was held at the court house, Fall River, the last week in December, 1909, by a commission appointed by the Superior Court to ascertain what cities and towns derived special benefits on account of building the new bridge and to assess the cost of construction and other expenses on such cities and towns and the rest of the county. The cost is about $1,000,000, and estimated cost of care about $7,500 a year.
It appeared at the hearing that the production of milk for the Fall River market from the west side of the river is 11,786 quarts daily. Somerset had 19 dealers, 78 dairies, 7,264 quarts ; Swansea, 15 dealers, 52 dairies, 4,345 quarts ; Dighton, 3 dealers, 3 dairies, and 168 quarts.
Two hundred and seventy-five produce wagons came into Fall River daily, 150 from west side and that 16 came from Dighton ; and for one week 933 automobiles used the bridge, two from Dighton. From Dighton on an average four high school scholars attend in Fall River, 28 in Taunton. It appeared in evidence that we paid seven-tenths of the yearly support of Berkley and Dighton bridge, 310 feet long, expense yearly about $300 for care, and that it has to be painted, replanked, etc., every ten years, and that the coming spring some $2;000 will have to be expended for repairs. It was demonstrated that our market, political and social relations were specially to the north and west of us and only ordinary to the south.
CHARLES S. CHACE, Selectmen GEORGE M. CHASE, of
E. ELSWORTH LINCOLN, Dighton.
Dighton, Dec. 31, 1909.
Report of Overseers of Poor.
To the Citizens of Dighton :
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT WITH E. E. HORTON.
Dr.
Balance due town Dec. 31, 1908
$14 42
Jan. 1909 Eggs and poultry sold, 44 64
Feb. 1909 Eggs and poultry sold,
170 22
$229.28
Dr.
Jan. 1909 Supplies bought
$12 78
Feb. 1909 Supplies bought 8 59
37
Balance due Town, $207 91
Paid to treasurer by Overseers of Poor, $207 9I
Dighton, Mass., Mar. 6, 1909.
Have examined the accounts of Edw. E. Horton, Supt. of Town Farm and find them correct and a balance due the town of two hundred and seven and ninety-one hundredths dollars ($207.91).
(Signed), HOWARD C. BRIGGS,
Auditor.
Mar. T. Balance received from E. E. Horton,, $207 91
Mar. 13 Cash from auction sale, 312 69
Sale of Farm,
1,445 60
$1,966 20
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EXPENSE.
Paid Everett Horton, plowing, $18 50
Paid Hiram W. Briggs, care Town Farm account,
35 00
Paid Surveying,
3 50
Paid E. E. Horton, salary Jan.,
30 00
Paid News Advertising,
5 60
Paid Auctioneer,
5 00
Paid Gazette Advertising,
5 25
Paid E. E. Horton, salary Feb.,
30 00
132 85
$1,832 75 Deposit Taunton and Bristol County Savings Bank, 1,624 84
$207 91
C. H. Smith, grain, Town Farm, December $19 67
C. H. Smith, grain Town Farm, January 13 58
E. E. Horton, salary, December 1908 30 00
$63 25
Balance, $144 66
RECEIPTS.
From Jane Allen from Savings Bank, $91 80
Berkley Pauper aid, 23 00
State Pauper aid, 44 90
Yarmouth Pauper aid,
II 75
From individual,
IO 85
From State sick poor,
25 15
From State temporary aid,
14 97
From State Pauper aid,
45 50
$267 92
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PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
OUTSIDE AID, 1909.
