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26. No building shall be moved over any public way without a permit from the Selectmen, and the Selectmen shall not grant such permit, when such removal will cause destruction or serious injury to shade trees standing in said way, or owned by any person and project- ing over said way, unless the consent of the person on whose premises such trees may stand shall first be obtained. And any person moving any building through any public way (either with or without a permit) shall, with the owner of said building, be jointly and severally liable to the town for all damages, costs and expenses which the town may be compelled to pay in consequence of such removal or in conse- quence of any obstruction, incumbrance or injury occasioned thereby.
27. No person shall place or cause to be placed in any public way or square, without the written consent of the Selectmen, any dirt, wood, timber or other material to obstruct or mar the appearance of said way or square.
28. No person shall behave himself or herself in a rude or dis- orderly manner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language in any public place in the town or near any dwelling house or other building therein, or be and remain upon any sidewalk, doorstep or other projection from any house or building, so as to annoy or disturb any person or obstruct any passage to the same. No person shall throw any stones, snowballs, base balls or other missiles, or coast or course upon any sled, or play at base ball or foot ball in any public way, or obstruct in any manner the travel upon said way, nor make any alarming noise or outcries to the disturbance of persons in the town.
29. No person shall tie or fasten any horse, cattle or team to any of the trees in public ways of the town, nor drive into the same any nails, spikes, hooks or clasps, nor affix any boards thereto.
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30. No person shall post, affix, or in any way attach any poster, handbill notice, advertisement, or placard, or paint, draw or stamp any letter, figure, advertisement or mark upon or into or otherwise deface any wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure not his own, within the town, without the permission of the owner of said wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure.
31. Every violation of the foregoing By-laws, not otherwise pro- vided for shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, and all penalties recovered from such violation shall be paid into the Treasury of the town, to inure to such use as the town shall from time to time direct.
Which said By-laws being seen and understood by the Court, are on this fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six approved.
In testimony with the foregoing is a true copy of the record, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Superior Court,
SEAL. this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
WILLIAM C. DILLINGHAM.
2d Assist. Clerk.
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ADDITIONAL BY-LAWS.
Adopted by the town June 24, 1893, and approved by the Probate Court, July 1893.
1. The town of Wayland hereby avails itself of the several pro- visions of the Statutes of this Commonwealth, now in force, relating to habitual truants and absentees from school and in pursuance of authority conferred thereby adopts the following By-Laws.
2. All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years, re- siding in this town, and who may be found wandering about in the streets or public places of said town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance shall be committed to such truant school as shall be designated by the School Committee for confinement, instruction and discipline.
3. Two or more truant officers shall be appointed annually, whose duty it shall be to inquire into all the violations of the truant laws, and of the laws relating to compulsory education, and to do all the acts required of them by the Laws of the Commonwealth.
4. It shall be the duty of every truant officer, previous to making any complaint under these laws, to notify the truant or absentee from school, also his parent or guardian of the offence committed, and of the penalty therefor, and if the truant officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may at his discretion forbear to prosecute, so long as such pledges are faithfully kept.
5. It shall be the duty of the School Committee, the teachers of the public schools and the citizens generally to aid the truant officers as far as possible in the discharge of their duties.
6. It shall be the duty of the truant officers to keep a full record of all their official acts, and make an annual report thereof to the School Committee, who shall publish the same with their own report.
7. Nothing in these By-laws shall be so construed as to alter or impair the obligation and duty of teachers to enforce punctuality and regularity of attendance, and to preserve good order and discipline.
A true copy of the By-laws of the town of Wayland.
Attest :
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
March 1, 1896.
Town Clerk.
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LIST OF JURORS.
For the Town of Wayland, 1896, as prepared by the Selectmen :
RUSSELL E. FRYE,
WILLIAM T. DUDLEY,
JOHN J. McCANN,
ALBION F. PARMENTER,
HARRY H. RUTTER,
GRANVILLE L. LOKER,
ISAAC S. WHITTEMORE,
SIDNEY LOKER,
ROSCOE C. DEAN,
THEO. L. SAWIN,
COLIN C. WARD,
PETER S. ZIMMERMAN,
JOHN E. LINNEHAN,
EDWARD B. SMITH,
ELIJAH H. ATWOOD,
GEORGE E. SHERMAN,
ANDREW A. NORRIS,
CLINTON E. HIBBARD,
ISAAC C. DAMON,
THEO. S. SHERMAN,
ADONIRAM J. PUFFER,
EDGAR B. LOKER.
