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25. Note to Natick National Bank, 26.
3,000 00
Apr. 24.
June 1.
66
3,000 00
29. 66 66
2,000 00. .
Aug. 2.
2,000 00
Jan. 3.
2,000 00.
Paid Natick National Bank,
$1,000 00
Oct. 1. 66
1,500 00
7.
3,000 00
14.
66
2,000 00
Feb. 28.
1,500 00
28. Notes outstanding,
. 24,000 00
$33,000 00 $33,000 00
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
Mar. 22. Appropriation, $1,500 00
Mar. 1.
Overdrawn,
$20 50
Expended,
. 1,335 25
1898.
Feb. 28. Unexpended balance, . 164 75
$1,520 50
$1,520 50.
.
. 3,000 00
2,000 00
.
20 50
overdraft,
75
GRAVEL.
Mar. 22. Appropriation for overdraft,
$90 80
Mar. 1. Overdrawn, . $90 80
OVERDRAFTS, 1895-6.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance .
.
$58 39
Unexpended balance . $58 39
CULVERT AND WALL NEAR HOUSE OF C. B. WILLIAMS.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance .
$2 99
Transferred to contingent . $2 99
LIBRARY TABLET.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance .
$50 00
27. Expended .
$54 00
Overdrawn .
.
4 00
$54 00 $54 00
MARKERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS' GRAVES,
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance $4 00
Transferred to contingent . $4 00
DECORATION DAY.
Mar. 22. Appropriation
· $150 00
June 26. C. H. May, chairman committee $150 00
PAINTING BUILDINGS AT TOWN FARM.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance . $3 65 Transferred to contingent . $3 65
HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance
15. Francis Shaw $35 19 .
$35 19
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OVERDRAFTS, 1896-7.
Mar. 22.
Appropriation
.
$1,663 49
Schools
$276 14
Support of poor
199 11
Incidentals
462 89
Salaries
55 31
Interest
451 73
Lakeview cemetery
3 12
Superintendent of schools . 52 30
Repairs on school buildings
51 59
Transportation of scholars
20 50
Gravel
90 80
$1,663 49
$1,663 49
REPAIRS ON ROAD NEAR D. McDONNELL'S.
Mar. 22. Appropriation
$150 00
June 26. M. W. Hynes
$150 00
SAND HILL ROAD.
Appropriation
.
$1,600 00 ·
Levi S. Gould, County Com. . $1,549 94
Unexpended balance
50 06
$1,600 00 $1,600 00
FITTING UP HIGH SCHOOL,
Mar. 22.
Appropriation
$200 00
Expended
$183 60
Unexpended balance . 16 40
$200 00
$200 00
REPAIRS ON CULVERT, HARRISON AVE.
Mar. 22. Appropriation
$75 00
Dec. 23. Isaac Damon ·
$59 20
Unexpended balance 15 80
$75 00
$75 00
.
.
·
2
77
SCHOOL HOUSE LOAN.
Mar. 22. Appropriation
$1,100 00 . Puritan Loan & Trust Co. . . $1,100 00
CONTINGENT FUND.
1897.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance . $1,329 31
District court fines 61 90
Massachusetts cattle commission 175 00
District court fines 1 50
L. Anna Dudley, sale school furniture
2 15
J. E. Linnehan
7 50
P. A. Leary
S 33
L. R. Lovell, Centre scales
27 03
W. B. Ward, interest on tax title
13 10
J. E. Linnehan 20 00
1 50
State treasurer, superintendent of schools 200 00
. corporation tax .
2,180 44
66
National Bank tax 785 84
66 66 military aid 84 00
996 00
J. E. Linnehan . .
7 50
W. B. Ward, interest on tax, 1896 168 00
Additional assessments
112 08
Overlayings
3 55
Transferred from sidewalks
18 80
street lights
64 71
painting buildings at town
farm
3 65.
Transferred from culvert near Williams' 2 99
markers for revolutionary soldiers graves 4 00
Transferred from fence, Lakeview cemetery 19 46.