Aid to children of Antone and Mary Sylvia in 1908, to attend school, $6 25
Aid to Edith V. Cash in 1908 by D. D. Andrews,
6 75
Aid to Harriet Horton by W. O. Goff,
Nov. 7, 1908, to Aug. 28, 1909, $43 00
By Howard A. Horton, June 27, to Sept. I, 13 50
By Orin N. Horton, Sept. I, to Nov. 17, 27 50
By A. L. Goff, Nov. 17, to Dec. I, 5 00
89 00
Aid to Catherine Snow by John M. Deane,
48 34
Aid to Mary A. Westcoat by City of Fall River, 1908, 47 00
Aid to Alexander & Helen McCabe, 14 45
Aid to Mrs. Richard Westcoat by West Bridge- water, ended June I, 75 00
Aid to Mabel Snow by A. F. Kenny, to Dec. I,
60 00
Aid to Mary Morris and 7 children by City of Fall River, July 7, 1908, to Feb. 15, 1909, $54 50
By Keefe & Murphy to Dec. I,
104 00
158 50
Aid to Clarence C. Cash, cod liver oil,
4 50
Aid to Jane Allen by City of Taunton to June 29,
$42 00
Aid by C. S. Chace,
4 00
46 00
Aid to Edith V. Cash :
Medicine bill,
$1 58
Medicine bill,
6 00
Medicine bill,
IO 50
Shoe bill,
I 85
19 93
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Aid to John Wheeler by George M. Chase, to Dec. I, 1909, 66 70
Aid to Joseph Tadnizey, Mar. 19 to June I, by E. E. Lincoln 20 50
Aid to Frank E. Follensbee by D. D. Andrews,
4 00
Paid Dr. Joseph B. Sayles, services as
Town Physician, Sept. 31, 1908, to Jan. 1, 1909 $18 75
115 00
For 1909,
I33 75
$800 67
Last year aid in a sick case unpaid, $10.85.
was paid in 1909.
No tramps lodged.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. CHACE, Overseers of
GEORGE M. CHASE,
E. ELWORTH LINCOLN.
Poor.
Dighton, Dec. 31, 1909.
Board of Health.
To the Citizens of Dighton :
During the past year there has been an unusual large num- ber of cases of Scarlet Fever requiring quite an outlay for fumigation.
As some of the cases were questionable by the attending physicians, the matter was referred by our 'Board to the State Agent, Dr. MacKnight of Fall River, who decided that every case was a true case of Scarlet Fever.
A complaint was entered against the dump at Muddy Cove and we were informed that the State Board of Health would be notified of the alleged nuisance if we did not at once make an investigation and cause its abatement.
After careful consideration the Board of Health voted to cause its abatement.
Cases reported : Scarlet Fever 19. Diphtheria I, Typhoid
Fever I, Erysipelas I.
Muddy Cove Abatement cost,
$19 75
Fumigation cost.
47 00
Dr. MacKnight expense cost,
8 62
Telephoning,
30
Premises fumigated: J. G. Richmond, Doyle & Cash two times, F. P. Cardoza, H. Jones, H. W. Horton, F. Tinkham, A. Pierce, M. Dutra, S. Dutra and S. D. Nichols. Town Physician 1910, Dr. J. B. Sayles.
Respectfully Submitted,
CHARLES S. CHACE, Board
GEORGE M. CHASE, of
E. ELSWORTH LINCOLN. Health.
Dec. 31, 1909.
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Town Treasurer's Report.
1909.
Balance on hand, $180 85
Jan. I. IO. Received from Bristol County dog licenses, 3 00
15. Town of Berkley, pauper acct., 23 00
I5. Town of Berkley, repairing. B. bridge, 36 0I
16. Geo. M. Chase, use of town hall, 2 00
27. Commonwealth School Fund, 1108 4I
27. County of Bristol, dog licenses, 359 52
Mar. I.
E. E. Horton, sale of produce, 207 86
in Bristol County National Bank, tem- porary loan, 3000 00
8. Commonwealth Sick Pauper account, 44 90
13. Selectmen, sale of town farm and produce, 558 00
22.
Selectmen, sale of town farm, 1145 00
22.
Selectmen, sale of produce, 2 00
22.
Selectmen, insurance on town farm, 10 00
Apr. 3.
C. A. Horton, corn bought at town farm, 25 39
3. H. W. Horton, personal property at town farm, II 70
3.