THOMAS W. FROST, Selectmen DAVID P. W. LOKER, of
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN, Wayland.
E. W. MARSTON,
ALLAN B. SHERMAN,
ERNEST E. BUTLER,
FRANK LUPIEN,
LUTHER H. SHERMAN,
HORATIO G. HAMMOND,
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
WAYLAND, March 2, 1896.
The Selectmen hereby submit their annual report as required by the By-laws of the town.
We have appointed the following officers as required by Statute :
Engineers of Fire Department.
RALPH BENT. EDWIN W. MARSTON. HENRY B. PHALEN.
Undertakers.
ANDREW S. MORSE. DAVID P. W. LOKER.
Inspectors of Cattle and Provisions
THOMAS W. FROST. THOMAS BRYANT.
Registrar of Voters. DELOSS W. MITCHELL.
Superintendent of Streets. LEONARD A. LOKER.
Auctioneer.
GEORGE E. SHERMAN.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Precinct 1.
Warden .- ALBION F. PARMENTER. Clerk .- JAMES A. DRAPER. Inspectors .- M. W. HYNES. EDWARD CARTER. PETER S. ZIMMERMAN. WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL.
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Precinct 2.
Warden .- H. B. PHALEN. Clerk .- ALFRED H. BRYANT. Inspectors .- E. B. SMITH. R. E. FRYE. RALPH BENT. ED. A. PARTRIDGE.
We have perambulated the town lines between Wayland and Lincoln, and between Natick and Wayland, and between Sudbury and Wayland, and reset the bounds where needed, and found the others in condition.
In accordance with a vote of the town, the schoolhouse at Cochituate has been repainted.
Upon the request of the Public Record Commissioner we have had the old and important records of the town rebound, and the records of births, deaths and marriages from 1780 to 1842 are being copied and arranged.
The appropriation for lights, at Wayland Centre, being ex- hausted, we have had the lanterns stored in the basement of the Town Hall.
In accordance with votes of the town, we have purchased gravel land of Mrs. Annie Alward, and also exchanged land for gravel with Mr. Albert L. Adams, which will supply all the gravel needed for a number of years.
We have also made efforts to have a State Road built in Way- land, and have reason to expect that the road from Wayland Cen- tre to the Weston line will be taken by the State for this purpose, as surveys have been made of the same and filed with the State Commissioners of Highways.
We have been compelled to overdraw the accounts for Inci- dentals to the amount of $534.92, and this was made necessary by drawing upon this account for the expense of surveying the Boston Road and by drawing on it for the relief of needy soldiers.
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We would recommend that the Selectmen have authority to draw on the Contingent Fund for relief of soldiers, as they do for State Aid.
We deem it unnecessary to make any estimates for the various needs of the town for the ensuing year as the Finance Committee is to consider all matters relating to the appropriation of money.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. FROST, Selectmen DAVID P. W. LOKER, of
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN, Wayland.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Selectmen of Wayland.
The annual report of the Overseers of the Poor for the year ending March 1, 1896, is herewith presented. Mr. H. P. Parker, Superin- tendent of the Almshouse, will sever his relation with the institution on April 1, 1896, after having completed six years of most efficient service.
The following persons have been aided during the year, as follows :
OUT-DOOR POOR. (PARTIAL SUPPORT.) .
Families aided,
5
Persons aided,
12
17
IN-DOOR POOR. (FULL SUPPORT.)
Almshouse,
7
State Lunatic Hospital,
.
3
-
Total number of persons aided, . 27
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Showing actual Receipts and Expenditures for the year. Appropriation, ·
$2,500 00
Unexpended balance March 1, 1895, . 168 51
Additional appropriation November, 1895,
600 00
REIMBURSEMENTS.
From Town of Lexington, .
$52 00
North Brookfield,
315 20
Natick,
130 39
Southboro, . · 52 50
$3,268 51
$550 09
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ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS.
Sale of Milk,
$591 08
Eggs,
51 19
Poultry,
46 35
Potatoes,
7 50
Calves,
12 50
Horse, .
50 00
5 Cows,
135 00
Labor,
4 50
Pasturing,
6 00
$904 12
Total receipts,
$4,722 72
EXPENDITURES. OUT-DOOR POOR.
Having a settlement in Wayland, residing elsewhere.
A. Normandin, .
$41 99
E. Roberts and others, March 1, 1895,
124 56
M. L. Hardy,. .
112 00
W. H. Mullen, .
9 35
Donavan, .