G. B. Howe, Cochituate scales .
21 93
Transferred from High school tuition 450 00
W. B. Ward, interest on taxes 276 73
" $4-No. 8 12 00
M. W. Hynes, sale of gravel
66
66 state aid
78
Transferred to interest account . $3,500 00
State aid . 1,127 00
Military aid 144 00
Needy soldiers .
192 02
Union Snow Plow & Wagon Co.
85 00
G. L. Mayberry, Reaves vs. Way- land
447 58
State treasurer, tax refunded
20 68
Unexpended balance . . 1,542 72
$7,059 00 $7,059 00
W. B. WARD, TAX COLLECTOR. TAX 1891.
1897.
Mar. 1. Due from collector $366 80
Feb. 26. W C. Ward, abatement Cr. to contingent
$370 80
4 00
$370 80
$370 80
TAX 1892.
Mar.
1.
Due from collector
$530 60
W. B. Ward
$112 00
abatement
345 60
81 00
Cr. to contingent
8 00
$538 60
$538 60
TAX 1893.
Mar.
1.
Due from collector
$355 12
W. B. Ward
$355 12
TAX 1894.
Mar. 1. Due from collector
$1,328 92
W. B. Ward
963 96
Balance due
364 96
$1,328 92
$1,328 92
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TAX 1895.
Mar. . 1.
Due from collector
. $5,791 34
W. B. Ward
4,329 75
Balance due
1,461 59
$5,791 34 $5,791 34
TAX 1896.
Mar.
1.
Due from collector
. $9,716 18
W. B. Ward
$3,311 68
Balance due from collector
6,404 50
$9,716 18 $9,716 18
TAX 1897.
Tax assessed .
$23,036 49
Overlayings
2 34
State tax
. 1,102 50
County tax
. 1,491 95
Additional assessments 112 08
Special tax, Marsh land
330 51
Overlayings
1 21
W. B. Ward, cash
$13,650 02
Balance due from collector
12,427 06
$26,077 08 $26,077 08
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balance $17 39
22. Appropriation.
200 00
July 31. R. N. Jennison, cash .
$15 61
Dec. 7. Abatement tax, 1897
85 40
1896 4 68 Jan. 8.
Feb. 26.
1891 . 370 80
1892 345 60
80
Abatement tax, 1893 .
$20 00
1894 .
108 77
1895
40 96
1892
81 00
Overdrawn
855 43
$1,072 82 $1,072 82
COLLECTION TAXES.
Mar. 22. Appropriation
$300 00
27. W. B. Ward
$300 00 ·
50 00
$350 00
$350 00
STATE TAX.
Tax
$1,102 50 .
Dec. 13. State treasurer
$1,102 50
COUNTY TAX.
Tax
$1,491 95 ·
Dec. 7. J. O. Hayden, treasurer . $1,491 95
SPECIAL TAX, CONCORD AND SUDBURY RIVERS.
Tax .
.
$330 51
Dec. 13. State treasurer
$330 51
TAX TITLE.
Mar. 1. Tax title . . . $97 94
Oct. 14. Cash, W. B. W.
$97 94 .
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OUTSTANDING CLAIMS.
TOWN DEBT.
Nov. 3, 1863. Draper library fund, demand, 6% $500 00
Jan. 1, 1875. Allen fund, demand, 6% 1,000 00
Aug. 1, 1878. Water bonds, due Aug. 1, 1898, 5% 25,000 00
Oct. 1, 1878. Town bonds, due Oct. 1, 1898, 5% . 44,500 00
Jan. 1, 1881. I .. Maria Child fund. demand, 6% 100 00
Oct. 1, 1882.
Water bonds, due Oct. 1, 1902, 4% .. July 1, 1898, 4%
4,000 00
July 1, 1888.
1,000 00
Jan. 1, 1889.
Donation fund, demand, 6%
1,300 00
Apr. 1, 1891.
Loker fund, demand, 5%
2,000 00
Apr. 12, 1894.