H. W. Horton, personal property at town farm, I 00
13.
E. D. Perry, fish note, 15 00
May. I. E. A. M. Hathaway, butcher's license, I 00
I5. Geo. T. Green, oyster note, 150 00
24.
Town of Yarmouth, pauper acct., II 75
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June I. A. N. Goff, fish note, 15 00
5. Commonwealth, pauper acct., 40 12
5. Commonwealth, tuition of state
wards, 49 50
26. Bristol County National Bank, tem- porary loan, 3000 00
5.
Selectmen, pauper acct., 91 80
July 20.
Commonwealth, inspector of animals, 27 00
Sept. 4. Commonwealth, school supt.,
437 50
Oct. I.
Police Court, fine
15 00
Nov. 20.
Commonwealth, corporation tax, 508 50
20.
Commonwealth, national bank tax,
679 77
20. Commonwealth, state aid,
1044 00
20. Commonwealth, street railway tax,
1089 4I
Dec. 17. C. S. Chace, pauper acct.,
3 50
I7.
C. S. Chace, butchers' licenses, 3 00
28. Selectmen, sale of town farm,
: IO
28. Selectmen, pauper acct.,
5 00
31.
C. S. Chace, pauper acct., 5 85
3I. Interest on deposits during year,
15 35
$13,927 79
RECEIVED FROM COLLECTION OF TAXES.
1909.
Feb. I.
Taxes for year 1908,
$200 00
23. Taxes for year 1908,
93 00
Mar. I. Taxes for year 1907, 50 00
I. Taxes for year 1908,
50 00
Apr. 3. Interest on taxes,
IIO 70
23. Taxes for year 1908,
100 00
Aug. 2. Taxes for year 1908,
150 00
Sept. 4. Taxes for year 1908,
70 00
4. Taxes for year 1908,
194 13
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21. Taxes for year 1909,
490 00
Oct.
2 . Taxes for year 1909, 450 00
19. Taxes for year 1908,
72 00
19. Taxes for year 1909,
800 00
27. Taxes for year 1909,
1000 00
28. Taxes for year 1909,
3000 00
29. Taxes for year 1909,
1800 00
29. Taxes for year 1909,
1050 00
30. Taxes for year 1909,
900 00
Nov. I. Taxes for year 1909,
365 00
2. Taxes for year 1909,
2325 OI
12. Taxes for year 1909,
232 26
30. Taxes for year 1909,
300 00
Dec. 4. Excise tax,
1348 08
I7. Taxes for year 1909,
233 37
3I. Taxes for year 1907,
25 00
3I. Taxes for year 1908, 65 00
3I. Taxes for year 1909,
233 30
$15,706 85
EXPENSES .- TOWN OFFICERS.
1909.
Paid Geo. M. Chase, salary, selectman, $90 00
C. S. Chace, salary, selectman, 150 00
D. F. Lane, salary, treasurer, 100 00
D. F. Lane, salary, town clerk,
63 75
L. J. Wade, salary, assessor,
40 00
H. C. Briggs, salary, auditor, 5 00
F. A. D. Bullard, salary, teller, 2 00
E. E. Lincoln, salary, selectman, 75 00
Mar. 6. D. F. Lane, salary, treasurer, 1909, 40 00
6. A. N. Goff, salary, tax collector, 1909 40 00
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6. A. N. Goff, salary, teller, 1909, 2 00
6. A. N. Goff, salary, sealer of weights, 25 00 13. D. F. Lane, copying vital statistics, 53 50
Apr. 3. G. E. Gooding, salary, assessor, 30 00 3. H. E. Williams, teller, Nov. 3, '08, 3 00
3.
W. H. Walker, inspector of animals,
25 00
3. N. O. Walker, teller, March, '09, 2 00
3. D. T. Wood, teller, March 3, '09, 2 00
May I.