48 55
Emily Sumpter,
73 25
$409 70
Having a settlement in Wayland and residing there.
J. Chinett, $27 28
Anna Burrill,
143 50
Etta Smith,
10 00
G. C. Chalmers,
36 00
Ann Painter,
52 00
One person,
1 40
One person,
7 05
$277 23
Having a settlement in other cities and towns. H. W. Dean, Natick, $163 97
J. F, Hawkins, Southboro, 165 20
Carried forward,
$329 17
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Brought forward,
$329 17
H. Cormier, North Brookfield,
211 88
E. Hallowell, Lexington,
52 00
$593 05
Total Out-Door Poor,
$1,279 98
IN-DOOR POOR. In Insane Hospital.
J. A. Wing, Worcester,
$212 17
Ellen Burke, Taunton,
212 81
Carrie Davis, Westboro, .
212 19
Total in Insane Hospital, .
$637 17
ALMSHOUSE.
Groceries, .
$329 18
Provisions,
371 97
Grain,
475 64
Medical attendance and medicine,
16 05
Clothing,
15 00
Shoes,
3 30
Hay and grass,
23 57
Fuel,
31 49
Labor,
60 75
Bedding,
14 25
Hardware,
9 30
Tools,
48 37
Cows and calf,
157 00
Repairs on tools,
14 98
Burial of inmate,
18 00
Repairs to wagons, etc., 1895,
41 98
Blacksmithing,
25 08
Fertilizer,
42 50
Seeds,
30 60
Cash, C. W. Moore,
5 00
Warden's salary,
320 83
Miscellaneous,
4 90
Warden's salary March 1, 1895,
389 37
Total Almshouse expenditures,
$2,449 11
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Total expenditures In-Door Poor, . $3,086 28
Net cost Almshouse, . · . $2,017 76 420 Tramps were lodged and furnished with 656 meals.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Medical service, March 1, 1895, . $62 00
Travelling expenses and settlement of cases, 103 72
Stationery, .
4 50
$170 22
RECAPITULATION.
Total receipts,
$4,722 72
Expenditures Out-Door Poor, . $1,279 98
Expenditures In-Door Poor, .
3,086 28
Miscellaneous, .
170 22
Total expenditures,
4,536 48
Expenditure acct. for year ending March 1, '95,
1,225 16
Net cost, .
$3,311 32
Reimbursements due,
149 40
Claims due March 1, 1895 and paid during current year.
Warden's salary,
$389 37
E. A. Atwood,
235 94
C. H. Boody,
62 00
E. P. Butler,
10 00
H. H. Rutter,
7 57
Westboro Insane Asylum,
41 72
Taunton Insane Asylum,
42 71
Worcester Insane Asylum,
42 71
A. D. Loker,
10 02
North Brookfield,
124 56
Samuel Russell, .
55 81
City of Boston, .
60 00
C. L. Keefe,
95 00
Repairs to wagons, etc.,
45 00
Hudson,
42 75
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REIMBURSEMENTS DUE.
From Town of Natick,
$33 58
Southboro,
19 10
For milk from Almshouse,
96 72
$149 40
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Sarah Puffer, March 1, 1895.
James Burke, March 1, 1895.
Benjamin Nealey, March 1, 1895.
George F. Bond, March 1, 1895, died February 5, 1896.
James Foley, admitted November 15, 1895.
Dennis Mullen, admitted November 27, 1895.
C. W. Moore, admitted March 1, 1895, discharged April 1, 1895.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Farm implements,
$292 00
9 cows,
365 00
1 bull,
15 00
60 fowls,
42 00
Hay,
165 00
Barley stores,
24 00
40 bushels potatoes,
16 00
Coal and wood,
38 00
Furniture and utensils,
290 00
Provisions,
21 46
Manure,
90 00
- $1,358 46
An appropriation of three thousand dollars is asked for.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID P. W. LOKER, GEORGE B. HOWE,
Overseers WILLARD B. WARD, $ of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1896.
The annual inspection of the library was made in January and the books were found to be in good condition generally. Many books, however, are beginning to show their age, and the results of repeated handling. The library having been in operation for nearly forty-five years, many of the older sets are in sad need of being replaced.
The idea is becoming more prevalent that the Public Library is as much a part of the great scheme of free education as the public school only in a different way. More interest in the Public Library idea is being manifested day by day, and with this increased interest there comes a desire to know who was the originator of the idea, and where the first library was established.