Jas. S. Draper fund, demand, 6%
500 00
High school house loan, $1,100, pay- able Nov. 1 of each year until paid in full 8,800 00
$88,700 00
Temporary loan notes outstanding
. $24,000 00
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Auditor's Report.
HENRY F. LEE,
In account with the TOWN OF WAYLAND.
RECEIPTS.
Mar. 1, 1897.
Cash balance . $2,540 90
Donation Fund 12 00
State 'Treas. schools
256 28
State fund, superin- tendent schools
300 00
Needy soldiers ·
192 02
Dog license .
196 42
Town of Natick
2 20
refunded 20 68
G. L. Mayberry
447 58
Snow plow 85 00 .
Military aid
144 00
Isaac Damon . 2 83
H. B. Phalen .
75 00
T. S. Shuman .
5 00
County tax
1,491 95
H. B. Phalen .
3 12
Special tax 330 51
Temporary loans
9,000 00
Cash balance .
2,309 07
.
17,000 00
State highway loan . 409 19
W. B. Ward, tax 1892
112 00
66
" 1894
855 19
66
" 1895
4,288 79
3,307 00
66
" 1897
13,564 62
Tax title .
97 94
EXPENDITURES,
Selectmen's orders . $33,783 89
Water com. 66 1,209 16
State highway 409 19
School house loan
1,100 00
Overseers of Poor
1,351 25
State treas., schools
85 43
Water rates ·
2,893 36
State aid .
1,127 00
State tax
1,102 50
L. Anna Dudley
1 00
Temporary loans
" 1893
335 12
" 1896
19 46
State treasurer, tax
83
District court fines .
63 40
State cattle com.
175 00
Sale of school furni-
ture
2 15
Rent of town hall
35 00
P. A. Leary
8 33
L. K. Lovell .
27 03
Interest on tax title
13 10
M. W. Hynes .
·
1 50
State treasurer, cor- poration tax
2,180 44
State treasurer, Na-
tional bank tax
785 84
State treasurer, mil- itary aid
84 00
State treasurer, state aid
996 00
Int. on taxes, 1896 .
168 00
State treasurer
200 00
Geo. B. Howe
21 93
Interest on taxes
276 73
$52,752 55
$52,752 55
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TRIAL BALANCE.
Cash
$2,309 07
Unex. bal. poor $186 34
Overdrawn schools .
424 91
School supplies 2 67
Incidentals .
58 79
Water com'rs.
619 20
Highways
552 02
Sidewalks .
43 34
Salaries
122 56
Fire department .
224 00
Interest
530 81
Cemetery acct
209 00
Supt. of schools
40 00
Lakeview cem. 3 12
Library tablet
4 00
No. & Centre cem.
27 59
Abatement taxes .
855 43
Electric lights
23 22
Taxes due from col-
Repairs on school
lector
. 20,658 11
building . ·
33 30
Appropriation at a
Illegal sale liquor 235 80
Fence schoolhouse . 100 00
to be assessed
Sand ifill road .
50 06
in 1898
2,000 00
Trans. scholars .
164 75
Overdrafts, 1895 .
58 39
Fitting up High
school 16 40
Culvert
15 80
Contingent acct. . 1,542 72
Temporary loans
.
24,000 00
$27,555 70
$27,555 70
ALFRED H. BRYANT, Auditor.
special meeting
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INDEX,
Page
Assessors' Report
19
Auditor's Report
82
Collector of Taxes, Report of
.
25
Commissioners Water Works Sinking Fund, Report of .
44
Engineers of Fire Department, Report of . .
58
Finance Committee, Report of
. 60
Jurors, List of
11
Librarian's Report
35
Library Trustees' Report
33
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
27
School Building at Wayland Centre
57
Selectmen's Report
12
Superintendent of Lakeview Cemetery, Report of
56
Superintendent of North and Centre Cemeteries, Report of
55
Superintendent of Streets, Report of .
45
Superintendent of Water Works, Report of
41
Town Clerk and Registrars' Report .
15
Town Officers, List of
3
Town Warrant
7
Treasurer's Report
62
Water Commissioners' Report
43
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND,
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Nineteenth Municipal Year,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1898, TO MARCH 1,1899.