D. F. Lane, registrar of voters, 19 00
C. C. Andrews, registrar of voters, 14 00
I. H. C. Lincoln, registrar of voters, 14 00
I.
J. Harvey Briggs, registrar of voters, 14 00 A. W. Turner, sec'y school board, 10 00
June 16.
S. H. Whelden, teller, March 1, '09, 2 00
July 3.
Ferdinand Waldron, salary, assessor 42 30
Aug. 7. Ralph Earle, forest fire ward, 8 25
7.
L. J. Wale, salary, assessor, 46 25
Sept. 4. A. N. Goff, salary, tax collector, '08, 178 13 4. G. E. Gooding, salary, assessor. 96 25
Oct. 2. W. H. Walker, inspector of animals,
50 00 ;
W. H. Walker, inspector of animals,
18 00
2. Edmund Hathaway, truant officer, 13 00
2.
Edmund Hathaway, constable, 72 63
Nov. 6.
S. H. Whelden, teller, 3 00 6. W. H. Walker, inspector of animals, 30 00
6. N. O. Walker, ballot clerk, 3 00
6. A. N. Goff, salary, collector, 100 00
Dec. 17.
J. E. McCabe, teller, 3 00
INCIDENTALS.
Jan. 6.
Paid J. B. Sayles, fumigating, $4 50
6. C. S. Chace, selectman expenses. 45 00
Feb. 6. Hobbs & Warren, selectmen's books, 2 00
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Mar. 6. 6. Davol Printing House :
J. E. Lewis, dog license book, I IO
Registration posters, I 50
Voting lists, 19 50
6.
Hobbs, Warren Co., selectmen's blanks, 2 00 Theron Gorham, printing reports, 139 00
6.
Dr. L. E. Butler, registering births, 7 00
6.
A. B. Simmons, mowing cemetery, 12 00
6.
D. F. Lane, stamps and expenses, 46 50
22.
Town of Middleboro, watching herring, 20 00
29. H. A. Briggs, delivering town reports, 6 75
Apr. 3.
G. E. Gooding, assessor's expenses, 4 30
3. G. M. Chase, care of town hall, 17 75
3. W. H. Walker, inspecting meats, 24 00
3. S. D. Jones, wood for town hall, 1 00
May I.
G. E. Gooding, assessor's expenses, 4 38
I. J. E. Lewis, books for town treas., 10 00
I.
J. B. Sayles, fumigating, 8 00
I.
E. E. Lincoln, hearing of highway commission, 10 00
I.
J. B. Sayles, fumigating, 3 50
I.
J. H. Baggett Co., sealer of weights supplies, I 40
8.
W. E. Walker, fighting fires, 4 20
June
5.
Cecil T. Bagnall, printing for se- lectmen, IO 20
5. W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer, II 00
July 3.
Wakefield Daily Item, printing, 6 10
3.
Theron Gorham, printing, 2 06
Aug. 6.
G. W. Card, supplies at No. Digh- ton fire, 3 25
6. Chadwick Boston Lead Co., seal-
er's supplies, 70
6.
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6. Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., seal- er's supplies, 57
6.
F. E. Marsh, sealer's supplies, I 50
6. Allen Bros., sealer's supplies, 4 50
6.
W. H. Walker, fighting fire on Pine street, 32 15
6. Fred A. Leonard, replenishing . clothing damaged at fire at North Dighton, 30 00
6.
H. A. Briggs, removing and grad- ing dump on Pleasant street, 19 75
6.
C. A. Reed, fighting fire, I 60
6. Davol Printing House, printing tax notice, 12 00
Sept. 4.
A. N. Goff, printing for tax col- lector, 16 00
4.
Dr. J. B. Sayles, fumigating, 4 00
4.
G. E. Gooding, assessor's expenses,
14 15
4.
C. G. Staples, teller, and mowing town hall yard, 2 50
4. E. D. Robinson, surveying at town farm, 2 00
Oct. 2.