It has become a well known fact that Rev. Francis Wayland, D.D., was the first one to put this idea into actual operation in the state of Massachusetts, and the town of Wayland was the birthplace of the first free Public Library. Now it devolves upon the town of Wayland to see that its Library, which is the oldest Free Public Library in Massa- chusetts, if not in the world, keeps up the standard which belongs to such an institution. In order to do this it is necessary that we should appropriate as much as we possibly can for its maintenance.
It has been customary to have the Library open but one afternoon and evening in the week. We would recommend and ask that a suffi- cient appropriation be made to enable the Trustees to keep it open at least two afternoons and evenings in each week, thus enabling the scholars in our Public schools to more fully avail themselves of books of reference contained therein; also to allow the townspeople more ready access to the great fund of information which is rightfully theirs, and give the general public greater opportunity to visit it.
The special appropriation for cataloguing was three hundred and seventy-five dollars. After going into the matter carefully the Trustees decided that the sum would be entirely inadequate to prepare and print
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a finding catalogue as it was necessary that all the books in the Library should be included in such a catalogue. After a thorough investigation it was unanimously voted to adopt what is called the " Card Catalog." We were fortunate in securing the services of Rev. Edgar J. Banks a citizen of the town, who from experience and education was particu- larly fitted for the work. Under the direction of the Trustees Miss Emily A. Heard was associated with him, and the catalogue, with a duplicate at Cochituate, was completed to the entire satifaction of the Board and with credit to those who prepared it. While it is not ex- pected that perfection has been attained it is so nearly correct that with attention and use it can be so made. It cannot be expected that a change so radical can be made without criticism or that all will be suited yet we believe that in time the wisdom of the change will be fully vindicated. The system is in use in all the leading Libraries throughout the country.
In May the Board was notified that Mr. Henry D. Parmenter, for many years deeply interested in the welfare of the Library and a mem- ber of the Board of Trustees had resigned as a member, and at a joint meeting of the Selectmen and Trustees Mr. Alfred A. Carter was elected to fill the vacancy.
Statistical information will be found in the Librarian's Report.
ELLEN M. BRAMAN, EMILY A. HEARD, ALFRED A. CARTER, L. E. MITCHELL, R. T. LOMBARD, JOHN CONNELLY.
Trustees.
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LIBRARIANS' REPORT.
TO THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
Statistical information for the years 1895-6, is submitted as follows :
ACCESSIONS.
Books
By purchase,
38
By gift,
47
Bound and transferred from the pamphlet department,
25
Total,
110
Whole number of volumes in the Library,
12,314
Pamphlets presented,
203
CIRCULATION.
In Cochituate village,
1,568
In Wayland Centre,
4,138
Total, .
5,706
DONORS OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.
Baldwin, William H,
1
Bradley, Rev. C. D.,
1
Brooks, Mr. George M.,
1
Bush, Mrs.,
3
Davis, Dr. C. E.,
1
Dudley, Miss Anna,
. Christian Registers
Dudley, Mrs. Wm. T.,
12
Earle, Mrs. A. M.,
1
Fowler, Mrs. F. H.,
1
Heard, Mrs. S. E., .
2 20
Leach, Mrs. George,
2
Loring, Miss A. P.,
1
Moore, Mr. H. O.,
1
·
Heard, Miss Mary, .
Books. 1
Pamphlets.
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Oviatt, Dr. George, E. · Parsons, Dr. T. W., estate of,
1
12
91
Reeves, Mrs. Jacob,
3
21
Rice, Mrs. Charles, .
1 9
State Government, .
10
6
Thomas, Mrs. James,
1
18
U. S. Government,
8
20
Zebaldos, Don E. S.,
1
CLASSES OF READING.
Art,
.04 Juveniles,
.11
Biography,
.
.08
Poetry,
.07
Essays,
.09 Religion,
.04
Fiction,
.38
Science,
.04
History, ·
.08 Travels,
.07
Library Reports have been sent as follows : Brookline, Brooklyn, Boston Public, Bronson, Cleveland, Fall River, Harvard College, Hopedale, Lawrence, Mount Holyoke, Newton, Salem, State Library, Syracuse, Taunton, also from Trustees of Public Reservation, Indian Rights Association, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Univer- sity catalogue.
The Reading Room has received regularly Harper's Monthly, Century Magazine, Christian Register, The Land of Sunshine, Trav- eler's Record, Cochituate Enterprise.