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TOWN OF WAYLAND,
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Nineteenth Municipal Year,
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List of Town Officers FOR 1898-99 AND WHEN THEIR TERMS EXPIRE.
Term Expires
CLERK.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD . . 1899
TREASURER.
HENRY F. LEE
1899
AUDITOR.
ALFRED H. BRYANT
1899
COLLECTOR.
WILLARD B. WARD
1899
TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS.
HENRY D. PARMENTER . 1899
SELECTMEN.
PATRICK A LEARY . 1899
ALBION F. PARMENTER
1899
ELIJAH H. ATWOOD .
1899
OVERSEERS OF POOR
GEO. B. HOWE 1899
DAVID P. W. LOKER . 1899
WILLARD B. WARD
1899
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ERNEST E. BUTLER . 1899
DELOSS W. MITCHELL
1900
L. ANNA DUDLEY
1901
ASSESSORS.
CHARLES H. MAY
1899
RICHARD T. LOMBARD
1900
EDWARD CARTER
1901
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
HENRY G. DUDLEY .
1899
WILLIAM M. FULLICK
1900
CHARLES H. BOODEY
1901
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY.
JAMES A. DRAPER
1899
CYRUS W. HEIZER
1899
JOHN CONNELLY
1900
CHAS. F. RICHARDSON
1900
ARTHUR G. BENNETT
1901
CHESTER B. WILLIAMS
1901
CONSTABLES.
MARSHALL C. BALDWIN
1899
JESSE W. JENNISON .
1899
ERNEST F. LAWRENCE
1899
LAWRENCE H. MCMANUS
1899
ANDREW S. MORSE
1899
WILLIAM C. NEAL
1899
COLIN C. WARD
1899
TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND.
ISAAC DAMON
1899
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN
1899
WM. H. CAMPBELL
1899
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FENCE VIEWERS.
ALBION F. PARMENTER 1899
ISAAC DAMON
1899
EDWARD CARTER
1899
FIELD DRIVERS.
IRA S. DICKEY
1899
CYRUS A. ROAK
1899
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD 1899
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
GEO. B. HOWE
1899
EDWARD CARTER
1899
WM. S. LOVELL
1899
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER.
FRANK HAYNES
1899
SUPERINTENDENTS OF CEMETERIES.
EDSON C. DAVIS
1899
ANDREW S. MORSE
1899
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
PATRICK A. LEARY . 1899
RICHARD T. LOMBARD
1899
DAVID P. W. LOKER .
1899
DELOSS W. MITCHELL
1899
CHAS. H. BOODEY
1899
HENRY F. LEE
1899
CHARLES H. MAY
1899
DECORATION DAY COMMITTEE.
EDSON C. DAVIS
1899
CYRUS A. ROAK
1899
PETER S. ZIMMERMAN
1899
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ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EDWIN W. MARSTON, Chief
1899
FRANK E. YEAGER 1899
ARTHUR J. RICKER
1899
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
CHARLES H. MAY 1899
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
JAMES H. CARROLL, Chairman 1901
CHARLES F. WHITTIER 1899
THEO L. SAWIN . 1900
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, Town Clerk, ex-officio 1899
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Annual Town Meeting, March 27, 1899.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Andrew S. Morse, or either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County,
Greeting ;
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the qualified voters of said Town of Wayland to meet at the Town Hall, Wayland, on Monday, March 27th, 1899, at 6.30 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer of the Library Funds, and seven Constables, all for one year. One School Committee, one Assessor, one Water Commis- sioner, and two Trustees of the Public Library, all for three years. Also to answer the following question, "Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in the Town of Wayland for the year ensuing ? "
All names of candidates for the offices aforesaid and the said question must appear upon the official ballot, and be voted for in accordance with Chapter 548 of the Acts of the General Court of the year 1898.
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For the purposes specified in this article the polls will be open immediately after the election of a moderator, and will remain open continuously until one o'clock P. M., when they may be closed, providing, the polls have remained open for not less than four hours at that time.