Cummings & White, repairs town hall, 6 48
27. Mary J. Wood, land taken for state highway, 25 00
Nov. 6.
Davol Printing House, printing for town clerk, 2 00
6. Dr. J. B. Sayles, scarlet fever case, 8 62
6. Theron Gorham, painting, 5 00
6. H. A. Briggs, team for selectmen, I 50
Dec. 17. Dr. J. B. Sayles, fumigating, 27 00
Expenses Town Officers, $1,485 06
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Expenses Incidentals, Jan. 1, 1909. Overdrawn,
625 06
935 60
$3,045 72
Appropriation,
600 00
Use of Town Hall,
2 00
Two Fish Notes,
30 00
Oyster Note,
150 00
Butchers' licenses,
4 00
Street Railway Tax,
1,089 41
Overdrawn, Jan. 1, 1910,
1,143 3I
Inspection of Animals,
27 00
$3,045 72
STREETS AND BRIDGES.
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1908,
$1,314 31
Rec'd excise tax, Dec. 4, 1909,
1,348 08
$2,662 39
1909.
Dec. 31. Paid Selectmen's orders,
$1,318 50
3I. Unexpended,
1,343 89
$2,662 39
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
$8,000 00
1908.
Dec. 31. Unexpended, 104 40
31. Unexpended for medical inspection, 66 47
31. Unexpended for Supt. of Schools, 86 06
3I. Unexpended for music and drawing, 56 92
3I. Unexpended for transportation, 289 00
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3I. Unexpended for painting, 54 52
31. Unexpended for high school tuition, 12 49
3I. Unexpended for school incidentals, 76 35
1909.
Jan. 28. Received from Dog Taxes, 262 52
June 5. Tuition, state wards, 49 50
Sept. 4. State Supervision, 437 50
Appropriation for Broad Cove School, 100 00
1909.
$9,595 73
Dec. 31. Selectmen's orders paid,
9,170 50
Amount due schools Dec. 31, 1909,
$425 23
STATE AID.
Received from Commonwealth,
1,044 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1909,
896 04
$1,940 04
Dec. 31, 1909. Paid Selectmen's orders,
931 00
Overdrawn, Dec. 31, 1908,
1,009 04
$1,940 04
DIGHTON AND BERKLEY BRIDGE.
'Appropriation,
$350 00
Received from Town of Berkley,
36 OI
Overdrawn, Dec. 31, 1909,
63 80
$449 81
Dec. 31, 1909. Paid Selectmen's orders,
309 07
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1908,
I40 74
$449 81
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ANNUAL REPORT.
POLICE SERVICE.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Police Court Fine,
15 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1909,
81 42
$596 42
Dec. 31, 1909. Paid Selectmen's orders,
$569 58
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1908,
26 84
$596 42
SALE OF TOWN FARM.
Amount received from Selectmen,
$1,757 69
Selectmen's orders paid on account of sale,
132 85
$1,624 84
Deposited in Bristol County Savings Bank,
$824 84
Deposited in Taunton Savings Bank,
800 00
$1,624 84
INTEREST AND DISCOUNT.
$550 00
Appropriation, Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1909,
32 39
$582 39
Amount paid Interest on town notes,
450 00
Overdrawn Dec. 31, 1909,
132 39
$582 39
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation,
Amount unexpended Jan. 1, 1908,
$200 00 136 18
$336 18
Paid Selectmen's orders,
256 03
Unexpended Dec. 31, 1909,
80 15
$336 18
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FUND.
Received from Commonwealth,
$1,108 41
Dec. 31, 1909. Paid Teacher's Pay Roll,
1,108 4I
OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
'Appropriation,
$40 00
Paid Selectmen's orders,
40 00
Paid County Tax :
-
$1,436 99
Paid State Tax,
1,305 00
$2,741 99
Appropriation,
$2,74I 99
1909.