Received from fines,
$7 26
cards,
1 88
catalogues, etc.,
2 35
Paid to Treasurer,
$11 49
Received for incidental expenses,
12 20
Paid out,
12 20
S. E. HEARD,
February 28, 1896.
Librarian.
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HENRY D. PARMENTER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH LIBRARY FUNDS.
DR.
1895.
March 30. To Town of Wayland, unexpended appropria-
tion for 1894, $3 55
30. Interest on Library Funds to Jan. 1, 1895, 129 50
30. Town of Wayland appropriation for 1895, 300 00 1896.
Jan. 1. Interest on Library Funds to Jan. 1, 1896, 66 00
Feb. 28. Wayland Library fines collected, 11 49 .
28. Town of Wayland, dog licenses, 62 87
Cochituate Branch, fines, . 3 97
cards sold, . 2 17
catalogues (2) 50
6 64
$580 05
CR.
1895.
April
1. By S. E. Heard, salary 3 mos. to date, . $50 00
1. J. D. F. Brooks, bill for binding, . 4 05
10. N. R. Gerald, salary to April 1, 1896 40 00
June 8. S. E. Heard, incidental expenses, . 12 00
27. American Express, carting books between Wayland and Cochituate to July 1, '95, 10 00
28. E. A. Heard, wood bill, 25 50 ·
28. S. E. Heard, salary to July 1, 50 00
July
20. E. M. Braman, Book Club magazines, 7 00
Aug. 5. A. Storrs & Bement Co., 50 m. blanks, 42 00
12. Frank Haynes, carpenter bill, 25 69
Sept. 2. J. D. F. Brooks, bill, . 4 85
26. Wayland Book Club, magazines, etc., 13 00
28. De Wolfe Fiske & Co., . . 31 40
Carried forward,
$315 49
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Brought forward,
$315 49
28. American Express,
9 83
28. S. E. Heard, salary to Oct. 1, 1895, 50 00
Oct.
18. Patrick Jennings,
3 25
Dec. 7. DeWolfe, Fiske & Co.,
5 34
7. J. F. Burke,
3 50
27. S. E. Heard, salary to January 1, 1896, 50 00
27. J. D. F. Brooks, bill, . 5 15
20. American Express Co., bill to Jan. 1, '96 9 08
Feb. 28. Balance, 128 51
$580 05
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ACCESSIONS IN 1895.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. J. C. Doyle 9420
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. Ian Maclaren 9557
Birds Calendar, The. H. E. Parkhurst 9284 Bog-Land Studies. Jane Barlow 9320
Bondman, The. Hall Caine. 9388
Cat, The. R. S. Huidekoper
9486
Children's Year Book. E. F. Emerson. 9448
Convent Life of George Sand. M. E. Mackaye 9446
Customs and Fashions in New England. Earle. 9527 Dr. Gray's Quest. F. H. Underwood 9550
Ebb Tides. R. L. Stevenson. 9325
Edwin Booth. Edmina Booth Grossman.
9307
English History in Shakespear. B. E. Warner 9567
Famous Men of Science. S. K. Bolton.
9483
Froebel's Pedagocics of the Kindergarten. J. Jarvis
9289
Golden House, The. C. D. Warner 9323
History of English Literature. Vol. II. Morley.
8750
Horticulturist's Rule Book. L. H. Bailey 9533
9409
Irish Idyls. Jane Barlow.
9318
In the Dozy House. A. Repplier
9447
John March Southerner. George' Cable 9321
Kerrigan's Quality. Jane Barlow 9319
Land and Game Birds of New England. Minot 9283
Last Words. J. H. Erring. 9444
Life of Thomas Paine. Conway 9314-15
A Little Journey in the World. C. D. Warner 9322
Mass. Agricultural College Bulletin. 9291
Master of Ballantrae. R. L. Stevenson. 9324
Mental Development of the Child and Race. J. M. Baldwin 9290
Musicians and Music Lovers. Wm. F. Apthorp 9554
Piccino and Other Stories. F. H. Burnett.
9471
Public School System of the U. S. Dr. J. M. Rice 9292
Red Diamonds. Justin McCarthy 4751
Science and Health. Mary B. Eddy. 9313
Social Evolution. Benjamin Kidd. 9312
Story of Bessie Costrell. Mrs. H. - Ward
9530
Valiant Ignorance. A. M. A. Dickens. 9562
Wagner's Story Book. W. H. Frost. 9490
Wild Beasts. J. H. Porter 9473
World Beautiful, The. Lillian Whiting 9445
Yellow Fairy Book. A. Lang. 9491
House of the Wolf, The. Stanley Weyman
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAXES OF 1891.