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, Agents, and Committees, and hear reports of Town Officers, Trustees, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To see how much money the town will grant for pay- ing interest, existing debts, for roads and bridges, for support of poor, for support of schools, school supplies and repairs on school buildings and transportation of scholars, for the fire department, for abatement of taxes, and for all other necessary Town purposes, and order the same to be assessed, or do or act. ·
ART. 5. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on important town cases.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money temporarily in anticipation of taxes for the municipal years 1899 and 1900, and if so how much, or do or act.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To appropriate the money received from the County Treasurer for dog licenses.
ART. 9. To see if the town will elect one surveyor of highways and that the names of candidates be placed on the official ballot, and accept Section 332 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of the General Court for the year 1898.
ART. 10. To see if the town will elect îts Selectmen and Over- seers of the Poor in accordance with Section 335 of Chapter 548 of the Acts of the General Court for the year 1898.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to place the names of candidates of Commissioners of Sinking Fund on the official ballot.
ART. 12. To see if the town will accept the bequest in the will of Mrs. Sarah M. Parsons, late of Brooklyn, N. Y., now deceased,
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·of two hundred dollars, the income to be used as designated in said will, or do or act.
ART. 13. To see if the town will instruct its Treasurer to give a note for two thousand dollars, to replace the note given by the town for the "Loker Fund," which note has been lost, - or do or act.
ART. 14. To see if the town will appropriate money to fill and grade the west side of Main Street, in Cochituate village, and build a wall from Corman's Lane to Natick town line, so as to con- form to that part of the street lying in Natick, or do or act.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to finish and fit up another room and its adjoining class room for school purposes, in the Wayland Centre school building, or do or act.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of eleven hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of finishing, furnishing and heating one of the unfinished rooms and its adjoining class room in the Wayland Center school building, or do or act.
ART. 17. To see if the town will accept the extension of Mitchell street as laid out by the selectmen, in accordance with plans and specifications on file with the Town Clerk, or do or act.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate any money for Special Police, or do or act.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in reference to rebuilding "Baldwin's Bridge" so-called, or do or act.
ART. 20. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to pe- tition the County Commissioners to widen and relocate that part of the road leading from Wayland to Cochituate, from near John- son's lane, so-called, to the Boston road near the First Church, or do or act.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up true and attested copies thereof at the Town House, and each of the Post Offices in the town, seven days at least before the day for holding said meeting.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk of said Town on or before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this Seventh Day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
PATRICK A. LEARY, ALBION F. PARMENTER, ELIJAH H. ATWOOD, Selectmen of Wayland.
A true copy. Attest :
ANDREW S. MORSE,
Constable.
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Jury List for 1899,
Fred P. Draper.
Jeremiah Lyons. Arthur T. Felch.
John E. Linnehan. James I. Bryden. Frank Lupien.
Ernest E. Butler.
Andrew S. Norris.
Marcus M. Fiske.
Warren B. Langmaid
Edward B. Smith.
William S. Lovell.
Allen B. Sherman.
Paul Paradeau.
Edward F. Lee.
Randall W. Porter.
PATRICK A. LEARY, ALBION F. PARMENTER, ELIJAH H. ATWOOD,
. Selectmen of Wayland.
March 9, 1899.
Harry H. Rutter.
John J. McCann.
Patrick A. Leary.
William H. Campbell.
Isaac S. Whittemore.
Marshall C. Baldwin.
Nathan S. Walton
Edgar B. Loker.
Andrew S. Morse.
Edward M. Partridge.
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Report of the Selectmen,
WAYLAND, March 1, 1899.
The selectmen hereby submit their annual report as required by the By-laws of the town.
The following officers were appointed as required by statute :
Engineers of the Fire Department. Edwin W. Marston, Arthur J. Ricker, Frank C. Yeager.
Undertakers. Andrew S. Morse, David P. W Loker.
Inspector of Cattle and Provisions. Thomas Bryant.
Superintendent of Streets. C. H. May.