Nov. I. Paid Commonwealth note,
$1,000 00
4. B. C. Nat'l Bank, temporary loan, 3,000 00
5. B. C. Nat'l Bank, temporary loan, 3,000 00
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PAUPER ACCOUNT.
. Appropriation,
$800 00
Unexpended, Dec. 31, 1908,
254 96
Received from Town of Berkley,
23 00
Received from Commonwealth,
85 02
Received of E. E. Horton,
207 86
Received from Selectmen,
102 65
$1,473 49
1909.
Dec. 31. Paid Selectmen's orders,
$877 40
31. Unexpended,
596 09
$1,473 49
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Dec. 31, 1909.
Receipts to date,
$29,634 24
EXPENDITURES.
Town Officers,
$1,492 06
Incidentals,
645 об
Streets and Bridges,
1,318 50
Schools, 1
9,170 50
State Aid,
931 00
Dighton and Berkley Bridge,
309 07
Police Service,
569 58
Interest and Discount,
450 00
Public Library,
286 03
Massachusetts School Fund,
1,108 4I
Memorial Day,
40 00
County Tax,
1,436 99
24
ANNUAL REPORT.
State Tax, 1,305 00
Pauper account,
· 877 40
Deposited in Bristol County Savings Bank,
824 84
Deposited in Taunton Savings Bank, 800 00
Sale of Town Farm, 132 85
$28,697 29
Balance in Treasury, Dec. 31, 1909, 936 95
TOWN'S INDEBTEDNESS BY NOTE.
Seven notes of one thousand ($1,000) dollar's each due the Commonwealth, one each year until paid.
REPORT OF BURIAL GROUND FUNDS.
SARAH BABBITT FUND.
Jan. 1, 1909. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank, $108 79
Jan. 1, 1910. Interest, 4 09
$1I2 88
Paid for care of lot,
$1 50
Jan. 1, 1910. Balance on deposit, III 38
$1I2 88
NELSON HORTON FUND.
Jan. 1, 1909. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank, $105 38
Jan. 1, 1910. Interest, 3 98
$109 36
Paid for care of lot, $3 00
Jan. 1, 1910. Balance on deposit, 106 36
$109 36
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
SYLVANUS JONES FUND.
Jan. I, 1909. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank, $103 88
Jan. 1, 1910. Interest, 3 90
$107 78
Paid for care of lot, $1 50
Balance on deposit, 106 28
$107 78,
GEORGE H. HORTON FUND.
Jan. 1, 1909. Deposit in Taunton Savings Bank, $102 00
Jan. 1, 1910. Interest, 3 84
Jan. 1, 1910. Balance on deposit, $105 84
GEORGE E. FRANCIS FUND.
Jan. 1, 1910. Deposit, Bristol County Savings Bank, $100 00 Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
Auditor's Report.
Dighton, Mass., January, 1, 1910.
I have examined the accounts of Dwight F. Lane, treas- urer, and find them correct and in accordance with the vouch- ers, and report as follows for the year ending December 31, 1909 :-
Received from all sources, $29,634 24
Expenditures, 28,697 29
Balance in hands of treasurer, $936 95
I find in the hands of treasurer two (2) fish notes signed by Edward D. Perry and Albert N. Goff for fifteen ($15.00) dollars, each due June 1, 1910. Also seven (7) notes signed by George T. Greene, Jr., and endorsed by W. F. Wilbur, for one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars, each one due July I, 1910, and one each succeeding year until all are paid.
I have examined the accounts of A. N. Goff, collector of taxes, to January 1, 1910, and find as follows :
Commitment for 1909,
$16,139 78
Interest collected to January 1, 1910,
3 93
$16,143 71
By cash paid treasurer, $14,527 26
By abatement, 32 15 1,584 30
By amount uncollected,
$16,143 71
27
ANNUAL REPORT.
Balance of uncollected taxes for 1908, Jan. I, '09, $1,243 27 Interest collected, 5 03
$1,248 30
By cash paid treasurer,
$994 13
By abatement,
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