Balance due March 1, 1895
$459 20
Interest paid on tax of 1891
$462 25
TAXES OF 1892.
Balance due March 1, 1895
$871 70
Paid Treasurer
341 10
$530 60
Interest paid on tax of 1892
$404 64
TAXES OF 1893.
Balance due March 1, 1895
$5,029 12
Paid Treasurer
4,098 23
$930 89
Interest paid on tax of 1893
$499 56
TAXES OF 1894.
Balance due March 1, 1895
$8,723 32
Paid Treasurer
3,087 88
$5,635 44
Interest paid on tax of 1894
$150 00
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TAXES OF 1895.
Town tax
. $20,637 65
County tax
1,491 95
State tax .
945 00
Overlayings tax
1 32
Marsh Land tax
330 51
Overlayings tax
1 51
Additional Assessments
26 00
$23,433 94
Paid Treasurer
13,924 98
$9,508 96
WILLARD B. WARD,
Collector.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
FOR YEAR ENDING FEB. 29, 1896.
Value of real estate, May 1, 1895 ·
$1,214,990 00
" personal estate, May 1, 1895 . 299,735 00
Total valuation, May 1, 1895
$1,514,725 00
May 1, 1894
1,496,120 00
Increase ·
$18,605 00
Taxes assessed for town purposes
$20,637 65
Overlayings
1 32
Additional assessments
8 00
State tax
945 00
County tax
1,491 95
Total amount assessed .
$23,083 92
Number of polls, May 1, 1895 . 557
Additional polls assessed, 1895
4
Number polls assessed May 1, 1894 . 559
Total increase of polls .
2
Number persons assessed
854
residents assessed on property . . 401
" non-residents assessed on property 137
Total value of land
$482,910 00
buildings
732,080 00
church property 30,240 00
town property
105,793 00
Number horses assessed
384
COWS
. 730
sheep
.
16
.
38
Number swine
. 216
fowls
. 1630
neat cattle other than cows 89
dwelling houses
. 423
acres of land .
9,1445
Rate of taxation, 1895, per thousand
$14 50
66 1894 ‹‹
14 00,
Abatements of taxes of 1892
$126 84
1893
52 89
66
1895
7 14
Total abatements
$186 87
Amount of special assessment under Chapter 426 of
the Acts of 1894
$332 02
Overlayings .
1 51
Total assessment under said act . $333 52
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, Assessors EDWARD CARTER, of
HORATIO G. HAMMOND, Wayland.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WAYLAND WATER WORKS.
GENTLEMEN :
The Water Commissioners of the present year decided that it was best for the interest of the town and also for the water takers to finish laying a four-inch pipe on King street. I have laid the same (about 400 feet), I have also repaired a number of hydrants which are now as good as new. Another source of expense are the small service pipes which are filling up, and of course must be cleaned out. I have cleaned out about twelve hundred feet of same this year. There has been plenty of water in the pond this year and I have had very few com- plaints of quality of same.
THE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT IS
1895.
Aug. 21. To cash P. D. Woods & Co., $172 67
Sept. 11.
Perrin Seamans & Co., 53 78
Nov. 14. Walworth Manufacturing Co., 87 20
1896.
Jan. 15.
H. G. Dudley as superintendent, 508 92
$822 57
The water at present is in use by the following :
Families,
229
Manufactories,
10
Public buildings,
4
Miscellaneous,
11
Horses,
74
Cows,
72
Respectfully submitted,
H. G. DUDLEY,
Superintendent.
Wayland, February 29, 1896.
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WAYLAND WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
WAYLAND WATER COMMISSIONERS IN ACCOUNT WITH HENRY F. LEE, TOWN TREASURER.
CR.
1895. Appropriation for hydrants,
$384 00
April 13. By water rates paid to Town Treasurer,
264 17
29.
119 50
1896.
Jan. 14.
66
6 .
66
1,149 32
Feb. 28
. 6
466 00
29.
66
168 25
29.
66
51 50
Balance overdrawn
53 50
$2,656 24
DR.
1895.
April 29. To order No. 1, on Town Treasurer for balance of water funds 1894, invested in Watertown Savings Bank for a water works sinking fund
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