Truant Officers. A. F. King, T. S. Sherman.
Registrar of Voters. James Carroll.
Public Weighers. Geo. B. Howe, L. K. Lovell, A. W. Lombard.
Measurer of Wood and Bark. J. A. Draper.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm. Willard C. Hunting.
Fish and Game Warden. John J. Irwin.
Special Police. John Woodworth, John E. Linnehan, Charles Elms.
Janitor of Town Hall. John E. Linnehan
Election Officers. Precinct I. Warden, W. C. Campbell ; Clerk, M. W. Hynes; Inspectors, H. W. Parmenter, E. F. Lee, H. F. Haynes, J. J. Rowen ; Constable, A. S. Morse. Precinct 2. War- den, E. E. Butler ; Clerk, Willard C. Hunting ; Inspectors, E. M. Partridge, N. S. Walton, James Hannon, N. R. Gerald ; Constable, C. C. Ward.
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According to the vote of the town, we settled the case of Susan Pierce for $350 paid from the contingent fund as ordered.
The town scales at Wayland Centre being unfit for use, new ones were purchased. No provision being made for insurance, we have been compelled to overdraw the account for incidentals, the insurance on all the town buildings being due this year. Premi- ums amounted to $1,163.50.
It was agreed with Mr. C. W. Dean to blow the Fire Alarm for $150 a year. At the end of the second month he presented his bill for $25 a month, and demanded payment or the removal of the Fire Alarm. We decided that the town could not afford to pay $300 a year and removed the Fire Alarm. Then we purchased a tapper for the bell on the Methodist church, at a cost of $256, this being satisfactory to the underwriters.
The section of road laid out by the highway commissioners has been completed and accepted by them. We have petitioned that the road be continued and have reason to expect that another sec- tion will be built this year.
We recommend that the town provide some means for lighting. the streets at Wayland Centre.
In the case of Lupien vs. Town of Wayland, by the advice of counsel, we decided to defend the case, the amount of damage claimed being $4,000.
In June last, we received notice from Mr. C. W. Dean that the water fountain in Cochituate was in part situated on his land (about one foot) and if it was not removed at once, he should charge the town rent at the rate of $12 per month. We therefore promptly had the fountain moved at an expense of $13.75.
Early in the year, one of the arches of Baldwin's bridge gave way. The bridge was temporarily repaired, but will not long be safe.
In the case of Harriet Noyes vs. the Town of Wayland, we decided to defend the case.
PATRICK A. LEARY, ALBION F. PARMENTER, ELIJAH H. ATWOOD,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Report of Town Clerk and Registrar.
WAYLAND, January 1, 1899.
I hereby transmit the annual report of the clerk and registrar for the year ending December 31, 1898.
BIRTHS.
The number registered during the year was forty-two, being the same number recorded in 1897.
Males 24
Females
18
Born of native parents . 20
" foreign parents
6
native and foreign parents 16
MARRIAGES.
The number registered during the year was twenty-seven, being three more than in 1897.
Native birth of both parties . 22
and foreign birth 4
Foreign birth of both parties
1
First marriage of both parties
22
Second marriage of both parties 2
First of one and second of the other party 3
15
DEATHS.
Whole number registered during the year was thirty- two, being three more than in 1897.
CONDITION.
Married
15
Widowed
4
Single
13
Native birth .
25
Foreign birth
7
Males
17
Females
15
Names of persons deceased during the year who were over seventy years of age :
Years
Months
Days
Henry Scott
70
4
Joseph Bullard
93
10
4
Lucy Wilson
81
2
12
Sylvester E. Underwood
76
6
6
Lydia Loker
82
10
6
Mary E. Burnaby
74
1
14
Susan R. Rutter
87
6
Celina G. Bennet
87
1
13
Susan L. Pierce
75
4
20
Henry W. Dean
77
Francis X. Laconture
70
10
10
It appears that over one-third of the deaths were of persons over seventy years of age, and their average age was 79 years, 7 months and 15 days.
Nine deaths are recorded of children less than one year of age.
NOSOLOGICAL TABLE.
Paresis
1
Old Age
2
Inanition
2
Apoplexy
1
.
16
Influenza
1
Heart Disease
3
Paralysis
2
Meningitis
1
Pneumonia .
2
Congestion of Lungs
1
Consumption
3
Convulsions
2
Bronchitis
1
Tuberculosis
2
Still Born
2
Cancer
1
Cholera Infantum
1
Tumor .
1
Cerebral Hemorrhage
1
Disease of Brain .
1
Bright's Disease
1
DOGS.
Number of dogs licensed
96 males, at $2 00
$192 00
15 females at $5 00
75 00
$267 00
111 licenses at 20 cents
22 20
Amount received .
$243 80
VOTERS.
Number registered November 7, 1898 482
Precinct 1
156
2
326
Ballots cast precinct 1
105
66 66 2
263
Total
368
Number of women voters
77
who voted March 26, 1898
36
17 VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
Alexander B. Bruce
109
George R. Peare .
6
Winfield P. Porter
1
Roger Wolcott
244
VOTE FOR SENATOR.
William V. Hyde .
121
Fred Joy
208
VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE 21ST MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Elijah H. Atwood.
George Balcom.
William M. Brigham.
Frederick R. S. Mildon.
Blanks
Marlborough
884
1352
1310
919
513
Sudbury
111
21
109
19
290
Wayland
213
123
165
84
151
Totals
1,208
1,496
1,584
1,022
954
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
Town Clerk.
2
18
Assessors' Report.
WAYLAND, March 1, 1899.
STATISTICS.
Value of real estate May 1, 1898
$1,311,360 00
personal estate May 1, 1898 337,105 00
Total valuation May 1, 1898
$1,648,465 00
1897
1,527,205 00
Increase
$121,260 00
Taxes assessed for town purposes
$27,387 20
Overlayings
152 41
State tax
900 00
Special State tax (Marsh land)
330 52
County tax .
1,492 93
Additional assessments
28 25
Additional polls assessed after May 1
20 00
Total assessments committed to collector for collection $30,311 31
Number of polls assessed May 1, 1898
625
since May 1, 1898 ·
10
Total polls assessed
635
Number of polls assessed May 1, 1897
611
Increase
24
Number of persons assessed
956
residents assessed on property .
412
non-residents assessed on property
147
19
Total valuation of land
$485,975 00
" buildings
825,385 00
Valuation of church property
32,040 00
Valuation of town property .
122,382 00
Number of horses assessed
392
" Cows 66
737
" Sheep 66
28
66 " Swine
395
66 " Fowls
1,225
" Dwelling houses assessed 66
426
" Acres of land
9,021790
Rate of taxation for 1898, $17 60 per thousand. 66 1897, $16 00 .“
LIST OF ABATEMENTS GRANTED.
Taxes assessed in the year 1892.
Personal estate
$80 00
Total for 1892
$80 00
Taxes assessed in the year 1894.
Poll taxes
$26 00
Personal estate
6 03
Total for 1894
$32 03
Taxes assessed in year 1895.
Polls .
$132 00
Personal estate
42 41
Real estate .
7 17
Special meadow tax, real estate
2 25
Total for 1895 .
$183 83
Taxes assessed in the year 1896.
Polls
$4 00
Personal estate
6 68
Real estate .
44 07
Special meadow tax, real estate
8 49
Total for 1896 .
$64 24
20
Taxes assessed in year 1897.
Polls .
$2 00
Personal estate
. 1,600 00
Real estate .
8 00
Total for 1897
$1,610 00
Taxes assessed in the year 1898.
Personal estate
$253 44
Real estate .
81 40
Total for year 1898
$334 84
Total abatements granted during the year .
.' $2,304 94
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, EDWARD CARTER, CHARLES H. MAY,
Assessors of Wayland.
21
Collector's Report.
TAXES OF 1894.
Balance due March 1, 1898
$364 96
Paid treasurer
364 96
Interest, $249.04.
TAXES OF 1895.
.
Balance due March 1, 1898
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